Databases: History

America: History and Life is the definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Indexing hundreds of journals, it is an invaluable bibliographic database for history students.

Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

The Encyclopedia of Alabama is a free, online reference resource on Alabama’s history, culture, geography, and natural environment.

European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 is a database based on the authoritative bibliography "European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750." The database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.

Historical Abstracts™ is an exceptional resource that covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) focusing on the 15th century forward, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more.

The database features full text for more than 1,990 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books ,full text for more than 150 history periodicals and nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 77,000 biographies , more than 37,400 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.

Open textbooks are textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality. These books can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization.