History

Major Research Tools

America: History and Life

Index

Time period covered: prehistory to present; publication coverage: 1954 to present.

Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations on the history and culture of the United States and Canada. Subjects include area studies, folklore, government, historiography, political science, popular culture, and urban history.

Historical Abstracts

Index

Time period covered: 1450 to present; Publication coverage: 1954 to present.

Indexes journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations on the history of the world, except the United States and Canada. Subjects include diplomatic history, economics, international relations, and political science.

Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Index

Collection of databases, including Iter Bibliography, a bibliography and index of articles, books, essays, and book reviews on the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Includes coverage of art and literature.

Oxford Reference Online: History

Full-text

Collection of dictionaries and other reference works on history from Oxford University Press. Particularly useful for British and U.S. history.

Resources by Region/Period

Africa/Middle East

Asia

Classical Civilization

Europe

General· 410-1400· 1400-1715· 1715-1850
1850-1917· 1917-present

Latin America

Russia/USSR

United States

General· 1492-1763· 1763-1800· 1800-1861
1861-1877· 1877-1929· 1929-1945
1945-1972· 1972-present