History Databases
- ABC-CLIO American History This link opens in a new window
Over 20,000 primary & secondary sources from early colonial settlement to slave narratives to the pandemic. - Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Peer-reviewed journals on every subject. You can search all EBSCO databases or choose one. - America: History and Life (EBSCO interface) This link opens in a new windowHistory and culture of the United States and Canada.
- History Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Articles on the history of Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East.
- JSTOR Arts & Sciences I - XV This link opens in a new window
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Thousands of full-text, peer-reviewed journals. - Political Science Complete This link opens in a new windowCore resource for political science research.
- ProjectMUSE This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences.
- Proquest Central This link opens in a new window
The largest database of journals, magazines, & news.
- Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new window
The world’s leading humanities journals.
Primary Sources Online
- In Our Library's Primo SearchSearch our library for our book holdings of primary sources, such as letters, works, or papers of famous people (e.g. Works of Martin Luther or Papers of Abraham Lincoln).
- Regent's Special CollectionsExplore our Regent Special Collections, which are unique archives of documents and films. Contact Harold Henkel regarding 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- Virginia Document BankFree online archive of historical documents including war posters, context for documents, and a lot more.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
- European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 This link opens in a new windowHistory of European exploration & native Americans.
- American Historical Periodicals (Gale Primary Sources) This link opens in a new window
American primary source documents from newspapers and magazines. - Eighteenth Century Collections Online (Gale Primary Sources) This link opens in a new window
Primary sources from the 18th century (1700's). - The Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2015 (Gale Primary Sources) This link opens in a new window
The Economist magazine.
Reference (Quick Information)
- Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
The most extensive dictionary of English word history.
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.