History Databases
= Database contains some articles in full text/full image format
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Database covering the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
Database the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life).
Backfiles of scholarly publications including the full runs of each journal which allows viewing of the articles exactly as they appear in print.
Ambrose Video (BBC Shakespeare Collection and History of Civil Rights in America)
Streaming video access to 37 BBC Shakesepare Plays and the series “A History of Civil Rights in America”
African-American Periodicals, 1825-1995
A database of more than 170 African American Periodicals published between 1825 and 1995. African American Periodicals enables researchers to explore African American culture, thought and opinion ranging over more than 150 years.
Alabama Department of Archives & History
A collection of books, records and artifacts that document the history of Alabama.
AlabamaMosaic is a repository of digital materials on Alabama's history, culture, places, and people. Its purpose is to make unique historical treasures from Alabama's archives, libraries, museums, and other repositories electronically accessible to Alabama residents and to students, researchers, and the general public in other states and countries.
American State Papers, 1789-1838
U.S. congressional materials originating from 1789 and covering through 1838.
America's Historical Newspapers
Full-image content from over 1,000 U.S. newspapers published between 1690 and 1876.
Annals of American History Online (Britannica)
History, society, and everyday life come into focus through a variety of articles and media, including: 2,100 entries from 1493 to the present, and original source documents such as speeches, essays, biographies, and editorials.
C19: The Nineteenth Century Index
Index of 19th century source material, including books, periodicals, official publications, newspapers and archives.
A catalogue of holdings in more than 2000 libraries world-wide, including the British Library.
Resource for information about life in 17th- and 18th-century America, including agriculture, auctions, foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, witchcraft, and many other topics.
Feminae (Medieval Women & Gender Index)
Covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
Harper's Weekly, scanned as images together with controlled-vocabulary indexing. HarpWeek provides access to this primary source for learning about 19th century events, people and culture.
Access to historical encyclopedias, non-fiction books, history periodicals, historical documents, biographies, photos, maps, and video.
L'Annee philologique (in Library use only)
Bibliography of materials related to the classical period.
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England (in Library use only)
Covers the reigns of Edward I through Henry VII.
Online access to a comprehensive selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals.
ProQuest Congressional Publications (formerly U.S. Serial Set)
The U.S. Serial Set is an on-going collection of U.S. Government publications compiled under directive of the Congress. It covers an extremely wide range of subjects. Its documents span the period 1789 to 1969 and total more than 325,000 individual titles.
Primary source materials including letters, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, diaries, and much more.Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Full-text access to 36,000 American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the first nineteen years of the nineteenth century including state papers and government materials; presidential letters and messages; and congressional, state and territorial resolutions.
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