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The History collection supports research programs in American History, Medieval History, and Modern European History. Our holdings are particularly strong in the history of American Catholicism.

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Recommended Resources (All Resources: 120 databases | 248 e-journals )

America, history and life

Coverage:
1954-
Provides abstracts of scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present and citations to book reviews, media reviews and dissertations. Usage info: Licensed for 6 simultaneous users.
American national biography

Biographical resource for more than 17,000 notable people in American history; updates include recently deceased notables as well as figures from the past who were not subjects in the print edition.Online Teaching Guide
American periodicals series online, 1740-1900

Consists of digitized reproductions of more than 1,100 eighteenth and nineteenth century newspapers and periodicals in the original microfilm reproduction series, American periodical series, I, II, and III. When completed in 2003, this database will have more than 7,000,000 pages of full text periodicals.
Civil War: a Newspaper perspective (see Accessible archives)
Early English newspapers :

Call Number: MICRO GUIDE PN 5114 .C69 1983c
Provides listing of titles in the microfilmed Burney Collection of early English newspapers, with holdings information and microfilm reel number.Checklist of titles
Historical abstracts

Coverage:
1969-
Provides indexing and abstracts of scholarly articles, books, and essays on European and world history from 1450 to the present (excluding the U.S. and Canada, which are covered in: America: History and Life). Usage info: Licensed for 6 simultaneous users.
History E-book project (see Humanities E-book project (ACLS)
Humanities E-book project (ACLS)

Coverage:
Began in 2002.
A collection of major scholarly works from all areas of the humanities, including online versions of printed works as well as original electronic publications.
JSTOR
New York times (ProQuest historical newspapers)

Coverage:
1851-three years before present
Searchable database with access to every page of every issue from cover to cover, with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF from the first issue in 1851 to three years before the current year. Additional year of coverage added once a year.
Periodicals index online

Coverage:
Beginning thru 1995
Index to millions of articles in over 4,500 periodicals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences published beginning 1770 or subsequently; scope is worldwide, covering major Western languages. Complete PCI Index, including links to selected full text articles. Only the index is searchable.