History Databases
General databases and news databases also include historical topics
General History Databases
American History in Video (In Memory of James Huntington Whyte)
"American History in Video provides the largest and richest online collection of video available for the study of American history—2,000 hours and more than 5,000 titles on completion. The collection's wealth of video and multiplicity of perspectives allow students and scholars to see, experience, and study American history in ways never before possible." Includes documentaries, newsreels, public affairs videos, and more.
American History Online (In Memory of James Huntington Whyte)
Full-text. Provides comprehensive coverage of the history of America and its people--includes biographies, primary sources, timelines, images, maps and charts.
American Periodicals Series (In Memory of James Huntington Whyte)
Includes historical newspapers. Full text. 1740-1940. Provides digitized images of American magazines and journals
including general interest magazines, children's publications, and more than 20 journals for women--search this database along with the Historical Newspapers or by itself.
America's Historical Newspapers (Joshua Martin Dill Memorial Fund)
Full text. 1690-2000. NOTE: Use "Other search options" to limit the search in various ways
Historic newspapers from more than 20 states.
See the timeline for collected articles about historic events
Ancient & Medieval History Online (Donnelley Family Library Fund)
Covers prehistory through the 1500's for eight civilizations—ancient Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia,
ancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient and medieval Africa, medieval Europe, the Americas, and ancient and medieval Asia. Includes biographies, maps, images, videos, primary sources, timelines, and more.
CQ Researcher Plus Archive (Joshua Martin Dill Memorial Fund and the Donnelley Family Library Fund)
Full text. 1923-present. Online version of a weekly periodical that provides in-depth, non-biased coverage of political and social issues--each weekly issue includes a chronology, a pro and con section, and a bibliography
Historical Newspapers
Includes American Periodicals Series. Full text. Provides digitized images of the following newspapers--search all of the newspapers plus American Periodicals Series or search each database individually.
- Hartford Courant (1764-1984)
- Chicago Tribune (1849-1986)
- The New York Times(1851-2004)
- The Altanta Constitution (1868-1939)
- The Boston Globe (1872-1924)
- The Washington Post (1877-1991)
- Los Angeles Times (1881-1986)
- The Wall Street Journal (1889-1990)
- The Christian Science Monitor (1908-1994)
The graphical version of the newspaper database is for students and includes Topics, Timelines, Famous Dead People, This Day in History, and a What Happened search for specific days--this version does not include American Periodical Series.
History Reference Center (In Memory of James Huntington Whyte)
Full text. Contains the full text of over 750 historical encyclopedias and other non-fiction books and at least 60 leading history periodicals--includes over 55,000 historical documents; over 40,000 biographies of historical figures; over 10,000 historical photos and maps; and over 80 hours of historical film and video.
Humanities E-Book Project (Donnelley Family Library Fund)
American Council of Learned Societies. Full text e-books. Provides the full text of over 1,000 high quality books in the humanities, including both in-print and out-of-print titles back to 1885-- . Powerpoint demo
JSTOR (Grace M. Henry Book Fund)
Full text. An archive of core scholarly journals back to the 1800's
Due to agreements with journal publishers, does not include current issues from the last 3-5 years.
- Arts & Sciences Collection consists of over six hundred journals in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (economics; history; political science; sociology; ecology; mathematics; statistics; archaeology; classics; African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Slavic studies; language and literature; music; history and study of art and architecture; cultural studies; film; folklore; performing arts; religion; law; psychology; public policy and administration; business and education)
- Biological Sciences Collection consists of journals in the natural and applied sciences (ecology, botany, biodiversity, conservation, paleontology, plant science, cell biology and zoology)
Modern World History Online (Joshua Martin Dill Memorial Fund)
Covers world history from the mid-15th century to the present--includes subject entries, biographies, images and videos, maps and charts, primary sources, timelines, and more.
Readers Guide Retrospective (Walter B. Mahony Library Book Fund)
Citations only. 1890-1982. Indexes the most popular general interest periodicals published in the U.S. from 1890-1982
Specialized History Databases
CountryWatch (Walter B. Mahony Library Book Fund)
Full text. Provides information on each of the 192 recognized countries of the world including:
- CountryReviews--demographic, political, economic, business, cultural and environmental information;
- CountryWire--daily news coverage and a news archive;
- CountryWatch Forecast--a five-year macroeconomic forecast;
- CountryWatch Energy Forecast--a 20-year forecast of energy demand, supply, and pricing;
- Also features CountryWatch Data (statistics), the CountryWatch Map Gallery, CountryWatch@School (curriculum based resources), and the weekly Global News Update.
Historical Statistics of the United States (Julian C. Smith Jr. '28 Book Fund)
Standard source for quantitative facts on American history--includes information on population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, governance, and international relations.
Massachusetts History Online
Full text. Contains articles from 50 magazines and local newspapers for coverage of Massachusetts people, places and historical events.
SIRS Decades (Library Book Endowment Fund)
Full text. Contains primary sources from the 20th century and reference source content organized into topics pertaining to American history, culture, and daily life--primary sources include: advertisements, editorial cartoons, letters, memos, messages, maps and charts, original documents, original works of art, photographs, poems and literary works, posters, published articles, speeches and addresses.
U. S. History in Context
Full text periodicals, reference works, primary documents and scholarly analysis includes
World History in Context
Full text periodicals, reference works and primary documents.
|
