History

Major research databases and other resources for finding primary and secondary sources in history.

Finding Articles - secondary sources  
  More Info UW Restricted America History & Life (new version) / America History & Life (old) - American & Canadian history
  More Info UW Restricted   Historical Abstracts (new version) / Historical Abstracts (old) - World history from 1450 to present
  More Info UW Restricted   International Medieval Bibliography - Medieval European history
    More Databases ...
Finding Books - secondary sources  
  More Info UW Libraries Catalog - books, journals, videos, more
  More Info Summit - Joint catalog of Northwest academic libraries
  More InfoUW Restricted   History E-Book Project - Over 1,000 books of major importance to historical studies
    More Catalogs, Dissertations & Reference Books including biographical dictionaries
Electronic Journals - secondary sources
  More Info UW Restricted   History Cooperative - Current volumes of major history journals
  More Info UW Restricted   JSTOR - Back issues of major history journals
  More Info UW Restricted   Project Muse - Current volumes of history journals
    More History E-journals...
Finding Primary Sources - Books
  More Info UW Restricted   Early Books: Early English Books Online (1470-1700), Early American Imprints (1600-1800) and Eighteenth Century Collections Online (1701-1800)
  More Info   Using the Catalog to Find Primary Sources - Tips for identifying primary sources in the catalog
    More Early Books
Finding Primary Sources - Articles
  More Info UW Restricted American Periodical Series Online - American magazine articles, 1740 to 1900
  More Info UW Restricted   Reader's Guide Retrospective - Citations to American magazine articles, 1890 to 1982
  More Info UW Restricted   Historic Newspapers: New York Times (1851-2003), Times Digital Archive (1785-1985) Chicago Defender (1905-1975), Los Angeles Times (1881-1985) and The Wall Street Journal (1889-1989)
Finding Additional Primary Sources
 
Sheridan's Campaign, Battle of Winchester. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 15 Oct. 1864. Courtesy of Civil War Images of Northern Virginia, George Mason University.

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