Databases

 

American Government
​A collection of reference materials, videos and essays providing a multifaceted examination of the foundations of our government and political system that supports any curriculum or research project focused on the government of the United States.

    

 

American History
​From the explorers of the Americas to the issues of today’s headlines, American History investigates the people, events, and stories of our nation’s evolution with reference materials, videos and essays.
    

 

 

World at War
​An online resource that presents comprehensive information and unique insights into the military conflicts that have defined our world's identity from its beginning to today.
    

 

 

World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras
​A collection of reference materials, videos and essays covering early human history around the globe—from prehistoric times to the beginnings of the Renaissance.
    

 

US History in Context
offers information on themes, events, individuals, and periods of U.S. History from Colonial times to the present in full text articles from 110 journals and 30 reference books.
    

 

World History in Context
From Ancient Europe to Latin America, this database gives full text articles from 27 references and 110 journals, primary sources, images, maps, and charts.
    

 

Global Issues in Context
Understand today’s world issues from a global perspective. A panel of global experts explain the historical and contemporary conditions necessary to understand global issues, conflicts and events. 

 

Culture Grams
An online cultural reference of the world's countries and peoples, with information on a country's geography, people, customs, government, economy, and more. Additional information includes photos/videos, flags, maps, recipes, interviews and data graphs.
    

World War I Primary Sources
The National Archives of the UK has an extensive collection of letters, diaries, maps, photos, and government records from the First World War.  Browse their Cabinet Papers for free downloadable items; Note: some items require a fee to download.

    

Civil War in the American South Primary Sources
​The Digital Library of Georgia provides this "central portal to access digital collections from the Civil War Era (1850-1865) held by members of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)." This site currently links to more than 10,000 items from 30 libraries and includes manuscripts, photographs, books, newspapers, broadsides, and other materials.

 

 

The Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History
Explore ​American primary source documents from 1620 - the present.
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NYPL Digital Collections
​Contains over 670,000 digitized items, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, and more.