Library Guides: History Research Guide: General History Sources

General History Sources

In this section of the History Guide, you can find general sources to support your research. In addition to articles and books, sources of particular interest to historians (maps, newspapers, and reference materials) are also featured here.

Best Bets

The following tools and databases are a great place for students to start on their History-related research projects.

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
This database covers almost all subject areas and is especially good at interdisciplinary areas. Good place to start for class assignments. It contains full text articles for more than 6,500 journals.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities, social sciences, and life sciences. It includes digitized current and back issues of academic journals, books and primary source materials.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more.
America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,700 journals from publications going back to 1910.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
An archive of 14 major historical U.S. newspapers that can be searched collectively or individually. Every issue of each title includes the complete paper, cover to cover.

Other Sources

Using Primary Sources on the Web
This brief guide is designed to provide students and researchers with information to help them evaluate the internet sources and the quality of primary materials that can be found online.
British Library Digitized Manuscripts
Vast collection of digitized primary sources
Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
Contains general information about the Centre, its staff and publications, as well as a listing of upcoming events, a journal index, and a classified list of links to websites pertaining to European Reformation and Renaissance history.
International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Covers the activities and collections of the International Institute of Social History, including access to the library catalog, archival indexes, and information on exhibits. Some archival materials, exhibits, and selected publications are available online
Nobelprize.org
Presents information about the Nobel Prizes, and the institutions that award them; the Nobel Laureates and their discoveries; the donor, Alfred Nobel and his will; the Nobel Foundation, its history, organization, budget, statutes and rules governing its a

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