Resource Guides: History: Home

General History Databases

Gale in Context: Middle School This link opens in a new window
A POWER Library E-Resource
eLibrary (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Offers a huge collection of full-text magazines, journals, and newspapers as well as images, maps, videos, and more. Also provides subject guides that gather a variety of types of sources and perspectives on the topics. A great resource to both explore and dive more deeply into research topics. Recommended for any stage of the research process.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is an archive of scholarly writing across academic disciplines. Highly recommended for deeper information gathering in subjects related to the humanities, though STEM-related fields are also represented. Currency varies by journal. You will see this database in college.

BBC Country Profiles
" Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. They also include audio and video clips from BBC archives."

Digital Public Library of America This link opens in a new window
From libraryjournal.com: "a U.S.-based nonprofit organization and a free web discovery platform. DPLA offers a one-stop discovery experience for more than 40 million digital cultural heritage objects—images, text, videos, and audio clips—aggregated from 40-plus libraries, archives, and museums across the United States."

World Digital Library - Library of Congress
"makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world."
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy