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Best Bet Databases in History
  • America: History and Life A Best Bet database
    Summarizes scholarly articles about the history of the United States and Canada. 1964-current.
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  • Historical Abstracts A Best Bet database
    Summarizes scholarly articles in history of "the world" (South America, Europe, Africa, etc.) excluding the United States & Canada. Articles published from 1954-current. Historical events from 1450 to present..
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  • WorldCat A Best Bet database
    Catalog of books, journals, DVDs, CDs, scores, and sound recordings from over 9,000 libraries. 40 million records representing 400 languages. Covers information back to the 11th Century. Includes items at the University of Connecticut Libraries. Request items not at UConn via Interlibrary Loan..
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  • JSTOR A Best Bet database
    Essential scholarly journals in many academic fields, especially arts, literature, humanities, and biology. Some back to early 1900s; most recent 2-5 years not available.
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