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This guide is intended for research about the history of the United States of America.
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 or contact the Archivist, Callum Carr.
Database of literature written 1955-present covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
A new interface for America: History & Life is coming in May. Try it today!
Searchable access to the New York Times (Late Eastern Edition), in full digitized page images.
Searchable access to the New York Times (Late Eastern Edition), from the first issue on September 18, 1851 to one month ago. Reproduces the complete full text of every issue in its original printed form, in full page images digitized from microfilm. Also incorporates indexing and subject headings from the New York Times Index, 1851-1993.
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.
40+ journals provides balanced coverage of both the current thought and events in US History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field.