SubjectsPlus: History
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Oxford Reference Online (ORO) 
Off-campus access
Provides full text of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations from 175+ Oxford reference titles, many of which are in-depth, scholarly entries.
American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature
Call Number: Ref D20 .A43x 1995
AP images (Associated Press) Off-campus access
Provides 24/7 access to over 4.9 million primary source photos from 1825 to the present. Additionally, provides audio, video, graphics and interactives. Constantly updated, AP Images is an important resource for virtually every discipline. This database may be used for educational purposes only. Images may not be posted on the Web or otherwise made available electronically to anyone outside the Grinnell College community. These images may not be republished or distributed in newspapers, newsletters, magazines, brochures, catalogs, yearbooks, calendars, posters, or similar materials.
America: History and Life Off-campus access
(scholarly coverage of the history of North America)
Historical Abstracts Off-campus access
Covers world history after 1450, except for the U.S. and Canada. Includes articles from over 2,000 journals, books, collections, and dissertations.
Humanities International Complete Off-campus access
Covers a diverse range of subjects from the humanities, including archaeology, art, classics, philosophy, history, music, linguistics, literature and religion. Some full text is included.
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance Off-campus access
Coverage varies. Some full text. Resources for the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700) citations in journals(1784-), books, reviews; a finding list of Renaissance humanistic manuscripts; etc.
JSTOR Off-campus access
Complete full text backfiles of several hundred scholarly journals in the Arts and Sciences, Health and General Sciences, and Ecology and Botany, except for the most recent two to five years.
Project Muse Off-campus access
Access to the full-text of over 350 scholarly electronic journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics. Available off-campus via proxy server.
Historical Newspapers and Magazines
America's Historical Newspapers Off-campus access
The electronic editions of record for local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers compiled in a single database. Paid ads are excluded.
Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 (London Times) Off-campus access
Access to the complete backfile of the Times (London) including text, images, editorials and advertisements.
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Center for Research Libraries 
CRL is a consortium of North American universities, colleges, and independent research libraries. The consortium acquires and preserves traditional and digital resources for research and teaching.
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Books, media, Web sites, databases, art work, and more
WorldCat Off-campus access
Before 1000 B.C. to the present. The OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other materials held in libraries worldwide. Contains millions of records.
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Annual Bibliography of British and Irish History
A bibliography covering the Roman period in Great Britain up the 20th century. In addition to online access, library also has in print: Reference Z2016 .A55 1981
Biography and Genealogy Master Index Off-campus access
An index to nearly 12 million biographical sketches in more than 3,400 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.
Dictionary of Historians and Historical Writing
Call Number: Reference D14 .E53 1999
A two-volume dictionary with entries on prominent historians and themes in historical writing.
The Information-Literate Historian
Call Number: Reference D16.2 .P71 2007
a guide to research for history students
Timetables of History: a historical linkage of people and events
Call Number: Reference D11. G78 2005
Writings on British History
A bibliography of books and articles published during a given span of years on the history of Great Britain from about 400 A.D. to 1939. Includes an appendix containing a select list of publications on British history since 1939. Library also has in print: Reference Z2016 .A55 1981
Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present Off-campus access
International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2000
Call Number: Burling Reference HA 4675 .M552 2003
International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-2000
Call Number: Burling Reference HA 1107 .M5 2003
International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-2000
Call Number: Burling Reference HA 175 .M55 2003
Early English Books Online (EEBO) Off-campus access
Contains digital facsimile page images of 100,000 works printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America, as well as works in English printed elsewhere, between 1473-1700.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) Off-campus access
Digitized copies of 138,000 English-language titles and editions published between 1701 and 1800, primarily in the United Kingdom and the Americas. Includes books, broadsides, Bibles, tract books, sermons, and printed ephemera.
Empire Online Off-campus access
1492-present. A collection of original primary documents relating to cultural contacts, including aspects of religion, race, class, and imperialism.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 Off-campus access
Primary source documents from women's reform organizations such as the Women's Trade Union League, the National Association of Colored Women, Henry Street and Hull House settlements, and the National Women's Party.
American Memory
Provides information on, and access to, the digitized version of the Library's primary-source collections on American history and culture, including photographs, documents, sound recordings, and motion pictures
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Collection of primary sources of historic documents from the early modern period to the present for both Europe and the Americas. Includes links to other sources of information on modern history, on the nature of historiography, and links to maps, images, and music.
Labyrinth
A guide to electronic resources in medieval history.
LANIC
Latin American Network Information Center. Provides links to information about and from Latin America.
WWW Virtual Library:History
This is the central catalogue for the WWW-VL network of indexes to Historical materials on-line. It is intended for general public use, but its coverage and selection of sites concentrates on creating a facility useful for those pursuing historical research on-line. An extremely comprehensive index of links, it covers nearly every geographic area and many subjects
Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper
Prepared by the Duke University Libraries.
Chicago Manual of Style
Call Number: Perm Reserve Z253 .U69 2003
The style manual commonly used for History.
RefWorks
A Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases.
HIS 225: Native American History
HIS 295.02: World War II on the Eastern Front
HIS 295.04: Making of Modern France
HIS 310: Enlightenment and Revolution in Early America, 1750-1820
HIS 311: Politics in the Early American Republic
HIS 332: Gender and Empire in Victorian Britain
HIS 333: The Civilizing Mission and its Discontents
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