Most Useful Databases
Academic
Search Complete
A multi-disciplinary database of
journals, magazines, book chapters, and government reports.
(Some full-text).
CountryWatch
Reports on 192 countries with facts
about political, economic, and social conditions, plus maps
and statistics. (Full-text).
Gale
Virtual Reference Library
Basic information from specialized
encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks. (Full-text).
Handbook
of Texas Online
An encyclopedia of Texas history,
geography, and culture. (Full-text).
JSTOR
Scholarly journals from many fields.
Archives go back to 1831, but recent issues (past 3-5 years)
are not included. (Full-text).
Purchase made possible by a generous
donation from the Rockwell Foundation.
OmniFile
A multi-disciplinary index of
journal and magazine articles from 1982 to present. (Some full-text).
Web
of Science
An index of high impact research
journals in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences. (Citations
only).
Other Databases
ACLS
Humanities E-Book
Electronic
books in history and the arts. All books are chosen by scholars.
(Full-text).
America:
History and Life
An index of journals, book chapters,
and dissertations in United States and Canadian history. (Citations
only).
American
FactFinder
U.S. Census Burea data on people,
housing, and the economy for the nation, cities, counties, or
ZIP codes. (Full-text).
American
Memory
Books, primary documents, photographs,
movies, and sound recordings from the Library of Congress. (Full-text).
ArticleFirst
An index of journals and magazines
in every field of study. (Citations only).
CIA
World Factbook
Information about the geography,
people, government, economy, and military of each nation. (Full-text).
Department
of State Background Notes
Facts about the land, people,
history, government, politics, and economy of each nation. (Full-text).
ebrary
A collection of electronic books
with full-text searching, bookmarks, and personal notes. (Full-text).
Free software is required: download
ebrary Reader™
Encyclopedia
Britannica Online
The complete encyclopedia, plus
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, an atlas, and timelines.
(Full-text).
Google
Scholar
An Internet search engine for scholarly
journals, books, preprints, and theses with links to UHD-purchased
content.
HeritageQuest
A genealogy database with U.S.
census records, local and family histories, and Revolutionary
War land records. (Full-text).
Historical
Abstracts
An index of journals, books, conference
papers, and dissertations in world history from 1450 to present.
(Some full-text).
History
Study Center
History journals, documents, encyclopedias,
and maps for K-12 students. (Full-text).
Index
to Texas Magazines and Documents
An index of magazines and documents
on Texas business, education, history, and government. (Citations
only).
Latin
American Newsstand
Spanish- and Portuguese-language
newspapers from 11 Latin American countries. (Full-text).
Library
of Congress Country Studies
Reports
on the society, economy, government, and security of each country.
(Full-text).
netLibrary
Electronic books from academic,
professional, and popular publishers. (Full-text).
New
York Times
An archive of the newspaper from
1980 to present. (Full-text).
New
York Times Historical
A cover-to-cover archive of the
newspaper from 1851 to 2003. (Full-text).
Project
Muse
Electronic journals in the humanities
and the social sciences. (Full-text).
Readers'
Guide Retrospective
An index of news and general-interest
magazines from 1890 to 1982. (Citations only).
SocINDEX
An index of journals, books, and
conference papers in sociology, social work, and criminology.
(Some full-text).
Statistical
Abstract of the United States
Social, political, and economic
statistics of the United States from 1878 to present. (Full-text).
Texas
Sanborn Maps
Fire insurance maps for Texas
cities from 1867 to 1970. Maps show the shape, size, function,
and owners of each building, as well as the dimensions and purpose
of individual rooms. (Full-text).
WorldCat
A catalog of books, dissertations,
sound recordings, and videos in libraries around the world.
(Citations only).
World
Development Indicators
Data on economic, environmental,
and social indicators for individual countries from 1960 to
present. (Full-text).
World
History Collection
Journals on the history of Africa,
Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. (Full-text).
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