Includes a large collection of scholarly journals by historians. You can also try limiting by "Historical Period." For world history, try Historical Abstracts. Also includes book reviews.
Search the full text of journals in many disciplines, including over 450 journals in history. You can narrow by date and you can also scroll down to narrow by discipline. Also includes book reviews.
Includes the full text of journals in the humanities and social sciences, including history. After searching, you can limit by subject, year, and more.
Search across many library databases to find scholarly articles, magazines, books and more. After searching, try the limits at the left hand side. This is also a good place to look for items found in a bibliography.
If you want to search a specific journal (or periodical or newspaper), such as American Historical Review, search for the journal title in Ejournal Finder to find the full text.
Search for books in over 7,000 libraries. Use the FindIt button to request books from other libraries. This is the classic version of WorldCat, with additional search options. See also WorldCat.
Search the full text of books. Copyright (as applicable) will prevent you from reading the full text in Google. If you find a book of interest, search Helmke Library's Catalog or WorldCat to locate a print or digital copy.
An extensive digitized collection of the correspondence and writings of Washington, Franklin, Adams, Jefferson, Hamilton and Madison. From the National Archives.
A large-scale online archive with digitized books, journals, documents and more. Especially useful for finding materials in the public domain. For example:
Includes selected magazines and journals from the late 1700s and onward, such as Niles' Weekly Register (1814-1837) and Universal Asylum and Columbian Magazine (1790-1792).
Includes selected magazines and journals from the late 1700s and onward, such as The Gentleman's Magazine ... and Monthly Review, or, Literary Journal.
An extensive collection of historical British newspapers and periodicals, with some U.S. content. You can search the whole database or scroll down to choose a specific collection.
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