Research Guide | History
JSTOR - Mobile friendly
U.S. History in Context (Gale) - Full-text articles on U.S. history
World History in Context (Gale) - Full-text articles on world history
Social Science Database (ProQuest) - Mobile friendly; Full-text articles
Google Scholar - Free access. Evaluate articles to ensure journals are reliable.
AAS Historical Periodicals - Mobile friendly; Over 50 subsets of periodicals from 1684-1912
Primary Sources (Gale) - integrated search of the below 5 primary source collections
- 19th Century U.S. Newspapers (Gale) - 500 U.S. newspapers covering historical events, daily life, and American culture; includes those published by African Americans, Native Americans, women's rights groups, labor groups, the Confederacy, and other select groups
- American Historical Periodicals Series 1-5 (Gale) - Focuses on the history of the American people from the Colonial Era into the twentieth century, presenting North American thought, culture, and society through a variety of perspectives.
- Archives of Sexuality & Gender (Gale) - Over 1.8 million pages focusing on LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940
- The Times (London) Digital Archive (Gale) - The Times of London, the oldest daily newspaper in continuous publication, from 1785 to 2014
- Women's Studies Archive (Gale) - collection of women's diaries, letters, photographs, news clippings, organizational records, etc. from the 19th and 20th centuries
Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive (Gale) - Over 5.4 million pages devoted to the scholarly study and understanding of slavery from a multinational perspective
US Major Dailies (ProQuest) - Mobile friendly; Search Chicago Tribune (1985-present), Los Angeles Times (1985-present), New York Times (1980-present), The Wall Street Journal (1984-present), The Washington Post (1987-present)
- New York Times Archives (1851-present) - limited free full-text articles with PDF downloads; use microfilm in library for articles from 1/1/1967-12/14/2003; use interlibrary loan for articles from 1923 to 1967
European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 (EBSCOhost) - Mobile friendly; Index of records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750
MyHeritage Library Edition (EBSCOhost) - genealogy; access through NebraskAccess, contact the Library for the off-campus login
Free Access
- Library of Congress - Digital Collections
- Digital Public Library of America
- Constitution Annotated
- Congressional Record - 1995-present
- Congressional Record (Bound Edition) - 1873-2009
- Congressional Globe - 1833-1873
- Register of Debates - 1824-1837
- Annals of Congress - 1789-1824
- A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates - 1774-1875
- National Archives
- United States Census Bureau Publications - 1790-2010
- Statistical Abstract - United States Census Bureau
- State of Nebraska
- Economic Report of the President
- Book of the States - information and comparisons of the governments for all U.S. states, commonwealths and territories from 1935 to present
Library Catalog - books, ebooks, DVDs, etc.
eBooks Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
WorldCat.org - Locate books, DVDs, and more in libraries worldwide. Use item request (interlibrary loan) to obtain a copy of an item. Note: Items from non-U.S. libraries may be difficult to obtain.
Book recommendations
- NoveList Plus (EBSCOhost)
- NoveList K-8 Plus (EBSCOhost) - Find books for K-8 readers
Encyclopedia Britannica - Mobile friendly; Online encyclopedia
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia (EBSCOhost) - Mobile friendly; Online encyclopedia
Biography Reference Bank (EBSCOhost) - Mobile friendly; Biographical full-text articles
Biography Reference Center (EBSCOhost) - Comprehensive collection of full-text biographies
Journal Finder - Search all databases for full text journals, magazines, and newspapers; not articles. Use if you have the citation for an article or if you need an article in a specific source (e.g. Wall Street Journal).
Titles of interest
Grad School Admissions Preparation (PrepStep) - GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MAT, and MCAT
Career and Workplace Preparation (PrepStep) - PRAXIS, teaching, law enforcement, caseworker, military, and more
Praxis: Social Studies: Content Knowledge (5081) - free publication from ETS
Praxis: World and U.S. History: Content Knowledge (5941) - free publication from ETS