History/Biography databases

Core databases for History

America: History & Life: Focuses on the history of the United States and Canada from early times to present day. (more info...)
Biography Resource Center: Biographies on individuals worldwide throughout history and across all disciplines and subject areas. (more info...)
Historical Abstracts: Focuses on the history of the world (excluding U.S. and Canada). (more info...)
Combined search of America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts: Search both databases at once for comprehensive coverage of articles and materials on all areas of history.

Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost): Includes articles on history, political science, the humanities, general sciences, and social sciences. (more info...)
AP Photo Archive: Provides photographs from the Associated Press dating back to the 19th century. (more info...)
ArchiveGrid: Search for historical papers and collections worldwide. (more info...)
CIAO Columbia International Affairs Online: Current resources on international affairs. (more info...)
JSTOR: Articles on the arts, humanities, and social sciences. (more info...)
New York times (online): The newspaper from its first issue in 1851 to 3 years ago (more info...)
OAIster: A catalog of text, audio, image, and movie digital resources from sources worldwide. (more info...)
PAIS International (public affairs): Focuses on literature concerned with public policy. (more info...)
SocINDEX with Full Text: Includes anthropology, sociology, gerontology, minorities, etc. (more info...)

Gale Virtual Reference Library: Provides a combined search of a number of dictionaries and encyclopedias in various subject areas. (more info...)
netLibrary: Contains most of Webster's full-text electronic book collection. (more info...)