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In many cases, the databases will have the full text article available online. If you are using these databases from
off-campus, please be sure to have your library card available.
History Databases
These history databases are the first place to look.
- Discovering Collection
- Includes overview essays, critical analyses, biographies, timelines and multimedia elements. In general these are not considered to be scholarly sources, except for the primary source material.
- History Study Center
- Primary and secondary history collections providing access to British, American and world history sources, full text articles, maps, and reference materials among other types of resources.
- Military and Government Collection
- Although primarily concerned with U.S.history there are references to history and politics of other countries.
U.S. History Databases
Although these databases are meant for the study of U.S. history, they can be useful when studying other countries.
- Annals of American History
- Writings and primary sources documents from more than 1,500 authors who made and analyzed American history through speeches, writings, memoirs, poems, and interviews.
- CQ Historical Documents
- Published annually since 1972, the Historic Documents Series now contains 32 volumes of primary sources. Documents range from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions.
General Databases
Many of these general databases cover the topic well.
- Academic OneFile (1980?-present)
- Academic OneFile contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals as well as reputable magazine articles.
- Academic Search Premier (1984-present)
- Academic Search Premier contains indexing and some full text for 4515 journals. Contains both magazine and journal articles
- Essay and General Literature Index (1900-present)
- Unlike other indexes ESGI supplies subject access to chapters or essays in books.
- JSTOR
- JSTOR is an archive of digitized journal articles ranging in date from the 1700's to the early 2000's. These collections span a variety of subjects in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Physical Sciences.
Newspaper Databases
Newspaper databases are useful for more recent history.
- Chicago Tribune and Chicago Tribune Historical (1849-present)
- Digital image of every issue of the Chicago Tribune, cover-to-cover.
- HarpWeek
- Full-text articles and images from the 1857-1912 Harper's Weekly magazine covering the Civil War through the Gilded Age periods of American history.
- New York Times and New York Times Historical (1851-present)
- Digital image of every issue of the New York Times, cover-to-cover.
For other databases, check Databases by Subject
Ken Orenic, Reference Librarian
630-942-2338
orenick@cod.edu
September 2012
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