History databases

 

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Title: Academic ASAP, Expanded
Via: Gale Group (a DISCUS database)
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage: 1980 - present
Full-Text: Yes
Description: Database for research in all academic disciplines, including education.

Title: Academic Search Premier
Via: EBSCOhost (a Collegiate DISCUS database)
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage: 1965 - present
Full-Text: Yes
Description: Designed specifically for academic institutions, it is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,172 journals in the collection.

Title: ACLS Humanities E-Book Project
Via: American Council of Learned Societies
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage: Varies
Full-Text: Yes
Description: Formerly History E-Books; now expanded to include most humanities disciplines and area studies. Contains over 1500 full-text, cross-searchable books in the humanities fields, selected by historians and others academics for their continuing importance to students and scholars.

Title: America: History & Life
Via: EBSCO
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage: Prehistoric period - present
Full-Text: No
Description: Historical coverage of the U.S. and Canada from prehistory to the present. Links to full-text articles in JSTOR.

Title: The American Civil War Database
Via: Alexander Street Press
Access:  North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage: Civil War era
Full-Text: Yes
Description: The American Civil War Research Database is the definitive online resource for researching the soldiers, regiments, and battles of the American Civil War. Originally created by Historical Data Systems, Inc., the database contains indexed, searchable information on over 4 million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with 15,000 photographs.  The American Civil War Research Database includes a record for virtually every soldier who served in the war. There are descriptions of thousands of battles, with detailed multi-page battle orders and reports for significant battles such as Shiloh, Antietam, and Gettysburg.

Title: Black History Month
Via: Web
Access: No restrictions
Coverage: Varies
Full-Text: Some
Description: Free web resource from the Gale Group.

Title: Black Thought and Culture: African Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
Via: Alexander Street Press
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage: Varies
Full-Text: Yes
Description: Contains 912 sources with 741 authors, including non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. 

Title: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage
Via: Web
Access: No restrictions
Coverage: Varies
Full-Text: Some
Description: Free web resource from the Gale Group.

Title: Country Studies
Via: Web
Access: No restrictions
Coverage: Varies
Full-Text: Yes
Description: Describes and analyzes historical settings and social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world; from the Library of Congress.

Title: Handbook of Latin American Studies
Via: Web
Access: No restrictions
Coverage: 1936 - present
Full-Text: Yes
Description: Bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars; edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.

Title: HarpWeek: The Civil War Era & Reconstruction
Via: Harper's Weekly
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage: 1857 - 1912
Full-Text: Yes
Description: An internet resource providing access to Harper's Weekly, a 19th and early 20th century American news magazine. Coverage includes: 1857-1865, the Civil War Era; 1866-1877, Reconstruction; and 1878-1912, the Gilded Age.

Title: Historical Abstracts
Via: EBSCO
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage: 1450 - present
Full-Text: No
Description: Historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the U.S. and Canada). Links to full-text articles in JSTOR.

Title: Historical Newspapers: Atlanta Constitution (1868 - 1929)
Via: ProQuest
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage:
Full-Text: Yes
Description: Historical full-text content of four major U.S. newspapers: New York Times 1851-2003; Washington Post 1877-1990; Chicago Tribune 1849-1985; and Atlanta Constitution 1868-1929.

Title: Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune (1849-1985)
Via: ProQuest
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage:
Full-Text: Yes
Description: Historical full-text content of four major U.S. newspapers: New York Times 1851-2003; Washington Post 1877-1990; Chicago Tribune 1849-1985; and Atlanta Constitution 1868-1929.

Title: Historical Newspapers: New York Times (1851-2003)
Via: ProQuest
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage:
Full-Text: Yes
Description: Historical full-text content of four major U.S. newspapers: New York Times 1851-2003; Washington Post 1877-1990; Chicago Tribune 1849-1985; and Atlanta Constitution 1868-1929.

Title: Historical Newspapers: Washington Post (1877-1990)
Via: ProQuest
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage:
Full-Text: Yes
Description: Historical full-text content of four major U.S. newspapers: New York Times 1851-2003; Washington Post 1877-1990; Chicago Tribune 1849-1985; and Atlanta Constitution 1868-1929.

Title: Historical Statistics of the U.S.
Via: Web
Access: No restrictions
Coverage: 1790 - 1960
Full-Text: Yes
Description: Presents data describing the people and the economy of the U.S. for each state and county from 1790-1960.

Title: History Resource Center: U.S.
Via: Thomson Gale
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage: Varies
Full-Text: Yes
Description: Provides integrated access to over 4,000 historical (primary) documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present. Also includes citations from over 180 additional history journals.

Title: Humanities Full-Text
Via: HW Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage: Varies
Full-Text: Yes
Description: Provides full-text (from 1994), abstracts (from 1984), and indexing (from 1982) to journal articles in archaeology, art, classical studies, communications, dance, film, folklore, gender studies, history, journalism, linguistics, literary & social criticism, literature, music, performing arts, religion & theology, philosophy, and more.

Title: In the First Person
Via: Alexander Street Press/Web
Access: No restrictions
Coverage: Varies
Full-Text: No
Description: Index of more than 2,500 collections of oral history from around the world. Indexes letters, diaries, oral histories, and other personal narratives.

Title: JSTOR
Via: JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collections I, II, III, IV, Arts & Sciences Complement, Biological Sciences and General Science Collections
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage: Varies with publication
Full-Text: Yes
Description: An archive for full-text journal backfiles in the following fields: African American, African, and American Indian Studies, Anthropology, Art, Business, Classical Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Film Studies, Folklore, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Law, Middle East Studies, Music, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, Statistics, and more ...

Title: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Via: Oxford University Press
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage: earliest time - 2000
Full-Text: Yes
Description: Created in association with the British Academy

Title: Project MUSE
Via: Johns Hopkins University Press
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage: 1993 - present
Full-Text: Yes
Description: Provides online access to the full-text of a growing number of scholarly journals in the arts & humanities and social sciences, including history.

Title: Social Sciences Full-Text
Via: HW Wilson OmniFile Full Text Mega
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage: Varies
Full-Text: Yes
Description: Provides full-text (from 1994), abstracts (from 1984), and indexing (from 1982) to journal articles in addiction studies, anthropology, criminal justice, economics, environmental studies, ethics, family studies, gender studies, geography, minority studies, political science, psychology, public welfare, social work, sociology, urban studies, and more.

Title: Web of Science
Via: Thomson ISI
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage: 1945 - present
Full-Text: No
Description: Comprehensive bibliographic database containing three citation indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (1945-present); Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present); and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present). Searches in any of three for topic, person, place, and cited reference.

Title: Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000
Via: Alexander Street Press
Access: North/South campuses. Students, faculty and staff with a valid USCB Library ID card may access from remote locations.
Coverage: 1600 - 2000
Full-Text: Yes
Description: Brings together books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women's reform activities.

Title: Women's History Month
Via: Web
Access: No restrictions
Coverage: Varies
Full-Text: Some
Description: Free web resource from the Gale Group.

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