Research Guides: History: Article Databases

History Databases

European Views of the Americas 1493-1750 This link opens in a new window
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A bibliography of European publications related to the exploration and colonization of the Americas
Humanities and Social Science Retrospective 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
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Citations to scholarly articles in the social sciences and humanities, 1907-1984
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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A full-text archive of more than 500 important scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities.
Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
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Citations and some full-text for scholarly journals and books in the humanities
Military and Government Collection This link opens in a new window
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News and scholarly articles, most full-text, related to all branches of the military
Oxford University Press (OUP) Journals This link opens in a new window
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Full-text scholarly journal articles in many subjects
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
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Full-text articles from scholarly journals in many disciplines
HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
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HeinOnline is a premier online database containing more than 173 million pages and 270,000 titles of historical and government documents in a fully searchable, image-based format.
Cambridge Core Journal Collection This link opens in a new window
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Full-text articles from scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, STEM fields, and medicine

Digital Archives

Chronicling America: Historic Newspapers
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1925 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.

American Race Relations Global Perspectives, 1941-1996 This link opens in a new window
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Global reporting and analysis of 20th-century U.S. race relations
Civil Rights in America From Reconstruction to the Great Society This link opens in a new window
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Official publications and primary source documents related to a century of civil rights issues in the United States
African Americans and Jim Crow: Repression and Protest, 1883-1922 This link opens in a new window
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Primary documents in African American history under enforced racial segregation
African Americans and Reconstruction: Hope and Struggle, 1865-1883 This link opens in a new window
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Primary documents in African American history following the Civil War
HarpWeek This link opens in a new window
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Full-text historical content from Harper's Weekly magazine, 1857-1912
New York Times Digital Edition This link opens in a new window
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Create an account for full-text access to the digital version of the New York Times, 1851 to the present, on any device

Times Machine (NYT Archive)
Over 150 years of New York Times journalism, as it originally appeared. If it asks for a login, sign up for a free account through SU's New York Times subscription.

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News & Newspapers

Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
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Provides cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national, international, and regional newspapers, including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and The Times (London).
Newswires This link opens in a new window
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Newswires provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from Associated Press, United Press International, PR Newswire, Xinhua, CNN Wire, and Business Wire on a continuous basis.
Factiva This link opens in a new window
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Factiva holds most major US newspapers, though not necessarily archived.

Research Databases - General Academic

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Full-text articles from scholarly and professional journals in all disciplines
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals that are free to read
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
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A Google search tool for scholarly articles and books, with links to some full text
Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
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Citations to scholarship in women’s studies and feminism with some links to full text