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History Research Guide

Renaissance Studies Research Guide

Medieval Studies Research Guide

Star Best Bet Databases in History

Academic Search Premier Star

A good starting point: articles from key journals in many scholarly disciplines, with some trade journals and magazines, 1975-present.
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Historical Abstracts Star

Citations and abstracts for journal articles, books and dissertations on world history from 1450 to present, 1954-present.
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America: History and Life Star

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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Additional Databases in History

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Washington Post

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AllAfrica.com
News stories from a full range of local newspapers from all over the African continent, 1997-present.
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Ancestry Library
On-campus use only.
Census forms and other genealogical tools.
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Annee Philologique
Citations to journal articles and books in the field of Classics. Search for ancient authors using the Latin form of the name. 1949-present.
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Black Studies in Video

Database trial ends 04/14/13. Please send comments to Isabel Espinal,413-545-6812.

Black Studies in Video is a collection featuring award-winning documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage surveying the evolution of black culture in the United States.
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British Records on the Atlantic World, 1700-1900

Database trials end 03/31/13. Please send comments to Jim Kelly, 413-545-3981.

This series brings together a wealth of collections spanning two centuries of Britain's colonisation, commercial, missionary and even literary relations with Africa and the Americas.
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CQ Almanac
Activities of the US Congress and policy implications thereof, by date or topic, 1945-present.
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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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ECCO

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Encyclopaedia of Islam
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Europa World Year Book
A very useful encyclopedia and directory of the world's countries. Substantive coverage of government, demographics, history, and much more. Current.
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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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Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes Through World History
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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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Hartford Courant Historical Newspaper (1764-1987)

Database trial ends 04/24/13. Please send comments to Jim Kelly, 413-545-3981.

This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
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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 Washington Post
Paper of record of the nation's capital, 1877-1995.

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Washington Post

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History Vault

Database trial ends 05/15/13. Please send comments to Peter Stern, 413-545-3967.

This collection includes primary source materials from its University Publications of America (UPA) Collection.
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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 Medieval Bibliography
Citations to journal articles, books and book chapters in all European languages, on medieval studies. Citations 1967-present on the historical period 400-1500.
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International Political Science Abstracts
Citations to articles from international political science periodicals, 1951-present.

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IPSA

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ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
A bibliography of scholarly publications on the Middle Ages and Renaissance; the ITER Italia manuscript catalog; and three journals. Covers the period 400-1700; citations date back to 1784.
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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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Latin American Newspapers
Thirty five searchable newspapers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and elsewhere, 1805-1922.
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LexisNexis Academic
Massive database of US and international newspapers; case and statutory law and law reviews; business periodicals, 1980-present.
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Library of Latin Texts
Digital version of the majority of extant Latin texts, searchable by author, word(s) in text, period, and more. Before 200 B.C.E.–1965.
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online
A growing collection of primary sources and literature, mainly British so far.
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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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Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
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ProQuest Historic Newspapers
Combined search of historic Afro-American and ethnic and alternative newspapers, and historic Boston Globe, New York Times, and Washington Post.
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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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LexisNexis Statistical Insight

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Quarterly Index of African Periodical Literature
Indexes over 300 mostly scholarly periodicals from 29 African countries, 1991-present.
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Sage Journals
More than 645 journals in business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology and medicine, 1999-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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Shoah Foundation Institute's Visual History Archive
On-campus use only.
Fifty thousand video testimonies in 32 languages, from 56 countries, on the Holocaust.

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Visual History Archive

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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
A comprehensive online encyclopedia of philosophy by leading scholars. Current.
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The Latino-Hispanic American Experience

Database trial ends 07/09/13. Please send comments to Peter Stern, 413-545-3967.

The Latino-Hispanic American Experience: Leaders, Writers, and Thinkers presents thematic content focusing on the evolution of Hispanic civil rights, religious thought, and the growing presence of women writers from the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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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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