Library Resources for History
Best Databases (Core)
- African American Experience
- This online collection on African American life covers history and culture. Drawing on over 400 volumns it gives voice to the black experience from its African origins to the present day.
- African-American History Online
- This electronic encyclopedia includes thousands of entries, covering the entire breadth of African-American history, from African beginnings through the slave trade and the civil rights movement to the present. African-American History & Culture is organized into sections: Biographies, Subject Entries, Primary Sources, Timelines, Image Gallery, and Maps and Charts. Each entry is cross-referenced through hyperlinks and can be searched by topic, by historical era, or by keyword.
- American History Online
- Spanning more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, this extensively updated online database provides thorough coverage of the history of America and its people.
- American Women's History Online
- American Women’s History Online covers topics such as abortion, birth control and reproductive rights; affirmative action; civil rights activism; gender discrimination and harassment; education; family, marriage, and divorce; health, psychology, and medicine; lesbian and gay studies; military and aviation; performing arts; politics, law, and government; sports; woman suffrage and voting rights; the women’s liberation movement; and many others.
- Ancient and Medieval History Online
- Explores the pre-modern world with in-depth focus on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Asia
- History Federated Search
- Search across all our history databases except Issues & Controversies in American History.
- Latino American Experience
- This database focuses on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States spaning from the pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations of the Americas, through the Spanish and Mexican settlement of much of what is now the United States, to the triumphs and challenges facing present-day U.S. Latinos. It Features more than 150 full-text book titles, 1500 images, hundreds of primary documents, Spanish-language content, a Timeline, and 225 vetted web sites. It includes the history, culture, and customs of the people of Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Iberian Peninsula.
- Massachusetts History Online
- Contains full-text articles gathered from almost 50 sources that directly relate to MA history.
- Modern World History Online
- Covers the people, places, and events in the broad expanse of history—from mid-15th century to the present.
General Databases
- Issues & Controversies in American History
- The database provides explanations of the most contentious issues in American history, contains essays of opposing points of view, as well as biographies, timelines, background articles, photographs, and maps.
- World Atlas
- This database provides a variety of political, outline, elevation, locator, and comparative statistical maps. It also includes several features: Country and State Profiles (maps, facts & figures, climate, culture, etc. of each area), a Comparison Tool (that compares and ranks countries, U.S. states, and Canadian provinces and territories using selected statistics), and an "In the News" section (updated news articles organized by country).
- World News Digest
- Brings together and enhances nearly seven decades of news from Facts On File World News Digest.
- Academic OneFile
- Academic OneFile is a source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's English language journals and reference sources. It has extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, & millions of full text articles available in both PDF and HTML.
- Academic Search Premier
- The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,650 serials, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.
Best Reference Books Online
- Pop Culture Universe
- This database includes more than 250 volumes of reviewed, published material that offer thousands of overviews of pop culture from the 1920's through the present, including TV shows, awards, fads, fashions, and news. Includes images, Decades Pages, Web links and more.
- Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students
- This set has been prepared especially for nonspecialists, focusing on Renaissance-era topics most studied in high school world history, art, literature, economics, and science curriculum. Includes entries on a range of topics, including Florence, Galileo, heraldry, Medici family, opera, piracy, Shakespeare, Leonardo Da Vinci, and many others. Includes a master chronology with topical timelines, a bibliography with age-appropriate further reading sources, and a comprehensive index.
- St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
- Includes more than 2,700 signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and, where appropriate, photographs and textual cross-references to related essays.
Reference Books Online
- Reference Books Online
- Complete list of online Reference Books (specialized books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc.).
|
