Best Bet Databases in
History
- America: History and Life
Summarizes scholarly articles about the history of the United States and Canada.
1964-current.
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Summarizes scholarly articles in all aspects of US & Canadian history, on topics from the Sioux Indian Ghost Dance or labor movements in Canada.
Includes some scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities that are of special interest to researchers and students of history. Also indexes historical books and dissertations.
Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
- Historical Abstracts with Full Text
Provides selective indexing of historical articles from thousands of journals and books in a wide variety of languages. Coverage includes the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
1955-current..
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Provides selective indexing of historical articles from thousands of journals in a wide variety of languages. Coverage includes the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women’s history, history of education and much more.
Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
- New York Times Historical (1851-2007)
Full-image archive of The New York Times. Includes the full-text of everything published in the newspaper.
1851-2006.
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Includes articles, editorials and commentary, display and classified ads, obituaries, birth & death announcements, cartoons, photos, maps, graphics, etc. Also shows the entire page display of the newspaper, so you can see where articles, advertisements, and photos appear on the page.
Articles are in pdf format and require Adobe Acrobat. You may download the reader
here.
Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
Full-text of over 150,000 books published during the 18th Century. Covers history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more.
1701-1800.
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online is a comprehensive digital edition of
The Eighteenth Century, the world"s largest library of the printed book on microfilm. Nearly 150,000 English-language titles and editions published between 1701 and 1800. Search every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
- Early English Books Online (EEBO)
Virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere.
1475-1700.
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Contains about 100,000 of over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised editions, as well as the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection and the Early English Books Tract Supplement.
Includes: the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War, and the complete Thomason Tract collection of pamphlets, books, newspapers and manuscripts issued from 1640-1661.
Searchable fields include Author, Title, Printer, Publication date, Type of illustration, and Library of Congress subject heading.
Access restricted to University of Connecticut.
