Full text of reference books, magazines, journals, and primary source documents in U.S. and world history.
History Reference Center, covering both U.S. and world history topics, features historical reference books, magazines, journals and thousands of primary source documents. Also includes images and historical video. INSPIRE.
Database contains 1,303 sources with 1,210 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before. Where possible the complete published non-fiction works are included, as well as interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamplets, letters and other fugitive material.
Full-text of core academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
JSTOR is a collection of scholarly journal articles in the humanities and social sciences. It's entire collection contains around 2,000 journals, although local access will vary. These are subscriptions, and chosen individually, so each collection will reflect the focus of the institution. The collection's strength lies in its complete back issues of journal titles, while a weakness is a "moving wall" limiting access to the most recent journal issues. Subscription.
Legal, government, historical and political science full-text resources.
HeinOnline Academic provides full-text of historical treaties, regulations, presidential, and government documents. Numerous law periodicals and resources are included. Materials related to constitutions, case law, world trails, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, and U.S. Presidents are also included. Subscription.
**Soon to be completely folded into JSTOR. The visual version of JSTOR, providing approximately 300,000 images. It includes architecture, painting, photography, sculpture, decorative arts and design, as well as archeological and anthropological objects, and visual and material culture more generally.
"The primary sources of the Smithsonian document the history of art, culture, music, design, flight, space exploration, science and technology, landscapes and gardens, and native cultures in the United States, as well as the long history of the Smithsonian itself. "
"Access nearly 3 million 2D and 3D digital items across the Smithsonian's collections--including 19 museums, 9 research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo."
Digital access to current and past issues of The New York Times since its inception.
The New York Times provides complete digital access to its daily content, including world news, arts and culture, technology, science and more. Searches of past issues may be done by date (since 1851!), section, and type of entry, including graphics and videos. Subscription.
History of Medicine (National Library of Medicine)This link opens in a new windowCollects, preserves, makes available, and interprets for diverse audiences one of the world's richest collections of historical material related to human health and disease.
