History Databases
- ABC-CLIO American History
Over 20,000 primary & secondary sources from early colonial settlement to slave narratives to the pandemic. - History Reference Center
Articles on the history of Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East.
- JSTOR Arts & Sciences I - XV
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Thousands of full-text, peer-reviewed journals. - ProjectMUSE
Scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences.
- Academic Search Complete
Peer-reviewed journals on every subject. You can search all EBSCO databases or choose one.
Primary Sources Online
- In Our Library's Primo SearchSearch our library for our holdings of primary sources, such as letters, works, or papers of famous people.
- Regent's Special CollectionsExplore our Regent Special Collections, which are unique archives of documents & films. Ask a librarian for access.
- Documenting the American SouthA free online database sponsored by University of North Carolina.
- Internet ArchiveVast collection of books & more. Plus, the "wayback machine" of archived webpages from the past.
- Hathi TrustHuge collection of historical primary sources including books, magazines, journals, and more.
- The National Archives of the United States of America Public-access primary sources.
- Virginia Document BankFree online archive of historical documents including war posters, context for documents, and a lot more.
- Gilder Lehrman Institute of American HistoryLarge archive of historical sources.
- Fordham's Primary Source DatabaseFordham University's primary source database on history and religion.
- Stanford History Education GroupPrimary sources and lesson plans to go with them for teaching history.
- Project GutenbergA primary source database on the internet, holding many historical books that are no longer protected by copyright.
- Shaping the Constitution Primary SourcesPrimary sources related to the formation of American government.
- Cornell's Legal Information InstituteFree database of law texts.
- Yale's Avalon Law DatabaseFree database of the text of historical laws, such as Magna Carta and more modern ones.
Primary Source Databases
- Newspapers & MagazinesHow to find news articles through the library.
- American Historical Periodicals (Gale Primary Sources)
American primary source documents from newspapers and magazines. - Eighteenth Century Collections Online (Gale Primary Sources)
Primary sources from the 18th century (1700's). - The Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2015 (Gale Primary Sources)
The Economist magazine.
- ATLA Historical Monographs Collection (All Series)Historical documents relating to religion, 13th-20th centuries.
- Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts
Full-text of principal works by Protestant writers in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Classic Sermon Index
A catalog of over 52000 historic sermon entries indexed by primary Biblical text - Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Provides free access to a wide variety of Christian classics.
Reference (Quick Information)
- CredoReference
Over 1000 assorted reference sources.
- Oxford Reference Online
Full-text of Oxford Encyclopedias.
- ATLA Historical Monographs Collection (All Series)Primary sources showing religious thought, 13th-20th centuries.
Streaming Video Collections
Helpful Websites for History Teaching
- Stanford History Education GroupGreat for teachers! This site provides free, interesting history lessons based on primary sources.
- Library of Congress Primary Sources for TeachingLesson plans and primary sources to use in the classroom.