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This guide is intended for research about the history of Great Britain and the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland).
Below are some databases that are frequently used to start with, but you can find more resources through the left-side tabs. For resources focused on another area of the world, please see the list of related guides.
For assistance with finding resources, please ask a librarian!
Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada, which is covered by America: History and Life with Full Text) from 1450 forward.
Includes world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and much more. Provides indexing of historical articles from more than 1,800 journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.
Full-text access to the archives of core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and science, plus full text ebooks and open access content.
Mostly 3-5 years & older full text. African American studies, anthropology, botany, business, ecology, economics, education, general science, geography, history, language & literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, sociology, statistics.
Dates of coverage vary by journal title. All go back to the very first issue published, but most have a "moving wall" embargo that excludes issues from the most recent X years (where X can be anywhere from 0 up to 10 years, depending on the particular journal; most are in the 3 to 5 year embargo range).
Hint: Use documents to find useful keywords and concepts, and retrieve matching JSTOR content, via JSTOR Text Analyzer.
Provides cross-searching of British and American historical newspapers and periodical archive collections, ranging from the 18th century until a few years ago.
Includes these newspapers and collections of newspapers, which can also be searched separately: