The databases below are recommended by the Research Librarian for History.
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The definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. The database includes indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present, citations, and links to book and media reviews.
Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.
Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. This authoritative database provides indexing of academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.
Subjects covered including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more.
Readers’ Guide Full Text Mega includes indexing for periodicals as far back as 1983 and searchable full text of articles as far back as 1994. PDF page images of full-text articles provide access to illustrations, photographs and other graphical content from the original article.
Subject coverage includes antiques, arts, business, computers, education, entertainment, film & television, gardening, health & medicine, history, home improvement, literature, news & current events, photography, popular & classical music, politics, popular culture, religion, science, sports & fitness, transportation, travel and much more.
Readers’ Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 provides indexing of articles from more than 550 leading magazines, including full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature.
Subject coverage includes, arts, business, computers, crafts, dance, drama, education, entertainment, fashion, film & television, food, gardening, health and medicine, home improvement, literature, news and current events, photography, popular and classical music, politics, popular culture, religion, sports and fitness, technology, transportation, travel and more.
Multi-disciplinary, full-text database offering full-text articles, including peer-reviewed titles; also includes indexing and abstracts. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study.
Historical records on U.S. History arranged by subject from the National Digital Library at Library of Congress. Includes written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music.
Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and Répertoire de la Litterature de l'Art (RILA) provides a comprehensive bibliography on the history of Western art published,. It lists scholarly books, articles, and catalogs published through 2007. The database encompasses fine arts, decorative and applied arts-crafts, graphic arts, folk, and popular art.
Indexes and abstracts art-related books, conference proceedings, dissertations, exhibition and dealers' catalogs and articles from thousands of periodicals in many languages. The subject scope is particularly strong in European art from the medieval through modern periods, and indexing of foreign language materials. This legacy database was compiled from 1970 to 2007, and does not list newer (post-2007) writings on these topics.
The database provides access to nearly eight decades worth of literary critique, evaluation, and thought. With book summaries, abstracts, and citations for adult and juvenile fiction and nonfiction, Book Review Digest Retrospective: 1903-1982 is a one-of-a-kind resource for literary and biographical research.
Citations to articles from key academic journals in the humanities (1984 - present), including art, communications, dance, gender studies, history, literature, music, philosophy, & theatre.
Social Sciences Full Text provides access to a wide assortment of the most important English-language social science journals. It includes full text of articles from journals dating as far back as 1995 and indexing and abstracts of periodicals dating as far back as 1983, which includes peer-reviewed resources covering the latest concepts, theories and methods from both applied and theoretical aspects of the social sciences.
Subject coverage includes addiction studies, anthropology, community health & medical care, communications, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, international relations, law, mass media, minority studies, political science, psychiatry, psychology, public welfare, social work, urban studies and much more.
Bibliographies (or finding articles & other sources the pre-internet way!)
Sources for material on slavery, both in the United States and worldwide.
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