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Academic Search Premier
A good starting point: articles from key journals in many scholarly disciplines, with some trade journals and magazines, 1975-present.
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America: History and Life
Citations and abstracts for journal articles, dissertations, and book reviews relating to United States and Canadian history and prehistory, 1954-present.
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American National Biography Online
Two- to three-page biographies of 17,500 Americans from earliest history to current day, with occupation and birthplace searching and some pictures, 1600-present.
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Historical New York Times
The entire New York Times, searchable, in image files, from 1851 to three years ago.
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A good starting point: articles from key journals in many scholarly disciplines, with some trade journals and magazines, 1975-present.
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America: History and Life
Citations and abstracts for journal articles, dissertations, and book reviews relating to United States and Canadian history and prehistory, 1954-present.
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American National Biography Online
Two- to three-page biographies of 17,500 Americans from earliest history to current day, with occupation and birthplace searching and some pictures, 1600-present.
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Historical New York Times
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| Also known as: | New York Times |
Additional Databases in History > American History
African American Biographical Database
A source for information on 19th and early 20th century African American lives and culture, a digitized collection of books published 1790-1950.
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African American Newspapers
Seven nineteenth-century African American newspapers in full text, including advertising, 1827-1902.
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American Factfinder
Data from the 2010 US Decennial Census of Population and Housing, and more recent Annual Economic Surveys and Community Surveys.
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American Memory
Large collection of reproductions of primary source material from U.S. Library of Congress: pictures, pamphlets and recordings. Earliest dates from 1400s.
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Ancestry Library
On-campus use only.
Census forms and other genealogical tools.
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Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection
Literary and art publications, with images, of the US Hispanic community from earliest times to the 1990's.
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Arts and Humanities Citation Index
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Provides a search by cited reference, topic, author, and more for articles in almost all important English-language arts and humanities journals, 1975-present.
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Bibliography of Native North Americans
Covers books, essays, journal articles, and government documents on native North American history and culture from pre-history to the present, 1800-present.
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Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Provides references to names in hundreds of biographical dictionaries dating from the mid-20th century to present.
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Biography in Context
Brief biographies from Who's Who and other sources. Current.
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Black Abolitionist Papers
Papers and articles of 300 US and European anti-slavery activists of color, 1830-1865.
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Black Studies Center
Combines key indices(Schomburg, IIBP, etc) to scholarship and primary sources in Afro-American studies.
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Black Thought and Culture
Collection of monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews written by leaders within the African American community from 1700s to 1975.
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Book Review Digest
Citations, abstracts and excerpts of reviews of English-language books, as published in periodicals, 1905-present.
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Boston Globe
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Massachusetts' newspaper of record, 1980-present.
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Columbia International Affairs Online: CIAO
Full-text working and position papers, books, and journals, from international affairs research institutes, 1991-present.
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CQ Weekly
A publication detailing and analyzing the activities of the U.S. Congress. This searchable version dates back to 1983.
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Digital National Security Archive
The Digital National Security Archive contains the most comprehensive set of declassified government documents available. The resource now includes 37 collections consisting of over 90,000 meticulously indexed documents, with more than 617,000 total pages.
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Digital Sanborn Maps
Very detailed maps of New England towns and cities as they were in the 19th and early 20th centuries. There are several versions over time of most maps, 1867-1970.
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Every significant book or pamphlet printed in the UK, and English-language titles printed in America, between 1701 and 1800.
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Encyclopedia of United States Indian Policy and Law
Covers history, politics and sociology of U.S./Native American relations
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European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750
Comprehensive bibliography of books, pamphlets and other records written in European countries on the Americas. A companion to Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana.
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Films On Demand
3,800 educational videos and historical newsreels. To create playlists and link to course pages, see FAQ.
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Five Colleges Archives and Manuscript Collections
Finding aids for archives and manuscripts at Amherst, Hampshire, Smith, and Mt. Holyoke Colleges, and University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Guide to U.S. Elections, 6th Edition
Historical coverage of federal and gubernatorial elections in the United States.
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Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
Articles from scholarly journals on Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, the US -Mexico border area, and US Hispanics, 1970-present.
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Historic Northampton
Best resource for local history. Online Research section includes images of Hampshire Gazette 1786-96, and of historic maps, portraits, clothing, and houses.
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Historical Abstracts
Citations and abstracts for journal articles, books and dissertations on world history from 1450 to present, 1954-present.
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Historical Boston Globe
The entire Boston Globe, searchable, in image files, 1872-1979.
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Historical Chicago Defender
Influential black weekly newspaper, searchable, in image files, 1905-1975.
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Historical Statistics of the United States
Statistics gathered by the Census Bureau, with scholarly editing and essays, from colonial times to near present.
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Humanities International Complete
Journal articles in archaeology, classics, cultural studies, arts, philosophy, history, linguistics, and literature, plus literary magazines, 1975-present.
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International Political Science Abstracts
Citations to articles from international political science periodicals, 1951-present.
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JSTOR
Core scholarly journals from a range of disciplines, dating from the earliest issue of each journal to a few years before present.
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Left Index
Citations to articles in leftist periodicals, on labor, ecology & environment, race, social & cultural theory, 1982-present.
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LexisNexis Academic
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Massive database of US and international newspapers; case and statutory law and law reviews; business periodicals, 1980-present.
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Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries
Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries from the American Antiquarian Society brings together 105,000 pages of the personal writings of women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, displayed as high-quality images of the original manuscripts, Semantically Indexed and online for the first time. The collection is drawn entirely from the extensive holdings of the American Antiquarian Society. It currently contains over 103,000 pages.
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Monthly Catalogue of US Government Publication
Provides references for all US government publications from 1895-June 1976. Post-1976 publications indexed here.
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Naxos Music Library Jazz
Around five thousand tracks of recorded jazz music, with notes. Faculty can call Ref. desk 545-0150 for playlist password.
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North American Women's Letters and Diaries
Primary source material for life as it was lived by 1,000 women in North America, 1675-1950.
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
United Kingdom's national biographical dictionary, containing 50,000 biographies from earliest times to the present.
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Project Muse
Scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences published by university presses; searchable by journal issue, author, and keyword, 1996-present.
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ProQuest Congressional
Hearings, bills, laws and legislative histories, committee prints, Congressional Research Service reports, Congressional Record and predecessors, and the Serial Set.
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Proquest Statistical Insight
References to statistical reports from federal, state and local governments, private organizations, and intergovernmental agencies, 1973-present.
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Readers' Guide Abstracts
Citations and abstracts for articles from popular periodicals from the U.S. and Canada, 1890-present.
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
A repository for the research and scholarly output of members of the UMass Amherst community. Call Marilyn Billings at 545-6891 for information.
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SimplyMap
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A tool for creating maps illustrating hundreds of social, economic and climatic variables.
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Social Explorer
Maps illustrating Census data from 1790 to 2010, with recent community,religion, and carbon emissions data.
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Social Sciences Citation Index
Works poorly with Safari.
Provides indexing and citation tracking for journals in all the social sciences, 1956-present.
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Springfield Republican
Springfield's paper of record, 1988-present.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States
Authoritative statistics from several U.S. agencies on society, trade, the government, and much more. Current.
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United Nations Treaty Collection
Contains the texts of over 50,000 bilateral and multilateral treaties and agreement, in their original languages and French and English, 1920’s-present.
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Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000
Primary and secondary sources on women's involvement in historical events. Includes books, pamphlets, papers, and articles.
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Women and Social Movements International
Activists' letters and diaries, conference proceedings, and other primary and secondary sources 1840-present.
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| Exports to RefWorks must be done manually (save and upload) from off-campus locations. Vendor is working on the problem. |
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African American Newspapers
Seven nineteenth-century African American newspapers in full text, including advertising, 1827-1902.
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American Factfinder
Data from the 2010 US Decennial Census of Population and Housing, and more recent Annual Economic Surveys and Community Surveys.
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American Memory
Large collection of reproductions of primary source material from U.S. Library of Congress: pictures, pamphlets and recordings. Earliest dates from 1400s.
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Ancestry Library
On-campus use only.
Census forms and other genealogical tools.
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Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection
Literary and art publications, with images, of the US Hispanic community from earliest times to the 1990's.
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Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Vendor does not support Safari 3.
Provides a search by cited reference, topic, author, and more for articles in almost all important English-language arts and humanities journals, 1975-present.
More About Use
Bibliography of Native North Americans
Covers books, essays, journal articles, and government documents on native North American history and culture from pre-history to the present, 1800-present.
More About Use
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Provides references to names in hundreds of biographical dictionaries dating from the mid-20th century to present.
More About Use
Biography in Context
Brief biographies from Who's Who and other sources. Current.
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Black Abolitionist Papers
| Exports to RefWorks must be done manually (save and upload) from off-campus locations. Vendor is working on the problem. |
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Black Studies Center
| Exports to RefWorks must be done manually (save and upload) from off-campus locations. Vendor is working on the problem. |
More About Use
Black Thought and Culture
Collection of monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews written by leaders within the African American community from 1700s to 1975.
More About Use
Book Review Digest
Citations, abstracts and excerpts of reviews of English-language books, as published in periodicals, 1905-present.
More About Use
Boston Globe
| Emailed results have confusing errors in formatting; double check titles. RefWorks exports not working off campus. Vendor is working on the prob |
Massachusetts' newspaper of record, 1980-present.
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Columbia International Affairs Online: CIAO
Full-text working and position papers, books, and journals, from international affairs research institutes, 1991-present.
| Also known as: | CIAO |
CQ Weekly
A publication detailing and analyzing the activities of the U.S. Congress. This searchable version dates back to 1983.
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Digital National Security Archive
| Database trial ends 05/15/12. Please send comments to Barbara Morgan, 413-545-6850. |
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Digital Sanborn Maps
Very detailed maps of New England towns and cities as they were in the 19th and early 20th centuries. There are several versions over time of most maps, 1867-1970.
| Also known as: | Sanborn Maps |
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Every significant book or pamphlet printed in the UK, and English-language titles printed in America, between 1701 and 1800.
| Also known as: | ECCO |
Encyclopedia of United States Indian Policy and Law
Covers history, politics and sociology of U.S./Native American relations
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European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750
Comprehensive bibliography of books, pamphlets and other records written in European countries on the Americas. A companion to Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana.
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Films On Demand
3,800 educational videos and historical newsreels. To create playlists and link to course pages, see FAQ.
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Five Colleges Archives and Manuscript Collections
Finding aids for archives and manuscripts at Amherst, Hampshire, Smith, and Mt. Holyoke Colleges, and University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Guide to U.S. Elections, 6th Edition
Historical coverage of federal and gubernatorial elections in the United States.
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Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)
Articles from scholarly journals on Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, the US -Mexico border area, and US Hispanics, 1970-present.
| Also known as: | HAPI (Hispanic American Periodical Index) |
Historic Northampton
Best resource for local history. Online Research section includes images of Hampshire Gazette 1786-96, and of historic maps, portraits, clothing, and houses.
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Historical Abstracts
Citations and abstracts for journal articles, books and dissertations on world history from 1450 to present, 1954-present.
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Historical Boston Globe
| Emailed results have confusing errors in formatting; double check titles. RefWorks exports not working off campus. Vendor is working on the prob |
| Also known as: | Boston Globe (1872-1979) |
Historical Chicago Defender
| Emailed results have confusing errors in formatting; double check titles. RefWorks exports not working off campus. Vendor is working on the prob |
| Also known as: | Chicago Defender |
Historical Statistics of the United States
Statistics gathered by the Census Bureau, with scholarly editing and essays, from colonial times to near present.
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Humanities International Complete
Journal articles in archaeology, classics, cultural studies, arts, philosophy, history, linguistics, and literature, plus literary magazines, 1975-present.
More About Use
International Political Science Abstracts
Citations to articles from international political science periodicals, 1951-present.
| Also known as: | IPSA |
JSTOR
Core scholarly journals from a range of disciplines, dating from the earliest issue of each journal to a few years before present.
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Left Index
Citations to articles in leftist periodicals, on labor, ecology & environment, race, social & cultural theory, 1982-present.
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LexisNexis Academic
IE 9 is not a supported browser.
Massive database of US and international newspapers; case and statutory law and law reviews; business periodicals, 1980-present.
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Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries
| Database trial ends 04/08/12. Please send comments to Beth Lang, 413-545-6890. |
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Monthly Catalogue of US Government Publication
| Exports to RefWorks must be done manually (save and upload) from off-campus locations. Vendor is working on the problem. |
More About Use
Naxos Music Library Jazz
Around five thousand tracks of recorded jazz music, with notes. Faculty can call Ref. desk 545-0150 for playlist password.
More About Use
North American Women's Letters and Diaries
Primary source material for life as it was lived by 1,000 women in North America, 1675-1950.
More About Use
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
United Kingdom's national biographical dictionary, containing 50,000 biographies from earliest times to the present.
More About Use
Project Muse
Scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences published by university presses; searchable by journal issue, author, and keyword, 1996-present.
More About Use
ProQuest Congressional
Hearings, bills, laws and legislative histories, committee prints, Congressional Research Service reports, Congressional Record and predecessors, and the Serial Set.
| Also known as: | LexisNexis Congressional |
Proquest Statistical Insight
References to statistical reports from federal, state and local governments, private organizations, and intergovernmental agencies, 1973-present.
| Also known as: | LexisNexis Statistical Insight |
Readers' Guide Abstracts
Citations and abstracts for articles from popular periodicals from the U.S. and Canada, 1890-present.
More About Use
ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
A repository for the research and scholarly output of members of the UMass Amherst community. Call Marilyn Billings at 545-6891 for information.
More About Use
SimplyMap
Create a personal account to use the database.
A tool for creating maps illustrating hundreds of social, economic and climatic variables.
More About Use
Social Explorer
Maps illustrating Census data from 1790 to 2010, with recent community,religion, and carbon emissions data.
More About Use
Social Sciences Citation Index
Works poorly with Safari.
Provides indexing and citation tracking for journals in all the social sciences, 1956-present.
More About Use
Springfield Republican
Springfield's paper of record, 1988-present.
| Also known as: | Republican, The |
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Authoritative statistics from several U.S. agencies on society, trade, the government, and much more. Current.
More About Use
United Nations Treaty Collection
Contains the texts of over 50,000 bilateral and multilateral treaties and agreement, in their original languages and French and English, 1920’s-present.
More About Use
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000
Primary and secondary sources on women's involvement in historical events. Includes books, pamphlets, papers, and articles.
More About Use
Women and Social Movements International
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