History - Databases

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Research Guide: History -- Databases

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Databases focused on history and other humanities:
Accessible Archives -- Full text of colonial and Civil War-era newspapers, as well as 19th century African-American newspapers
America: History and Life -- Index to articles on North American history
American National Biography --Biographies of people who have shaped American history and culture
CQ Press Political Reference Suite -- Political reference information
CQ Researcher -- Non-biased coverage of political and social issues in the US and international issues
CQ Weekly -- Covers virtually every act of Congress, provides nonpartisan news and analysis
Contemporary Middle East -- Contains primary source documents from 1917 to the present day.
Greenwood Daily Life Online -- History through people's lives
Historical Abstracts -- Index to articles on world history (excluding the US and Canada)
International Security & Counter-Terrorism Reference Center (ISCTRC) -- Information on virtually every dimension of security & counter-terrorism
JSTOR -- Access to scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines
Library of Congress, especially its American memory segment
Military & Government Collection -- Access to military and government resources
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography -- Biographies of people who have shaped British history and culture
Oxford Islamic Studies Online -- Offers information on the religion and culture of Islam
Project Muse -- Access to scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences
Readers' Guide Retrospective -- Index to general-interest periodicals, 1890-1982
THOMAS - US Legislation information brought to you by the Library of Congress. Includes historical documents as well as current legislative information.
United States at War -- Covers 14 wars and conflicts, includes primary documents
Women and Social Movements Scholar's Edition -- Documents and research relating to the role of women throughout American history

Databases with a cross-disciplinary focus:
Academic Search Premier -- Covers most academic areas of study
Encyclopedia Britannica Online -- Full text of the complete encyclopedia
LexisNexis Academic -- Access to news, business, legal, medical, and reference information
Oxford Reference Online Database -- Online reference library
SocINDEX -- Full text of journal articles, and indexing and informative abstracts for "core" coverage journals dating back to 1895

Paper Indexes:	located in the Reference Room
New York Times Index Sept 1851 - 1998
Palmer's Index to the Times Newspapers (London) 1790 - 1905
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature 1802- 1906
The Times Index (London) 1785-1786, 1906 - date