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Subject Specific Databases
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America: History and Life (http://uclibs.org/pid/6159) VPN
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Bibliographic database containing citations to articles on American and Canadian history, including ethnic history and relations, from prehistory to the present. Covers more than 2000 journals published worldwide.
- Coverage: 1964-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/pid/6159 (http://uclibs.org/pid/6159) VPN
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Historical Abstracts (http://uclibs.org/pid/12775) VPN
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Citations to articles on the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America:history and life. Indexes more than 2000 journals worldwide.
- Coverage: 1967-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/pid/12775 (http://uclibs.org/pid/12775) VPN
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International Medieval Bibliography (http://www.brepolis.net) VPN
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Provides the most comprehensive, current bibliography of international scholarly literature in Medieval Studies available.
[updated quarterly]
- Coverage: 1967-present
- Location: print equivalent is in the Humanities/Social Sciences Reference Collection
- Access: http://www.brepolis.net (http://www.brepolis.net) VPN
- More Information:
- You may need to download a special font for the diacritical marks in records to display properly. Follow instructions at the databases main page.
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L'Année philologique; bibliographie critique et analytique de l'antiquité gréco-latine. (http://uclibs.org/PID/31798) VPN
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This is the major bibliographic index for Classical studies, including art, history, philosophy, literature and more.
- Coverage: 1949-current
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/31798 (http://uclibs.org/PID/31798) VPN
- More Information:
- Use the hard copy edition of the Annee Philologique to search for material published before 1949. It is located at Shields Library Humanities/Social Sciences Reference Z7016.A1 A5
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Index Islamicus [via CSA] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=islam&adv=1)
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The Index Islamicus database indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Material cited in the Index Islamicus includes not only work written about the Middle East, but also about the other main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere. Over 3,000 journals are monitored for inclusion in the database, together with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews. Journals and books are indexed down to the article and chapter level.
- Coverage: 1906-current
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=islam&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&cat=islam&adv=1)
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Africa Wide Ni-Pad [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/105678) VPN
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Africa-Wide: NiPAD, produced by NISC South Africa, combines databases to form a multidisciplinary aggregation offering unique and extensive coverage of all facets of Africa and African studies. Includes over 2.4 million citations and abstracts dating back to the 16th century, Continues African Studies database.
- Coverage: 2000-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/105678 (http://uclibs.org/PID/105678) VPN
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Bibliography of Asian Studies (http://uclibs.org/PID/271) VPN
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The online version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies contains more than 545,000 records on all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide beginning in 1971 to present.
- Coverage: 1971-present, depending upon the subfile.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/271 (http://uclibs.org/PID/271) VPN
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American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES) [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/22419)
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Covers North American scholarship on East-Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and includes citations for journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, government publications, and more.
- Coverage: 1956-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/22419 (http://uclibs.org/PID/22419)
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19th Century Masterfile (including Poole's Plus)
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THIS DATABASE HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR BUDGETARY REASONS. AS AN ALTERNATIVE WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE "C-19: The Nineteenth Century Index," A DATABASE WHICH COVERS MUCH OF THE SAME MATERIAL AND MORE. FOR ADDITIONAL ALTERNATIVES, PLEASE CONTACT THE SHIELDS LIBRARY GENERAL REFERENCE DESK.
Enhanced WWW edition of William Frederick Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, which indexes books, newspapers, periodicals and government documents on the 19th Century. Includes an expanding list of other 19th Century indexes, including the New York Times (1863-1905), the New York Tribune (1875-1906), Harper's Magazine Index (1850-1892), Palmers's Index to the Times (London), 1880-1890, and historical government publications indexes for both the United States and Great Britain. These indexes include Cobbett's Parliamentary History of England (1066-1803) and Hansard's Indexes to Debates, House of Commons and House of Lords (1803-1830).
- Coverage: 19th century
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C19 : The Nineteenth Century Index [via ProQuest] (http://uclibs.org/PID/130229) VPN
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The principal index to nineteenth-century books, periodicals, official documents, newspapers and archives (primarily US and UK). The C19 Index incorporates the Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, Poole's Index to Nineteenth Century Periodicals, Periodicals Index Online and more to provide coverage of over 1.5 million books and official publications, 71,000 archival collections and 16.3 million articles published in over 2,500 journals, magazines and newspapers.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/130229 (http://uclibs.org/PID/130229) VPN
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International Bibliography of History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (HistSciTEchMed) [via OCLC FirstSearch] (http://uclibs.org/PID/9767) VPN
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Citations to the literature of the history of science, technology, and medicine
- Coverage: 1976-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/9767 (http://uclibs.org/PID/9767) VPN
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Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900 [CD-ROM]
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An index of nineteenth-century British periodical literature. Also available in print at Z2005.H6, Humanities/Social Sciences Reference.
- Coverage: 1824-1900
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Computer Station "DAVIS"
- Access: Library Use Only
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Bibliography of Native North Americans [via Ebsco]
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SUBSCRIPTION CANCELLED: Recommended alternatives include: Human Relations Area Files: World Cultures (eHRAF World Cutures) and America: History and Life as alternatives.
From the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), this database contains citations to books, journal articles, essays, conference papers, and US and Canadian government documents about native peoples of North America published from the sixteenth century to the present.
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Science in the Nineteenth Century Periodical (http://www.sciper.org)
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This is a searchable electronic index to the science-related content of sixteen general interest periodicals published in the Nineteenth Century. (It does not index all the content of these periodicals)
- Coverage: 19th century
- Access: http://www.sciper.org (http://www.sciper.org)
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This Shall be the Land for Women: The Struggle for Western Women's Suffrage, 1860-1920 (http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/explore/exhibits/suffrage/)
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Online exhibit from the Women of the West Museum. This site includes a timeline, basic historical information about the Western suffrage movement by state, and a bibliography of further reading resources.
- Access: http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/explore/exhibits/suffrage/ (http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/explore/exhibits/suffrage/)
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ViVa: A Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals (http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/vivahome.php)
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ViVa is a current bibliography of articles about women's and gender history, maintained by the International Institute of Social History. Articles published in English, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish are selected from 175 European, American, Canadian, Asian, Australian and New Zealand journals published from 1975-present.
- Access: http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/vivahome.php (http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/vivahome.php)
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Caribbean Abstracts (http://asa2.pica.nl/IMPLAND=Y/SRT=YOP/LNG=EN//DB=1.6/)
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The catalogue, produced by the the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies at Leiden, contains abstracts in English of selected books and articles in the humanities and social sciences published since 1989. The publications are selected for their importance or the topicality of the subject.
Publications on Caribbean migrant communities outside the region are not included. The Caribbean includes all the islands of the Caribbean archipelago, as well as the mainland territories of Belize and the Guianas.
- Coverage: 1989-present
- Access: http://asa2.pica.nl/IMPLAND=Y/SRT=YOP/LNG=EN//DB=1.6/ (http://asa2.pica.nl/IMPLAND=Y/SRT=YOP/LNG=EN//DB=1.6/)
General Databases
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General Databases in the Humanities and Social Sciences (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35)
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This is a list of the best general databases in the Humanities and Social Sciences. It includes abstracting and indexing services, FullText Databases and Electronic Journal Libraries which are of interest to the variety of fields in the the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35 (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35)
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AP Images (http://apimages.ap.org/unsecured/logip.aspx) VPN
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Formerly known as the AccuNet/Associated Press Photo Archive, this site is an ever-changing collection of over 700,000 photographs from the AP news service, historic images. Most of the images are contemporary and date from 1995 forwards and all include descriptive captions and source information.
- Coverage: 1844-present; current file contains 1995-present
- Access: http://apimages.ap.org/unsecured/logip.aspx (http://apimages.ap.org/unsecured/logip.aspx) VPN
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Historical Newspapers Online (http://uclibs.org/PID/1453) VPN
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Search the following Chadwyck-Healey databases: Palmer's Index to The Times, 1790-1905 (with full text from 1800-1870) the Official Index to the Times, 1906-1980, and the Historical Index to The New York Times, 1851-1922.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/1453 (http://uclibs.org/PID/1453) VPN
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PAIS Archive [via CSA Illumina] (http://uclibs.org/PID/96725) VPN
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Online version of the PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) Annual Cumulated Bulletin, Volumes 1-62, published 1915-1976. This index provides historical perspective on many public policy, political, economic, and social issues worldwide. Included are references to monographs, periodical articles, government documents, reports, and pamphlets.
- Coverage: 1915-1976
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/96725 (http://uclibs.org/PID/96725) VPN
- More Information:
- The complete print version of the PAIS bulletin is located in the Humanities/Social Sciences Reference Department, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Z7163 .P8
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Historic U.S. Newspaper Indexes [via Proquest]
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The following newspapers collaborated with ProQuest to provide searchable indexes to their archives. Articles can then be read on microfilm (for the titles we own) or requested through Interlibrary loan.
Note: while you can search the full text of the newspapers you cannot read these articles online; the links here are to indexes only, not full-text resources.
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ArchiveGrid [via OCLC] (http://archivegrid.org) VPN
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ArchiveGrid is a database designed specifically for locating archival collections held in libraries, museums and other institutions. It combines all the archival records in WorldCat with others pulled from various archives Web sites. Included are all of the item records added to the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) after 1987, as well as many records from earlier years. (NUCMC includes records added before 1987, especially of smaller archives, that are not found in ArchiveGrid.)
- Access: http://archivegrid.org (http://archivegrid.org) VPN
Full-text Resources
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Early English Books Online (EEBO) [via Proquest] (http://uclibs.org/PID/11543) VPN
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Indexes citations and provides linked page images of works represented in the microfilm series Early English Books I and II, based on The Short-Title Catalogue (Pollard and Redgrave, 1475-1640); the Short-Title Catalog II (Wing, 1641-1700), The Thomson Tracts (1640-1661), and The Early English Books Tracts Supplements
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/11543 (http://uclibs.org/PID/11543) VPN
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Times of London Digital Archive (http://uclibs.org/PID/112897) VPN
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Includes full text and page images of the entire newspaper, including articles, editorials, advertising and images (excluding the Sunday Times) for 1785-1985. The years 1986-2003 will be added later in 2007. Use the "Access World News" database for the London Times, 1985-present.
- Coverage: 1785-1985
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/112897 (http://uclibs.org/PID/112897) VPN
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17th - 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers (http://find.galegroup.com/bncn/start.do?prodId=BBCN) VPN
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The digital Burney Collection provides full text access to almost 1 million pages and approximately 1,270 newspapers, pamphlets, broadsides and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817). The resource represents the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English and British colonial news media that helps chart the development of the concept of 'news' and 'newspapers' and the "free press".
- Access: http://find.galegroup.com/bncn/start.do?prodId=BBCN (http://find.galegroup.com/bncn/start.do?prodId=BBCN) VPN
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House of Commons Parliamentary Papers--19th Century [via ProQuest] (http://parlipapers.chadwyck.com) VPN
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"The House of Commons Parliamentary Papers are vital to the historical record of Britain, its former Colonies and the wider world." This database offers the searchable full text of all House of Commons Sessional Papers from 1801-1900 combined with an extensive subject index to the papers. (HCPP)Includes all the "sessional papers" of the British Parliament: bills, reports of committees, papers presented by Royal Commissions and government departments, treaties and international agreements, command papers, and statistics.
- Coverage: 1801-1900
- Access: http://parlipapers.chadwyck.com (http://parlipapers.chadwyck.com) VPN
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UK Statutes [CD-ROM]
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The UK Statutes of the Realm is a searchable full-text database containing all Acts of Parliament for England, Wales and Scotland from 1235 (the Magna Carta) to 2004.
- Coverage: 1235-2004
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Computer Station "Delhi"
- Access: Library Use Only
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British History Online (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/)
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This is a gateway site to primary and secondary source materials on Medieval and Early Modern Britain. It is organized both topically and geographically. It includes primary source material published by the History of Parliament Trust, the Centre for Metropolitan History and the Institute of Historical Research, among others.
- Access: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/)
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BOPCRIS, the British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service (http://www.bopcris.ac.uk/)
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A digitized collection of over 36,000 documents drawn from British Parliamentary Papers and related sources. It is searchable by full-text keyword and by subject.
- Coverage: 1688-1995
- Access: http://www.bopcris.ac.uk/ (http://www.bopcris.ac.uk/)
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online [via Gale] (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=ECCO) VPN
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) provides full-text searchable access to the digital images of 150,000 books and other materials published during the 18th Century. Based on the English Short Title Catalog bibliography, it includes English-language and foreign-language titles printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
- Coverage: 1701-1800
- Access: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=ECCO (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=ECCO) VPN
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ARTFL (http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/) VPN
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The "Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language," better known as ARTFL, offers access to a collection of texts in a web-based digital format, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing. The eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries are about equally represented, with a smaller selection of seventeenth century texts as well as some medieval and Renaissance texts.
- Coverage: Medieval Period to 20th Century
- Access: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/ (http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/) VPN
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Gerritsen Collection - Women's History Online (http://uclibs.org/PID/9286) VPN
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A searchable, full-text collection of books and periodicals reflecting the evolution of a feminist consciousness and women's rights. The texts, collected between the late 1800s and 1945 are in fifteen different languages and cover four centuries
- Coverage: 1543-1945
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/9286 (http://uclibs.org/PID/9286) VPN
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Europeana: Europe's Digital Library (http://www.europeana.eu)
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Direct access to some 2 million digital objects (and counting): film,photos, paintings, sounds, maps, manuscripts, books,newspapers and archival papers.
Selected from already digitised resources available in Europes museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections.
[Note: there is heavy demand for this site so access is sometimes limited to prevent overload.]
- Access: http://www.europeana.eu (http://www.europeana.eu)
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Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH) (http://www.dmgh.de/)
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Critically-edited (Latin and premodern German language) primary sources for the study of German and central European history from late antiquity to 1500 CE.
- Access: http://www.dmgh.de/ (http://www.dmgh.de/)
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- CD-ROM version of the database, the Electronic Monumenta Germaniae Historica, in Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, Shields Library, DD3.M8 E44 CD-ROM. Hardcopy volumes are located on the Lower Level of Shields at DD3 M8 P6.
- In German.
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e-codices: Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en)
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A full-text collection of Medieval Manuscripts. "At the moment, the virtual library contains 333 manuscripts from 16 different libraries. The virtual library will be continuously updated and extended."
- Access: http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en)
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Library of Humanistic Texts (http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/library.html)
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This is a full-text collection of critical editions (frequently with translations) of a large number of 16th and 17th century texts. It is created and maintained by Dana F. Sutton, University of California, Irvine.
- Access: http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/library.html (http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/library.html)
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Early American Imprints Series I (1639-1800). Evans (http://uclibs.org/PID/23074) VPN
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This is a full-text collection of books, pamphlets and periodicals published in the United States 1639- 1800. It is a terrific collection of primary source material (more than 36,000 titles when complete) on all aspects of 17th and 18th century life in America and Europe (especially England). It is based on Charles Evans American Bibliography, which listed all known publications in this period and is developed from the microform set of those titles, Evans Early American Imprints Series I. For material on the early 19th century (1801-1819), see Early American Imprints, Series II. Shaw-Shoemaker.
- Coverage: 1639-1800
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/23074 (http://uclibs.org/PID/23074) VPN
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Early American Imprints, Series II (1801-1819). Shaw-Shoemaker (http://uclibs.org/PID/44298) VPN
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This is a full-text collection of books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the United States in the first decades of the 19th century. When the collection is complete in 2007 (the first installment was released in August 2004), it will contain 36,000 primary sources on all aspects of early 19th century America. For 17th and 18th Century American material see Early American Imprints, Series I (1639-1800). Evans.
- Coverage: Begun in August 2004, there will be monthly updates through July 2007.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/44298 (http://uclibs.org/PID/44298) VPN
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American Periodicals Series Online [via Proquest] (http://uclibs.org/pid/16610) VPN
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Searchable database of citations and digitized images of the pages of more than 1100 American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century.
- Coverage: 1741-1940s
- Access: http://uclibs.org/pid/16610 (http://uclibs.org/pid/16610) VPN
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HarpWeek (http://uclibs.org/pid/1554) VPN
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Provides full-image reproductions of Harper's Weekly from 1857-1912, one of the most important weekly magazines read by Americans during the 19th Century.
- Coverage: 1857-1912
- Access: http://uclibs.org/pid/1554 (http://uclibs.org/pid/1554) VPN
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Early American Newspapers [via NewsBank] (http://uclibs.org/PID/42513) VPN
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Historic American newspapers from 1690-1876: images and full-text content, complementing the Early American Imprints series. The core of the Readex collection is formed by Isaiah Thomas' own collection of colonial and early national period newspapers and supplemented by nearly two million issues added by Thomas' successors at the American Antiquarian Society, and from the collections of other institutions and societies.
- Coverage: 1690-1876
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/42513 (http://uclibs.org/PID/42513) VPN
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- This site now also includes the California's Historical Newspapers consisting of 13 titles published between 1850 and 1900.
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Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1800 [via Accessible Archives] (http://www.accessible.com/search/prdcls.asp?s=25327058) VPN
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Searchable, full-text of the most important colonial and early national newspaper.
- Coverage: 1728-1800
- Access: http://www.accessible.com/search/prdcls.asp?s=25327058 (http://www.accessible.com/search/prdcls.asp?s=25327058) VPN
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African American Newspaper Collection [via Accessible Archives] (http://uclibs.org/pid/7126) VPN
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Full-text of seven 19th Century African American Newspapers: Freedom's Journal, The Colored American (Weekly Advocate), The North Star, The National Era, Provincial Freeman, Frederick Douglass Paper, The Christian Recorder. Coverage varies by newspaper.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/pid/7126 (http://uclibs.org/pid/7126) VPN
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers
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Historical coverage of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal with both full page and individual article images. Searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
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Historical San Francisco Chronicle [ProQuest] (http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTY0OGYmU01EPTQmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=1567) VPN
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Full-text page images of for the years 1865-1922. (In progress: covers 1880-1922 as of Fall 2008)
- Coverage: 1865-1922
- Access: http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTY0OGYmU01EPTQmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=1567 (http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTY0OGYmU01EPTQmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=1567) VPN
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California's Historical Newspapers [via Newsbank] (http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=EANX&d_collections=EANACA) VPN
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A full text collection of 13 California Newspapers covering the period between 1850 and 1900. It can be searched separately or in conjunction with the Early American Newspapers Collection (Series 1).
- Coverage: 1850-1900
- Access: http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=EANX&d_collections=EANACA (http://infoweb.newsbank.com/?db=EANX&d_collections=EANACA) VPN
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U.S. Congressional Serial Set [via NewsBank] (http://uclibs.org/PID/42461) VPN
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The Readex/Newsbank U.S. Congressional Serial Set (1817-1980) will contain all publications from the 15th through the 96th Congresses, together with American State Papers (a retrospective collection of materials originating from 1789 through 1838 but published in the second quarter of the 19th century). The U.S. Congressional Serial Set the bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the Reports, Documents and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives constitutes an incomparably rich collection of primary source material on all aspects of American history.
- Coverage: 1817-1980, with American State Papers 1789-1838 (This is an ongoing project and not yet completed; approximate coverage to date is American State Papers and 15th Congress - 67th Congress, 1817-1922, v. 1-7957)
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/42461 (http://uclibs.org/PID/42461) VPN
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Early Encounters in North America (EENA): Peoples, Cultures and the Environment (http://uclibs.org/PID/31414) VPN
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EENA contains full text letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters, centered on present-day Canada and the United States with some limited coverage of Mexico. Includes information on the peoples, places, environment, flora and fauna encountered. Of note are more than 9,000 Audubon prints from "The Birds of America" as well as the complete contents of the three-volume "The Quadrupeds of North America".
- Coverage: 1534-1959
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/31414 (http://uclibs.org/PID/31414) VPN
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Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Online (http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/)
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Searchable full-text of the journals edited by Gary Moulton. Also includes related primary and secondary material.
- Access: http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/ (http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/)
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American Natural Science in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century (http://www.ansp.org/library/digital_library/grant_imls_listings.php)
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The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia has digitized the first 8 volumes of its journal (1817-1842)as well as nearly two dozen other key texts of antebellum American natural history. Authors represented here include: John James Audubon, Samuel George Morton, Thomas Nuttall and Titian Ramsay Peale, among others.
- Coverage: 1810-1850
- Access: http://www.ansp.org/library/digital_library/grant_imls_listings.php (http://www.ansp.org/library/digital_library/grant_imls_listings.php)
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North American Women's Letters and Diaries (NAWLD) (http://uclibs.org/PID/1400) VPN
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Includes the full text of diaries and letters of more than 100 women from the 18th and 19th centuries, with biographies and an extensive annotated bibliography on women's narratives.
- Coverage: 1675-1950
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/1400 (http://uclibs.org/PID/1400) VPN
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Early Americas Digital Archives (http://www.mith2.umd.edu/eada/)
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The EADA is a collection of electronic texts and links to texts originally written in or about the Americas from 1492 to approximately 1820. Published by by the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities.
- Coverage: 1492-1820
- Access: http://www.mith2.umd.edu/eada/ (http://www.mith2.umd.edu/eada/)
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Massachusetts Historical Society -- online collections (http://www.masshist.org/online/)
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The Massachusetts Historical Society offers several digital collections in Colonial and Early Republic History. These include Maps as well as the papers of John Adams and his family among other items.
- Access: http://www.masshist.org/online/ (http://www.masshist.org/online/)
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American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (http://uclibs.org/PID/9532) VPN
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A full text collection of letters and diaries by hundreds of participants and witnesses to the Civil War. Includes biographies, bibliographies and a day-by-day record of events, all accessible via a detailed search engine.
- Coverage: 1861-1865
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/9532 (http://uclibs.org/PID/9532) VPN
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Historical Statistics of the United States, Earliest Times to the Present, Millennial Edition [via Cambridge University Press] (http://uclibs.org/PID/108043) VPN
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Historical Statistics of the United States (HSUS) is the long-awaited 4th edition of the landmark government reference tool, last published in 1975. This expanded digital edition (available also as a five-volume print edition) updates and expands the original tables and introduces dozens of new topics. HSUS was culled from more than 1,000 sources to produce nearly 2,000 tables containing some 37,000 time series covering virtually every quantifiable dimension of American history: agriculture, population, the economy, government, welfare and work. Some data from the 1975 edition have been extensively revised, and data determined to be unreliable or inaccurate have not been included. Each series is fully documented and placed in historical context by a scholar in the field. Tables can be downloaded and viewed, as well as graphed and merged into custom tables.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/108043 (http://uclibs.org/PID/108043) VPN
- More Information:
- 5-volume print edition of Historical Statistics of the United States is available in Shields Library Gov Info Reference and H/SS Reference (HA202 .H57) and the Agricultural and Resource Economics Library (HA202 .H57 2006)
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Historical Census Browser (http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/)
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This site allows users to examine, manipulate and map data from the U.S. Censuses from 1790-1960. It is a powerful and easy-to-use resource produced by the Geospatial and Statistical Data Center at the University of Virginia Library
- Access: http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/ (http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/)
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HeinOnline (http://heinonline.org/HeinOnline/start.pl) VPN
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Full-text database of US legal periodicals. Includes the following sections: Law Journal Library (Comprised of Most-Cited Law Journals, Core U.S. Law Journals and International & Non-U.S. Law Journals); Federal Register Library (1936-1989); U.S. Supreme Court Library; and Treaties and Agreements Library.
- Coverage: Coverage: Volume 1- Volume preceding current year
- Location: Online access is made available by the UC Davis Law Library.
- Access: http://heinonline.org/HeinOnline/start.pl (http://heinonline.org/HeinOnline/start.pl) VPN
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Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) (http://uclibs.org/PID/96899) VPN
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DNSA contains nearly 40,000 declassified documents, totaling more than 250,000 pages. These include briefings, policy documents, presidential directives, White House communications, diplomatic dispatches, etc. DNSA is comprised of fifteen collections, each focused on a single topic, such as Afghanistan, The Berlin Crisis, Cuban Missile Crisis, El Salvador, Iran, The Iran-Contra Affair, Iraqgate: Saddam Hussein, U.S. Policy and the Prelude to the Persian Gulf War, Nicaragua, The Philippines, Presidential Directives on National Security from Truman to Clinton, South Africa, The Soviet Estimate: U.S. Analysis of the Soviet Union, the US Intelligence Community, Military Uses of Space, and U.S. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/96899 (http://uclibs.org/PID/96899) VPN
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Presidential Recordings Program (http://WhiteHouseTapes.org)
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"Between 1940 and 1973, six American presidents from both political parties secretly recorded just under 5,000 hours of conversations." This site also allows users to listen to some of the recordings of Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, as well as read selected transcripts. It also includes detailed information about all of the tapes. Its "virtual exhibits" on Civil Rights, Vietnam and more, place relevant recordings in historical context. The site is hosted by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia
- Access: http://WhiteHouseTapes.org (http://WhiteHouseTapes.org)
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Presidential Speeches (http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/scripps/diglibrary/prezspeeches/index.html)
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This site offers a growing selection of transcripts or recordings of speeches by American Presidents. It currently includes speeches by 11 presidents from Abraham Lincoln to William J. Clinton.
- Access: http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/scripps/diglibrary/prezspeeches/index.html (http://www.millercenter.virginia.edu/scripps/diglibrary/prezspeeches/index.html)
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Monumenta Germaniae Historica [CD-ROM]
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CD-ROM resource contains only samples of texts; See "Full-text Resources" entry below for description of newer, comprehensive, web version.
- Location: This CD-ROM is mounted on the computer named "BERLIN" on the 2nd Floor of Shields Library.
- Access: Library Use Only
- More Information:
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World War I Document Archive (http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/)
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This site includes the full text of dozens of World War One-related documets. These include treaties, speeches and diaries. There are also extensive collections of texts pertaining to the War at Sea and to World War 1 medicine.
- Access: http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/ (http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/)
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Calisphere (http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/)
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"Calisphere is the University of California's free public gateway to a world of primary sources. More than 150,000 digitized items including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts reveal the diverse history and culture of California and its role in national and world history. Calisphere's content has been selected from the libraries and museums of the UC campuses, and from a variety of cultural heritage organizations." [from the website]
- Access: http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/ (http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/)
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Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives (http://jarda.cdlib.org/)
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The Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive (JARDA) serves as a gateway to the archival and manuscript holdings of numerous California archives, libraries, oral history programs, and museums featuring online finding aids, digital images, electronic texts and oral histories. There are 10,000 digital images complemented by 20,000 pages of electronic transcriptions documenting the experience of Japanese Americans in World War II internment camps.
- Coverage: 1941 - 1945
- Access: http://jarda.cdlib.org/ (http://jarda.cdlib.org/)
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The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml/cichome.html)
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The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons and other illustrations; letters, excerpts from diaries, business records, and legal documents; as well as pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, sheet music, and other printed matter. These documents describe the experiences of Chinese immigrants in California, including the nature of inter-ethnic tensions.
- Coverage: 1850-1925
- Access: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml/cichome.html (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml/cichome.html)
- More Information:
- The materials in this online compilation are drawn from collections at The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley; The Ethnic Studies Library, UC Berkeley; and The California Historical Society in San Francisco.
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Women Working 1870-1930 (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/)
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Provides free access to digitized books (over 2000), manuscripts (10,000 pages) and images (1,000) from the collections of Harvard University Libraries and Museums on the topic of women in the U.S. economy from 1870-1930.
- Coverage: 1870-1930
- Access: http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/ (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/)
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JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
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JSTOR provides Full-Text access to back files of 773 important scholarly journals in nearly 50 disciplines spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences and the sciences. Current issues are NOT included. Holdings vary by journal. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization established with the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/1980 (http://uclibs.org/PID/1980) VPN
- More Information:
- About J Stor: Visit this page to learn about the holdings of JSTOR journals. See Harvest Library Catalog for UC Davis access to recent and current materials. http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/
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Genealogy Indexer [formerly East European Historical Telephone and Business Directories] (http://genealogyindexer.org/)
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"Search 48,000 pages of historical directories (business, address, telephone, etc.), 28,000 pages of 64 yizkor books (memorials to Jewish communities destroyed during the Holocaust), and 6,000 pages of lists of Polish military officers. Most of the directories are from Poland, Galicia, or Romania. More genealogical resources are being added daily."
- Access: http://genealogyindexer.org/ (http://genealogyindexer.org/)
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ARTstor (http://uclibs.org/PID/44518) VPN
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ARTStor is a library of digital images, associated information, and software tools designed to enhance teaching, learning and scholarship. It contains a searchable database of more than a million digital images, covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/44518 (http://uclibs.org/PID/44518) VPN
- More Information:
- Getting Started with ARTstor [via UCDavis]
For initial training and information on using ARTstor, contact: artstorhelp@lib.ucdavis.edu
- For off-campus access, first register with ARTstor from a computer on campus. Then, you may login from off campus with your ARTstor ID by going directly to www.artstor.org. ARTstor does not always work smoothly with the VPN. Or, you may use the Proxy
- If you would like to join a UCD community of ARTstor users to share discoveries and help solve problems, please join our ARTstor Users Group on Smartsite.
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Forest History Society Photograph Collections (http://www.foresthistory.org/Research/FHSPhotoGalleries.html)
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Photographs from the first half of the Twentieth Century on a surprisingly wide range of subjects including the San Francisco Earthquake, the Boy Scouts and Farming.
- Access: http://www.foresthistory.org/Research/FHSPhotoGalleries.html (http://www.foresthistory.org/Research/FHSPhotoGalleries.html)
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LIFE photo archive hosted by Google (http://images.google.com/hosted/life)
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This is a collection of millions of digitized photographs drawn from the LIFE Magazine archives. Many have never been published. A joint project of Life Magazine and Google, it is searchable through the standard Google interface.
- Access: http://images.google.com/hosted/life (http://images.google.com/hosted/life)
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1789-1939 L'Histoire par L'Image (http://www.histoire-image.org/index.php)
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This growing collection of historical images from France is a collaborative project of several academic and cultural institutions and the French government. The images are carefully selected and fully described.
- Access: http://www.histoire-image.org/index.php (http://www.histoire-image.org/index.php)
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Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive (http://www.umvphotoarchive.org/)
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This is an online collection of 19th and early 20th century photographs of the Mississippi Valley along the Iowa/Illinois border. They are selected from the collections of several libraries, museums and colleges in the area.
- Access: http://www.umvphotoarchive.org/ (http://www.umvphotoarchive.org/)
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Motion Pictures in the American Memory Project [Library of Congress] (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?format=Motion+Picture)
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Here are the online collections in the Library of Congress' American Memory Project that contain motion pictures. Topics include the history of film itself, advertising, newsreels, and more. They span the Twentieth Century ending with material related to the September 11, 2001 attack.
- Access: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?format=Motion+Picture (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?format=Motion+Picture)
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Voyages: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database [via Emory University] (http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces)
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This database provides "information on almost 35,000 slaving voyages that forcibly embarked over 10 million Africans for transport to the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries." It is primarily a data set permitting not only the display of details of each individual voyage but also the manipulation of that data in tables and charts. It also contains Maps and primary source images.
- Access: http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces (http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces)
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Data Series in Economic History [via the Economic History Association] (http://eh.net/databases/)
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"EH.Net provides an on-line location for researchers in economic history to make their data series available to other professionals and interested scholars. Several data series have been given to EH.Net and are available as downloadable files, while many other titles may be accessed through our Database Directory".
- Access: http://eh.net/databases/ (http://eh.net/databases/)
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Global Price and Income History Group [via UCD Institute of Governmental Affairs] (http://gpih.ucdavis.edu/index.htm)
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This group is described as "A research team measuring prices, income, and economic wellbeing around the world before 1950" The Web site includes a rich collection of data sets and working papers.
- Access: http://gpih.ucdavis.edu/index.htm (http://gpih.ucdavis.edu/index.htm)
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Evans Digital Edition (1639-1800) (http://uclibs.org/PID/23074) VPN
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Evans Digital Edition has been renamed "Early American Imprints, Series I (1639-1800). Evans." The Library also Subscribes to "Early American Imprints, Series II (1801-1819). Shaw-Shoemaker."
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/23074 (http://uclibs.org/PID/23074) VPN
Guides to Electronic, Print, and Other Resources
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History Internet Resources [via UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/history/history-internet-resources.php)
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This is a guide to important free websites for historians. In each geographic or subject area the websites are subdivided into the following categories: Pathfinders, Bibliographies, Full-text, and Professional Sites.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/history/history-internet-resources.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/history/history-internet-resources.php)
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
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Medieval and Early Modern Studies Encyclopedias [via UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/medieval/)
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All the encyclopedias in this list are printed (not electronic) volumes housed in the Humanities/Social Sciences Reference Collection on the Second Floor of Shields Library.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/medieval/ (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/medieval/)
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Encyclopaedia of Islam Online [via Brill Academic Publishers] (http://uclibs.org/PID/97333) VPN
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"The Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition) sets out the present state of our knowledge of the Islamic World. It is a unique and invaluable reference tool, an essential key to understanding the world of Islam, and the authoritative source not only for the religion, but also for the believers and the countries in which they live.
It embraces articles on distinguished Muslims of every age and land, on tribes and dynasties, on the crafts and sciences, on political and religious institutions, on the geography, ethnography, flora and fauna of the various countries and on the history, topography and monuments of the major towns and cities. In its geographical and historical scope it encompasses the old Arabo-Islamic empire, the Islamic countries of Iran, Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire and all other Islamic countries."
[2002 -]
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/97333 (http://uclibs.org/PID/97333) VPN
- More Information:
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Encyclopaedia Judaica [via Gale Virtual Reference Library] (http://find.galegroup.com/gvrl/infomark.do?type=aboutBook&prodId=GVRL&eisbn=0028660978&version=1.0&userGroupName=ucdavis&source=gale) VPN
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This is a new, fully updated edition. It contains thousands of articles on all aspects of Jewish tradition, contemporary culture, politics and history.
- Access: http://find.galegroup.com/gvrl/infomark.do?type=aboutBook&prodId=GVRL&eisbn=0028660978&version=1.0&userGroupName=ucdavis&source=gale (http://find.galegroup.com/gvrl/infomark.do?type=aboutBook&prodId=GVRL&eisbn=0028660978&version=1.0&userGroupName=ucdavis&source=gale) VPN
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Dictionary of Scientific Biography (complete) [via Gale Virtual Reference Library] (http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2830999999&q=ucdavis) VPN
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This classic encyclopedia covering scientists from all time periods and all fields of science has been completely revised. This "complete" online version includes all the entries from both the new (2008) edition and the original edition.
- Access: http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2830999999&q=ucdavis (http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/eBooks?ste=22&docNum=CX2830999999&q=ucdavis) VPN
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (http://www.biographi.ca/)
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A searchable, digital edition of the authoritative Dictionary of Canadian Biography. This phase presents persons who died between the years 1000 and 1930 or whose last known date of activity falls within these years.
- Location: Print edition available in the Shields Library Humanities and Social Sciences Reference Collection. F1005 .D49
- Access: http://www.biographi.ca/ (http://www.biographi.ca/)
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Dictionary of the History of Ideas [Digital Version] (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/DicHist/dict.html)
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The Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas(DHI),in five volumes and edited by Philip P. Wiener, was published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, in 1973-74 (Shields Library CB5 .D52) This e-version is made available through the University of Virginia's Electronic Text Center.
- Access: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/DicHist/dict.html (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/DicHist/dict.html)
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Lexikon des Mittelalters [CD-ROM]
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An encyclopedia of the Middle Ages (in German).
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Workstation "BERLIN"
- Access: Library Use Only
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Dictionary of American Biography (CD-ROM)
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Contains biographical articles on over 18,000 Americans who died before 1980. Most of the articles were written more than 50 years ago. The American National Biography (ANB)(available in print and online)is similar and more up-to-date. However, many people in the DAB are not in the ANB.
Hardbound edition of the DAB is in Humanities Social Sciences Reference,Shields Library Call number: E176 .D5
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Workstation "DELHI"
- Access: Library Use Only
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Dictionary of National Biography [CD-ROM]
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Contains thousands of biographical articles on famous Britons. Begun in the 1880s, it has been added to ever since. CD-ROM edition was published in 1996. The print version is available in Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, Shields Library, Call number: E176 .D5
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Workstation "DELHI"
- Access: Library Use Only
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American National Biography Online (ANB)
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THE LIBRARY HAS CANCELED ITS SUBSCRIPTION TO THE ONLINE ANB. THE PAPER EDITION IS AVAILABLE IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES REFERENCE COLLECTION.
This encyclopedia of historical biography contains scholarly articles on more than 18,000 Americans.
- Location: CT213 .A68 1999 (Humanities and Social Sciences Reference Collection, 2nd floor Shields Library)
- Access: Library Use Only
Other Resources
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Women's Movement in the United States [CD-ROM]
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Full-text information on the history of the American Women's Movement, from colonial times to the present. Includes timelines, biographies, primary documents, and images on nearly 700 topics.
[1999]
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Computer Station "RIO"
- Access: Library Use Only
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HeinOnline (http://heinonline.org/HeinOnline/start.pl) VPN
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Full-text database of US legal periodicals. Includes the following sections: Law Journal Library (Comprised of Most-Cited Law Journals, Core U.S. Law Journals and International & Non-U.S. Law Journals); Federal Register Library (1936-1989); U.S. Supreme Court Library; and Treaties and Agreements Library.
- Coverage: Coverage: Volume 1- Volume preceding current year
- Location: Online access is made available by the UC Davis Law Library.
- Access: http://heinonline.org/HeinOnline/start.pl (http://heinonline.org/HeinOnline/start.pl) VPN
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H-Net Reviews (http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/)
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Online source of scholarly book reviews available from H-Net.
- Access: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/ (http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/)
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In the First Person: An Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Other Personal Narratives (http://www.inthefirstperson.com)
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Contains indexing of more than 4,000 collections of oral history in English from around the world for a total of 700,000 pages of full-text by more than 18,000 individuals from all walks of life. It also contains pointers to some 4,300 audio and video files and 30,000 bibliographic records. Much but not all of this material is freely available.
- Access: http://www.inthefirstperson.com (http://www.inthefirstperson.com)
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Online Archive of California (OAC) (http://www.oac.cdlib.org/)
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The OAC brings together historical materials from a variety of California institutions, including museums, historical societies, and archives. It includes searchable finding aids for collections held in these institutions as well as a large selection of scanned images and documents from these collections.
- Access: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ (http://www.oac.cdlib.org/)
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Historical Research in Europe: A Guide to Archives and Libraries [University of Wisconsin, Madison] (http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HistResEur)
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This is a good starting place when you want to identify European Archives of interest for your research.
- Access: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HistResEur (http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/HistResEur)
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Library of Congress Classification Outline (http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/)
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Subject organization of the Library of Congress Call number system used in the Library.
- Access: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/ (http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/)
- More Information:
