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History: Introduction

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Historical Databases Includes Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life View full description

Resources: Main

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American History in Video Video collection for the study of American history. View full description
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America Contains citations to books, journal articles, essays, conference papers, and government documents. View full description
Cambridge Histories Historical summaries providing larger perspectives on a variety of subjects. View full description
Champlain Society Digital Collection Online publications of the Champlain Society. View full description
Eight Centuries An index to a variety of primary sources from the 12th century up to 1930. View full description
History of Feminism Primary and secondary source material on feminism in the 19th century. View full description
Oxford Bibliographies A collection of core resources in a variety of subjects. Selected by experts. View full description

Resources: Also Useful

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Archive Explorer Search tool for all Adam Matthew databases. View full description
Atla Historical Monographs Collection Monographs from 13th century to early 1900s on religious language, development, and relationships with other issues. View full description
Bibliography of Asian Studies Index for western-language materials on all subjects pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia. View full description
Bibliography of British and Irish History A bibliography that lists books and articles pertaining to British and Irish history View full description
Black Women in America Reference work covering the achievements and contributions of African American women. View full description
British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries Full-text primary source material. View full description
C19: The Nineteenth Century Index Index to books, magazines, documents, newspapers. View full description
Canadian Foreign Relations Index Index to articles, books, research papers, government documents, etc. View full description
Canadian Historical Association: Register of Dissertations Citation database of dissertations completed and in progress at Canadian universities in history and related fields. View full description
Canadian Research Index Citations to monographs and annual publications from Canadian government and institutional resources. View full description
Canadiana Digitized texts published between the first European settlement of Canada and the early twentieth century. View full description
Center for Research Libraries: Digital Collections Primary source material, in digital format or available for request through Interlibrary Loan. View full description
China: Trade, Politics & Culture 1793-1980 Full-text papers, plus maps, paintings, photographs and archival materials. View full description
Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Historical, biographical dictionary with scholarly articles on thousands of individuals. View full description
Digital National Security Archive Full-text U.S. policy documents. View full description
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment Full-text letters, diaries and memoirs. View full description
Empire Online Images of original manuscripts and printed materials produced between 1492 and 1962. Covers Africa, the Americas, Australasia, Oceana and South Asia. View full description
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages Full-text articles covering the period from the 5th to the 15th century, with a focus on Europe and Christianity. View full description
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson) Interdisciplinary database with articles from more than 1200 English-language periodicals. View full description
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance Interdisciplinary bibliography of scholarly research on the period from 400 to 1700. View full description
JSTOR Current and back issues of journals in arts and sciences. View full description
Libris Canadiana Index for historical Canadian periodicals. View full description
Mass Observation Online Papers from the archive of a pioneering British social research organization. View full description
Medieval Family Life Medieval documents on the topics of family, business, the law, violence, etc. View full description
Medieval Travel Writing Important manuscripts by European travellers. View full description
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories Full-text personal narratives of immigrants to the United States and Canada. View full description
North American Indian Thought and Culture Full-text biographies, autobiographies, diaries, letters, personal narratives and speeches. View full description
North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial to 1950 Thousands of pages of diaries and letters from hundreds of women in North America. View full description
Oral History Online Full-text oral histories in English, including an index to freely available histories on the Web. View full description
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Biographies of people of distinction in the British Isles and its colonies, from the 4th century to the 21st. View full description
Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance Full-text articles on art, literature, science, culture, philosophy, religion, economics and history. Published 2003. View full description
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt Full-text articles on Egyptian civilization, from the predynastic era to the seventh century CE. View full description
Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History More than 900 articles on all aspects of seafaring from ancient Egypt to the present. View full description
Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History Includes more than 650 biographies of influential women and more than 600 topical articles. View full description
Periodicals Archive Online Full-text articles from journals in the humanities and social sciences. View full description
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail Full text of the Globe and Mail newspaper, from 1844 up to four years ago. View full description
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times Full-text page images. View full description
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Toronto Star Searchable full-page archive of the newspaper, Toronto Star. View full description
Slavery, Abolition & Social Justice Includes manuscripts, books, pamphlets, maps and images. View full description
U.K. Parliamentary Papers Digitally scanned Sessional Papers & supplementary material from Great Britain's House of Commons. (Some House of Lords papers, if presented to the House of Commons.) View full description