Recommended Databases
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowUse to find resources about the history of the world (excluding U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. Contains full-text and abstracts of articles from scholarly journals, magazines, conference papers, books, and videos.
Below is a list of recommended databases for your research.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new windowUse to find scholarly and popular articles in nearly every area of academic study. It is a great place to start your research on a topic and it’s also great for interdisciplinary research. Contains full-text articles and abstracts from peer-reviewed journals, magazines, reports, books, videos and images.
- America: History and Life This link opens in a new windowUse to find citations and abstracts covering US and Canadian history and culture from prehistory to the present day. Contains indexing for journal articles, citations and links to full-text books.
- American Memory (Library of Congress) - Home Page This link opens in a new windowIncludes: collections of written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music from the Library of Congress and other institutions that document the American experience
- European Views of the Americas, 1493 to 1750 This link opens in a new windowUse to find information about the Americas written in Europe before 1750, covering the history of European exploration, natural disasters, disease, slavery, pirates, commerce, religion, portrayals of Native Americans and more. Contains index of primary source records. Sourced from European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to the Americas, 1493-1750.
- Iter Bibliography This link opens in a new windowUse to find citations pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Contains citations for articles, books, bibliographies, catalogs, abstracts, and discographies. Open URL- and Zotero-enabled.
- JSTOR. Archival Journals This link opens in a new windowUse to find scholarly journal collections from leading academic journals from disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, mathematics and sciences. Contains full-text articles and abstracts from leading academic journals, eBooks and primary sources. Use JSTOR to find historical information rather than current articles.
- Project Muse This link opens in a new windowUse to find scholarly articles, and e-books for the humanities and social sciences. Contains full-text scholarly articles and e-books.