Databases by Subject
History Research Guide
History
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Academic Video Online (AVON) (ProQuest)
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Documentaries, educational films, and news clips in many subject areas. | Yes | No | more information | |
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America: History and Life with Full Text (EBSCO)
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Journals and books covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Cambridge Histories Online |
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Online version of the prestigious Cambridge Histories Online. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Chicago Tribune (Proquest Historical Newspapers) |
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Chicago Tribune (1849-1994). | Yes | No | more information | |
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Declassified Documents Reference System (Gale)
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Previously classified government documents from presidential libraries and numerous executive agencies, spanning the 20th and 21st centuries. | No | Yes | more information | |
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Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639 - 1800 (Readex)
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Monographs, pamphlets, and broadsides published in the United States during the 17th and 18th centuries. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online (Gale)
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Books and primary sources from the 1700s in English. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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European Views of the Americas (EBSCO)
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Citation search of primary sources related to the Americas and written in Europe before 1750. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Gale Primary Sources |
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Search interface for all Gale Primary Source databases. | No | No | more information | |
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Historic Documents Collection (Sage)
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Primary sources including presidential speeches, international agreements, Supreme Court decisions, US government reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions arranged chronologically. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Historical Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCO)
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Includes books and journal articles on the history of the world (excluding the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Illustrated Civil War Newspapers and Magazines |
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Collection of historical documents allows you to browse and search HarpWeek's collection of 19th century journals. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Indigenous Peoples: North America (Gale)
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Explores the political, social, and cultural history of Native Peoples from the 16th century through the 20th century. | No | Yes | more information | |
| JSTOR-19th Century British Pamphlets Collection |
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This collection, as part of JSTOR, contains the most significant British pamphlets from the 19th century held in UK research libraries. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Latino-American Experience (ABC-CLIO)
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Reference/scholarly texts, primary sources, and images focusing on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States. | No | No | more information | |
| Listener - Historical Archive |
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The Listener (1929-1991) was the weekly newspaper published by the BBC. The complete archive of this landmark publication is an essential witness to the intellectual and cultural history of the twentieth century. | No | No | more information | |
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Making of the Modern World, 1450-1914 (Gale)
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Primary sources that track the development of the western world through the lens of trade and wealth. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online (Gale)
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Primary sources from the 1800s, including monographs, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, statistics, and more. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
| Oxford Handbooks Online |
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Full-text online versions of the Oxford Handbooks, available in seven complete subject modules: Business & Management, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Literature, Psychology, and History. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Project Muse |
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Full-text of scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
| Sabin Americana 1500 - 1926 |
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Primary source documents pertaining to North, Central & South America, the Arctic, Antarctica, & West Indies. Includes original accounts of exploration, pioneering, settlement, the western movement, military actions, Native Americans, slavery & abolition. | Yes | No | more information | |
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World History (Gale in Context)
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Articles, reference works, and primary documents that cover the events, movements, and individuals that have shaped world history. | Yes | Yes | more information |
Other Resources
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Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO)
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Journals, magazines, and newspapers in almost every subject area. | Partial | No | more information | |
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African American Experience (ABC-CLIO)
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Encyclopedia of information about African American life and experiences. | Yes | No | more information | |
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African American Studies Center Online (Oxford)
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Articles focusing on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. Limit of 5 simultaneous users. | No | No | more information | |
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African-American Historical Serials Collection (EBSCO)
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Newspapers, magazines, reports and annuals documenting African American religious life and culture from 1829-1922. | Partial | No | more information | |
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American Politics: Campaign Newspapers (Readex)
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Digitized newspapers from over 30 states covering political campaigns and issues from 1803-1876. | No | No | more information | |
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Asian American Experience (ABC-CLIO)
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Primary sources, perspective essays from leading Asian American studies scholars, and search and citation tools covering topics such as the role of discrimination in Asian American history and its effect on citizenship and civil liberties, the economic impacts of immigration and labor, and changing political and cultural representation. | No | No | more information | |
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Associated Press: News Features & Internal Communications (Gale)
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AP news coverage of events, people, and trends from the mid-19th through 20th centuries. | No | Yes | more information | |
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Associated Press: U.S. City Bureaus Collection (Gale)
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Records from AP's domestic bureaus (Atlanta, Austin, Birmingham, Chicago, Dallas, Miami, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh), dating from 1931 to 2004. | No | Yes | more information | |
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Associated Press: Washington, D.C. Bureau Collection (Gale)
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Records from the Washington, D.C. Bureau of the Associate Press from 1952—2009. | No | Yes | more information | |
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Black Thought and Culture (Alexander Street Press)
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Nonfiction writing by major American black leaders. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Britannica Online |
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The complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, Britannica Student Encyclopedia, and the Britannica Book of the Year. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Catalog of U.S. Government Publications |
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Index of federal government publications distributed through the Superintendent of Documents. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Chicago Manual of Style Online (University of Chicago)
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16th and 17th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style. | No | No | more information | |
| CountryWatch |
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Political, economic, and cultural information about every sovereign country in the world. | No | No | more information | |
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CQ Researcher (CQ Press)
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Discussions of current, controversial public policy issues. It offers pros & cons, background information, and in-depth analysis on a variety of topics, issues, and controversies currently in the news. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Credo Reference |
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Reference articles covering all major academic subjects. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Current Contents Connect (Web of Science)
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Complete tables of contents and bibliographic information from scholarly journals and books; also includes relevant, evaluated websites and documents. | No | No | more information | |
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Data Citation Index (Web of Science)
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Indexes data studies and datasets across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences and links the datasets/studies with published literature. | No | No | more information | |
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Dickens Letters (InteLex)
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The Letters of Charles Dickens, (1820-1870) 2nd edition. | No | No | more information | |
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Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest)
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Citation and full-text access to theses and dissertations from around the world. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Early American Newspapers Series I, 1690-1876 (Readex)
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Digitized American newspapers from 23 states and District of Columbia covering the 18th and 19th centuries. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Early English Books Online (Text Creation Partnership) (EEBOTCP)
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Consists of 25,000+ open access texts from Early English Books Online. | No | No | more information | |
| eScholarShare (Drake University) |
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Scholarly repository of Drake University. Includes 1000+ electronic theses & dissertations. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest)
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Articles written primarily by Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian & Pacific Islander, and Jewish people. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Gale eBooks |
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Reference works and eBooks in all subject areas. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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Global Issues (Gale in Context)
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A resource for international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. | No | Yes | more information | |
| Harper's Digital Archives |
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Full-text articles from this general-interest magazine covering literature, politics, culture and the arts. Coverage: 1850-Present | No | No | more information | |
| HeinOnline |
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An online research tool with more than 100 million pages of legal history available in a fully-searchable, image-based format. | Yes | No | more information | |
| International Historical Statistics |
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Statistical compendium covering the years 1750-2010 (with annual updates). Includes all statistical tables as Excel spreadsheets, which can be downloaded for further analysis. Topics include population, national accounts, labor force, agriculture, external trade and industry. Each section has a full description of the sources used to compile the statistics. | No | No | more information | |
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Iowa Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)
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Archives of The Des Moines Register (1871-2008) and The Iowa City Press-Citizen (1965-2008). | No | No | more information | |
| JSTOR |
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More than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources | Yes | No | more information | |
| Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources |
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Offers online access to early state codes, city charters, documents relating to constitutional conventions, and other resources in American legal history. | No | No | more information | |
| Marquis Who's Who in America |
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Biographical information from various "Who's Who" series. | Yes | No | more information | |
| New York Times |
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New York Times access 1851-present. Direct access to virtually all NY Times content from that time period. Requires a separate, one-time registration. For details, visit http://researchguides.drake.edu/nyt | No | No | more information | |
| New York Times (Proquest Historical Newspapers) |
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Full-text including scanned digital images of the New York Times, 1851-2020 | Yes | No | more information | |
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Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers (Gale)
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Digitized newspapers originally published in the United States between 1800 and 1900. | No | Yes | more information | |
| Oxford Bibliographies Online |
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Authoritative research guides in Atlantic History, Education, Music, Psychology, and Public Health. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Oxford English Dictionary |
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2nd edition of the 20-volume set. Includes meaning, history, & pronunciation of over 1/2 million words, both past and present. | No | No | more information | |
| Oxford History of Western Music |
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The full text from the Oxford History of Western Music (2009) with notes, bibliographies, and further readings. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Oxford Reference Online |
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Access to dictionaries & reference works in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Limit of 5 simultaneous users. | Yes | No | more information | |
| Oxford Scholarship Online Ebooks |
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eBooks in humanities, sciences, business, and social sciences. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Periodicals Archive Online (ProQuest)
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Archive of backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences, spanning more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages. | Yes | No | more information | |
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Pop Culture (Gale OneFile)
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Database of scholarly journals and magazines that both analyze and contribute to popular culture. | Partial | Yes | more information | |
| ProQuest Congressional |
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Congressional publications and legislative histories. Includes citations for bills, public laws, and statutes. | Partial | No | more information | |
| Statista |
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Online statistics portal providing access to data from market and opinion research institutions, as well as from business organizations and government institutions. Includes many easily-cited authoritative infographics. | No | No | more information | |
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Very Short Introductions (Oxford)
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Concise introductions to a wide range of subjects. | Yes | No | more information | |
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World Scholar: Latin America And The Caribbean Regional Portal (Gale)
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Primary and secondary source documents about Latin American and the Caribbean. | Yes | Yes | more information | |
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WorldCat (OCLC)
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Locate books, journals and magazines, music scores, and media in libraries worldwide. | No | No | more information | |
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WorldCat Dissertations (OCLC)
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Bibliographic database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat | No | No | more information |