biography & history databases

AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive [AccuNet/AP] Searchable archive of historical and contemporary Associated Press photos from the nineteenth century to the present. Brief stories available for most contemporary photos 48 hours after publication. Also included are maps, charts, logos and other graphics produced for the AP. WARNING! Use Internet Explorer. Netscape Navigator 6.2 is not supported by this database.

America: History and Life [Ebsco] Begins 1964, includes citations from over 2000 international periodicals on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada. Also includes some book reviews and relevant doctoral dissertations. Click on "America: History and Life" after you are transferred to the publishers Web site. Some entries include a link to full-text of the article in the JSTOR, the History Cooperative, or Project Muse databases.

American National Biography [Oxford UP] Provides access to information on more than 17,000 American men and women who have helped shape the country. Contains links to illustrations, web sites, an dlinked cross-references. Published under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies.

American Periodical Series Online, 1740-1900 [ProQuest] Digitized reproductions of more than 1,000 18th and 19th century newspapers and periodicals, useful in the study of U. S. History, American literature, and journalism.

Bibliography of Native North Americans [EBSCO] Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) is a bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy. BNNA contains more than 80,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present.

Biography Resource Center [GaleGroup] Database of biographical information on more than 150,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

eHRAF Archaeology [eHRAF] (eHRAF Collection of Archaeology) A full-text database with informati on on prehistory of the world. Has brief overviews of archaeological traditions in general topics such as time period, settlement, subsistence, environment and more. Users can browse a single archaeological tradition or conduct cross-cultural research within regions or throughout the world.

eHRAF World Cultures [eHRAF] (formerly, eHRAF Collection of Ethnography) A cross-cultural database containing descriptive information on cultures and ethnic groups of the world.

Facts.com [Facts on File News Services] Databases included are: the World News Digest from 1940 to present, the World Almanac, the World Almanac Encyclopedia, Issues and Controversies, and Today's Science. Factual information about events, people, ideas and hot topics that are newsworthy.

Handbook of Texas Online [Texas State Historical Association] A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture. A searchable online version of this standard reference work includes more than 23,000 articles on people, places, events, institutions, and historical themes. The online file includes the corrections made with the Handbook's 1997 second printing plus 400 new articles not included in the print edition.

HeritageQuest Online [ProQuest] Includes local histories, published genealogies, and primary source materials for towns, counties, and families of all 50 states beginning with the 13 original colonies, Canada, England, and Ireland. Images of the U.S. Federal Census for 1790, 1800, 1810, and 1870 have been indexed and are fully searchable; images of the 1840 census is browsable; indexing and images of additional years will be added as they become available.

Historical Archive of The London Gazette [Various Publishers] "Published by Authority". The London Gazette is the official newspaper of record for England; The Crown copyright. This web site also provides access to the Edinburgh (Scotland) Gazette and the Belfast (Ireland) Gazette, the other two official newspapers of record for the United Kingdon. Each gazette includes government notices, regulations, etc. (similar to the U.S. government's Federal Register) and notices of legal proceeings such as bankruptcies. Of special interest to students is the historical archive for each Gazette which includes issues of the Gazette and its Supplements published during World War I and World War II or relating to those wars. The archive is fully searchable; Adobe Reader is required for viewing the issues which are in PDF format. Best viewed with Internet Explorer v.5 or higher.

Historical Newspapers: New York Times [ProQuest] Fully searchable access to the content of the New York Times newspaper from 1851 to 2004. Includes full page, PDF format images for non-copyrighted years. Images for an additional year will be added annually to the Deep Backfile as copyright expires. Includes the full run of the newspaper beginning with issue number one in 1851.

History Cooperative [History Cooperative] Includes full-text of: American Historical Review, Common-place, History Teacher, Journal of American History, Law and History Review, Western Historical Quarterly, and William and Mary Quarterly. Coverage begins with 2000 to 2002 issues. Indexed in and linked to by America: History and Life.

History Resource Center: U.S. [GaleGroup] Provides integrated access to over 1,000 historical (primary) documents, more then 30,000 reference articles, and over 65 full-text journal covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-colonial times to the present. The material also includes access to the citations for over 180 additional history journals from the Institute for Scientific Information's Arts and Humanities Citation Index.

History Resource Center: World [GaleGroup] Draws on themes and trends from the history curriculum from antiquity to present with extensive coverage of the 20th Century. Seamlessly integrates over 25 reference titles from the Gale Group, Macmillan Reference USA and Charles Scribner's Sons, along with full-text articles from more than 110 academic journals, and maps and images. Full-text and facsimile images for over 2,000 primary source documents from Primary Source Microfilm collections are also included in the collection.

History Study Center [ProQuest] Includes current and backfile journal articles, rare books, newspaper articles, video clips, parliamentary papers, criminal trial records, radio and television news, maps, images, student guides and a bookshelf of respected reference titles plus links to reliable Web sites of interest to students and historians.

In the First Person [Alexander Street Press] Searchable database of personal narratives, oral histories, letters, and diaries of over 300,000 individuals. Indexes materials available in historical archives and special collections; provides full text online for some of the items indexed.

JSTOR [JSTOR] A searchable, printable, electronic backfile of important scholarly journals delivering in high quality images of journal articles in PDF format. Coverage usually stops from 2 to 5 years prior to the current year depending on the "moving wall" agreed to by each journal's publisher. Subjects included in SAC's subscription: African American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Language & Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, & Statistics. Some journals are indexed in America: History and Life with links to the full-text article in JSTOR.

Military & Government Collection [EBSCO] formerly Military Library FullTEXT. Military & Government Collection provides full text for nearly 300 journals and periodicals, full text for 245 pamphlets, and abstracts and indexes nearly 400 additional periodicals. Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military. Also included are many country reports from CountryWatch.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [Oxford UP]The standard biographical reference for individuals connected to Great Britian and the British empire. The over 50,000 biographees (10,000 with portraits) included are either historically significant persons or individuals noteworthy for their achievments. Coverage includes individuals from the earliest times through those who died in 2001. Each January the publisher will "extend the dictionary's coverage to the next year in the twenty-first century." Also included are articles on topics relevant to the dictionary and reference lists of colonial or territorial governors and heads of state. NOTE: Users must click on the link "Subscribers enter here" in the top right corner of the dictionary's home page to access all available online text.

Oxford Islamic Studies Online [Oxford UP] Scholarly, integrated resource features reference content and commentary in areas such as global Islamic history, concepts, people, practices, politics, and culture. Includes over 3,000 A-Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur'anic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines.

Project Muse [Johns Hopkins Univ. Press] Full text of articles from over 200 scholarly journals published by over 20 not-for-profit, scholarly presses in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. Search across the entire database or limit a search to selected journals. Provides current issues for some titles in JSTOR.

Sanborn's Digital Texas Maps [Chadwyck-Healey] These digitized maps provide detailed property and land-use records that depicts the architecture of more than 12,000 U.S. towns and cities throughout the past one hundred years. The maps enable researchers to trace the architectural history of individual buildings or entire communities. One can see everything from building outline, size and shape, construction materials, height, building use, windows and doors, street and sidewalk widths, boundaries, house numbers, and more. Symbols for stables, garages, warehouses, and other commercial sites are also included. Factories are often labeled with the owner's name, as well as the products manufactured there. Also depicted are pipelines, railroads, wells, water mains, and dumps. Search for the maps by typing in the state or community. Each map's index helps locate streets, landmarks, and other places of historical interest. Once displayed, the maps can be manipulated, expanded, printed, and downloaded.

Texas Reference Center [EBSCO]

World History Collection [EBSCO]