History Databases

  • Academic Search Premier

    Offers full text coverage of 4,700 journal titles related to all subjects.

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  • America: History and Life

    This annotated bibliography is an exceptional resource for students and scholars studying the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.

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  • Article First

    An OCLC index of articles from nearly 12,500 journals.

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  • Book Review Digest

    Cites and excerpts reviews of current English-language fiction and nonfiction books for adults and children. Includes only reviews that have appeared within 18 months of the book's publication. 1983 to present.

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  • Dissertations and Theses

    Dissertations & Theses is the database of record for graduate research, both at the PhD and MA level.

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  • Dissertations and Theses - ProQuest Open Access

    PQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge.

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  • Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800

    This collection contains virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in 17th- and 18th-century America. Early American Imprints, Series I is based on Charles Evans’ renowned “American Bibliography” and Roger Bristol’s supplement.

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  • European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750

    This free bibliographic database is based on the authoritative bibliography "European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750." The index contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of Native American peoples.

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  • Historical Abstracts

    This database covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding North America). It includes indexing of the Historical Abstracts in Print from 1955 to the present.

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  • I-Share

    I-Share includes the resources of 76 Illinois libraries belonging to CARLI, the Consortium of Academic & Research Libraries in Illinois.

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  • Military and Government Collection

    Provides full text for over 340 military related periodicals and general interest magazines.

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  • OmniFile Full Text

    Wilson OmniFile: Full Text Select Edition is a multidisciplinary database and presents full text with every entry from more than 1,600 publications.

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  • TrinCat

    TrinCat is the library’s catalog of our physical and electronic collections.

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