Guest Databases for History
Alphabetical list of databases:
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B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I-J-K
L
M
N
O-P
Q
R-S
T
U-V
W-X-Y-Z
Databases by subject
Specific database services
Databases marked "IN LIBRARY USE ONLY"
can be searched
exclusively from the Public Access/Gov Docs computers in the Library.
indicates a TexShare database
| Database | Description | Full Text | Service |
| Academic Search Complete
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 9,810 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. This scholarly collection offers unmatched full text coverage of information in many areas of academic study including: archaeology, area studies, astronomy, biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, ethnic & multicultural studies, food science & technology, general science, geography, geology, law, mathematics, mechanical engineering, music, physics, psychology, religion & theology, women's studies, and other fields. |  |
EBSCOhost |
| Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals (AULIMP) | Subject index to significant articles, news items, and editorials from English language military and aeronautical periodicals | |
Gov |
| America: History and Life
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. | EBSCOhost | |
| American Memory Project | Gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections | |
Gov |
| ArchiveGrid
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Online service that provides access to detailed archival collection descriptions. It includes nearly a million descriptions of archival collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies and archives worldwide. | |
OCLC |
| Bibliography of Native North Americans
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
BNNA is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. BNNA contains more than 80,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present. | EBSCOhost |
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| Biography & Genealogy Master Index
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Indexes current, readily available reference sources, as well as the most important retrospective works that cover individuals, both living and deceased, from every field of activity and from all areas of the world. Sources indexed include biographical dictionaries, subject encyclopedias, volumes of literary criticism, and indexes | Gale |
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| Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System | Computerized database from the National Park Service containing very basic facts about servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War. Currently contains approximately 2.5 million soldier names from over 30 states and territories. Also includes regimental histories, significant battles, and other historical information | Gov | |
| Dallas Morning News Historical Archive
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
A unique historical digital image collection accessible by keyword and date searching. It documents major events in Texas, the United States, and the world, providing valuable primary source information. Classified and display advertising, photos and graphics are also included. | |
NewsBank |
| GPO Access | Gateway to official federal government information. Databases include: Core Documents of U.S. History, Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, and other primary legislative sources | |
Gov |
| Handbook of Texas Online | A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture. It comprises more than 23,000 articles on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, and a host of other topic categories. The scope is broad and inclusive, designed to provide readers with concise, authoritative, and accessible articles that provide factual, nonpartisan accounts on virtually every aspect of Texas history and culture | |
TexShare |
| HeritageQuest Online
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
A research collection of over 25,000 family and local histories plus complete U.S. Federal Census records from 1790 to 1930 | |
ProQuest |
| Historical Abstracts
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Complete reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life) | EBSCOhost | |
| Historical Newspapers
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Searchable digital archive offering full-text and full-image access to the complete backfiles of the New York Times (1851-2001), Wall Street Journal (1889-1987), Washington Post (1877-1988), Christian Science Monitor (1908-1991), and Los Angeles Times (1881-1984). | |
ProQuest |
| History Cooperative
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Full-text database from the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the University of Illinois Press, and the National Academy Press. Once in the site ignore the login instructions and begin searching | |
History Cooperative |
| History Resource Center: U.S.
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Access to this resources is available until May 2010.
History Resource Center: U.S. provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. The material also includes citations from over 180 additional history journals from the Institute for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Citation Index, as well as the entire "American Journey Online" series. |
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Gale / Infotrac |
| Humanities International Complete
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. This database includes all data from Humanities International Index (more than 2,100 journals and 2.47 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 890 journals covering worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought. | |
EBSCOhost |
| Internet Modern History Sourcebook | Offers a diversity of source material in modern European, American, and Latin American history, as well as a significant amount of material pertinent to world cultures and global studies | |
Free |
| In The First Person | Provides in-depth indexing of more than 2,500 collections of oral history in English from around the world. | |
Free/Alexander Street Press |
| JSTOR
(IN LIBRARY USE ONLY) |
Online archive of non-current issues of scholarly journals. For the most part, the time interval between the last issue available in JSTOR and the most recently published issue of these journals varies between 3 and 5 years. | |
JSTOR |
| Latin America Network Information Center | LANIC facilitates access to Internet-based information to, from, or on Latin America. Covers areas such as the social sciences, economy, governments, and history. Includes a Castro Speech Database | |
Free/ UT Austin |
| Making of America | A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. | |
Free /
Cornell University |
| The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project | Provides access to documents of Dr. King and historical information on the social movements in which he participated | |
Free /
Stanford Univ. |
| The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies | Official records of the Union and Confederate armies | |
Free /
Cornell Univ. |
