Core Resources

America, history & life

America: History and Life (AHL) is a complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Published since 1964, the database comprises over 530,000 bibliographic entries for periodicals dating back to 1954. Additional bibliographical entries are constantly added to the databases from editorial projects such as retrospective coverage of journals issues published prior to 1954.

Cambridge histories

Full text. Scholarly. Secondary sources. 300 volumes of Cambridge Histories reference series. Provides political, economic and social history, philosophy and literature of selected countries and subjects.

Historical abstracts

Selected full text. Chiefly scholarly. Chiefly secondary sources. Covers history of the world (except North America) since 1450 C.E. Multilingual. Indexes publications from 1954 to present with some retrospective coverage. Also known as HA.

Additional Resources

American bibliography of Slavic and East European studies

Selected full text. Chiefly scholarly. Chiefly secondary sources. Covers all aspects of East-Central Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union. Includes selected government publications published in the U.S. and Canada. Indexes publicatons 1939-present. Also known as ABSEES.

American national biography

Full text. Scholarly. Biographical entries of deceased notable Americans. Also known as ANB.

Bibliography of Asian studies

No full text. Chiefly scholarly. Indexes articles and book chapters, including many journals not indexed elsewhere. Covers primarily humanities and social sciences for East, South, and Southeast Asia. Indexes publications from 1977-present. Primarily English language. Also known as BAS.

Bibliography of British and Irish history

No full text. Index only. Chiefly scholarly. Chiefly secondary sources. Covers history of the British Isles and Commonwealth from 55 BCE to the present. Indexes publications from 1900 to the present.

Bibliography of Indigenous peoples in North America

Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America (BIPNA) is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of Indigenous culture, history, and life in North America. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, education, the gaming industry, religion, folklore, economic development, acculturation, mythology, missions, tribal governments, and ethnohistory. BIPNA contains more than 350,000 citations for newspapers, magazines, academic journals, books, reviews, and trade publications from the United States and Canada with expanded content from Great Britain and Australia. Dates of coverage for content range from the sixteenth century to the present.

Black Studies Center

Black Studies Center Connect to full text.

Full text. Chiefly Scholarly. Secondary and primary sources. Focus is African Americans. Includes Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, Index to Black Periodicals Full Text, Black Literature Index, the HistoryMakers, and the Chicago Defender.

BrillOnline reference works

Connect to BrillOnline Reference Works.

A collection of reference texts relating to religion, classical studies, and area studies.

Chicano database

Selected full text. Chiefly scholarly. Chiefly secondary sources. Covers Mexican-American and Chicano topics from 1967 to present. Since 1992 covers the broader Latino experience, including Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants.

Diotima : materials for the study of women and gender in the ancient world

No full text. Index only. Chiefly scholarly. Chiefly secondary sources. Focuses on gender and sexuality in Antiquity.

European bibliography of Slavic and East European studies = Bibliographie europénne des travaux sur l'ex-URSS et l'Europe de l'Est = Europäische Bibliographie zur Osteuropaforschung

No full text. Index and abstracts only. Scholarly. Chiefly secondary sources. Focuses on Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet Union. Indexes publications from Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. Multilingual. Also known as ESEES.

Feminae : Medieval women and gender index

No full text. Index only. Chiefly scholarly. Chiefly secondary sources. Covers recent research on gender and sexuality in the medieval Europe.

Hapi online

Selected full text. Scholarly. Covers Central and South America, Mexico, the Carribean and Hispanics in the US.Chiefly Spanish and English language. Coverage 1970 to the present

History of science, technology, and medicine

Selected full text. Chiefly scholarly. Covers history of science, technology, and medicine from prehistory to the present. Indexes publications from 1916 to date.

International medieval bibliography

No full text. Index only. Chiefly scholarly. Chiefly secondary sources. Interdisciplinary. Covers the Middle Ages in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa in the period 400-1500. Indexes publications from 1967 to present. Also known as IMB.

Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies

Selected full text. Chiefly scholarly. Interdisciplinary approach to Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa. Indexes publications 1900 to present.

Oxford dictionary of national biography

Full text. Scholarly. Biographical entries of deceased persons who shaped the history of the British Isles and Empire. Covers Roman Britain to the 21st century. Also known as DNB.

Web of science

Web of Science - All Databases indexes core journal articles, conference proceedings, data sets, and other resources in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities.