Selected U.S. History Online Resources


 

Databases
(*Licensed by Rhodes College)

*360Search
Use 360 Search to search the Rhodes library catalog, selected databases and online journals simultaneously.
    *America′s Historical Newspapers (1758 - 1900)
    Offers several hundred thousand fully searchable issues from more than 200 significant 18th- and 19th- century newspapers from all 50 present states.
  • *America: History and Life
    Covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide. In addition to covering all key English-language historical journals, America: History and Life coverage includes selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, and a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities. Over 90% of the articles included are published in English-language journals.
  • *American Civil War: Letters & Diaries
    "Knits together more than 1,000 sources of diaries, letters, and memoirs to provide fast access to thousands of views on almost every aspect of the war, including what was happening at home. The writings of politicians, generals, slaves, landowners, farmers, seaman, wives, and even spies are included. The letters and diaries are by the famous and the unknown, giving not only both the Northern and Southern perspectives, but those of foreign observers also. The materials originate from all regions of the country and are from people who played a variety of roles."
  • *American National Biography
    Offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation.
  • *ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
    Combines the premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with ATLA′s online collection of major religion and theology journals. The ATLA Religion Database includes more than 416,000 article citations from more than 1,500 journals (571 currently indexed), more than 210,000 essay citations from over 15,700 multi-author works, and more than 432,000 book review citations. This database begins in 1949 although indexing for some journal titles extends back into the nineteenth century. Online Journals
  • *Black Thought and Culture: African Americans from Colonial Times to the Present
    When complete, Black Thought and Culture will provide approximately 100,000 pages of monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews written by leaders within the black community from the earliest times to 1975. The collection is intended for research in black studies, political science, American history, music, literature, and art.
  • *Early Encounters in North America
    Contains 1,482 authors and over 100,000 pages of letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters. Particular care has been taken to index the material so that it can be used in new ways. For example, you can identify all encounters between the French and the Huron between 1650 and 1700.
  • *EEBO - Early English Books Online (1473-1700)
    Contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War.
  • In the First Person
    A free, high quality, professionally published, in-depth index of more than 3,350 collections of personal narratives in English from around the world.
  • *Military & Intellience Database
    The Military and Intelligence Database periodical list has been hand-selected by Gale editors to meet those content needs. Additionally, the product includes some basic reference materials that are updated annually: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia and the World Almanac and Book of Facts. With more than 500 titles and more than 7 million articles (80% full-text), searchers are sure to find answers to their reference questions.
  • *North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries & Oral Histories
    Includes 2,162 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of information, so providing a unique and personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950. Composed of contemporaneous letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives, the series provides a rich source for scholars in a wide range of disciplines. In selected cases, users will be able to hear the actual audio voices of the immigrants.
  • *North American Indian Thought & Culture
    Contains over 119,000 pages of text and images. Included are biographies, auto-biographies, personal narratives, speeches, diaries, letters, and oral histories
  • *North American Women′s Letters & Diaries (Colonial Period - 1950)
    Includes the immediate experiences of 1,325 women and 150,000 pages of diaries and letters dating from the colonial period to 1950
  • *Oxford African American Studies Center (AASC)
    The Oxford African American Studies Center provides students, teachers, and scholars with an authoritative and comprehensive source on the African American experience. At launch, the site will be comprised of five major encyclopedias and content from eighteen additional reference sources from Oxford University Press. The site includes a carefully selected editorial program of supplementary material. This includes approximately 100 primary source documents with commentaries, 1,000 images with an ongoing image research program, over 200 charts, tables and graphs, maps, timelines, and learning resources for students and teachers.
  • *Oxford Islamic Studies
    Encompassing over 3,000 A-Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur′anic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines, Oxford Islamic Studies Online offers a multi-layered reference experience designed to provide a first stop for anyone needing information on Islam.
  • *Primary Sources in U.S. History
    There are 2 subsets to this Lexis-Nexis database: Primary Sources in African American History and Primary Sources in American Women′s History.
  • *Southern Life
    Contains nearly 5 million full-text articles on topics that relate directly to Southern living, both past and present, including people, places, historical events and more.
  • *Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition (1982 -)
    Electronic access to full text articles, page images, article abstracts, and citations from over 4,000 journals. Coverage back as early as 1982 ensures that every search is as deep as it is broad.
  • *Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
    Intended to serve as a resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women′s history. Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000, the website seeks to advance scholarly debates and understanding at the same time that it makes the insights of women′s history accessible to teachers and students at universities, colleges, and high schools.
  • *WorldCat
    The world′s most comprehensive bibliography, with more than 42 million bibliographic records representing 400 languages. Covers information back to the 11th Century. Includes holdings information from the world′s libraries. Now includes the Library of Congress Subject Headings as its thesaurus.

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