History

Key Databases

The best first place to go if you're looking for research materials in this discipline.

America, history and life

Indexing and abstracts covering United States and Canadian history from prehistory to the present. Index goes back to 1964.

Historical abstracts

Provides bibliographical coverage of the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada). Included are article ...

JSTOR

Provides image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathema...

Medieval Period

Feminae, Medieval women and gender index - Presents the Medieval Feminist Index, which covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in boo...
International medieval bibliography online - International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) indexes articles, notes, and similar literature on medieva...
Iter, gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance - A bibliography of approximately 230,000 articles and reviews drawn from over 400 medieval and renais...
Medieval family life - Only five major letter collections, those of the Paston, Stonor, Plumpton, Armburgh and Cely familie...
Medieval travel writing - Extensive collection medieval manuscripts from archives and libraries around the world, dating from ...

17th century

17th-18th century Burney Collection newspapers - Searchable full-text access to the British Library's collection of the newspapers, pamphlets, and bo...
17th and 18th century Nichols newspapers collection - The Nichols Collection consists of 280 newspaper and periodical titles and approximately 300 monogra...
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) historical periodicals collection - Provides electronic access to a comprehensive collection of American periodicals published from 1684...
American history, 1493-1945 - This resource brings together materials on American history from the time of the earliest settlers u...
American history in video - "American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for...
American national biography - "Offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women, from all eras and walks of life, whose lives ha...
America's historical newspapers - Web-based archive of Americana that features images and full-text content from many historical newsp...
Black studies center - Black Studies Center combines invaluable resources for research and teaching in Black studies: Schom...
Colonial America. Module 1, Frontier Life, Early Expansion and Rivalries - This module focuses on Europeans who were eager to carve out new lands and economic opportunities, s...
Colonial state papers - Colonial State Papers provides access to thousands of papers concerning English activities in the Am...
Early English books online - From the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare, this collection...
Empire online - Empire Online spans five centuries, charting the rise and fall of empires around the world. It provi...
European views of the Americas, 1493-1750 - This bibliographic database is a valuable index for libraries, scholars and individuals interested i...
Perdita manuscripts - Includes complete facsimile images of over 230 manuscripts written or compiled by women living in th...
Slavery in America and the world - Searchable database which provides links to legal materials on slavery in the United States and the ...
State papers online - "State Papers Online, 1509-1714 is a collection of English government documents originating from the...
Virginia Company archives - This collection provides a rich source for the study of trade between Britain and America. It docume...

18th century

17th-18th century Burney Collection newspapers - Searchable full-text access to the British Library's collection of the newspapers, pamphlets, and bo...
17th and 18th century Nichols newspapers collection - The Nichols Collection consists of 280 newspaper and periodical titles and approximately 300 monogra...
18thConnect - 18thConnect is an aggregator of digital resources that provide a comprehensive research environment ...
America's historical newspapers - Web-based archive of Americana that features images and full-text content from many historical newsp...
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) historical periodicals collection - Provides electronic access to a comprehensive collection of American periodicals published from 1684...
American history, 1493-1945 - This resource brings together materials on American history from the time of the earliest settlers u...
American history in video - "American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for...
American national biography - "Offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women, from all eras and walks of life, whose lives ha...
Black studies center - Black Studies Center combines invaluable resources for research and teaching in Black studies: Schom...
Colonial America. Module 1, Frontier Life, Early Expansion and Rivalries - This module focuses on Europeans who were eager to carve out new lands and economic opportunities, s...
Colonial state papers - Colonial State Papers provides access to thousands of papers concerning English activities in the Am...
Early American imprints. Series I, Evans (1639-1800) - Provides full-text and full-page-image access to books, pamphlets and broadsides printed in America ...
Eighteenth Century collections online - A comprehensive digital edition of The Eighteenth Century microfilm set, which has aimed to include ...
Eighteenth century journals. I, Newspapers and periodicals 1693-1793, from the Bodleian Library, Oxford - Electronic collection of material reproduced from newspapers and periodicals published in Britain du...
Empire online - Empire Online spans five centuries, charting the rise and fall of empires around the world. It provi...
Gale newsvault - Gale NewsVault delivers the definitive cross-searching experience for exploring Gale's range of hist...
North American women's letters and diaries - North American Women's Letters and Diaries (NAWLD) is a full-text database of the personal experienc...
ProQuest Congressional - Indexes information produced by or pertaining to the United States Congress from 1789 to the present...
Slavery in America and the world - Searchable database which provides links to legal materials on slavery in the United States and the ...

19th century

British Library newspapers - Sourced from the extensive holdings of the British Library, British Library Newspapers delivers a wi...
19th century masterfile. Series I - Coverage: 1786-1922. Contains journal citations published from top indices of the Nineteenth-Century...
Accessible Archives full-text databases -
ALB1876, American libraries before 1876 - This database covers institutional and commercial libraries that existed in what is now the continen...
America's historical newspapers - Web-based archive of Americana that features images and full-text content from many historical newsp...
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) historical periodicals collection - Provides electronic access to a comprehensive collection of American periodicals published from 1684...
American history, 1493-1945 - This resource brings together materials on American history from the time of the earliest settlers u...
American history in video - "American History in Video provides the largest and richest collection of video available online for...
American Indian histories and cultures - The wide range of material included in American Indian Histories and Cultures presents a unique insi...
American national biography - "Offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women, from all eras and walks of life, whose lives ha...
Black studies center - Black Studies Center combines invaluable resources for research and teaching in Black studies: Schom...
Central Asia, Persia and Afghanistan, 1834-1922 - This resource provides digital access to official British government records relating to the region,...
Confidential print. Africa, 1834-1966 - The Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966 is Official British government correspondence concerning A...
Confidential print. Latin America, 1833-1969 - The Confidential Print series, issued by the British Government between c. 1820 and 1970, is a funda...
Confidential print. Middle East, 1839-1969 - The collection covers Middle Eastern history from 1839-1969; countries included are: Afghanistan, Eg...
Confidential print, North America, 1824-1961 - The collection covers a broad sweep of history from c.1824-1961, taking in the USA, Canada, the Cari...
Early American imprints. Series II, Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) - Provides full-text and full-page-image access to books, pamphlets, and broadsides published in Ameri...
Empire online - Empire Online spans five centuries, charting the rise and fall of empires around the world. It provi...
Everyday life & women in America - This digital collection provides access to rare primary source material on American social, cultural...
Gale newsvault - Gale NewsVault delivers the definitive cross-searching experience for exploring Gale's range of hist...
HarpWeek - The database contains all the pages of Harper's weekly, the Civil War Era (1857-1865), Reconstructio...
Historical statistics of the United States - This thoroughly revised five-volume reference work reflects thirty years of new data and scholarship...
Illustrated London news historical archive, 1842-2003 - "The Illustrated London News Historical Archive gives students and researchers unprecedented online ...
Leisure, travel and mass culture : [Material from Brooklyn Historical Society] - Maps, view books and guides provide in-depth case studies for Coney Island, Long Island and Rockaway...
London low life - London Low Life is a full-text searchable electronic resource, containing colour images of rare book...
Making of America (MOA) - Presents a digital library of books and journals related to the development of United States social ...
Migration to new worlds - Migration to New Worlds: The Modern Era begins with the activities of the New Zealand Company during...
North American women's letters and diaries - North American Women's Letters and Diaries (NAWLD) is a full-text database of the personal experienc...
Popular medicine in America, 1800-1900 - Electronic reproduction of materials documenting the history of popular remedies and treatments in 1...
ProQuest Congressional - Indexes information produced by or pertaining to the United States Congress from 1789 to the present...
American Indians and the American West, 1809-1971 - "Consists of a large variety of collections from the U.S. National Archives, a series of collections...
Queen Victoria's journals - "Queen Victoria's Journals was launched on 24 May 2012, the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth in...
Slavery in America and the world - Searchable database which provides links to legal materials on slavery in the United States and the ...
Smithsonian collections online. World's fairs and expositions - This database includes primary source documents from exhibits between 1840 to 1940. The collection i...
American West - The Graff Collection, consisting of original manuscripts, maps, ephemeral material (trade cards, wan...
Travel writing, spectacle and world history - This resource brings together hundreds of accounts by women of their travels across the globe from t...
Victorian database online - Covers all aspects of British Victorian Studies between the years 1830 and 1914. Interdisciplinary ...
Victorian popular culture - An essential resource for the study of popular entertainment in the nineteenth and early twentieth c...
Waterloo directory of English newspapers and periodicals, 1800-1900 - This is a directory to the largest single body of historical documents arising out of nineteenth cen...
World's Fairs - Contains official records, publicity, artwork, artifacts and other primary source materials for more...

20th century

African American communities - Electronic reproduction of materials from the Southern Historical Collection in the Library of the U...
American history, 1493-1945 - This resource brings together materials on American history from the time of the earliest settlers u...
Apartheid South Africa 1948-1980 - Contains British government files and maps related to South Africa under the first thirty years of t...
Archives of sexuality and gender - The Archives of Sexuality and Gender program provides a collection of primary sources for the histor...
Central Asia, Persia and Afghanistan, 1834-1922 - This resource provides digital access to official British government records relating to the region,...
Confidential print. Africa, 1834-1966 - The Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966 is Official British government correspondence concerning A...
Confidential print. Latin America, 1833-1969 - The Confidential Print series, issued by the British Government between c. 1820 and 1970, is a funda...
Confidential print. Middle East, 1839-1969 - The collection covers Middle Eastern history from 1839-1969; countries included are: Afghanistan, Eg...
Confidential print, North America, 1824-1961 - The collection covers a broad sweep of history from c.1824-1961, taking in the USA, Canada, the Cari...
Declassified documents reference system - The database provides online access to over 500,000 pages of previously classified government docume...
Digital National Security Archive - Database contains 15 complete collections of declassified documents: Afghanistan, Berlin Crisis 1958...
Documents on British policy overseas -
Everyday life & women in America - This digital collection provides access to rare primary source material on American social, cultural...
First World War - The Visual perspectives and narratives section showcases material from the Imperial War Museum in Lo...
Foreign Office files for China, 1919-1980 - This digital collection makes available all British Foreign Office files dealing with China, Hong Ko...
Foreign Office files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1947-1980 - This collection focuses on the political and social history of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Inc...
Foreign Office files for the Middle East, 1971-1981 - This resource comprises British Foreign and Commonwealth Office files and selected files from the Pr...
Historical statistics of the United States - This thoroughly revised five-volume reference work reflects thirty years of new data and scholarship...
Illustrated London news historical archive, 1842-2003 - "The Illustrated London News Historical Archive gives students and researchers unprecedented online ...
Leisure, travel and mass culture : [Material from Brooklyn Historical Society] - Maps, view books and guides provide in-depth case studies for Coney Island, Long Island and Rockaway...
Liberty magazine, 1924-1950 - This database is a digitization of the entire run of Liberty Magazine, nearly 1,400 issues, and cont...
London low life - London Low Life is a full-text searchable electronic resource, containing colour images of rare book...
Macmillan cabinet papers, 1957-1963 - "Macmillan Cabinet Papers, 1957-1963 provides complete coverage of the Cabinet conclusions (minutes)...
Market research and American business reports, 1935-1965 - This database is a source for American consumption history as well as the history of transnational m...
Mass observation online - This resource includes essays on British social history collected between 1937 and 1972 during a pro...
North American women's letters and diaries - North American Women's Letters and Diaries (NAWLD) is a full-text database of the personal experienc...
Oxford dictionary of national biography - Biographies of noteworthy people, no longer living, who inhabited or were connected with the British...
Popular culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975 - This resource contains digitizations of popular culture collections from the U.S. and U.K. between 1...
Punch historical archive, 1841-1992 - From 1841 to 1992 Punch was the world's most celebrated magazine of humour and satire. From its earl...
ProQuest Congressional - Indexes information produced by or pertaining to the United States Congress from 1789 to the present...
Race relations in America - <p>Record of speeches, reports, surveys, and analyses produced by Fisk University's Race Relations D...
Smithsonian collections online. World's fairs and expositions - This database includes primary source documents from exhibits between 1840 to 1940. The collection i...
Nixon years, 1969-1974 - Top level Anglo-American discussions and briefing papers dominate this project. There is also a weal...
Travel writing, spectacle and world history - This resource brings together hundreds of accounts by women of their travels across the globe from t...
Women in the National Archives - "This collection consists of two distinct elements: A finding aid to women's studies resources in Th...
World's Fairs - Contains official records, publicity, artwork, artifacts and other primary source materials for more...

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