History

General Databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) is a multidisciplinary index giving access to articles in over 8,000 journals with many available in full-text.

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) includes bibliographic citations for dissertations and theses worldwide, from 1861 to the present, with full-text access available for the newer titles, and abstracts available for the older titles.

*Google Scholar provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.

*Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale Cengage Learning) is a resource that utilizes many different sources to provide information on both sides of controversial topics.

JSTOR-Scholarly Journal Archive is a trusted archive of important scholarly journals, and provides full-text access to those journals.

Journal Databases - Subject Specific

America: History and Life with full-text (EBSCO) gives citations and abstracts for articles dealing with history of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.

Historical Abstracts full-text (EBSCO) covers 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 more. This authoritative database provides selective indexing of historical articles from more than 1,800 journals, in over 40 languages, back to 1955, and full-text of more than 300 journals and more than 150 books.

World History Collection (EBSCO) offers a global look at history, with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East, and includes full-text for nearly 150 titles, including scholarly journals.

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Databases - Reference

*Biography in Context (Gale Cengage Learning) is a full-text database of biographical information on people throughout history.

*Decade Series focuses on each decade, detailing the events, people, art, sports, science, etc. that occurred during that time period in the U.S. and Canada. We have access to the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, and 1980's.

*Digital Sanborn Maps gives access to the Texas collection of fire insurance maps that chart the growth of Texas cities, from the late 1800s through the mid 1900s.

*Heritage Quest (ProQuest) is a full-text collection of family and local histories.

*The Encyclopedia of the Cold War; A Political, Social, and Military History is a comprehensive five-volume reference on the defining conflict of the second half of the 20th century, covering all aspects of the Cold War as it influenced events around the world.

Gale Virtual Reference Library - Access the content of reference books electronically, anytime, anywhere.

Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy

Encyclopedia of American Religions

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History

Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront

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Websites - Primary Sources

Digital Archives & Collections
Database contains a wide variety of images, including historical documents, maps, photographs and artifacts from libraries, archives, museums, and community collections. Focuses mainly on events and people in East Texas.  

The Portal to Texas History
The University of North Texas' gateway to digitized Texas history materials. It contains unique collections from Texas libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, genealogical societies, and private family collections.

UNT Digital Library
Contains materials from the University of North Texas' research, scholarly and creative activities. In addition, it showcases content from the UNT Libraries collections. Materials include theses, dissertations, artwork, performances, musical scores, journals, government documents, rare books, historical posters, and photographs.

Websites - Reference

Texas History

Handbook of Texas Online
A full-text encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture, with articles on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, etc.

Lone Star History Links
Sponsered by the Texas State Historical Association, this page provides access to important Texas history primary source documents. The organization of information is by topic, and includes explanatory notes and annotations.

The Texas Almanac
The Texas Almanac Online is an electronic version of the Texas Almanac. This database provides extensive information about the history, culture, political climate, and geography of the state of Texas.

Texas Historical Sites Atlas
The Texas Historical Commission's atlas of historical sites around Texas. You can search by address, county, site name, and the full-text of the marker.

American History

The Cornell University Library: Making of America
A digital library of primary sources in American social history, from the antebellum period through reconstruction, which is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. It provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.

Library of Congress: American Memory
Provides free and open online access to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity.  These materials are from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions.

National Archives
This site provides online search capability for many of the National Archives collections, as well as guides and manuals for using the collections effectively. In addition, it makes over 125,000 digitized documents, photos, and images accessible online.

U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian 
This site provides access to digitized State Department documents, as well as the official history of the department and the official biographies of the Secretaries of State. It also describes the diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and other nations.

Asian and European History

Documenting the Southeast Asian American Experience
Digitized selection from UC Irvine's Southeast Asian Archive, which focuses on post-1975 refugees and immigrants from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. It contains more than 1,000 visual images and 4,000 pages of searchable text.

The European Library
Online portal to search the primary source collections of the national libraries and leading research libraries in 48 European countries.

Note: The databases marked with an asterisk (*) are not part of any search using the Articles & More choice from the library home page.