Electronic Resources & Databases


Databases by Title


Key Resources in History



America: History and Life [more]  Service Alert
United States and Canadian History and culture; citations and abstracts.
Coverage: 1964 to present Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: UALC



Historical Abstracts [more]  Service Alert
World history and culture citation-and-abstract database.
Coverage: 1955 to present Access: USU & Eastern Simultaneous User: 6 Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



JSTOR [more] 
Multidisciplinary full-text electronic journal collection.
Coverage: Varies Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: UALC



Mountain West Digital Library [more] 
Collections from academic, public, and historical association libraries in Utah, Nevada, and Idaho.
Coverage: Varies Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free



WorldCat [more] 
Composite global library catalog.
Coverage: All Dates Access: USU & Eastern Simultaneous User: 3 Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library


History

Additional Resources in History

(Listed alphabetically)

Acta Sanctorum [more] 
Acta Sanctorum is a principal source for research into the societies and cultures of early Christian and medieval Europe.
Coverage: Medieval Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Tanner Religious Studies Endowment



American Foreign Relations Since 1600 [more] 
Annotated guide to the literature of US diplomatic history.
Coverage: 1600-2007 Access: USU Only Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



American History in Video [more] 
Provides about 2,000 hours and 6,000 video titles all indexed with searchable transcripts synchronized to video.
Coverage: Varies Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



American Periodicals Series Online [more] 
American Periodicals Series Online contains over 1,100 periodicals originally published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically significant periodicals.
Coverage: 1740-1940 Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



American West: Everett D. Graff Collection of the Newberry Library [more] 
Original manuscripts, maps, ephemeral material, and rare printed sources documenting the US West.
Coverage: 18th-20th centuries Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Arts & Humanities Citation Index [more] 
Current and retrospective citation database.
Coverage: 1975 to present Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library
Access is via ISI's Web of Knowledge portal.



ARTstor [more] 
Digital library of images from cultural institutions worldwide.
Coverage: Varies Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: College of HASS and Merrill-Cazier Library
See special terms for important information on use restrictions.



Background Notes/Country Fact Sheets from the U.S. Department of State [more] 
Country information in full text.
Coverage: Current Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free



Biography Reference Bank [more]  Service Alert
Biographies for people from Antiquity to present.
Coverage: 1940 to present Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Cambridge Histories [more] 
This unique historical-reference compendium allows instant access to the texts of the Cambridge Histories series.
Coverage: 1960 to present Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: USU



Catalog of U.S. Government Publications [more] 
Access the publications issued by all branches of the US Government.
Coverage: 1976 to present Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Cecil Papers [more] 
The Cecil Papers are a privately held archive, consisting principally of the correspondence of William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598) and his son, Robert, the 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563-1612).
Coverage: 16th Century Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Tanner Religious Studies Endowment



Chicago Manual of Style Online [more] 
The online version of the 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.
Coverage: Current Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers [more] 
Chronicling America is a website providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages.
Coverage: 1836-1922 Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free



Colonial States Papers [more] 
Colonial State Papers provides access to thousands of papers concerning English activities in the American, Canadian, and West Indian colonies between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.
Coverage: 16th to 18th centuries Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Dictionary of National Biography [more] 
Illustrated biographies of men and women who shaped Britain's past.
Coverage: 4th Century BC to present Access: USU & Eastern Simultaneous User: 1 Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Digital Dissertations (Dissertation Abstracts) [more] 
Doctoral dissertations and some masters' theses from almost all North American graduate schools and many European universities; 1997-present full-text, citations & abstracts earlier years, back to 19th century.
Coverage: Varies by institution Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Digital Public Library of America [more] 
The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America's libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.
Coverage: 1000 to present Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free



Digital Scriptorium [more] 
The Digital Scriptorium is a growing image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts that unites scattered resources from many institutions into an international tool for teaching and scholarly research.
Coverage: 6th to 18th centuries Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free



Early American Imprints [more] 
Full-text and full-image access to books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed in the United States from 1639 to 1819.
Coverage: 1639-1819 Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library
Use the Evans Text Creation Partnership interface for full text searching of the Evans/Series I titles.



Early American Newspapers, 1690-1876 [more] 
Cover-to-cover reproductions of hundreds of historic newspapers.
Coverage: 1690-1882 Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Early English Books Online (EEBO) [more] 
Digitized books from the Short Title Catalog.
Coverage: 1475 to 1700 Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library
Use the EEBO Text Creation Partnership interface for full text searching of the Short Title Catalog books.



Early English Books Text Creation Partnership (TCP) [more] 
Full text searching of many titles in the Short Title Catalog of English Books.
Coverage: 1475-1700 Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) [more] 
ECCO provides digitized documents of every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in Great Britain during the eighteenth century, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
Coverage: 1701-1800 Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: USU's Provost and Vice President for Research Offices



Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste [more] 
An exploration of garbage and waste through a social science lens.
Coverage: Current Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages [more] 
Covers fifth to fifteenth century.
Coverage: 5th-15th centuries Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: UALC



English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) [more] 
The English Short Title Catalogue lists over 460,000 items, mainly in English, published between 1473 and 1800.
Coverage: 18th century Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free



European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 [more]  Service Alert
The database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.
Coverage: 1493-1750 Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Free



Evans Text Creation Partnership (TCP) [more] 
Full text searching of titles in the Evans Bibliography of works printed in America from 1639-1800.
Coverage: 1639-1800 Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) [more] 
Index to translated transcripts of foreign media and government statements.
Coverage: 1975 to 1996 Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library
Full text located in Government Documents (see "More")



Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) [more] 
Annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America.
Coverage: 1935 to present Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free



Hathi Trust [more] 
Conceived as an archive with access, the HathiTrust is a shared digital repository, incorporating digitized content from some of the largest research libraries in the United States.
Coverage: Varies Access: Freely Available (Login required for some collections) Purchased by: USU



HeinOnline [more] 
Provides access to more than 80 million pages of legal history available in an online, fully-searchable, image-based format.
Coverage: Varies Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Historical Atlases Online [more] 
Collection of historical atlases from around the world.
Coverage: To 2004 Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Historical Statistics of the United States [more] 
Presents the numerical history of the United States.
Coverage: Varies Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Human Relations Area Files (World Cultures) [more] 
Cross-cultural database covering cultures and ethnic groups of the world.
Coverage: Current Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library
See "More" above for advanced search tips.



Humanities International Complete [more]  Service Alert
Offers full text to more then 1,200 journals, books, and other published sources from around the world.
Coverage: Varies Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



In the First Person [more] 
Search letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies.
Coverage: 18th century to present Access: Freely Available Searching; Approximately 25% of documents require payment Purchased by: Free



Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC) [more] 
The Incunabula Short Title Catalogue is the international database of 15th-century European printing created by the British Library with contributions from institutions worldwide.
Coverage: 15th century Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free



International Medieval Bibliography (IMB) [more] 
The leading interdisciplinary bibliography of the Middle Ages.
Coverage: Varies by journal Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Joint Publications Research Services (JPRS) Reports, 1957-1994 [more] 
This collection features English translations of foreign-language monographs, reports, serials, journal and newspaper articles, and radio and television broadcasts from regions throughout the world.
Coverage: 1957-1994 Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Latin American Newspapers [more] 
This online collection provides more than 50 fully searchable Latin American newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Coverage: 1805-1922 Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: USU



LIFE Magazine [more] 
Produced by Google, this is a freely available, fully digitized archive of every LIFE Magazine issue.
Coverage: 1936-1972 Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free



Logan Historical Newspapers [more] 
Historical Logan Herald Journal and its earlier incarnations.
Coverage: 1879-1898 Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Digitized by the USU Digital Library Program



Making of America [more] 
A digital library of primary sources in American social history.
Coverage: 19th Century Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free



Monthly Catalog of US Government Publications [more] 
Index to government publications published from 1895 to 1976.
Coverage: 1895 to 1976 Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) [more] 
The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides, free of charge, aggregate census data, and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2010.
Coverage: 1790-2010 Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free
Users must register in order to download data (registration is free).



New York Times Historical File (1851-2009) [more] 
New York Times in full text and full image.
Coverage: 1851-2009 Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Friends of the USU Libraries



NewspaperCat [more] 
The Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers (NewspaperCat) is a tool that facilitates the discovery of online digitized historical newspaper content from newspapers published in the United States and the Caribbean.
Coverage: Varies by title Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free



North American Women's Letters and Diaries [more] 
Primary-source material documenting women's experience in the US.
Coverage: Colonial to 1950 Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Pennsylvania Gazette [more] 
Historical newspaper in full text.
Coverage: 1728-1800 Access: USU Only Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Perseus Project [more] 
An evolving digital library of resources for the study of the humanities.
Coverage: Varies by collection Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free



Presidential Recordings Program [more] 
Audio files and transcripts of United States presidents' conversations.
Coverage: Roosevelt-Nixon Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free
Requires sound card and media player.



Project Muse [more] 
Multidisciplinary e-journal collection for humanities and social sciences.
Coverage: Varies Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: UALC



ProQuest Congressional (Formerly Congressional Universe) [more] 
US Legislative Information; includes bills, laws, federal register, etc.
Coverage: 1980 to present Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: UALC



Regesta Imperii [more] 
European History foreign language database.
Coverage: Long Middle Ages Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free



Scopus [more] 
Scopus, launched in November 2004, is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed research literature.
Coverage: 1823 to present Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Shen Bao Digital Archive [more] 
A digital archive of the Shanghai-based newspaper.
Coverage: 1872-1949 Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Slavery and Anti-Slavery [more] 
Slavery and Anti-Slavery includes documents from the United States and Europe, as well as other parts of the world.
Coverage: Varies Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



Social Explorer [more] 
An online research tool providing current and historical census data and demographic information.
Coverage: 1790 to present Access: USU & Eastern Simultaneous User: 4 Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



SocINDEX [more]  Service Alert
Offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all subdisciplines and closely related areas of study, with citations from over 3,000 journals.
Coverage: 1895 to present Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library



State Papers Online: The Tudors,Stuarts and Commonwealth, James I 1509-1714 (State Papers Domestic) [more] 
16th- and 17th-century British government documents.
Coverage: 1509-1603 Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Tanner Religious Studies Endowment



TEAMS Middle English Texts [more] 
Middle English texts--excluding Chaucer and Langland.
Coverage: Middle Ages Access: Freely Available Purchased by: Free



Utah Digital Newspapers Project [more] 
Digitized runs of small-town newspapers from throughout Utah.
Coverage: Varies by paper Access: Freely Available Purchased by: UALC: IMLS-LSTA grant to fund statewide digitization projects



Yomidas Rekishikan [more] 
Yomidas Rekishikan is an online database of 11 million articles from every issue of The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper since its first issue in 1874.
Coverage: 1874 to present Access: USU & Eastern Purchased by: Merrill-Cazier Library


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