History and Political Science
Electronic Databases Sorted by Subject

Academic Search Premier
Provides full text for more than 3,460 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including history. This database is updated on a daily basis.

American National Biography - A fundamental source of historical American biography; It offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women whose lives have shaped the nation. All figures included in American National Biography died before 1996.

Archive Grid - Thousands of libraries, museums, and archives have contributed nearly a million collection descriptions to ArchiveGrid. Researchers searching ArchiveGrid can learn about the many items in each of these collections, contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials, and order copies.

Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report
Contains following coverage of U.S. Congress: nonpartisan feature-length full-text articles on a full array of policy topics; focused updates on committee activity . the status of bills . votes . more; useful side-by-side comparisons of competing versions of bills; most thorough coverage of appropriations and much more.

Dictionary of American History
Standard 9 volume reference work in United States history, covering prehistory to 2002.

Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture - Provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary view of Latin American history and culture from prehistoric times to the present. Covers cultural issues and includes numerous biographical profiles of important figures in politics, letters and the arts.

Humanities International Complete - Provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracting for over 1,700 journals and contains more than 1.5 million records; an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and educators interested in all aspects of the humanities including fine arts, literature, history and philosophy.

JSTOR Arts & Sciences I - Includes the complete full text back runs of 117 titles including many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences.

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe - Full-text access to: 2,000 periodicals, 30 major newspapers (including New York Times back to 1980); and basic state and federal legal research.

New Dictionary of the History of Ideas - Each entry explores the origin, cultural interpretations, and historical themes of such subjects as beauty, love, feminism, diversity, and social capital, among many others.

OAIster - Contains digital resources from open archive collections representing multidisciplinary resources from more than 1000 contributors worldwide. Records contain a digital object link allowing users access to the object in a single click.

Proquest History Module - Search full text periodicals on subjects such as history and more in this ProQuest Research Library module.

Proquest International Module - Search periodicals on international subjects such as culture, history, social policy, politics, and more in this ProQuest Research Library module.

Proquest Social Science Module - Search full text periodicals on subjects such as sociology, criminology and more in this ProQuest Research Library module.

Sage Premier E Journal Collection - Features the full-text contents of over 450 major journals in the fields of criminal justice, education, health, and the social sciences. Over 140,000 articles are currently available through the collection, with backfiles extending to 1999 for all titles.