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The University Libraries provide numerous resources relevant to students and scholars of History. This page provides links to relevant resources, in print and online, as well as expert research recommendations from your librarians.

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Recommended Primary Source Databases

Adam Matthew Explorer
Gale Primary Sources
HathiTrust
History Vault
ProQuest News and Newspapers
Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO)

African-American Biographical Database (C19)
American Memory
American West
AP Newsroom (EBSCO)
Adam Matthew Explorer
Alexander Street (Alexander Street)
British Periodicals Collection (ProQuest)
Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection
Country Life Archive (ProQuest)
Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) (ProQuest)
Digital Public Library of America
Documents on British Policy Overseas (ProQuest)
Gale Primary Sources
Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange
HathiTrust
Hein Online
Historical Statistics of the United States
History Vault
Index to Early American Periodicals
International Historical Statistics
John Johnson Collection (C19)
Military Database (ProQuest)
New York Times (ProQuest)
Oxford African American Studies Center
Periodicals Index Online (ProQuest)
ProQuest Congressional Legislative & Executive Publications
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Proquest Indian Claims Insight
Readers' Guide (EBSCO)
Rocky Mountain Online Archive
Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War (ProQuest)
U.K. Parliamentary Papers

African-American Biographical Database (C19)
African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
America's Historical Newspapers, including Early American Newspapers Series 1 and 2, 1690-1900
American Memory
American Periodicals (ProQuest)
American State Papers
American West
AP Newsroom (EBSCO)
Adam Matthew Explorer
Archive Finder (including ArchivesUSA and NIDS UK/Ireland) (Legacy Platform) (C19)
Black Abolitionist Papers (ProQuest)
British Periodicals Collection (ProQuest)
C19: Nineteenth Century Index
Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection
Digital Public Library of America
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819
Everyday Life and Women in America Online, c.1820-1900
Gale Primary Sources
Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange
HathiTrust
Hein Online
Historical Statistics of the United States
Index to Early American Periodicals
International Historical Statistics
John Johnson Collection (C19)
Making of America (Michigan)
Making of America Journals (Cornell)
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Civil War Era
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (C19)
Queen Victoria's Journals (C19)
U.K. Parliamentary Papers

Acta Sanctorum (C19)
Adam Matthew Explorer
Alexander Street (Alexander Street)
America's Historical Newspapers, including Early American Newspapers Series 1 and 2, 1690-1900
American Memory
American Periodicals (ProQuest)
American State Papers
American West
Colonial State Papers (ProQuest)
Digital Public Library of America
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
Gale Primary Sources
Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange
HathiTrust
Hein Online
Historical Statistics of the United States
Index to Early American Periodicals
North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Alexander Street)
Oxford African American Studies Center
Papers of the War Department, 1784-1800
Periodicals Index Online (ProQuest)
ProQuest Congressional Legislative & Executive Publications
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Proquest Indian Claims Insight
Rocky Mountain Online Archive
U.K. Parliamentary Papers

Recommended Secondary Source Databases

America: History & Life with Full Text (EBSCO)
American National Biography Online
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science)
Bibliography of Native North Americans (EBSCO)
Humanities Full Text (EBSCO)
JSTOR
Women's Studies International (EBSCO)
WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch)

ABSEEES Online (EBSCO)
Année Philologique
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science)
Bibliography of British and Irish History
Dictionary of Irish Biography
Historical Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCO)
Humanities Full Text (EBSCO)
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
JSTOR
Brepolis Medieval & Early Modern Bibliographies
Medieval Studies (Oxford Bibliographies Online)
Women's Studies International (EBSCO)
WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch)

Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science)
Asia-Studies Humanities
Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS) (EBSCO)
Hispanic-American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
Historical Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCO)
HLAS Online: Handbook of Latin American Studies
Humanities Full Text (EBSCO)
JSTOR
Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies (EBSCO)
Women's Studies International (EBSCO)
WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch)

American National Biography Online
Chicago Manual of Style Online
Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE)
Dictionary of Irish Biography
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Historical Thesaurus of the OED
Medieval Studies (Oxford Bibliographies Online)
Oxford African American Studies Center
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
Reference Universe

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