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Research Guide: History

  • History Databases

    America: History and Life
    Indexes the scholarly literature on the history of the U.S. and Canada. Includes links to full text of the articles also included in JSTOR. (more info)
    Historical Abstracts
    Indexes the scholarly literature on the history of the world, excluding the U.S. and Canada. Includes article abstracts and citations of books and dissertations on world history from 1450 to the present. See "America: History and Life" for U.S. and Canadian history. (more info)
    Historical Statistics of the United States
    The standard source for the quantitative facts of American history. (more info)
    History Cooperative
    A research database for history sponsored by the American Historical Association that searches core journals in history. (more info)
    U.S. History in Context
    Unlike other sources that only offer periodical or bibliographic information, this broad collection includes full-text periodicals, reference works, primary documents and scholarly analysis. (more info)

  • Primary Sources: Full text

    American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series I
    Facsimile images of approximately 15,000 broadsides printed between 1820 and 1900 and 15,000 pieces of ephemera printed between 1760 and 1900. (more info)
    American Journeys
    Contains text of 150 Early American Travel Narratives. (more info)
    American State Papers
    Reports of the U.S. Congress between 1789 and 1838 (more info)
    Avalon Project at Yale Law School
    The Avalon Project provides mostly European or American documents in law, history and diplomacy. They are arranged by date, title or topic.
    British Parlimentary Papers at Watzek
    Watzek's collection of British Parliamentary Papers (more info)
    British Parlimentary Papers Finding Aid
    A finding aid for the BBP found at Watzek Library (more info)
    Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
    The Government Printing Office offers "direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents that define our democratic society."
    Documenting the American South
    Documenting the American South (DAS) is a collection of sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century. Collections include: * First-Person Narratives of the American South * Library of Southern Literature * North American Slave Narratives * The Southern Homefront, 1861-1865 * The Church in the Southern Black Community (more info)
    EuroDocs
    Maintained by the European Studies Bibliographer at BYU, EuroDocs links to primary historical documents from Western Europe and hopes to shed light on key historical happenings. EuroDocs operates as a wiki to which historians can contribute "online facsimiles, transcriptions, or translations of historical documents that illuminate the history of Europe."
    HeinOnline
    Exact page images of law journals, Congressional Record, U.S. Reports, Federal Register, and treaty & international agreements etc. (more info)
    Library of Congress American Memory Project
    These historical collections from the National Digital Library contain photographs and manuscripts and can be searched by either subject, time and/or location of event, or by format.
    Making of America
    A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction (1850-1877). 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 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
    National Archives and Records Administration
    Contains historical records of government agencies, genealogical resources, current government information, and the Archival Research Catalog (ARC), which describes textual records, maps & charts, photographs and films from its collection.
    Oregon Historical Records Index
    Contains birth, death, marriage and probate records for Oregon. Limited years available. (more info)
    Presidential Recordings Program
    Between 1940 and 1973, six American presidents from both political parties secretly recorded just under 5,000 hours of conversations. This site is designed as a service to the research community by making freely available all of the presidential recordings, along with relevant research materials.
    Southern Oregon Digital Archive
    Contains full text documents of the Southern Oregon Bioregion and First Nations material in the collection of Southern Oregon University. Searchable by author and title.
    U. S. Congressional Serial Set 1817-1980
    Search or browse the Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes for the period 1817-1980. (more info)
    WWW Virtual Library
    This site includes electronic versions of primary documents on: * AmDocs: Documents for the Study of United States History * World Constitutions * Documents of the First World War * many other areas of history

  • Current Course Reserves

    Reserves lists for History courses

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