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America:
History and Life
1964 to the present.
Covers United States and Canadian history from earliest
times to the present.
About 3,000 citations are abstracted annually from
some 700 U. S. and Canadian periodicals and from 1,500 foreign titles.
American
Periodicals Series Online
Provides digitized images of more than 1,000 American
magazines and journals published from the colonial era to the beginning of the
20th century.
Covers history, politics, the arts and sciences, folklore,
and popular culture.
Coverage extends from 1740 - 1900 +.
Arts
& Humanities Search
1980 to the present.
Available through FirstSearch.
A citation index that includes over 1.4 million records,
referencing more than 1,300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals.
ARTstor
A collection of some 300,000 images that documents
numerous artistic traditions and cultures from around the world.
The ARTstor Charter Collection contains one general
collection (the Image Gallery) and eight specialized collections, all of which
embrace painting, architecture, photography, sculpture, design, the decorative
arts, and other forms of visual culture.
Users can view and analyze images through zooming and
panning, though computer pop-up blocking software must be disabled or set to
allow pop-ups.
Avery
Index to Architectural Periodicals
Indexes more than 700 American and international periodicals
in architecture and design.
Covers topics such as historic preservation, landscape
architecture, archaeology, city planning, the history and practice of architecture,
interior design and decoration, urban planning, and related subjects.
Includes some 13,000 obituary citations.
Coverage extends from 1934 to date, with selective
coverage back to 1741. Updated weekly.
The
Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective
Provides the full text of "major articles" from more
than 2,500 issues of the New York Herald, the Charleston Mercury,
and the Richmond Enquirer from November 1, 1860, to April 15, 1865.
The database furnishes not only news articles and eyewitness
accounts of battles and events, but it also includes pieces on travel, sports,
social occasions, and arts and leisure.
Digital
Sanborn Maps - Virginia
Provides access to 678 full-image maps of 132 Virginia
cities and towns.
Coverage varies, but many Virginia localities include
maps dating from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century.
Dow Jones Interactive replaced by Factiva
Ethnic
NewsWatch
Interdisciplinary; newspapers, magazines and journals
of the ethnic, minority, and native press.
Bilingual (English and Spanish)
Full-text
1960-present.
FirstSearch
databases
Provides access to dozens of indexes and databases
in a variety of disciplines.
Greenwood
Daily Life Online
Looks at the everyday lives of people throughout history
(antiquity to present) from the material, religious, domestic, political, recreational,
intellectual, and economic viewpoints. Based on numerous primary and secondary
resources, the database includes historical overviews, maps, illustrations,
chronologies, and sidebars. Organized by time period, region, and topic.
HarpWeek:
The Civil War Era and Reconstruction (1857-1877)
Provides full-text access to 21 years of Harper's Weekly,
a leading 19th-century illustrated newspaper.
Researchers can search the full text, browse the individual
issues, or use the thesaurus-based index. They can also browse through the categories
of Geography, Literary Genre, Occupation or Role in Society, and Topic Headings.
Historical
Abstracts
1955 to the present.
Covers all aspects of history (excluding the United
States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
Humanities
Abstracts
Indexes a broad range of some 500 magazines and journal
publications in the humanities.
Covers topics in archaeology and classical studies,
folklore, history, language and literature, performing arts, philosophy, religion,
and related subjects.
Coverage extends from 1983 to the present. Continues
print Humanities Index, 1975-1996 (REFB AI 3
.H85) and Social Sciences and Humanities Index,
1965-1974 (REFB AI 3 .R282).
Humanities
& Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (check "Humanities
& Social Sci Retro" near top of screen)
Indexes nearly 1,200 periodicals in the social sciences
and humanities, providing citations to more than 1,300,000 articles. Covers
topics in archaeology and classical studies, anthropology, folklore, history,
gender studies, language and literature, economics, drama, political science,
philosophy, international relations, music, sociology, journalism, psychology,
religion, geography, and many other related subjects.
Coverage extends from 1907 through 1984.
InfoTrac
1980 to the present
Contains full-text articles, as well as citations and
abstracts.
Provides access to a variety of general, academic,
and subject-oriented databases. Of particular use is Expanded
Academic ASAP, which indexes more than 600 journals in most academic disciplines,
and InfoTrac
OneFile, which provides access to the articles in all the Infotrac databases.
Iter
-- Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
A bibliography of some 250,000 articles and reviews
from more than 400 journals pertaining to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
(400-1700).
Updated daily, with over 60,000 new records added each
year.
Provides searching by author, title, subject, and keyword.
LexisNexis
Academic
Coverage varies widely.
Contains full-text articles, reviews, and other documents.
Provides access to news, business, legal, and reference
information.
National Security Archive
Free organized collections of declassified primary
documents in foreign affairs and domestic politics obtained through Freedom
of Information Act (FOIA) by journalists and scholars, hosted by George Washington
University.
Covers from 1930s to present.
NYPL Digital Gallery
Furnishes access to more than 275,000 images digitized
from primary sources and other works in the New York Public Library, including
books, illuminated manuscripts, maps, photographs, and even printed ephemera
such as posters, menus, and post cards.
Researchers can search by keyword or browse by name,
subject, and library center.
The Digital Gallery's Collection Guides lead to topical
collections of images.
Official
Documents of the United Nations
Includes the full texts of some 800,000 United Nations
documents, including resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council,
and the Trusteeship Council.
Most of the documents date from the early 1990s, but older-and newer--works
are continually added.
Patrologia
Latina
The electronic version of publisher Jacques-Paul Migne's
217-volume Patrologia Latina (printed from 1844 to 1855), and the corresponding
four index volumes (1862 to 1865).
The set covers the works of the Church Fathers from
Tertullian in 200 A.D. to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216.
Periodicals Index Online (formerly PCI)
Indexes some 10 million articles in the arts, humanities,
and social sciences.
Provides author, title, and keyword access to the table-of-contents
pages of more than 2,700 worldwide periodicals.
Updated regularly, with over 1 million entries added
each year.
Coverage extends from 1665-1995.
Social
Sciences Abstracts
Interdisciplinary database covering more than 400 English-language
social science journals.
Covers topics in anthropology, criminal justice, economics,
sociology, psychology, political science, gender studies, political science,
and more.
Coverage from 1971 to present. Continues print
Social Sciences and Humanities Index, 1965-1974
(REFB AI 3 .R282).
Citations and some abstracts, no full-text.
Virginia
Heritage: Guides to Manuscript & Archival Collections in Virginia
Maintained by the Special Collections Library at the
University of Virginia, the Virginia Heritage Project is a database of guides
and other finding aids to archival collections in the state.
These periodical indexes are shelved in Simpson Library's Reference collection.
See also Periodical
Indexes (World Wide Web).
| Periodical Index | Coverage | Call number |
| Biography Index | 1946-1998 | REFB CT 100 .B5x |
| C.R.I.S.: The Combined Restrospective Index Set to Journals in History | 1839-1974 | REFB D 1 .C18 |
| Humanities Index | 1974-1996 | REFB AI .H85 |
| International Index to Periodicals | 1907-1965 | REFB AI 3 .R49 |
| The New York Times Index | 1913-date | REFB AI 21 .N45 |
| The New York Times Index (Prior Series) | 1851-1912 | REFB AI 21 .N449 |
| 19th Century Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature | 1890-1899 | REFB AI 3 .R47 |
| Poole's Index to Periodical Literature | 1802-1906 | REFB AI 3 .P7 |
| Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature | 1900-1999 | REFB AI 3 .P7 |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Index | 1965-1974 | REFB AI 3 .R282 |
| Social Sciences Index | 1974-1997 | REFB AI 3 .S62 |
The Avalon
Project at the Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
Furnishes documents relevant to the fields of law,
history, economics, politics, diplomacy, and government.
Documents range in time from the pre-eighteenth century
(e.g., the Code of Hammurabi in ancient Babylon) to the twentieth century.
Search engine allows keyword searching.
Documenting
the American South
Maintained by the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
A collection of documents on southern history, culture,
and literature from the colonial period to 1920.
Documents
for the Study of American History
A comprehensive, easy-to-use bibliography of primary
sources.
Documents are organized chronologically as one Web
page.
Documents
in Military History
Maintained by Hillsdale College.
Concentrates principally on European military history
before the twentieth century.
Search engine allows keyword searching.
EuroDocs:
Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
Includes historical documents, in chronological order,
that focus on significant events within cultural, economic, political, and social
history.
Texts in the two categories "Medieval and Renaissance
Europe" and "Europe as a Supernational Region" are followed by listings arranged
alphabetically by country.
Fourth World Documentation
Project
Created and maintained by the Center for World Indigenous
Studies.
Provides full-text documents relating to the political,
social, economic, and human rights situations faced by Fourth World nations
("nations forcefully incorporated into states which maintain a distinct political
culture but are internationally unrecognized").
Documents include essays, resolutions, position papers,
treaties, and United Nations materials.
Historical Text Archive
Contains historical texts and secondary research materials
for the study of world history.
Material is organized in three categories: Geographical
(by country); Topical (African-American, Articles, Genealogy, Native American,
Sports, Teaching, War, Women); and Resources (Archives, Bibliographies, Databases,
General, History Departments, Journals).
Search engine allows keyword searching.
Internet Archive
of Texts and Documents
Maintained by Hanover College.
Offers texts of primary and secondary historical sources,
organized by geographic area and chronological period.
Internet History Sourcebooks
Project
Maintained by Fordham University.
Extensive collections of historical texts covering
numerous aspects of world history, including African,
Ancient,
East
Asian, Global,
Indian,
Islamic,
Jewish,
Medieval,
Modern,
Science,
and Women's
history.
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