Research Guide: History

Provides full text for nearly 4,650 journals (including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications) in nearly every area of academic study.

Bibliographic reference guide to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Also available in print.

Provides a selective critical analysis of new historical books, journals and journal articles. Topics covered include Ancient History, Middle Ages, Sixteenth through Twentieth Centuries, Africa, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, & the Pacific Islands.

A source for photos and a selection of historical images. Can be a source for fashion photos. One simultaneous user.

Available through FirstSearch. A citation index. References to over 1100 arts and humanities sources.

Gives citations to sources of biographical information for contemporary and historical figures around the world.

Online version of 17 print books devoted to the daily lives of people throughout the past.

HarpWeek is the full text, full-image electronic version of Harpers Weekly. Coverage is from 1857-1865. (This database is funded by SUNYConnect)

Bibliographic reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada). No full text available.

Project of the Universities of Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Oxford. A digital library of six important British18th and 19th century journals.

"Iter, meaning a journey or a path in Latin, is a not-for-profit research project with partners in Toronto (the headquarters), New York City, and Tempe. Iter was created for the advancement of learning in the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700) through the development of online resources."

Provides access to the full text of over 300 scholarly journals across many subject areas. The objective of JSTOR is to provide all issues back to Volume 1, Issue 1 for all journals. (Due to copyright restrictions, the most recent 3-5 years are unavailable.)

"A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction...provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints."

"A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction...contains approximately 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints."

Full text/full image version of The Nation magazine, "a dissenting, independent, trouble-making, idea-launching journal of critical opinion", from 1865 to the present. Searchable by author, keyword, title, date range. Includes articles, book reviews, film reviews, poems, cartoons, and illustrations.

From the Cornell University Library. Provides full text access to over 650 individual monographs, pamphlets and other materials. Searchable and browsable.

Full text of over 100 scholarly journals in fields including literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, political science, gender studies, and economics.

Recommended books for college libraries. Choice reviews are included.

Over 400,000 entries related to British and Irish history from the Roman period to the present.

Hundreds of primary source materials such as letters, diaries, and newspaper excerpts dating from about 1810 - 1860 that can be used in teaching local New York State history.