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.

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books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books ,full text for more than 150 history periodicals and nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 77,000 biographies , more than 37,400 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.

AlabamaMosaic is a repository of digital materials on Alabama's history, culture, places, and people.

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

Events covered include: Second Great Awakening, Oregon Trails comes into use, Indian Removal Act, Nat Turner’s revolt, The Liberator begins publication, Black Hawk War, Department of Indian Affairs established, revolver invented, Panic of 1837, Amistad case.

Events covered include: Monroe reelected, Missouri becomes state, Florida becomes a territory, Monroe Doctrine proclaimed, James Quincy Adams elected, Erie Canal completed, Andrew Jackson elected.

This database includes all data from Humanities International Index (more than 2,300 journals and more than 2.9 million records) plus unique full-text content, much of which is not found in other databases.

Research in Context combines the best of Gale's reference content with videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more. Core subjects include literature, science, social studies, and history.

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.