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Databases by Subject - History

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Database Title	In Quick Find	Description	Coverage	Some Full Text	Restricted to...†
Academic OneFile		Search full-text articles on physical science, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and more. Full Text Titles Included	1980-	Y
American History & Life and Historical Abstracts		Historical abstracts of global history research journals, covering 1450 to the present. America History and Life can be searched by choosing the drop down option for for U.S. and Canadian history. Titles Indexed	1886-	N
American Foreign Relations Since 1600: a Guide to the Literature		An annotated bibliographical guide to the study of the history of U.S. foreign relations.	1600-	Y
ArticleFirst		Citations from 15,000+ journals on all topics. Titles Indexed | Search Tips	1990-	N
Arts & Humanities Citation Index via ISI Web of Knowledge		Covers journal literature of the arts and humanities, including citation information for authors' works. Titles Indexed | Workbook	1980-	N
Blackwell Synergy		Search Blackwell Synergy for access to more than 770 full text journals on many topics areas: science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and humanities. Titles Included | Search Help	1879-	Y
Encyclopedia Britannica Online		Start here for background information on most topics. Search the web version of the Encyclopedia Britannica or browse by subject, A-Z, or check the World Atlas or timelines of history. Also contains Merriam Websters Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.	Current	Y
Gale Virtual Reference Library		Search Gale eBook reference content such as Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, Major Acts of Congress, Encyclopedia of Bioethics and 20+ other titles. Help	2000-	Y
Google Scholar		Google search for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports on all topic areas. Use to find articles from academic publishers, professional societies, prepublication repositories and universities.	Varies	Y	For best results, use Proxy
HLAS Online (Handbook of Latin American Studies)		Bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Titles Indexed | Search Tips	1935-	N
History Cooperative		Search and retrieve full text of current issues of the American Historical Review, Journal of American History, Journal of World History and a other history publications. Titles Included	1999-	Y
Historical Statistics of the United States		Data, charts, and statistics on topics such as population, work and welfare, economy, overnance and international relations.	1600-	Y
Humanities International Complete		Indexing and full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world on various humanities topics. Titles Included	1920s+	Y
JSTOR		Online archive of complete backruns of scholarly journals in a variety of academic fields. Titles Included | Search Tips	1800s-	Y
Making of America		Digital library of books and journal articles in American social history from the antibellum period through reconstruction. Search Tips	Varies	Y
Massachusetts History Online		Use this collection for full-text articles from 50 magazines and local newspapers for coverage of Massachusetts people, places and historical events	Varies	Y
MLA International Bibliography		Indexes books, essay collections and bibliographies on literature, languages, linguistics and folklore. Titles Included | Search Tips	1926-	N
New York Times (Current)		Search full text of the New York Times.	2005-	Y
New York Times (Historical)		Search full text and image 1851-2003 including news, illustrations, editorials, and advertisements. Search Tips	1851-2003	Y
Oxford Journals Online		Search Oxford journals, we subscribe to 100+ titles covering a variety of topic areas.	1995-	Y
Oxford Reference Online		Contains 100+ dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works full text and searchable.	Varies	Y
Project MUSE		Full text access to scholarly humanities, social sciences, and mathematics journals. Titles Included	Varies	Y
Readers' Guide Retrospective		The Readers' Guide Index to Periodical Literature back to 1890. Titles Included	1890 - 1982	N
ThomsonGale PowerSearch		InfoTrac databases cover scholarly sources on a variety of topics. Great starting place for articles. Includes titles from Expanded Academic ASAP and others.	1980-	Y
Wiley Interscience		Search journals published by Wiley. WPI subscribes to many titles in various topic areas. Titles | Search Tips	1946-	Y

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