History Databases

Major Databases
Access World News [formerly Newsbank]
Search current and archived news articles, newswires, video news, TV news transcripts and journals on issues, events, business, government, more. Includes The Commercial Appeal.
Daily Life Through History
Daily life for past and foreign cultures
Discovery Education
Download educational videos and clips from sources like PBS, Clearvue, more
Ebrary eBook Collection
Enormous collection of eBooks. Print whole chapters at a time.
Ebsco eBook Collection [Formerly NetLibrary]
Over 50,000 fulltext ebooks covering all areas
Films on Demand
Our premium academic video database!
HeritageQuest Online
Find genealogical information on people and places from various sources
History Cooperative
FullText JAH and AHR articles
Humanities Ebook Collection
Over 2000 FullText Ebooks in history and the humanities
JSTOR
Excellent source for fulltext articles from a range of scholarly sources
netLibrary [MOVED]
Now named Ebsco eBook Collection
Newsbank [MOVED]
Now listed under Access World News
Open Access Journals Database
A database of 400+ scholarly online journals maintained by Lund University Libraries
Pop Culture Universe
Study pop culture and pop history with this interactive digital library
PowerSearch
Search 25 scholarly databases at once! see more...
Research Channel Videos
Over 3,500 streaming videos on a wide variety of subjects
Women And Social Movements In The U.S., 1600-2000
Full Text database
Additional Databases
American National Biography Online
Biographies of 18,000 Americans
ArchiveGrid
Descriptions of items in archival collections around the world
ArticleFirst
Large index of articles from OCLC (no fulltext)
A To Z Maps Online
Climate maps, geographical maps, demographic maps, topo maps, geology maps, NASA maps and more
Cambria Press eBooks
FullText Reference eBooks
CAMIO
Art Museum Images Online
Credo Reference - History
Fulltext Reference articles, plus video, audio, and images
Electronic Collections Online
Large index of articles from scholarly journals (no fulltext)
Encyclopedia Britannica
The complete multi-volume encyclopedia
Gale Virtual Reference Library eBooks
FullText Reference eBooks
Global Road Warrior
Information on governments, cultures, demographics, economies, etc from around the world
Government Publications
Fulltext U.S. government publications
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory
Critical survey of figures, schools and movements in literary theory
Lexis-Nexis Academic
FullText news and law items covering several decades
OAIster
Digital resources, images, audio, and artworks
OCLC eBooks
eBooks available through libraries worldwide
Oxford Reference Online - Classical Studies
Fulltext reference books in classical studies
Oxford Reference Online - History
Twenty two fulltext reference books in history
PapersFirst
Index of papers presented at conferences worldwide (no fulltext)
Proceedings Database
Index of worldwide conference proceedings (no fulltext)
World Almanac
Articles from Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia and four almanacs
World Book Encyclopedia
Fulltext reference database on every topic imaginable
WorldCat
Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide (no fulltext)
WorldCat Dissertations
Index of dissertations and theses available in WorldCat (no fulltext)
E-Journals
American Historical Review
Extended archives available online
European History Quarterly
Fulltext articles from 2000-2004
Journal of Early Christian Studies
Archives from 1993-present
Royal Society Journal
The world's first peer-reviewed scientific journal! Free archives from 1665 - 1940s
Time Magazine
Search the archives from 1923-present
Vital Speeches Of The Day
Offers the student of public speaking examples of effective speeches in all areas
Web Resources
"The American Dream is at the Expense of the American Negro" Debate
Video of famous debate between William F Buckley and James Baldwin at Cambridge University, October 26, 1965
Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Contains digital legal and historical documents from 17th Century - present
Black America Web
News and information featuring a wide array of viewpoints and perspectives
Digital Tennessee History
Photographs, original documents, digital archives of Tennessee history
Documentary Films
Free documentaries films from snagfilms
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
A searchable collection of theses and dissertations published by UT-Knoxville
Photographs of TVA Archaeology
Several hundred images of prehistoric sites along the Tennessee River
Southeastern Native Americans, 1730 - 1842
Over 2,000 artifacts and original documents - letters, military orders, maps, etc.
Tennesse Document History 1796-1850
Documents and images related to antebellum Tennessee
Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Multilingual, open content encyclopedia on the Internet
World History Sources
World history survey on the web