Main Databases
America: History & Life with Full Text (EBSCO)
This resource covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With hundreds of full-text journals and books, and selective indexing for journals dating back more than 60 years.
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)
Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada), focusing on the 15th century to the present. It provides a robust selection of bibliographic records from thousands of academic journals, magazines, books and monographs. Topics include military history, women's history, history of education and much more.
International Medieval Bibliography Online (Brepolis)
Multidisciplinary Bibliography of Europe, North Africa and the Near East (300-1500). It covers Classics, English Language and Literature, History and Archaeology, Theology and Philosophy, Medieval European Languages and Literatures, Arabic and Islamic Studies, History of Education, Art History, Music, Theatre and Performance Arts, Rhetoric and Communication Studies.
L'Annee Philologique (EBSCO)
L'Année philologique is a specialized bibliographic database of scholarly works relating to all aspects of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. Its subjects are Greek and Latin literature and linguistics, including early Christian texts and patristics, Greek and Roman history, art, archaeology, philosophy, religion, mythology, music, science, numismatics, papyrology and epigraphy. Includes citations to journal articles and books, with abstracts in English, German, Spanish, French or Italian.
Related Resources
Academic OneFile (Gale)
A multidisciplinary database that includes articles from academic journals in different areas of research.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
A comprehensive database that includes articles from numerous academic journals.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials (EBSCO)
This database combines the premier indexing of full-text collection of major religion and theology journals. Provides coverage dating back to 1908 with indexing for some journal titles extending back into the 19th century.
Biography Resource Center (Gale)
This database combines award-winning biographies and includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on name or more facts such as birth and death year, birth and death place, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender.
Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford)
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is the national record of men and women who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century.
Humanities International Complete (EBSCO)
This resource provides full text journals, books and more in all aspects of Humanities, from around the world
Index Islamicus (EBSCO)
An international bibliography of publications in European languages on all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world, including history, beliefs, societies, cultures, languages and literatures.
MLA (EBSCO)
MLA International Bibliography covers literature, language and linguistics, folklore, film, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included.
The Oxford dictionary of the classical world
The dictionary covers key aspects of ancient Greek and Roman life and literature, such as science, social structure, philosophy, and religion, and contains comprehensive articles on central figures, both real and mythological.
Index of Hebrew Periodicals (IHP)
The Index to Hebrew Periodicals is a multi-disciplinary bibliographic indexing project covering articles from Hebrew periodicals, collections, and monographs.
Primary Sources
American Indian Histories and Cultures
Spanning four centuries and covering North and Central America, The American Indian Histories and Cultures presents unique materials from early contacts between European settlers and American Indians and the subsequent political, social and cultural effects of those encounters on American Indian life. Continuing through to the modern era, and told against the backdrop of the 19th century expansion into the 'Western Frontier' right through to the civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth century. The material includes: Manuscripts (treaties, speeches, petitions, diaries, travel journals, ledger books), Artwork (illustrations, sketches, watercolours, oil paintings, American Indian art), American Indian Newspapers covering the 1960s to 1990s, Rare Printed Books, Photographs, Maps.
Correspondence from German Concentration Camps and Prisons (Gale Archives Unbound)
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. Most of the materials are letters written or received by prisoners.
Early English Books Online (EEBO)
Early English Books Online contains digital facsimile page images of works printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700.
ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collection Online) (Gale)
Works published in the UK during the 18th century covering variety of subjects such as humanities, social sciences, technology and more.
Holocaust and the Concentration Camp Trials : Prosecution of Nazi War Crimes (Gale Archives Unbound)
This new collection provides unique documents on the investigation and prosecution of war crimes committed by Nazi concentration camp commandants and camp personnel. Documents include: correspondence; trial records and transcripts; investigatory material, such as interrogation reports and trial exhibits; clemency petitions and reviews; photographs of atrocities; newspaper clippings; and pamphlets.
Library of Latin Texts – Series A and B : Database for the Western Latin Tradition (Brepolis)
The LLT A+B contains works from the classical period, the most important patristic works, a very extensive corpus of Medieval Latin literature as well as works of recentior latinitas including texts from the Reformation and Counter-Reformation through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council.
Nineteenth Century Periodicals (Marist College)
This guide provides a list of 19th century periodicals available online
Papal Letters (Brepolis)
This database provides the electronic version of the series of registers and letters of the popes from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, preserved in the Archivio Segreto Vaticano in Rome.
SAFEHAVEN Reports on Nazi Looting of Occupied Countries and Assets in Neutral Countries (Gale Archives Unbound)
SAFEHAVEN Reports on Nazi Looting of Occupied Countries and Assets in Neutral Countries includes SAFEHAVEN reports and letters.
Testaments to the Holocaust (Gale Archives Unbound)
Testaments to the Holocaust is a fully searchable digital archive of this extensive collection of primary sources, including:
eyewitness accounts, rare photographs, books and Nazi propaganda material including: Nazi calendars, Hitler youth materials, a rare encyclopedia of anti-Semitism, songbooks and more.
Trans - Atlantic Slave Trade Database (Emory University and Cambridge University Press)
Trans - Atlantic Slave Trade Database contains records of trans-Atlantic slave ship voyages made between 1595 and 1866. The database provides information on ships, crew, slave cargo, and routes.
U.S. Intelligence on the Middle East, 1945-2009 (Brill)
This comprehensive document set sheds light on the U.S. intelligence community's spying and analytic efforts in the Arab world, including the Middle East, the Near East, and North Africa. It covers the time period from the end of World War II to the present day, the Global War on Terror, the Iraq War, and Iran's nuclear program.
U.S. Relations with the Vatican and the Holocaust 1940 – 1950 (Gale Archives Unbound)
This collection consists of the State Department's records of the personal representative of the President to Pope Pius XII, including the Decimal File, Confidential Correspondence File and the Airgrams File.
Online Journals
African American Periodicals, 1825-1995
African American Newspapers (Marist College)
Afro-Americana imprints, 1535-1922: from the Library Company of Philadelphia
America's Historical Newspapers 1758 - 1900 (NewsBank)
Historical Newspapers Online (Penn Libraries Guides)
New York Times (Internet Edition)
New York Times (Internet edition) Article Archive: 1851-1980
New York Times Archive (Internet Edition) Article Archive: 1981-present
Nineteenth century British newspapers
Times Digital Archive 1785 - (Gale)
E-Books
ebook Academic Collection EBSCO)
Reference Books
Encyclopedia of Ancient History (Wiley)
The Encyclopedia of Ancient History covers over 5,000 original entries spanning the late Bronze Age through the seventh century CE. Entries extend to all Mediterranean civilizations, including the Near East and Egypt.
Europa World (Europa World Year Book) (Routledge)
Europa World Plus combines the famous, authoritative worldwide coverage of The Europa World Year Book with regular online updates. This online version delivers fast, impartial economic, political and geographic background information and statistical data by country, and includes thousands of directory contact details with click-through web links and a comprehensive listing of more than 2,000 international organizations
Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
A six-volume survey of European history from 1450, the beginning of the print revolution, to 1789 and the French Revolution. Presents over 1,000 entries covering the period's most significant personalities and meaningful developments in the arts, religion, politics, exploration, and warfare. For students, scholars, and general readers.
International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages (Brepolis)
Brepolis contains online projects, aimed at the international community of humanities scholars.
Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia (Jewish Women's Archive)
The Encyclopedia features over 1,700 biographies, 300 thematic essays, and 1,400 photographs and illustrations on a wide range of Jewish women through the centuries.
New Encyclopedia of Africa (2nd ed) (Gale)
Addresses the entire history of African cultures from the pharaohs and the ancient civilizations of the south through the colonial era to the emergence of 53 independent countries. Covers issues facing the continent such as global development, the AIDS crisis, and international terrorism.
Free Access Sites
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
A a digital library project of humanities resources of the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world. Includes Primary and secondary sources for the study of ancient Greece and Rome.
http://www.itergateway.org/
Iter is a not-for-profit partnership dedicated to the advancement of learning in the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700) through the development and distribution of online resources.
