Subject Guide : History

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JSTOR (JSTOR)

The JSTOR Archive Collections provide complete digitized runs for hundreds of journals in more than 50 academic disciplines. For most journals in the JSTOR archive there is a “moving wall” embargo (typically five years, but sometimes longer or shorter) on current access.

Salem History (Salem Press)

Salem History is a robust online database that includes the complete content of printed reference sets. Milestone Documents in American Leaders and American History Great Lives from History - The definitive, worldwide biographical resource Great Events from History - The complete resource for worldwide events

Military & Government Collection (EBSCO)

Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, this database offers a thorough collection of periodicals, academic journals, and other content pertinent to the increasing needs of those sites.

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Academic OneFile (Gale)

A source for peer-reviewed full-text articles from world's leading journals and reference sources. Over 13,000 indexed journals, more than 6,500 full text. Full Text Coverage of the New York Times from 1995 – current. Total coverage 1980 – current

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 8,500 journals, including full text for more than 7,300 peer-reviewed titles. Coverage: 1887-

American National Biography Online (Oxford University Press)

Offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped America.

Biography Reference Bank (EBSCO)

Biography Reference Bank offers a breadth and depth of information you’ll find in no other biography database. It covers over 500,000 people and includes over 36,000 images!

Britannica Academic Edition (Britannica)

An Encyclopedia covering over 75,000 articles including 23,000 biographies. An introduction to significant works of history, literature, philosophy, and science. Access 166,000 Web sites. Search thousands of maps, flags, articles, and statistics. Compare economic, demographic, and health measures for over 200 countries.

ClasePeriodica (FirstSearch)

Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities. Covers journals specializing in science and technology. Offers access to more than 300,000 bibliographic citations from documents published in 2,600 scholarly journals published in the Spanish, Portuguese, French and English languages.

CQ- Public Affairs Collection (CQ)

Features in-depth reporting on vital issues, statistical and historical analyses, historic documents and primary source materials, as well as a directory of key government, nonprofit, and private organizations in each of the major policy areas.

Dissertations & Theses: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection (ProQuest)

A comprehensive collection of scholarly research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, this database covers more than 1 million dissertations and theses from 1637 to present

Encyclopedia Americana (Grolier)

An Encyclopedia covering articles, biographies, history, literature, philosophy, and science. Search thousands of maps, flags, articles, dictionaries and statistics.

ProQuest Congressional (ProQuest)

Retrieve congressional materials and legislative histories by searching abstracts, titles, indexing information and other bibliographic data. For any topic dealing with policy issues, this database is a must. Newspapers indexed are The Hill, Rollcall, and Washington Post

ProQuest Research Library (ProQuest)

Over 5000 titles and 3,500 Full Text titles. Search for coverage of a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. Coverage: 1971 - present

Who's Who (Marquis)

Our powerful online database provides up-to-the-minute biographies of leaders and achievers from around the world in the areas of business, law, science, medicine, the arts, government, entertainment and more – in one convenient source! It provides access to all biographies that have appeared in 24 Marquis Who's Who print titles since 1985. Including Who Was Who in American History from 1607-present

WorldCat (FirstSearch)

Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. Funding for WorldCat is provided by the Rochester Regional Library Council through a grant from the New York State Education Department. Dissertations and theses available.

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Where are History books located in the Library?

C = Auxiliary items for history – including biographies.

D = World History

E & F = History of the Americas

G = Geography, Anthropology, & Recreation

These classifications are broken down by chronological areas found here

Where can I find background or quick facts about History?

World History

Dictionary of the Middle Ages 13 vols. Ref D114.D6 1982

Encyclopedia of World History 5 vols. Ref D23.B45 2005

American History

Dictionary of American History 13 vols. Ref E173.A793

Where can I begin to find primary resource material?

Annals of American History 13 vols. Ref E173.A793

Historic Documents 1972-1999 Ref E 839.H57 1984

Primary resource documents are also located in too many places to describe here. For additional help, ask the reference librarians.

Spotlight on Websites:

Humanities & Social Sciences Net Online http://www.h-net.org - A great place to find current reviews of history publications.

Best History Sites http://www.besthistorysites.net

Ehistory.com http://www.ehistory.com

America's Story from America's Library http://www.americaslibrary.gov - uses the vast resources of the Library of Congress for photos, audio recordings, and primary documents.

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