Article Resources for History
A multi-disciplinary, full-text database. Coverage 1975-present; varies by title.
Provides expansive and in-depth information on the people, events, and topics important to the study of African-American history.
A distributor of African news and information worldwide. AllAfrica is one of a family of companies that aggregate, produce and distribute news from across Africa to tens of millions of end users.
An international, collaborative initiative building a digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. Today there are three collections that are made available to educational, research, and cultural institutions around the world.
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.
Offers thorough access to more than 15,000 years of Native American culture, history, and heritage.
Eyewitness accounts document over 800 years of history. More than 18,000 pages make American Journeys an exceptional resource for the study of American history and culture.
Covers the important people, events, legislation, and issues relevant to the study of women's history in the United States.
Explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia.
Digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.
Contains profiles of newsmakers and figures of prominence from a wide range of fields from ancient times to the present. (Wilson) VALE
More than 177,000 full text biographies from a wide range of source.
Contains the full text of major articles gleaned from over 2,500 issues of The New York Herald, The Charleston Mercury and the Richmond Enquirer, published between November 1, 1860 and April 15, 1865. Included are descriptive news articles, eye-witness accounts and official reports of battles and events, editorials, advertisements and biographies.
Disseminates new information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War, in particular new findings from previously inaccessible sources on "the other side" -- the former Communist world.
Dred Scott petitioned the St. Louis Circuit Court for his freedom in April 1846. Although he briefly won freedom on the basis of his former residence in Illinois and Wisconsin territory, appeals to the Missouri Supreme Court by his owner Irene Emerson returned him to slavery in 1852. His advocates refused to accept the decision as final.
Provides assess to both CQ Researcher and CQ Weekly. Both titles will be listed on the home screen under the 'Periodicals' heading.
CQ Researcher
CQ Researcher provides original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news with controversial topics addressed in a balanced, unbiased manner. Coverage 1923 to present.
CQ Weekly
Only CQ Weekly reports on the world's most powerful legislative body completely and accurately every week.
Credo Reference provides a complete reference collection from over 50 publishers, powered by a network of cross-references that cut across topics, titles and publishers to provide answers - and new connections - in context.
Provides online access to over 500,000 pages of previously classified, primary source government documents. Covers major international events from the Cold War to the Vietnam War and beyond.
A full text database which contains more than 21,000 signed entries on Jewish life, culture, history and religion, written by Israeli, American and European subject specialists.
Full text database of periodical articles and other publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas.
Small collection at this time, but steadily growing. Includes hundreds of Civil War photos and a slide show of images on the theme of racial stereotypes.
U. S. Government Publications
Database of primary source materials from 1972 forward. Approximately one hundred documents covering the most significant events of each year are presented.
Abstracts of journal articles, citations to books, and dissertations on the history of the world (excluding North America) from 1450 to the present.
Access to thousands of books articles reports, biographies, maps and photos.
An index to articles published 1907 – 1984 in the humanities and social sciences. This database contains citations only, no full text.
In the First Person is a free, high quality, professionally published, in-depth index of more than 4,000 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world.
A not-for-profit research project created for the advancement of learning in the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). This resource currently consists of six different databases.
Archive of full-text journal articles in African American studies, African studies, anthropology, archaeology, Asian studies, Classical studies, ecology, economics, education, finance, geography, history, languages and literature, Latin American studies, mathematics, Middle East studies, Music, Philosophy, Political science, population studies, Slavic studies, sociology, and statistics.
“should always be consulted when looking for images relating to US history.”
A digital library of more than 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles primarily from the antebellum period through reconstruction. Subject areas included education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, science, and technology. Made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history-from mid-15th century to the present.
A good source for popular culture materials. Images can be searched by keyword, but subject categories can simply be browsed.
The Digital National Security Archive contains the most comprehensive collection of primary documents available. The database includes more than 55,000 of the most important declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions. There are 24 complete collections, each offering specialized insights. Integrated, they allow you to explore policy across several different areas at once. New collections are published annually by ProQuest and the National Security Archive.
An independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University, the Archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. The Archive also serves as a repository of government records on a wide range of topics pertaining to the national security, foreign, intelligence, and economic policies of the United States. The Archive won the 1999 George Polk Award, one of U.S.
Some of the collections: Africana and Black History, from 16th C to present; After Columbus: 400 Years of Native American Portraiture; Turn of the Century Posters; Picturing America, 1497-1899; Prints, Maps, and Drawings Bearing on the New World; A New Nation: The Thomas Addis Emmet Collection of Illustrations Relating to the American Revolution and Early US History.
Full text access to the newspaper’s articles (1999 – present)
Presents PDF pages of the newspaper, preserving the visual sense of the publication. (Proquest)
Part of Documenting the American South, "includes all known autobiographical narratives of fugitive and former slaves in the United states to 1920."
A multimedia online archive spearheaded by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas, the collaborative effort presents interactive timelines of each president’s life that include documents, diaries, maps, photo galleries, audio recordings, video clips.
Full text database of journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. JStor can be searched simultaneously using the advanced search feature.
A searchable database with information on American portraits in public and private collections in the US and abroad.
Sources: A National Library of Ireland database for Irish research, contains over 180,000 records for Irish manuscripts, and articles in Irish periodicals. Search the National Library's manuscripts cataloged to the 1980s; Irish manuscripts held in other libraries worldwide from the 1940s to the 1970s. Included as well is an Index to articles, reviews and other content contained in over 150 Irish periodicals (download a full list of the journals ) up to 1969.
Federal legislative information since 1995 made available by the Library of Congress.
Covers the years from 1889 to 1987 and is presented in PDF files. More recent issues are available in ABI.
Covers international serials literature in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. 1975 – current.
CD-ROM Only
Library Access Only