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Journal and Newspaper Databases
| CQ Supreme Court Collection (CQ Press) | Summaries, timelines and analysis of court decisions, biographies of supreme court justices and constitutions of other nations. |
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| JSTOR | Provides access to back issues of scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences from the earliest issues to within a few years of current publication. Subject coverage includes sociology, political science, history, philosophy, religious studies, mathematics and statistics, art and music, and literature. | All Full Text |
| Military & Government Collection (EBSCO) | Newspapers, magazines and journals dealing with all branches of the military and the government. |
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| New York Times Historical (Proquest) | Comprehensive coverage of the New York Times from 1851 to 2001. |
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| Project MUSE | Scholarly articles covering history, literature, political science and cultural studies. |
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World History (EBSCO) |
Scholarly journals with content from Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America. |
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For additional resources see History, New York selected websites and History, New York information guides.
Reference Books and Primary Sources
| ACLS History E-Book Project | Over 1200 full-text, cross-searchable books in the field of history. |
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| Americans at War (Gale) | Online encyclopedia focusing on the impact of war on everyday life |
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| American Civil War Reference Library (Gale) | Online encyclopedia of the Civil War. |
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| American Civil War: Letters and Diaries (Alexander Street Press) | Firsthand accounts of historical events, as well as, glimpses of daily life in the army and at home from 1855 to 1875. |
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| American Revolution Reference Library (Gale) | Online encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War. |
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| Black Thought and Culture (Alexander Street Press) | Monographs, essays, articles, speeches and interviews written by leaders within the black community from the 1700s to the present. |
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| British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries (Alexander Street Press) | Firsthand experiences of British and Irish women from the last 300 years. |
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| Early Encounters in North America (Alexander Street Press) | Letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of the people, cultures and the environment encountered in North America from the 1400s to the 1600s. |
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| Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa (Gale) | Online encyclopedia covering the modern history of the Middle East and North Africa. |
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| Europe 1450-1789 (Gale) | Online encyclopedia covering the history of Europe from 1450 up to the French Revolution. |
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| Fashion, Costume and Culture (Gale) | Online encyclopedia providing and overview of costume traditions from prehistoric times to the present day. |
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| In the First Person (Alexander Street Press) | Letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies within scholarly materials available online. Historical topics include popular culture, music, medicine, wars, civil rights and September 11th. |
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| North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories (Alexander Street Press) | Personal views of the immigration experience to the United States and Canada. Coverage is from around 1800 to the present. |
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| North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Alexander Street Press) | Firsthand experiences of North American women from the last 300 years. |
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| Oxford Reference Online - History | Online dictionaries and companions. |
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Women and Social Movements in the United States (Alexander Street Press) |
Includes books, essays, commentaries and documents of women's reform activities and social movements from 1600 to 2000. |
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