Quick History Search
This box searches these core History databases:
- America: History and Life
Provides citations to articles on American and Canadian history. Articles date from 1964 – present. Includes some full-text links. - Historical Abstracts
Provides citations to world history articles, book chapters, books, and more on topics dating from 1450-present. Coverage excludes U.S. and Canada. Years of coverage: 1954-present. - JSTOR
Provides access to full-text journals articles across all disciplines. Years of coverage: varies by journal title. - MUSCAT
- Academic Search Premier
Provides citations and some full-text for articles in journals and magazines, covering social sciences, humanities, education, arts, literature, ethnic studies, and more.
Other History Research Tools
- Humanities Abstracts
Provides citations to articles covering all humanities subject areas. Years of coverage: 1984-present. - Humanities E-Books
Provides access to a digital collection of 1,700 full-text books of major importance in the humanities. 300 new titles are added every year. - WorldCat
Provides citations to books & other materials owned by over 10,000 libraries around the world (subject matter covers material from all time periods). Use to locate items that Musselman Library does not own. - Encyclopedia of Islam
Provides the authoritative source on the religion of Islam, and also on the believers and the countries in which they live.
Primary Sources
- American Periodical Series (APS)
Provides full-text articles on American social and political development from periodicals published in the United States during the 18th and 19th centuries. Includes periodicals that commenced publication between 1740-1900. - Accessible Archives
Provides full-text articles from 18th and 19th century American newspapers, periodicals, and Pennsylvania county histories, covering material from 1728-1900. - American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
Provides full-text of letters, diaries, and memoirs covering 1861-1865. - America's Historical Newspapers
Features full-text images of over 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, including titles from all 50 states. - Avalon Project
Access to world-wire primary documents on Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government, from Ancient Times to the present. - Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures and the Environment
Provides full text sources of Native Americans and their cultures and environment, and their encounters with Europeans. 1601 – 2003. - Evans Digital Edition
Provides full text resources about life in 17th- and 18th-century America, from agriculture and auctions through foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, witchcraft, etc. 1639 – 1800. - HarpWeek
Provides full-text access to Harper's Weekly, America’s leading 19th Century illustrated newspaper. Years of coverage: 1857-1912. - Historical Newspapers - Chadwyck-Healey
provides citations to the London Times [fulltext, 1785-1870, and citations only, 1790-1980] and New York Times [citations only, 1851-1922]. (subject matter covers material from all time periods). - Historical Newspapers - ProQuest
provides full text articles from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Guardian, and The Observer. - In the First Person
Provides full-text access to English-language primary source material including diaries, letters, personal narratives, memoirs, and more. Years of coverage: 1550-present. - Niles' Register
provides citations to and some full text articles from the Niles' Register (also known as The Weekly Register, Niles¿ Weekly Register, and Niles¿ National Register), published 1811-1849 - 19th Century US Newspapers
provides access to approximately 28 million articles of primary source United States newspaper content from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images. - North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories
provides personal narratives including letters, diaries, pamphlets, autobiographies, and oral histories from the 1840s-present. - North American Women's Letters and Diaries
provides full text of letters and diaries from Colonial times - present. - Times Digital Archive
Provides full-text, full-images of the London Times including articles, editorials and commentary, advertisements, and illustrations/photographs, 1785-1985. - Images of the Civil War: Photographs, Posters and Ephemera
Provides a vivid visual history of a nation in crisis. Thousands of dramatic images from the fields of battle, politics, and general society allow researchers to experience the events of the war that tested and defined America. - United States Serial Set 1870 - 1980 Reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes.
- American State Papers 1789 - 1838 Legislative and executive documents, many originating from the important period between 1789 and the beginning of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set in 1817.
- American History in Video Provides access to historical events through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.
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