History 

Emory & Henry Resources

Academic Search Complete & General OneFile
Scholarly journal articles and popular magazines covering a wide range of topics

ACLS Humanities Ebook Collection
An online collection of over 1000 books of high quality in the field of history

American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
This 100,000-page collection contains detailed, firsthand descriptions of historical characters and events, glimpses of daily life in the army, anecdotes about key events and personages, accounts of sufferings at home, a rich battles database, and others. (from Alexander Street Press website)

America: History and Life
Covers periodical literature and some books dealing with America and Canada from prehistory to the present.

America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1900 (Series 1 & Series 2)
Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876; Contains hundreds of historic newspapers listed in Clarence Brigham's authoritative bibliography and in additional subsequent bibliographies.

Biography in Context
This database contains nearly 414,000 biographies on more than 320,000 people as well as full-text articles from more than 265 magazines specifically chosen for their renowned biographical content in a broad range of subject areas.

The Civil War: Antebellum to Reconstruction, 1843-1877
Primary sources (newspapers, government documents, broadsides and ephemera) from 1843-1877 America.

Credo Reference
Online reference collection that includes history related work

Early American Imprints
The definitive resource for information about every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America, from agriculture and auctions through foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, witchcraft, and just about any other topic imaginable. Upon completion, Evans Digital will consist of more than 36,000 works and 2,400,000 images.

Early Encounters in North America
Documents the relationships among peoples in North America from 1534 to 1850 focusing on personal accounts, and provides unique perspectives from traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native peoples, and officials, both men and women. It also includes nearly 1,000 prints, drawings, paintings, maps, bibliographies, letters, photographs, and original facsimile pages.

Harpweek
"Harpweek enables you to directly experience the richnesss and historical significance of Harper's Weekly, America's leading 19th century illustrated newspaper." (Harpweek's website)

Historical Abstracts
Covers periodical literature and some books dealing with world history, excluding the U.S. and Canada, since 1450

JSTOR
Online journal collection that includes backfiles of history journals

North American Women's Letters and Diaries
Contains 1,500 American and Canadian women's diaries and correspondence. Spanning more than 300 years, the 150,000 pages of material provide a detailed record of what women wore, what they ate, what they read, the conditions under which they worked, and how they amused themselves.

Oxford Reference Online: History
Online rference collection that includes history related works

Project Muse
Searchable database of journal articles that includes some history related journals.

Salem History
The online version of the Salem Press Decades series, Encyclopedia of American Immigration, Historical Encyclopedia of American Business, Milestone Documents in African American History, Notorious Lives, and Survey of American Industry and Careers.

World History in Context
Includes reference works, periodicals, primary source materials, news, and maps/multimedia

 

Course Guides

History 151
Latin America

History 205
Historical Methods

History 220
Economic History (U.S)

History 307
Civil War and Reconstruction

History 308
Race Relations in the South

History / Political Science 350
Race and Law in United States Politics and History

History 515
Historiography and Methods

 

Emory & Henry Print Reference Resources

9/11 Encyclopedia, REF/HV/6432.7/.A85/2008
Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History, REF/D/23/.B45/2005/vols.1-5
Class in America: An Encyclopedia, REF/HN90/.S6/C564
Encyclopedia of American Immigration, REF/JV/6465/.E53/2010/vols. 1-3
Encyclopedia of American Indian History, REF/E/77/.E48/2008
Encyclopedia of American Jewish History, REF/E/184.35/.E53
Encyclopedia of Disability History, REF/HV/1553/.E523/2009/vols. 1-3
Encyclopedia of the Great Black Migration, REF/E/185.6/.E54/2006/vols. 1-3
Encyclopedia of Race & Racism, REF/E/184/.A1/.E584/2008
Encyclopedia of Southern History, REF/F/207.7/E/52
Encyclopedia of Urban History, REF/HT/123/.E49/2007
Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire, REF/DR/486/.A375/2009
Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore, REF/GR/111/.A47/G74/2006/vols. 1-3
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life, REF/GT/31/.G74/2004/vols.1-6
Great Events from History: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Events 1848-2006, REF/HQ/73/.G74/2007
Historical Atlas of West Virginia, REF/G/1296/.S1/R53/2008
Historical Dictionary of the Old South, REF/F/213/.R53/2006
Oxford Companion to Canadian History, REF/F/1026/.O93/2004
Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, REF/HC/15/.O94/2003/vols.1-5
Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World, REF/D/205/.O94/2003
Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History, REF/HQ/1121/.O93/2008
Oxford international Encyclopedia of Legal History, REF/K/50/.O96/2009
Milestone Documents in African American History, REF/E/184.6/.M55/2010/vols. 1-4
Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People, and Culture, 1871-1990, REF/DD/14/.M64/1998 vols. 1-2
Nations and Nationalism: A Global Historical Overview, REF/D/299/N37/2008
New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Religion, REF/ F/209/.N47/2006/.v.1
New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Geography, REF/ F/209/.N47/2006/.v.2
New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: History, REF/ F/209/.N47/2006/.v.3
New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Myth, Manners, and Memory, REF/ F/209/.N47/2006/.v.4
New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Language, REF/ F/209/.N47/2006/.v.5
New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Ethnicity, REF/ F/209/.N47/2006/.v.6
New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Foodways, REF/F/209/.N47/2006/v.7
Notorious Lives, REF/HV/6245/.G687/2007/vols. 1-3
Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History from the Mid-19th Century to the Present Day, REF/JZ/1320/.P35/2009
Palgrave Encyclopedia of World Economic History, REF/HC/15/.B355/2010
Pan-African Chronology: A Comprehensive Reference to the Black Quest for Freedom…, REF/E/185.18/.J46/1996
Political Corruption in America: An Encyclopedia of Scandals, Power, and Greed, REF/JK/2249/.G767/2008/vols. 1-2
Slavery in the United States: A Social, Political and Historical Encyclopedia, REF/E/441/.S635/2007
The Underground Railroad: An Encyclopedia of People, Places and Operations, REF/E/450/.S65/2008/vols 1-2
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945, REF/D/805/.A2/U55/2009
Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1635: A Biographical Dictionary, REF/F/225/.M125/2007
World Heritage Sites: Complete Guide to 890 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, REF/G/140.5/.W677/2020

 

Internet Resources

History- U.S.

AMDOCS: Documents for the Study of American History
American Folklore
American Hypertexts
American Journeys: Eyewitness Accounts of Early American Exploration and Settlement
American Memory: The National Digital Library at the Library of Congress
The American Presidency Project
American Women's History: A Research Guide
Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy
The British Museum
Century of Law Making for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Early Americas Digital Archive
Civil Rights Documentation Project
The Constitution of the United States
Documenting the American South
Encyclopedia Virginia
Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project
The Financial Crisis: A Timeline of Events and Policy Actions
From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents
Historical Census Browser
Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
Library of Congress: African American History Month
Lewis and Clark
Making of America
Military Atlases at the US Military Academy
Mississippi Freedom Summer Project 1964 Digital Collection
Public Papers of the President of the United States
Reforming the Nation's Financial System: A Timeline
The Story of Virginia: An American Experience
Tax History Project
Unknown No Longer: A Database of Virginia Slave Names
U.S. Civil War Center
Using Primary Sources on the Web
Virginia Civil War.org
Virginia Gazette (through History.org)
Virginia Heritage Project: Guides to Manuscript and Archival Collections in Virginia
Virginia Memory (Library of Virginia)
Virtual Jamestown
Voices of the Manhattan Project
World War I Postcards

Wyoming Newspaper Project

History- World

EURO DOCS: Primary Historical Documents from Western Europe
Famous Quotes and Authors
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
The Online Medieval and Classical Library
TEAMS (Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages)
Wess-Web