LibGuides: History: History Databases, Journals and Newspapers

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History Databases

Below is a list of the most common history databases available. You can view a full list here.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text scholarly articles covering the arts and humanities, social and political sciences, mathematics and the hard sciences, as well as business and economics.
Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window
Historical American newspapers covering topics such as the Civil War, slavery and emancipation, women's suffrage, and country histories of all fifty states.
American Antiquarian Society This link opens in a new window
The American Antiquarian Society library houses the largest and most accessible collection of books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, periodicals, music, and graphic arts material related to all aspects of American history and culture before the twentieth century.
Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new window
A collection of scholarly journal articles covering topics in the arts, history, literature, and languages.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Search within a single database to find materials across all major subject areas, including business, health and medical, social sciences, arts and humanities, education, science and technology, and religion.
SAGE Journals This link opens in a new window
Full-text scholarly articles in the fields of humanities, social sciences, science, technology, and medicine.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Find articles, books and reference works in the life, health, physical and social science fields, as well as in the humanities.

Google Scholar
Use Google Scholar to find free full-text articles. Sometimes certain open access articles aren't indexed in Summon and can be found through Google Scholar.
Note: Always verify if the sources you find through Google Scholar are scholarly and/or peer reviewed!
Full list of history databases

Historical Newspapers and Documents

Accessible Archives This link opens in a new window
Historical American newspapers covering topics such as the Civil War, slavery and emancipation, women's suffrage, and country histories of all fifty states.
America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
News articles covering topics in government, politics, social issues, culture, literature, discoveries, and inventions in primary sources from 1690 to 1922.
American Antiquarian Society This link opens in a new window
The American Antiquarian Society library houses the largest and most accessible collection of books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, periodicals, music, and graphic arts material related to all aspects of American history and culture before the twentieth century.
Early American Imprints, 1639-1800 This link opens in a new window
Monographs, pamphlets, broadsides, government documents, and ephemera from American publications 1639-1800.
New York Times Historical Archive, 1851-2020 This link opens in a new window
Digital reproductions of every page from every issue of the New York Times, cover to cover, in downloadable files.

Google News Historical Newspapers
Google's index of digitized newspapers from around the world, organized alphabetically by title.

Journal List

Locate journals that the library owns online and in print in the Journal List.