{"id":1345,"date":"2017-03-01T16:27:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T16:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/hpnl\/?page_id=1345"},"modified":"2026-02-12T12:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:10:51","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/hpnl\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shortcode sh-grid sh-grid-cols-1 md:sh-grid-cols-12 sh-gap-3\">\n<div class=\"shortcode sh-col-span-6 sh-pb-3\">\n<h2>Main Article Databases<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.illinois.edu\/go.php?c=14203298\">Historical Abstracts<\/a>: Journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations on all aspects of world history, excluding North America, from 1450. Includes links to the full text of some articles. Complements &#8216;America: History and Life&#8217;. Indexes publications from 1954-present.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.illinois.edu\/go.php?c=14202981\">America: History and Life<\/a>: &#8220;The main article database for researching American history. Use to journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations on all periods of North American history. Includes some links to full text. Complements &#8216;Historical Abstracts&#8217;. Indexes publications from 1964-present.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.illinois.edu\/go.php?c=14203376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L&#8217;Ann\u00e9e Philologique<\/a>: Covers Greek and Latin linguistics and literature and Greek and Roman archaeology, history, mythology, religion, epigraphy, numismatics and palaeography: all aspects of the ancient Mediterranean world. Indexes publications from 1928-present.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy2.library.illinois.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/apps.brepolis.net\/brebibmb\/search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brepolis Medieval and Early Modern Bibliographies<\/a>: Provides access to articles (over 4,000 journals covered) and books on the Medieval period in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Indexes publications from 1958-present.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"borderbox panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-body\">\n<h2>Guides<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ui-lib-list__no-bullets\" >\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.illinois.edu\/HistorySources\"><span class=\" fa fa-star sh-text-alma_mater\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> History Resources<\/a>: General guide to library resources for historical research.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.illinois.edu\/historicalresearch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\" fa fa-star sh-text-alma_mater\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> Library Research for Undergraduate History Students: An Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.illinois.edu\/gradstudents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\" fa fa-star sh-text-alma_mater\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> Library Guide for History Graduate Students<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/hpnl\/course-guides\/\"><span class=\" fa fa-star sh-text-alma_mater\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> Course Guides<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/hpnl\/guides\/\"><span class=\" fa fa-star sh-text-alma_mater\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> Subject-Specific Research Guides<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.illinois.edu\/medievalandenaissancestudies\"><span class=\" fa fa-star sh-text-alma_mater\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> Medieval and Renaissance Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/hpnl\/tutorials\/\"><span class=\" fa fa-star sh-text-alma_mater\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> Library Tutorials<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/div><div class=\"shortcode sh-col-span-6 sh-pb-3\"><\/p>\n<h2>Main Reference Works<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/proxy\/go.php?url=https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/what-we-publish\/collections\/cambridge-histories\">Cambridge Histories Online<\/a>: Over 300 volumes from the <cite>Cambridge History of&#8230;<\/cite> series. Volumes are full-text searchable. Chapters display as PDF facsimiles of the print originals. Both book level and chapter level citations are easily exportable to Zotero and ten other citation management software tools.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy2.library.illinois.edu\/login?url=http:\/\/www.oxfordbibliographies.com\/\">Oxford Bibliographies Online<\/a>: Annotated bibliographies on a wide range of topics, by leading researchers.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/proxy2.library.illinois.edu\/login?url=https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/pages\/oxford-handbooks\">Oxford Handbooks Online<\/a>: Authoritative overviews of recent research in a wide range of subject areas.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.illinois.edu\/proxy\/go.php?url=http:\/\/www.oxfordreference.com\/\">Oxford Reference<\/a>: Over 150 core reference works from Oxford University Press, mostly dictionaries and encyclopedias.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/guides.library.illinois.edu\/reference\">Guide to Online Reference Works<\/a>: Detailed to guide to online reference works for historical research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What&#8217;s New?<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/hpnl\/blog\/ai-in-historical-research\/\">AI in Historical Research<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/hpnl\/blog\/ben-fletcher-leader-in-the-iww\/\">Ben Fletcher: Leader in the IWW<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/hpnl\/blog\/a-foucaldian-february\/\">A Foucaldian February<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/hpnl\/blog\/reading-the-womens-pages\/\">Reading the Women&#8217;s Pages<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/hpnl\/blog\/over-200-illinois-newspapers-digitized\/\">Over 200 Illinois Newspapers Digitized<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/hpnl\/blog\/colonial-caribbean-module-ii\/\">Colonial Caribbean New Module: Colonial Government and Abolition, 1833-1849<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/hpnl\/blog\/digital-collections-fall-2022\/\">New Digital Collections for Fall, 2022<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/hpnl\/blog\/proquest-trial-concluding\/\">Trial Access to ProQuest\u2019s Electronic Resources Concluding August 2022<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/hpnl\/blog\/5-new-digital-collections\/\">6 New Digital Collections<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/hpnl\/blog\/fall-2021-digital-collections\/\">New Digital Collections for Fall 2021<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main Article Databases Historical Abstracts: Journal articles, book reviews, and dissertations on all aspects of world history, excluding North America, from 1450. 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