History-Specific
The E-Book Project contains full-text access to 500 books of high quality in the field of history. These are works of major importance to historical studies—books that remain vital to both scholars and advanced students, and are frequently cited in the literature.
Use this source to find biographical information on historical figures. Biographical information about people involved in current events is also available.
The History Resource Center: U.S. provides integrated access to over 1,000 historical (primary) documents, more then 30,000 reference articles, and over 65 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. The material also includes access to the citations for over 180 additional history journals from the Institute for Scientific Information’s Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
The JSTOR archive holds the complete digitized back runs of core scholarly journals, starting with the very first issues, some dating as far back as the1600s. New titles and disciplines are being added regularly. Issues of journals are never “out”; they are always accessible, and in excellent condition. The capacity for searching across disciplines opens up vast possibilities for scholarship and research.
Online Computer Library Center catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
Multidisciplinary
This resource provides a combination of indexing, abstracts, images, and full text for
scholarly and general interest journals embracing all academic disciplines.
NetLibrary provides access to digital versions of books from a broad range of subject areas and topics including some books of historical information.
Reference Tools
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.
A dictionary of the English language providing the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. Provides extensive background on the current and historical usage of words through over 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of English-language sources. The full text of all entries is searchable.
