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Historical Abstracts 1955 - present Historical Abstracts indexes and abstracts information in world history and the related social sciences and humanities, excluding the U.S. and Canada. (See America: History and Life for U.S. and Ca... View Historical Abstracts Online

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Associated Press Collections Online (1848-2009) 1848-2009 The Associated Press Online Archive is a collection of news stories, in various stage of production, covering major local, regional, and national stories from 1848 to 2009. This fully-searchable da... View Associated Press Collections Online (1848-2009) Online
ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials 1908 - present The ATLA Religion Database (formerly ATLA Religion Index) indexes more than 600 of the leading journals in the field of religion and theology. The index also includes essays from multi-author works... View ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials Online
Caribbean Newspapers (1718-1876) 1718 - 1876 The largest online collection of 18th- and 19th-century newspapers published in this region. It will provide a comprehensive primary resource for studying the development of Western society and int... View Caribbean Newspapers (1718-1876) Online
Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966 1834-1966 The Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966 is Official British government correspondence concerning Africa from the Foreign Office and the Colonial Office. It was issued by the British Government. I... View Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966 Online
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection 1800's and 1900's The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also... View David Rumsey Historical Map Collection Online
Early European Books (EEB) Pre-1701 Early European Books provides online full-text access to a deep digital archive of rare books on all aspects of life and culture in the early modern period. The content is from the leading national... View Early European Books (EEB) Online
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports 1941 - 1996 Electronic version of the FBIS (Foreign Broadcast Information Service) Daily Reports. In February 1941, the Roosevelt administration authorized the creation of the Foreign Broadcast Monitoring Serv... View Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports Online
Historical Abstracts 1955 - present Historical Abstracts indexes and abstracts information in world history and the related social sciences and humanities, excluding the U.S. and Canada. (See America: History and Life for U.S. and Ca... View Historical Abstracts Online
Index Islamicus 1906 - present The Index Islamicus database indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Records included in the database cover almost a hundred years of publications on the world of Islam. ... View Index Islamicus Online
JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive Dates Vary JSTOR is a full-text journal database which provides access to more than 1,200 titles in the fields of African-American studies, anthropology, architecture, Asian studies, biological sciences, bota... View JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive Online
MLA International Bibliography (Ebsco) 1926 - present The Modern Language Association International Bibliography (MLA) is updated ten times per year. The electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1925 and indexes critical materials on liter... View MLA International Bibliography (Ebsco) Online
MLA International Bibliography (ProQuest) 1926 - present NOTE: Access to MLA International Bibliography moved to the Ebsco platform in 2019, as a result of MLA entering into an exclusive agreement with Ebsco to host their content. The Modern Language Ass... View MLA International Bibliography (ProQuest) Online
Times (London) Digital Archive, The 1785 - 2006 The Times (London) Digital Archive includes page facsimiles of all the issues of the London Times published from 1785 - 6 years back from the present with the years rolling annually. You can search... View Times (London) Digital Archive, The Online
ViVa: A Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals 1975 - present ViVa includes citations to scholarly articles about women's and gender history, 1975 to the present. Articles published in English, French, German, Dutch, Scandinavian languages, and occasionally S... View ViVa: A Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals Online
Web of Science Arts & Humanities, 1975 to present; Science, 1900 to present; 1965 - for Science; Social Sciences, 1900 to present; Conferences, 1990 to present The Web of Science is a combination of three databases: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Conference Proceedings Citation Index (... View Web of Science Online
World Biographical Index Current The database World Biographical Index contains short biographical details on people who either lived in, or were influential in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Australasian-Pacific region, and North and ... View World Biographical Index Online
WWW-VL History (World Wide Web Virtual Library) All dates WWW-Virtual Library History is a huge megasite which provides links to freely-available World Wide Web resources covering all aspects and periods of world history. (Updates vary) View WWW-VL History (World Wide Web Virtual Library) Online

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ABZU: a Guide to Information Related to the Study of the Ancient Near East on the Web Abzu is a guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world. Includes core texts: The civilizations of t... View ABZU: a Guide to Information Related to the Study of the Ancient Near East on the Web Online
Acta Sanctorum Database 1st through 17th centuries CE The Acta Sanctorum Database is an electronic version of the complete printed text of the Acta Sanctorum [Deeds of the Saints] taken from the edition published in many volumes by the Société des Bol... View Acta Sanctorum Database Online
Alciato's Book of Emblems: The Memorial Web Edition in Latin and English 1492 - Electronic text-and-image site devoted to a pioneering and highly influential Europeanemblem book, the Emblemata of Andrea Alciato. It includes an edition of the visual images and the Latin text fr... View Alciato's Book of Emblems: The Memorial Web Edition in Latin and English Online
ALIM: Archivio della Latinità Italiana del Medioevo Eleventh through thirteenth centuries CE ALIM is an ongoing project, sponsored by the Italian Unione Accademica Nazionale and by six Italian universities, to present scholarly electronic texts of all Latin-language works written in Italy ... View ALIM: Archivio della Latinità Italiana del Medioevo Online
Année Philologique, L' 1928 - L’Année philologique is a specialized bibliographic database of scholarly works in classical studies, covering all aspects of Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. The online database includes all... View Année Philologique, L' Online
Arachne Dates vary Arachne is the central Object database of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) and the Archaeological Institute of the University of Cologne. Arachne is intended to provide archaeologists and ... View Arachne Online
Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina Dates vary A database of all the Latin texts from the Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana since its foundation. (Updates vary) View Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina Online
Brill's New Pauly Brill´s New Pauly is the English-language version of a major authoritative encyclopedia, originally published in German, on practically all aspects of the ancient Greek and Roman world. The bulk of... View Brill's New Pauly Online
Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World With its striking range and penetrating depth, Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World traces the enduring history and wide-ranging cultural influence of Neo-Latin, the form of Latin that orig... View Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World Online
Cambridge Histories Online: Religion 2015 This unique historical reference compendium allows instant access to the renowned texts of the Cambridge Histories series. With access to the most up to date and authoritative scholarly content, Ca... View Cambridge Histories Online: Religion Online
Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1914) 1907 - 1914 This source is the electronic version of the classic Catholic Encyclopedia, published between 1907-1914. A very few articles have been updated or added, such as ones on the twentieth century Popes,... View Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1914) Online
Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations 0 - 1500 C.E. The Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilization (DARMC) makes freely available on the internet the best available materials for a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) approach to mapping and s... View Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations Online
Dyabola (Ancient/Classical Art and Archaeology) 1956 - present Project Dyabola includes the "Archaeological Bibliography" (expanded from the Realkatalog, subject catalog of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome). This is an international index to scholar... View Dyabola (Ancient/Classical Art and Archaeology) Online
Early church fathers 1st - 8th Centuries CE Early Church Fathers is a database containing virtually all the contents (minus the indexes) of three late nineteenth-century English-language translations of important writings of the early Christ... View Early church fathers Online
ETANA: Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archives ETANA is a multi-institutional collaborative electronic publishing project providing resources relevant to the study of the history and culture of the ancient Near East. ETENA includes three databa... View ETANA: Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archives Online
Europa Sacra ca. 300 - 1500 AD. Europa Sacra provides information on medieval Church prelates including information on all 13,00 medieval bishoprics, archdioceses and patriarchates under obedience to Rome, as well as Prosographic... View Europa Sacra Online
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index 1990 - to date Feminae is a multilingual scholarly index that covers articles about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages (450 CE to 1500 CE) collected from over 500 journals published from 1990 to ... View Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index Online
Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC) International database of 15th-century European imprints for nearly every item printed from movable type before 1501. Includes some 16th-century items previously assigned incorrectly to the 15th ce... View Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC) Online
International Medieval Bibliography - Online (IMB) 1967 - to date The International Medieval Bibliography is the major index to medieval studies (c. 400-1500). It includes citations to articles in approximately 4500 journals and "miscellany" volumes (conference p... View International Medieval Bibliography - Online (IMB) Online
Iter: Gateway to the Renaissance 400 - 1700 AD A bibliography of approximately 225,000 records from the complete runs of more than 300 scholarly journal titles pertaining to the Renaissance (1300-1700) and Middle Ages (400-1299). Also under con... View Iter: Gateway to the Renaissance Online
Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies Dates Vary The Labyrinth provides free, organized access to resources in Medieval Studies, covering the years ca. 500-ca. 1500 AD. All types of materials are included. (Updates vary) View Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies Online
Lexikon des Mittelalters Online and International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages 300 - 1500 AD Taken together, these two encyclopedias are an important source of information for medieval studies. Lexikon des Mittelalters Online (LexMa) is a major German-language encyclopedia. The Internation... View Lexikon des Mittelalters Online and International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages Online
MANTIS (Numismatics) 2700 B.C.E. - present The American Numismatic Society database contains images of thousands of objects in the Society's collections. These include, coins, paper money, tokens, primitive money, medals and decorations, fr... View MANTIS (Numismatics) Online
Manuscripta medievalia 600 - 1500 AD A database of medieval manuscripts (mostly in Greek or Latin) from the German-speaking areas of Europe. (Updated regularly) View Manuscripta medievalia Online
Mediaevum.de 400 CE - present Mediaevum.de is a German-language Internet portal for students of medieval German language and literature, providing annotated listings of many important or otherwise useful sites in this disciplin... View Mediaevum.de Online
Medieval Diplomatic and the 'Ars Dictandi' 10th - 13th Centuries Searchable, full-text scholarly editions and translations of medieval Latin dictaminal texts from Alberic of Monte Cassino into the 13th century. Whereas the primary focus is on texts relating to t... View Medieval Diplomatic and the 'Ars Dictandi' Online
Mittelalterliche Literatur im Internet 400 CE - present Mittelalterliche Literatur im Internet is the e-texts portion of the German-language Internet portal Mediaevum.de. It provides links to collections of medieval literary texts, and to e-texts of a n... View Mittelalterliche Literatur im Internet Online
Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH) Early Christian Era and Medieval Period This is the searchable electronic text version of the massive, printed set also called Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH), a collection of primary materials for the study of the European Middle Ages. View Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH) Online
Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL) Dates Vary A collection of approximately 35 public-domain searchable and downloadable English-language translations of major ancient Greek and Latin and medieval western European literary texts. Most are nine... View Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL) Online
Oxford Classical Dictionary The Oxford Classical Dictionary (OCD) is a standard one-volume encyclopedia of everything relating to ancient Greece and Rome. View Oxford Classical Dictionary Online
Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization A smallish encyclopedia of ancient Greek and Roman civilization, its entries are not as extensive as those in the Oxford Classical Dictionary. A handy resource for quick look-ups. View Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization Online
Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church This is a one-volume reference book covering many aspects of Christianity. View Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Online
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome This multivolume reference work is a comprehensive overview of the major cultures of the classical Mediterranean world--Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman--from the Bronze Age to the fifth century CE. I... View Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome Online
Patrologia Latina : The Full Text Database c. AD 200 - 1300 The Patrologia Latina comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. The database contains the complete Patrologia Latina, encompassi... View Patrologia Latina : The Full Text Database Online
Perseus Digital Library The Perseus Project is an evolving digital library of resources for the study of the humanities. It consists of materials, textual and visual, on the Archaic and Classical Greek world. The project ... View Perseus Digital Library Online
Perspecuitas: Internet-Periodikum fuer mediaevistische Sprach- , Literatur- , und Kulturwissenschaft 6th to 16th centuries CE (updates vary) Perspecuitas is a German-language collection of articles, bibliographies, reviews, project announcements, and other scholarly material dealing with medieval German language, literature, and culture... View Perspecuitas: Internet-Periodikum fuer mediaevistische Sprach- , Literatur- , und Kulturwissenschaft Online
Selden Society Publications and the History of Early English Law (HeinOnline) Middle Ages - present Primary publications from the Selden Society, including its annual series containing law reports dating back to the Middle Ages, and year books from the Ames Foundation. Also includes other digests... View Selden Society Publications and the History of Early English Law (HeinOnline) Online
Thesaurus exemplorum medii aevi 10th through 15th centuries The Thesaurus exemplorum medii aevi, also known by its initialism ThEMA, is an index to major collections of medieval European collections of exempla, that is, brief moral tales for use in preachin... View Thesaurus exemplorum medii aevi Online
TOCS-IN (Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists) 1963 - present TOCS-IN provides the tables of contents of a selection of classics, Near Eastern studies, and religion journals, both in text format and through a Web search program. Where possible, links are give... View TOCS-IN (Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists) Online
Ut per litteras apostolicas..Lettres Pontificales / Papal Letters - Online 13th and 14th centuries, AD This is the electronic verision of: Registres et lettres des papes du XIIIe siecle (Rome, 1883) and Registres et lettres des papes du XIVe siecles (Rome, 1899-). These papal letters provide informa... View Ut per litteras apostolicas..Lettres Pontificales / Papal Letters - Online Online
Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research Dates Vary This is a metasite for research in the humanities; it provides links to authoritative Web sites in a range of humanities-related subjects. (Updates vary) View Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research Online

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19th Century UK Periodicals Parts I and II 19th Century 19th Century UK Periodicals provides full-text, fully searchable access to hundreds of magazines and journals with full color, high quality digital facsimiles of all articles. This is an invaluable... View 19th Century UK Periodicals Parts I and II Online
Abbreviationes Online. Campus Edition ca. AD 700 - ca. AD 1600 Abbreviationes is a database of Medieval Latin abbreviations, including more than 70,000 entries. It includes paleography and references to where the abbreviation can be found, as well both the abb... View Abbreviationes Online. Campus Edition Online
ACLS Humanities E-Book Dates vary The ACLS Humanities E-Book platform makes available approximately 4,700 works of major importance in the humanities. All parts of the world and all periods of history are included. The aim is to in... View ACLS Humanities E-Book Online
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals 1988 - present The Air University Index to Military Periodicals is a subject index to significant articles, news items and editorials appearing in 76 English language military and aeronautical periodicals. (Updat... View Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals Online
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Antisemitism : A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution 3000 years The entries in this encyclopedia span the period from ancient Egypt to the modern era. Key theoreticians of Jew-hatred and their written works are included. Antisemitism's permeation of Christianit... View Antisemitism : A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution Online
AP Images 1826 - present AP Images includes Associated Press primary source material comprised of captioned photographs, maps, charts, logos, illustrations, news stories, audio clips, etc. from the 1800 s to 48 hours ago. ... View AP Images Online
Archive Finder Early Historic Periods - to date Archive Finder is a compilation of information about primary source materials in manuscript and special collections in the United States, United Kingdom, and Ireland. Included are records for more ... View Archive Finder Online
Best of History Websites Best of History Web Sites aims to provide quick, convenient, and reliable access to the best history-oriented resources online in a wide range of categories. BOHWS has been designed to benefit hist... View Best of History Websites Online
Bibliography of British and Irish History 1900 - present The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, the British Empire, and the Commonwealth during all periods fo... View Bibliography of British and Irish History Online
Biblioteca Digital Mexicana 500 A.D. - 1949 The Biblioteca Digital Mexicana is a multi-institutional initiative to create a digital collection of historical documents from Mexico from 500 A.D. to 1949. The documents range from pre-hispanic c... View Biblioteca Digital Mexicana Online
Big Ten Academic Alliance Geoportal Present The Big Ten Academic Alliance Geoportal provides discoverability and facilitates access to geospatial resources. The resources in the portal are selected and curated by librarians and geospatial sp... View Big Ten Academic Alliance Geoportal Online
Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon Year 0 - present The Bautz Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon is an alphabetically arranged, German-language biographical and bibliographical dictionary of prominent figures in the history and study of t... View Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon Online
Book History Online 1973 - present An international bibliography in the field of book and library history, BHO "provides a comprehensive survey of all scholarly publications written from a historical perspective. Included are monogr... View Book History Online Online
Border and Migration Studies Online 19th - 21st centuries This collection of primary source documents, archives, films, and ephemera relate to significant border areas and events from the 19th to 21st centuries. It offers researchers historical context an... View Border and Migration Studies Online Online
C-Span Video Library 1987 - present Videos and transcripts of C-Span programs; includes public affairs programming, Congressional proceedings, news conferences, BookTV non-fiction author talks and interviews, and more. Contains every... View C-Span Video Library Online
Cairn (French) This journal database covers subjects in the humanities and social sciences, representing primarily French and Francophone scholarly publications. Since February 2006, the National Library of Franc... View Cairn (French) Online
Center for Research Libraries (CRL) The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is an international consortium of university, college, and independent research libraries. It supports advanced research and teaching in the humanities, scie... View Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Online
Church Missionary Society Periodicals 1804 to 2009 This online portal makes available periodicals from the Church Missionary Society Archive, a collection relevant to missiology, world Christianity, and global history. Against the backdrop of colon... View Church Missionary Society Periodicals Online
Churchill Archive 1874 - 1965 Published in October 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing in collaboration with the Churchill Archives Centre, the Churchill Archive is a digital library of modern international history. It includes more ... View Churchill Archive Online
Colonial America 1650-1780s Colonial America is a five-module resource (released over five years) featuring all 1,450 files of the CO 5 class at The National Archives, UK. The collection consists of the original correspondenc... View Colonial America Online
Confidential Print: Latin America 1833-1969 The Confidential Print series, issued by the British Government between c. 1820 and 1970, is a fundamental building block for political, social and economic research. The series originated out of a... View Confidential Print: Latin America Online
Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969 1839 - 1969 The Confidential Print series, issued by the British Government between c. 1820 and 1970 consists of the most important internal papers generated by the Foreign and Colonial Offices (FCO). These ra... View Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969 Online
Confidential Print: North America, 1824-1961 1824-1961 The Confidential Print series, issued by the British Government between c. 1820 and 1970 consists of the most important internal papers generated by the Foreign and Colonial Offices (FCO). These ra... View Confidential Print: North America, 1824-1961 Online
Corpus de Littérature Francophone de l'Océan Indien du 18e Siecle aux Independances 18th Century - 1960 (or death of authors) This Corpus gives access, as completely as possible, to the whole of Francophone written and oral literature from the Indian Ocean, from the origins (18th century) to Independence (1960, or death o... View Corpus de Littérature Francophone de l'Océan Indien du 18e Siecle aux Independances Online
Correspondence from German Concentration Camps and Prisons, 1936-1945 1936-1945 This collection consists of items originating from prisoners held in German concentration camps, internment and transit camps, Gestapo prisons, and POW camps, during and just prior to World War II.... View Correspondence from German Concentration Camps and Prisons, 1936-1945 Online
Current Biography Illustrated 1940 - present Current Biography contains the full text of more than 15,000 biographies and 9,400 obituaries that have appeared in Current Biography Yearbook since 1940. Numerous undated biographies and articles ... View Current Biography Illustrated Online
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Defining Gender 1450 - 1910 Defining Gender contains some 50,000 images of original documents from five centuries of advice literature and related material, from diaries, advice and conduct books, as well as articles from med... View Defining Gender Online
Digital Public Library of America Ancient times to the present The DPLA brings together books, images, historic records, and audiovisual materials from contributing universities, public libraries, museums and other public-spirited organizations in the United S... View Digital Public Library of America Online
Dreyfus Affair in the Making of Modern France (1894-1908) 1894-1908 In 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a French officer of Jewish descent, was convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment. This collection concerning the Dreyfus affair represents the largest outsid... View Dreyfus Affair in the Making of Modern France (1894-1908) Online
Economist Historical Archive (1843-present minus 5 years) 1843 - present minus 5 years The Economist Historical Archive provides searchable, full-text access to every issue of the The Economist from 1843 to the present minus 5 years, covering political, business, scientific, technolo... View Economist Historical Archive (1843-present minus 5 years) Online
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) 18th Century -- 1701-1800 Eighteenth Century Collections Online consists of every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom during the 18th century, along with thousands of import... View Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) Online
Eighteenth Century Journals: A Portal to Newspapers and Periodicals, c1685-1815 c1685 - 1835 The Eighteenth-Century Journals Portal provides access through a single interface to digitizations of selected English-language scholarly journals and newspapers from the years 1699-1835. At presen... View Eighteenth Century Journals: A Portal to Newspapers and Periodicals, c1685-1815 Online
Empire Online 1492 to 1969 Empire Online spans five centuries, charting the rise and fall of empires around the world. It provides exploration of colonial history, politics, culture, and society. Key features include: tens o... View Empire Online Online
Encyclopaedia Judaica, Second Ed. From the beginning - 2006 CE Encyclopaedia Judaica is a major reference work with articles by the world's top scholars on all aspects of the Jewish experience. In addition to in-depth articles, it includes bibliographies listi... View Encyclopaedia Judaica, Second Ed. Online
Encyclopaedia of Islam ~600 CE - present The Encyclopaedia of Islam includes more than 15,000 articles on the current state of the Islamic world, from religion and history to politics and culture. Articles cover distinguished Muslims, tri... View Encyclopaedia of Islam Online
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive late 1800s - 2000 An archival research resource containing the essential primary sources for studying the history of the film and entertainment industries, from the era of vaudeville and silent movies through 2000. ... View Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive Online
Essay and General Literature Index 1985 - present The Essay and General Literature Index cites records contained in collections of essays and anthologies published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada. Topics in the humanities and social... View Essay and General Literature Index Online
Ethnic NewsWatch 1960 - present Ethnic NewsWatch (ENW) features newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives. With titles dating fr... View Ethnic NewsWatch Online
European Colonialism in the Early 20th Century: Italian Colonies in North Africa and Aggression in East Africa, 1930-1939 1930-1939 Italian colonial aspirations and policies mimicked those of other European countries during the modern period. Italian colonial policy during the period 1930-1939 was shaped more by Fascism. Fascis... View European Colonialism in the Early 20th Century: Italian Colonies in North Africa and Aggression in East Africa, 1930-1939 Online
Financial Times Historical Archive (1888-2010) 1888 - 2010 The Financial Times Historical Archive delivers the complete run of the London edition of this internationally known daily paper, from its first issue through 2010. Every article, advertisement and... View Financial Times Historical Archive (1888-2010) Online
First World War 1910-1925 The First World War Portal consists of three modules each representing different presentations of the First World War, using a vast array of primary source materials drawn from several archives and... View First World War Online
Fold3 (Historical Library Only) 18th century to present Historical primary documents featuring U.S. city directories, naturalization records, and Revolutionary War Pensions. Collections include: History and Genealogy Archives, African American Archives,... View Fold3 (Historical Library Only) Online
Foreign Office Files for the Middle East, Sections 1, 2 and 3 1971-1981 This resource comprises British Foreign and Commonwealth Office files and selected files from the Prime Minister’s Office and Defence Intelligence. The resource is in three sections: The 1973 Arab-... View Foreign Office Files for the Middle East, Sections 1, 2 and 3 Online
Gale NewsVault 17th - 21st century Online newspaper portal: cross-searches Gale newspapers archives using a single interface, covering over 400 years of content, with over 10 million pages of full text images. Includes all online Ga... View Gale NewsVault Online
Gerritsen Collection: Women's History Online 1543 - 1945 The Gerritsen Collection contains the full text of over 4,700 publications from around the world documenting the condition of women, the evolution of feminist consciousness, and women's rights. The... View Gerritsen Collection: Women's History Online Online
Gutenberg-e 1500's - present The Gutenberg-e prizewinning books represent the most distinguished and innovative scholarship delivered with creative and thoughtful use of digital technology. These books have undergone a rigorou... View Gutenberg-e Online
H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences 1994 - to date H-Net Reviews publishes reviews of books and multimedia materials. While the focus is on history, many reviews of current and contemporary topics are also included. Reviews are written by academic ... View H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences Online
Historical Jewish Press 1863 - 1914 The Jewish National and University Library, David and Fela Shapell Family Digitization Project, is pleased to offer access to its Historic Hebrew Newspapers project. The aim of this site is to prov... View Historical Jewish Press Online
Historical Research in Europe: a Guide to Archives and Libraries This project is intended to assist researchers who are planning to use European libraries and archives. The focus is on materials found in western European repositories from the Atlantic area eastw... View Historical Research in Europe: a Guide to Archives and Libraries Online
Human Rights Studies Online 20th - 21st centuries This collection of primary and secondary source materials offers access to comparative documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes worldwide, fr... View Human Rights Studies Online Online
IBZ: Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur (Intnl Bibliography of Periodic Lit) 1983 - present The IBZ is produced in Germany and indexes more than 11,000 academic journals in 40 languages from around the world. It is particularly strong in European humanities and social sciences. The databa... View IBZ: Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur (Intnl Bibliography of Periodic Lit) Online
Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003 1842 - 2003 Digital access to the entire run of the Illustrated London News from its first publication on 14 May 1842 to its last in 2003. Each page has been digitally reproduced in full color and every articl... View Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003 Online
Index to Jewish Periodicals 1988 - present The Index to Jewish Periodicals is an index to more than 150 English language Jewish studies periodicals published in the United States, Canada, England, Israel, South Africa, and Australia. It cov... View Index to Jewish Periodicals Online
International African Bibliography Online 1971 - present The International African Bibliography (IAB) is an essential resource for all those working in the field of African studies, providing a current awareness service of the latest books, articles and ... View International African Bibliography Online Online
International Historical Statistics 1750-2010 IHS is a collection of historical statistics from over 260 years and more than 200 countries & territories across a multitude of interdisciplinary socio-economic topics. Subjects include population... View International Historical Statistics Online
International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text (IIBPFT) 1998 - present IIBP Full Text includes current and selective retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from more than 150 scholarly and popular journals, newspapers and newsletters from the United State... View International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text (IIBPFT) Online
J. Willard Hurst Collection 1932 - 1997 The J. Willard Hurst Collection details the career of the man commonly identified as the father of modern American legal history. The collection includes Hursts personal outlines and notes; course ... View J. Willard Hurst Collection Online
Jewish Encyclopedia 1901 - 1906 This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the public... View Jewish Encyclopedia Online
Joint Publications Research Service Reports (JPRS) 1957 - 1995 The Joint Publications Research Service was a U.S. government organization established in 1957 to supply government agencies with translations of unclassified foreign documents consisting of the fo... View Joint Publications Research Service Reports (JPRS) Online
JTA Jewish & Israel News (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) 1923 - present JTA Jewish & Israel News is a searchable database chronicling modern Jewish history, as seen through the eyes of journalists. It consists of articles published or disseminated by the JTA (Jewish Te... View JTA Jewish & Israel News (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) Online
Kotobarabia Modern Arab Renaissance Collection (EB-KAMAR) 1820 - 1914 Kotobarabia's "Modern Arab Renaissance Collection" is an archive of Arabic language books published from 1820-1914 from across the Islamic world, with a special focus on Egypt and Syria. This colle... View Kotobarabia Modern Arab Renaissance Collection (EB-KAMAR) Online
Left Index 1982 - present The Left Index provides indexing to "the diversity of literature on the left, with a primary emphasis on politically and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside the academy and a secondar... View Left Index Online
LGBT Thought and Culture LGBT Thought and Culture is an online resource hosting the key works and archival documentation of LGBT political and social movements throughout the 20th century and into the present day. The coll... View LGBT Thought and Culture Online
Liberation Journals Index 1931 - 1970 The Liberation Journals Index is an analytic, searchable, online index covering the interwar Pan-African periodicals La Revue du Monde Noir, Légitime Défense, L’Étudiant Noir, the wartime Tropiques... View Liberation Journals Index Online
Library of Latin Texts Library of Latin Texts contains texts from the beginning of Latin literature (Livius Andronicus, 240 BC) through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). The texts have been taken fr... View Library of Latin Texts Online
London Low Life Taking as its subject Victorian London, the content ranges from salacious ‘swell’s guides’ to scandalous broadsides and subversive posters, the material sold and exchanged on London’s bustling thor... View London Low Life Online
Magazine Stacks: Tables of Contents of Historical Journals, Monographic Series & Occasional Volumes 1827 - to date This growing resource consists of tables of contents of European (including British) historical journals. It is intended to help researchers locate articles by browsing through the tables of conten... View Magazine Stacks: Tables of Contents of Historical Journals, Monographic Series & Occasional Volumes Online
Making of the Modern World: Parts I, II and III, The 1450 - 1914 This wide-ranging collection looks at history through the lens of wealth and trade with a focus on economics, political science, history, philosophy, sociology, and special collections on banking, ... View Making of the Modern World: Parts I, II and III, The Online
Mass Observation Online 1937 to 1967 Source Library: Special Collections, University of Sussex. Mass Observation Online makes available original manuscript and typescript papers created and collected by the British Mass Observation or... View Mass Observation Online Online
Moving Image Archive This is Internet Archive's Moving Images library of free movies, films, and videos. This library contains thousands of digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length ... View Moving Image Archive Online
Nineteenth Century Collections Online 19th Century Nineteenth Century Collections Online unites multiple, distinct archives into a single resource, including a wide variety of previously unavailable primary sources ranging from books and monographs... View Nineteenth Century Collections Online Online
North China Herald (1850-1926) 1850-1926 The English North China Herald is the prime English-language source for the history of the foreign presence in China from around 1850 to the 1940s. It was published in Shanghai. As the official jou... View North China Herald (1850-1926) Online
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Geography The Geography module from Oxford Bibliographies Inline (OBO) provides a means to navigate through the vast amounts of books, publications, and other materials from across the discipline from the la... View Oxford Bibliographies Online: Geography Online
Oxford Encyclopedia of Women and World History Pre-history to the 2000s Contains some 650 biographies of women and 600 topical entries covering geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies. Scope is worldwide and from pre-his... View Oxford Encyclopedia of Women and World History Online
Oxford Handbooks Online Current Oxford Handbooks Online provides access to the full text of more than 190 plus titles published as part of the prestigious Oxford Handbooks series, plus specially commissioned keywords and abstract... View Oxford Handbooks Online Online
PAIS (Public Affairs) 1972 - present Public Affairs Information Service indexes more than 900 journals; books; government documents; statistical compilations; committee reports; directories; serials; reports of public, intergovernment... View PAIS (Public Affairs) Online
Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, The 1830 - 1880 Digital edition of Grant's papers, based on the original letterpress edition edited by John Y. Simon. Searchable access to the content of the original thirty-one print volumes, including all editor... View Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, The Online
Periodicals Archive Online 1802 - 2000 An online archive of digitized, full-image journal articles, Periodicals Archive Online provides access to hundreds of scholarly journals. Coverage is international and includes a wide range of sch... View Periodicals Archive Online Online
PIO: Periodicals Index Online Late 18th Century - 1996 The PIO database contains citations for more than 3,500 social science and humanities journals published in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, and Germany. There are occasional abs... View PIO: Periodicals Index Online Online
Post-War Europe: Refugees, Exile and Resettlement, 1945-1950 1945 - 1950 This online archive delivers essential primary sources for the study and understanding of the challenges facing the European peoples in the aftermath of World War II. It covers the politics and adm... View Post-War Europe: Refugees, Exile and Resettlement, 1945-1950 Online
Primeros Libros: Impresos Mexicanos del Siglo XVI This is a digital collection of the first books printed in Mexico before 1601. These monographs represent the first printing in the New World and provide primary sources for scholarly studies focus... View Primeros Libros: Impresos Mexicanos del Siglo XVI Online
Project Muse Project Muse provides full text access to more than 300 humanities and social science journals from various publishers. Disciplines covered include art, anthropology, literature, film, theatre, his... View Project Muse Online
Readers’ Guide Retrospective 1890 - 1982 Readers' Guide Retrospective is a database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century... View Readers’ Guide Retrospective Online
Robert M. La Follette Papers 1879-1910 Congressman, Governor, and United States Senator, Robert Marion La Follette is one of the crucial figures of the Progressive Movement of the early twentieth century. This collection documents his e... View Robert M. La Follette Papers Online
Shen Bao (China, 1872-1949) 1872 - 1949 (full run) Shanghai-based Shen Bao (formerly transliterated as Shun Pao) was the longest-lasting and probably most influential newspaper in modern China. Its history is enmeshed in the major Chinese political... View Shen Bao (China, 1872-1949) Online
State Papers Online: Early Modern Government in Britain and Europe (1509-1782) 1509 - 1782 State Papers Online, 1509-1714 is a collection of English government documents originating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when the King or Queen acted as Prime Minister as well as Mon... View State Papers Online: Early Modern Government in Britain and Europe (1509-1782) Online
Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive 1902 to (the present minus 5 years) This full text archive of the complete Times Literary Supplement contains every page of every copy of the TLS published from 1902 - (present - 5 years rolling horizon). Reviews of books in many dis... View Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive Online
Trove: Digitized Newspapers from the National Library of Australia span of individual journals varies; current range: 1802-1995 Provides searchable and browsable access to full text of Australian newspapers and magazines (1802+). (Updates ongoing) View Trove: Digitized Newspapers from the National Library of Australia Online
Twentieth Century Advice Literature TWENTIETH CENTURY ADVICE LITERATURE focuses on gender roles and relations, American consumerism, views of democratic citizenship, character development for children, changes in reaction to each maj... View Twentieth Century Advice Literature Online
UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004 (University of California Press) Dates vary The UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004 are made available through a partnership between the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program. More than 7... View UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004 (University of California Press) Online
Victorian Popular Culture Module I: Spiritualism, Sensation and Magic 1779 - 1930 The Victorian Popular Culture portal contains a wide range of source material relating to popular entertainment in America, Britain and Europe in the period from 1779 to 1930, and shows how interco... View Victorian Popular Culture Module I: Spiritualism, Sensation and Magic Online
Victorian Web The Victorian Web concentrates on Great Britain in the age of Victoria (1837-1901) and is a multidisciplinary resource for Victorian studies and culture. Included are primary and secondary texts (i... View Victorian Web Online
Yiddish Prints 1550 - 1920 The Collection "Yiddish Prints" contains about 800 very valuable Yiddish books that belong to the Frankfurt University Library. The texts were printed in Hebrew letters in West, Central and East Eu... View Yiddish Prints Online
Yomidas Rekishikan (Japan) Dates vary, 1874 - present The Yomiuri Shimbun is Japanese newspaper database that contains 3 databases: Rekiahikan--more than 10 million articles since its inaugural issue in 1874. The Yomiuri Shimbun -- about 4.8 million n... View Yomidas Rekishikan (Japan) Online
ZEFYS: Historische Zeitungen: Zeitungsinformationssystem 1740 - 1944 Developed by the Berlin State Library (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin), ZEFYS is the portal for accessing digitized German historical newspapers, as well as full-text and selected web resources and dat... View ZEFYS: Historische Zeitungen: Zeitungsinformationssystem Online

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