Databases for History

Reference

American National Biography
Portraits of more than 17,000 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation.

History Database Center
Includes biographies, subject entries, chronologies, primary sources, maps and charts, images, and primary sources for American History, World History, American Women's History, African American History and Culture, American Indian History and Culture, and Ancient History and Culture.

LexisNexis - Legal Research
US Supreme court cases, 1789 on. Federal laws, 1988 on. More than 450 law reviews.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Online version of 60 volume set. Over 56,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2003.

Salem History – Includes the complete content of Milestone Documents, The Decades (an American history series), Great Lives from History (worldwide coverage), and Great Events from History (worldwide coverage).

Magazines and Newspapers

Academic Search Premier
More than 4500 full-text magazines and scholarly journals.

American Periodicals Series Online
More than 1500 American magazines and newspapers published between 1741 and 1940.

JSTOR
Full-text of more than 950 scholarly journals.

The Nation Archive
The Nation magazine, 1865 on.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers
New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta Daily World, Pittsburgh Courier, Boston Globe, New York Tribune, and Chicago Defender.

ProQuest Platinum
2000 magazines and scholarly journals. Also the New York Times (1980 on), Wall Street Journal (1984 on), 40 other newspapers and news services.

Readers' Guide Retrospective
Indexing only (no full-text) for 370 magazines, 1890-1982.