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Black Thought and Culture
Covers the non-fiction work of leading African Americans, from Colonial times to the present.
History Reference Center
Collection of articles from history periodicals, reference books, encyclopedias, and non-fiction books.
JSTOR
Scholarly journal articles in area studies, art, business & economics, history, humanities, law, medicine & allied health, science & mathematics, and social sciences. See the video tutorial.
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Collection of early English news media; includes newspapers, news books, Acts of Parliament, addresses, broadsides, pamphlets, and proclamations. Contains American historical and cultural documents from 1691 – 1877 from the AAS, the oldest historical society in the United States. A collection of primary source documents that cover American history from the early settlers up until the end of World War II. Covers the non-fiction work of leading African Americans, from Colonial times to the present. A focus on critical issues and events influencing women’s lives in more than 190 countries with content from mainstream periodicals, “gray” literature, and the alternative press. Covers free, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Books, pamphlets, essays, and broadsides primarily published in the United Kingdom during the 18th century. Includes reference works, millions of news and periodical articles, as well as rare and vital primary source documents that range from slave journals to presidential papers. Contains primary sources and multi-media content aligned with state and national curriculum standards. Digital images of unique primary sources that track the development of the modern, western world. Compiled by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, this is a publicly searchable compilation of records that identify individual enslaved persons and their owners, beginning as early as 1525 and ending during the Civil War. Historical articles from The New York Times. Primary source collection between 1801 and 1900. A collection of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and more. Primary source collection of the slavery system from the 16th through the 19th centuries. Legal materials on slavery in the U.S. and the English-speaking world. Collection of periodicals supporting topics in U.S. history.17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection
American History, 1493-1945
Black Thought and Culture
Contemporary Women’s Issues
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Gale In Context: US History
Gale In Context: World History
The Making of the Modern World
New York Slavery Records Index
The New York Times 1851-2017 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Nineteenth Century Collections Online
Project Muse
Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
U.S. History Collection
Streaming Video
Streaming videos. Available from off-campus. A chronology of U.S. women’s history. Streaming videos. Available from off-campus.American History in Video
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
World History in Video