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.
Brill's New Pauly Encyclopedia
Covers Greco-Roman antiquity, from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe, as well as its continuous influence on culture and religion
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
Our largest collection of eBooks! Get the Ebrary mobile app!
Ebsco eBook Collection [Formerly NetLibrary]
Over 50,000 fulltext ebooks covering all areas
Films on Demand
Our premium academic video database! see our How-To Guide for this database
HeritageQuest Online
Find genealogical information on people and places from various sources
Humanities Ebook Collection
Over 2000 FullText Ebooks in history and the humanities
JSTOR
Excellent source for fulltext articles from a range of scholarly sources
Oxford Reference Online - Archaeology
Fulltext reference books in archaeology
Oxford Reference Online - Classical Studies
Fulltext reference books in classical studies
Oxford Reference Online - History
Fulltext reference books in history
Pop Culture Universe
Study pop culture and pop history with this interactive digital library
PowerSearch
Search 44 scholarly databases at once! see more...
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
Cambria Press eBooks
FullText Reference eBooks
CAMIO
Art Museum Images Online
Credo Reference - History
Fulltext Reference articles, plus video, audio, and images
Directory of Open Access Journals
A database of thousands of scholarly online journals
Encyclopedia Britannica
The complete multi-volume encyclopedia
Gale Virtual Reference Library eBooks
FullText Reference eBooks
Government Publications
Fulltext U.S. government publications
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory
Critical survey of figures, schools and movements in literary theory
LexisNexis Academic
FullText journal articles, plus news, legal content, and business data. See our Lexis tutorial
OAIster
Digital resources, images, audio, and artworks
World Book Encyclopedia
Fulltext reference database on every topic imaginable
E-Journals
American Historical Review
Extended archives available online
European History Quarterly
Fulltext articles from 2000-2004
Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
Peer-reviewed quarterly journal devoted to the culture and history of Greece from Antiquity to the Renaissance. Fulltext articles from 1958-present
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
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
World History Sources
World history survey on the web