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.
Biography Resource Center: Biographies on individuals worldwide throughout history and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Historical Abstracts: Focuses on the history of the world (excluding U.S. and Canada).
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.
AP Photo Archive: Provides photographs from the Associated Press dating back to the 19th century.
CIAO Columbia International Affairs Online: Current resources on international affairs.
JSTOR: Articles on the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
New York times (online): The newspaper from its first issue in 1851 to 3 years ago
PAIS International (public affairs): Focuses on literature concerned with public policy.
SocINDEX with Full Text: Includes anthropology, sociology, gerontology, minorities, etc.

Gale Virtual Reference Library: Provides a combined search of a number of dictionaries and encyclopedias in various subject areas.
netLibrary: Provides the full-text of over 15,000 current and classic books in a variety of subject areas.