History
Search for Articles on History
Enter terms into the box below to search databases focused on history and related topics for articles and other content.
Databases focused on History
The following library databases contain articles and other content on history and related topics.
- America: History and Life Citations and abstracts in American and Canadian history and culture
- American National Biography Online Biographies of 17,000+ deceased Americans
- Black Thought and Culture 100,000 pages of books, articles, essays, speeches and other texts written by African-Americans
- CARLI Digital Collections Collections of tens of thousands of digitized images, historical documents and more from Illinois academic libraries
- Chicago Tribune (Historical) Full-text archive of the newspaper, 1849-1985
- Facts.com U.S. and world news digest, 1940-present
- HarpWeek (historical Harper's Weekly Magazine) Harper's Weekly magazine, 1857-1912, covering general topics during the Civil War, Progressive Era and Gilded Age
- Historical Statistics of the United States Historical statistics on population, labor, economics, and government
- Illinois Sanborn Insurance Maps Highly detailed historical maps of cities in Illinois
- Iter Citations for publications related to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
- JSTOR Full-text of scholarly journals covering most academic subjects
- Military & Government Collection Citations and some full-text of journals, pamphlets, and other publications covering the military and related topics
- New York Times (Historical) Full-text archive of the newspaper, 1849-1985, including PDF page images of all issues
- Women and Social Movements American women's history, 1600-2000; includes primary source materials (pamphlets, photos, audio recordings, etc)
General Academic Databases
These library databases include coverage of all topics.
Journal Holdings on History
Follow the link below to see a list of journals, magazines, newspapers and other periodicals at Oesterle Library on the topic of history.
Search for Books on History
In order to find books on history, choose the "Subject" search from the pull-down menu and enter "history" into the search box, or click on one of the "Suggested Searches" below to run a search in the library's catalog.
Suggested searches: Europe—History, United States—History, World History
Reference Works on History
- Dictionary of American History
- A Dictionary of Twentieth-century World History
Call Number: R. 909.82 P18d - History in Dispute
Call Number: R. 909 H62f - New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
- The Oxford Companion to United States History
Call Number: R. 973.03 Ox2b
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