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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 Databases

America's Historical Imprints
America's Historical Newspapers, including Early American Newspapers Series 1 and 2, 1690-1900
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819
Early English Books Online (ProQuest)
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (Gale)
HathiTrust
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (Gale)
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
U.K. Parliamentary Papers
U.S. Congressional Serial Set

America: History & Life with Full Text (EBSCO)
Google Scholar
Historical Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCO)
Humanities Full Text (EBSCO)
Brepolis Medieval & Early Modern Bibliographies
Medieval Studies (Oxford Bibliographies Online)

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
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
Oxford African American Studies Center
Medieval Studies (Oxford Bibliographies Online)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford Language Dictionaries Online
Reference Universe

Recommended Databases Primary Sources By Region

19th Century U.S. Newspapers (Gale)
African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
American Indian Movement and Native American Radicalism (Gale)
American Memory
American State Papers
American West
America's Historical Newspapers, including Early American Newspapers Series 1 and 2, 1690-1900
AP Newsroom (EBSCO)
Adam Matthew Explorer
Archive Finder (including ArchivesUSA and NIDS UK/Ireland) (Legacy Platform) (C19)
Gale Primary Sources
Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century: Federal Government Records (History Vault)
Black Thought and Culture (Alexander Street Press)
C19: Nineteenth Century Index
Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection
Declassified Documents Reference System (Gale)
Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) (ProQuest)
Digital Public Library of America
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819
Early Encounters in North America (Alexander Street Press)
Everyday Life and Women in America Online, c.1820-1900
Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange
Hein Online
Historical Statistics of the United States
U.K. Parliamentary Papers
Index to Early American Periodicals
Indigenous Peoples of North America (Gale)
International Historical Statistics
Japanese-American Relocation Camp Newspapers: Perspectives on Day-to-Day Life (Gale)
Making of America Journals (Cornell)
Making of America (Michigan)
Making of the Modern World (Gale)
Minutemen, 1961-1969: Evolution of the Militia Movement in America, Part I (Gale)
New York Times (ProQuest)
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (Gale)
North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Alexander Street Press)
Overland Journeys: Travels in the West (Gale)
Oxford African American Studies Center
Papers of the War Department, 1784-1800
Periodicals Index Online (ProQuest)
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (C19)
ProQuest Congressional Legislative & Executive Publications
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Proquest Indian Claims Insight
Readers' Guide (EBSCO)
Rocky Mountain Online Archive

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection (Gale)
A2A: Access to Archives
AP Newsroom (EBSCO)
Adam Matthew Explorer
Archive Finder (including ArchivesUSA and NIDS UK/Ireland) (Legacy Platform) (C19)
Gale Primary Sources
British Periodicals Collection (ProQuest)
Nineteenth Century Periodicals Index (C19)
C19: Nineteenth Century Index
Cecil Papers (ProQuest)
Defining Gender, 1450-1910
Early English Books Online (ProQuest)
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (Gale)
Eighteenth Century Journals
Empire Online
English Short Title Catalogue
EuroDocs: Online Source for European History
Europeana Virtual Library
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange
U.K. Parliamentary Papers
International Historical Statistics
Library of Latin Texts - A
Library of Latin Texts - B
Macmillan Cabinet Papers, 1957-1963
Making of the Modern World (Gale)
Monumenta Germaniae Historica
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (Gale)
Parker Library on the Web
Periodicals Index Online (ProQuest)
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (C19)
State Papers Online (Gale)
The First World War
Times Digital Archive 1785-2011 (Gale)
Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals (C19)
World War I Collection (CU Digital Library)
WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch)

AP Newsroom (EBSCO)
Adam Matthew Explorer
Gale Primary Sources
China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980
Chinese Pamphlets
Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969
Empire Online
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange
U.K. Parliamentary Papers
International Historical Statistics
Latin American Newspapers
Making of the Modern World (Gale)
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (Gale)
Periodicals Index Online (ProQuest)
Scripta Sinica
The First World War
Times Digital Archive 1785-2011 (Gale)
World War I Collection (CU Digital Library)
WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch)
Yomidas Rekishikan

Recommended Databases Secondary Sources By Region

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)

ABSEES 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)

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