History: Library Resources

Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military and women's history, and the history of education. More than 1,700 historical academic journals are included. EBSCOhost database.

Citations of articles on American and Canadian history from prehistory to the present from over 2000 journals published worldwide. Articles dated from 1954 to the present. EBSCOhost database.

Comprised of secondary source material pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).

A great database for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. The database includes authoratative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites. Gale / InfoTrac database.

A great database for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. The database includes authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites. Gale / InfoTrac database

Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars, researchers, and students at the college and university level. A multi-disciplinary resource, collections cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Particular strengths include U.S. foreign policy; U.S. civil rights; global affairs and colonial studies; and modern history. Collections are chosen based on requests from scholars, archivists, and students.

300–800 AD is the time of late antiquity and the early middle ages: the transformation of the classical world, the beginnings of Europe and of Islam, and the evolution of Byzantium. TTH makes available sources from a range of languages, including Greek, Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Arabic, Georgian and Armenian. Each volume provides an expert scholarly translation, with an introduction setting texts and authors in context, and with notes on content, interpretation and debates.

American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society provides a history of the American people and a testament to the growth of the nation from the colonial period through to the twentieth century. The periodicals focused on American concerns and were predominantly published in the United States or Canada, though some were published overseas by Americans living abroad. The collection offers multiple perspectives on the thought, culture, and society of North America through the eyes of those who lived it, showing how history affected citizens from all walks of life.

HeinOnline is a premier online research platform that provides more than 201 million pages of multidisciplinary periodicals, essential government documents, international resources, case law, and much more. Composed of fully searchable image-based PDFs and available at an affordable price, the wealth of material allows academic institutions, government agencies, law firms, court systems, corporations, and other organizations access to authoritative, true-to-print digital material without the hassle or cost of using multiple research databases.

Thousands of journals indexed in full-text PDF format. Back issues of journals are included, but the most recent 3 years of a journal might not be available. Note: For access to additional JSTOR journals, see Boston Public Library under "Websites."

Full text access to over 180 high quality journals in the humanities, arts, and social sciences from 60 scholarly publishers.

Religion & Philosophy Collection is an essential full-text database for theology and philosophy research. It includes hundreds of full-text journals and magazines covering many religious and philosophical topics, including world religions, religious history, political philosophy and philosophy of language.

Discover a comprehensive collection of periodical content covering topics across a wide range of philosophies and religions. Researchers will gain valuable insight about the impact religion has had on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language. Updated daily, this library resource supports a broad range of topics from theological approaches to social issues.

This collection, part of Hein Online's Social Justice Suite, is a repostitory of useful sources related to the American Civil Rights movement, as well as its basis in history and its effects on the modern world. With legal and historical documentation, including Supreme Court briefs, scholarly articles, and many archival and academic resources, this collection is excellent starting point for a legal and historical understanding of a movement which still defines the struggle for social justice today. Like of the databases of the Social Justice suite, this collection includes its own libguide.

HeritageQuest Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. The database provides genealogical and historical sources for more than 60 countries, with coverage dating back as early as the 1700s.

This collection charts the gay rights movement in America, showing the civil rights codified into law in the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as the inequalities that still exist today. It contains historical legal and political documentation, subdivided into a number of categories charting the success and setbacks faced by the gay rights movement, as well as the historical attitudes that movement still fights against. This collection is rounded out by a curated list of Scholarly Articles selected by Hein editors, as well as a Bibliography of titles to launch your research outside of HeinOnline. Finally, an interactive timeline, incorporating documents from HeinOnline with other media from around the internet, plots out an overview of LGBTQ rights in America from 1950 to the present day, helping to demonstrate the relevancy of the content within the database to the real-world events to which they are connected.

Gun Regulation and Legislation in America is a part of Hein Online's Social Justice Suite. It serves as a historical and legal resource containing lists of historical statues on gun ownership, legal hearings, Supreme Court briefs, and scholarly articles, amongst other resources.

Academic Search Complete supports high-level research in the key areas of academic study by providing journals, periodicals, reports, books and more.