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For more information or assistance using any of these resources, please consult with a reference librarian.

Area Studies

ABSEES (American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies)
Africabib.org
African Health Anthology
African Studies
Anthropological Literature
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Bibliography of Oriental Studies (東洋学文献類目検索)
Cambodian Genocide Program
Chicano Database
Documentation and Information Center for Chinese Studies, Kyoto University
Early Canadiana Online
EIU ViewsWire
Encyclopaedia of Islam
Ethnic NewsWatch
FAOSTAT
Handbook of Latin American Studies
Hispanic American Periodicals Index
Historical Abstracts
Index Islamicus
International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies
MLA Bibliography
Online Databases of Russian Publications
PAIR (Portal to Asian Internet Resources)
Periodicals Index Online
PolicyFile
POPLINE
Quarterly Index to Periodical Literature, Eastern and Southern Africa
RAMBI
Russian Newspapers (Universal Database of Russian Newspapers)
Russian Universal Database of Social Sciences and Humanities
South African Studies
Women’s Resources International
World Bank e-Library

Classics

Acta Sanctorum
L'Annee Philologique (Database of Classical Bibliography)
ARTFL (American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language)
BAHR: Bulletin Analytique d'Histoire Romaine, bibliographie
Classics Reference Resources
Corpus de la littérature médiévale
Database of Latin Dictionaries
DRoits ANTiques (DRANT) database
Dyabola
Europa Sacra Online
Gnomon
In Principio
International Directory of Medievalists IDM
International Medieval Bibliography
Iter Italicum
ITER: The Bibliography of Renaissance Europe, 1300-1700
Lexikon des Mittelalters LexMA
Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary
Library of Latin Texts (CLCLT)
Liddell-Scott-Jones Greek Lexikon
Middle English Compendium
Oxford Classical Dictionary
Past Masters
Patrologia Latina
Patrologiae Graecae
Perseus Project
Regesta Imperii
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae
Ut per litteras apostolicas-Lettres Pontificales / Papal Letters
Vetus Latina database
Yale University Classics Library

History

Databases by type

I. Bibliographic Utilities / Library Catalogs

Eureka
WorldCat
Bibliography of Early Modern Italy
Wing Short-Title Catalogue, 1641-1700
English Short Title Catalog
CRL - Center for Research Libraries Catalog

II. Indexes and Abstracting Databases

Academic Search
Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
Alternative Press Index and Alternative Press Index Archive
America: History and Life
American National Biography
L'Annee Philologique (Database of Classical Bibliography)
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
ATLA
Biography Index
Black Studies Center
Black Studies Database
Book Review Digest
Book Review Index Online Plus
Canadian Foreign Relations Index
Canadian Research Index
Dictionary of National Biography
Dissertations and Theses - Full Text
Empire Online
Essay and General Literature Index
FRANCIS
Hispanic American Periodicals
Historia de España on CD-ROM
Historical Abstracts
Historical Newspapers Online

New York Times Historical Index :1851-1923
Official Index to the Times : 1906 - 1980
Palmer's Index to the London Times:1790 - 1905

History of Science and Technology
History Resource Center
Humanities Abstracts
IBR
IBZ
In Principio - Incipit Index of Latin Texts
International Index to Black Periodicals
International Medieval Bibliography
Left Index
19th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
19th Century Index
19th Century Masterfile
Index Translationum
ITER: The Bibliography of Renaissance Europe, 1300-1700
Keesing's Record of World Events
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service)
Periodicals Index Online
Poole's Plus (Indices to 19th-Century Newspapers, Periodicals, Books and Gvt Documents)
Victorian Database
Wilson Web (Readers Guide, Humanities Index, Essay and General Literature Index)
Women's Resources International
ZDB Online

III. Full Text Databases

DOCUMENTS

American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series I
American Civil War: Letters & Diaries
American State Papers, 1789-1838
Avalon Project
Corpus dei Manoscritti Copti Letterari
Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS)
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker
Early Canadiana Online
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment
Empire Online
GPO Access
HeinOnline
Historic Government Publications from World War II
Lexis-Nexis Congressional
Lexis-Nexis Primary Sources in U.S. History
Macmillan Cabinet Papers
National Security Archive
Original Sources
THOMAS
U.S. Congressional Serial Set
Ut per litteras apostolicas-Lettres Pontificales / Papal Letters

TEXTS

ACLS History E-Book Project
Acta Sanctorum
Classical Protestant Texts
Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker
Early Canadiana Online
Early English Books Online (EEBO)
Ebrary
Lexis-Nexis Primary Sources in U.S. History
Library of Latin Texts (CLCLT)
Past Masters
Patrologiae Graecae
Patrologia Latina
Perseus Project
Making of America (MOA)
Monumenta Germaniae Historica
Textes de Français Ancien
Vetus Latina database

JOURNALS
American Periodical Series
Directory of Open Access Journals
Ebscohost Electronic Journals Service
History Cooperative (current volumes of JAH and AHR)
JSTOR (major history journals)
Making of America (MOA)
Project Muse (some history journals)

NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES
Accessible Archives

African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
The Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective
Godey's Ladys Book 1830-1880
The Pennsylvania Gazette 1728-1800
The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue: Chester County
The Pennsylvania Newspaper Record: Delaware County

Agence Europe: Europe Daily Bulletin
Alt-Press Watch
Augusta Chronicle Newspapers
Black Panther Party Newspaper (Included in Black Thought and Culture)
Early American Newspapers
Ethnic NewsWatch
European Sources Online
Factiva
Facts on File World News Digest
FBIS Electronic Index (Foreign Broadcast Information Service)
GenderWatch
HarpWeek: The Civil War Era and Reconstruction (1857-1877)
Hartford Courant
InfoTrak
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
National Journal Group's Policy Central
New York Times
Newspapers on Microform
19th Century Index
ProQuest Historical Newspaper Databases

Atlanta Constitution (1868 - 1925)
Boston Globe (1872 - 1922)
Chicago Defender (1905 - 1975)
Chicago Tribune (1849 - 1985)
Christian Science Monitor (1908 - 1992)
Hartford Courant (1764 - 1922)
Los Angeles Times (1881 - 1985)
The New York Times (1851 - 2002)
The Wall Street Journal (1889 - 1988)
The Washington Post (1877 - 1989)

Palmer's Full Text [London Times] Online:1785 - 1870 via Historical Newspapers Online
Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
Times of London (Full Text)
Times Literary Supplement (TLS) Centenary Archive
Universal Database of Russian Central Newspapers
Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900
World News Connection
ZDB - Zeitschriften Datenbank

REFERENCE WORKS

American National Biography
Biography Index
Biography Resource Center
Britannica Online
Canadian Research Index
Dictionary of American History
Directory of American Scholars
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History
Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History
Ethnologue
Europa World
Gale's Ready Reference Shelf
Global Books In Print
Keesing's Record of World Events
Literary Market Place
Oxford Classical Dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Reference Online
Reference Universe
SYBWorld
World Biographical Index
Xipolis German Reference Collection
xrefer
Yearbook of International Organizations

IV. FINDING AIDS

Archival Finding Aids
ArchiveGrid
Archives Made Easy
Archives USA
Eureka
Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives
Lexis-Nexis Primary Sources in U.S. History (Guides to Microform Collections)
WorldCat

Humanities (All Subjects)

Academic Search (EbscoHost)
Archival Finding Aid Project (Yale University Library)
Archival Resources (RLIN/Eureka)
ArchivesUSA
Alt-Press Watch
Alternative Press Index
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
CRL - Center for Research Libraries Catalog
Dissertations and Theses - Full Text
English Short Title Catalog
Essay and General Literature Index (via WilsonWeb)
Eureka
Humanities Abstracts (via WilsonWeb)
Index Translationum
IBZ Online
JSTOR
Periodicals Contents Index
Project Muse
WilsonWeb
Wing Short-Title Catalogue, 1641-1700
WorldCat

Language and Literature

18th Century Collections Online
18th Century Fiction
19th Century Fiction
20th Century African-American Poetry
20th Century American Poetry
20th Century Drama
20th Century English Poetry
20th Century North American Drama
African-American Poetry (1750-1900)
AIDA: Articoli italiani di periodici accademici (Italian Periodicals)
American Civil War: Letters & Diaries
American Drama
American Periodical Series
American Poetry Database
Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature ABELL
ARTFL
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Bibliografía de la Literatura Española desde 1980
Black Drama
Black Studies Database
Black Thought and Culture
British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries (BWLD)
Canadian Poetry
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
Contemporary Authors
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Corpus de la litterature medievale
Corpus dei Manoscritti Copti Letterari
Database of African-American Poetry, 1760-1900
Dictionary of Literary Biography
DBI-Link (Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut)
Early American Fiction
Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans, 1639 - 1800
Early American Imprints, Series II. Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819
Early Canadiana Online
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment
Early English Books Online
Early English Prose Fiction (1500-1700)
Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Eighteenth Century Fiction
English Poetry Database
English Prose Drama
English Short Title Catalog
English Verse Drama
Essay and General Literature Index
Ethnologue
Eureka
Faber Poetry Library
FRANCIS
FRANTEXT
German Literature Collections
Goethes Werke
Harper's Magazine and Cumulative Index
Humanities Abstracts
IBZ Online
Index Translationum
International Index to Black Periodicals
King James Bible
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts - LLBA
Lit Finder
Literature Online with MLA
Luthers Werke
Middle English Compendium
MLA Bibliography
Motif-Index of Folk-Literature
Nineteenth-Century Fiction
North American immigrant letters, diaries, and oral histories
North American Women's Drama
North American Women's Letters and Diaries, Colonial-1950
Old English Corpus
Oral History Online
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition
Periodicals Index Online
Poem Finder
Poole's Plus
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature Index
Schillers Werke
Short Story Index
Studies in Bibliography
Studies in Irish Literature
Teatro Espanol del Siglo de Oro
W. B. Yeats Collection (1885-1995)
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
Wing Short-Title Catalogue, 1641-1700
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600 - 2000
Women Writers Online
ZDB Online

Philosophy and Religion

19th Century Masterfile (Poole's Plus)
Acta Sanctorum
American Religion Data Archive (ARDA)
ATLA IBRR Online
ATLA Religion Database
Bible In English
Bibliography of Asian Studies
Catholic Literature and Periodical Index
Classic Protestant Texts
Commentary Digital Archive
Divinity Library Electronic Resources
Encyclopaedia of Islam
FRANTEXT
International Medieval Bibliography
Index Islamicus
Index of Christian Art
Index to Jewish Periodicals
L'Année Philologique
Luthers Werke
New Catholic Encyclopedia
New Testament Abstracts
Old Testament Abstracts
Oxford Classical Dictionary
Oxford Companion to Philosophy
Past Masters
Patrologia Latina Database
Patrologiae Graecae
POIESIS
Philosopher's Index Online
Philosophy and Religion Research Guides
RAMBI
Regesta Imperii
Religion and Philosophy Collection
Religious and Theological Abstracts
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG)

Women's and Gender Studies

Alternative Press Index and Alternative Press Index Archive
British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries (BWLD)
Contemporary Women's Issues
Sexual Diversity Studies: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Abstracts I
French Women Writers
Gender Watch
GLBT Life
Godey's Ladys Book 1830-1880 (Included in Accessible Archives)
North American Women's Drama
North American Women's Letters and Diaries, Colonial-1950
Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period
Sexual Diversity Studies: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Abstracts
ViVa: a bibliography of women's history in historical and women's studies journals
Women and Social Movements
Women Writers Online
Women's Resources International



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