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20th Century History

Background Information | Journal Articles | Books & Videos

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Audio | Congress | Government Information | Images | Letters & Diaries
Magazine Articles | Newspapers | Primary Sources | Reports | Statistics

Background Information

	American Decades (Gale) Online reference book chronicles American events, people, and places for each decade [more info] Campus/Remote
	Armed Conflict Database Full-text and statistics for international and internal conflicts... [more info] Internet
	Blackwell Reference Online - History (Blackwell) A collection of full-text reference books in history. [more info] Campus/Remote
	Cambridge Histories Online (Cambridge University Press) Cambridge Histories Online provides political, economic and social history, philosophy and literature... [more info] Campus/Remote
	CQ Press Electronic Library (CQ Press) Searches CQ Weekly, CQ Researcher, and CQ Historic Documents, all in one... [more info] Campus/Remote
	CQ Press Researcher Plus Archive (CQ Press) Full text reports on current and controversial issues in U.S. politics, health care, education, economics... [more info] Campus/Remote
	CQ Weekly (CQ Press) In-depth reports on current issues facing the U.S. Congress, Senate, and House of Representatives. A complete wrap up on the week’s news... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Guide to Reference (ALA) A selective guide of reference sources, organized by academic discipline... [more info] Campus/Remote
	History Resource Center: World (Gale) A comprehensive collection of reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, primary sources, and images, maps and charts... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection (Oxford University Press) Database of full-text scholarly reference books on all subjects... [more info] Campus/Remote

World War II - Print Guide
Vietnam - Print Guide

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Journal Articles

	America: History and Life (EBSCO) An index with abstracts to history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Historical Abstracts (EBSCO) An index with abstracts to more than 2000 periodicals on world history from 1450 to the present ... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (HW Wilson) Indexes articles in the subjects of gerontology, history, international relations, journalism, law, linguistics... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Index Islamicus (CSA) Indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews on Islam... [more info] Campus/Remote
	JSTOR Full online text and images for back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics... [more info] Campus/Remote
	WilsonWeb OmniFile (HW Wilson) An index with abstracts and some full text covering all subjects, including humanities and social sciences... [more info] Campus/Remote

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Books & Videos

	America: History and Life (EBSCO) An index with abstracts to history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present... [more info] Campus/Remote
	American Decades (Gale) Online reference book chronicles American events, people, and places for each decade [more info] Campus/Remote
	Historical Abstracts (EBSCO) An index with abstracts to more than 2000 periodicals on world history from 1450 to the present ... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Index Islamicus (CSA) Indexes journal articles, conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews on Islam... [more info] Campus/Remote
	WorldCat (OCLC) Catalog of over 62 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide ... [more info] Campus/Remote

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Audio (Music, Spoken word , etc.)

	African American Song (Alexander Street Press) African American Song has merged with American Song. Please begin accessing this information through American Song or Music Online. This access point will expire. 16,000 tracks of historical blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, and narrative recordings from the first half of the 20th century. [more info] Campus/Remote
	American Memory (Library of Congress) Digitized collections of primary source materials at the Library of Congress on American history and culture... [more info] Internet
	American Song (Alexander Street Press) American Song is a history database with music from America's past... [more info] Internet

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Congressional & Legislative Information

	Congressional Masterfile 1 (CIS) Note that JMU has access to the full text of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set Digital Edition, which will eventually cover 1789 to 1980. See the listing for that Research Database for more information. [more info] Reference Desk
	CQ Press Electronic Library (CQ Press) Searches CQ Weekly, CQ Researcher, and CQ Historic Documents, all in one... [more info] Campus/Remote
	CQ Press Researcher Plus Archive (CQ Press) Full text reports on current and controversial issues in U.S. politics, health care, education, economics... [more info] Campus/Remote
	CQ Weekly (CQ Press) In-depth reports on current issues facing the U.S. Congress, Senate, and House of Representatives. A complete wrap up on the week’s news... [more info] Campus/Remote

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Government Information

	Congressional Masterfile 1 (CIS) Note that JMU has access to the full text of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set Digital Edition, which will eventually cover 1789 to 1980. See the listing for that Research Database for more information. [more info] Reference Desk

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Images

	American Memory (Library of Congress) Digitized collections of primary source materials at the Library of Congress on American history and culture... [more info] Internet
	American Periodical Series (ProQuest) Digitized page images from American magazines and journals of all types. Titles range from some of the first... [more info] Campus/Remote
	ARTstor Image database containing images of architecture, painting, sculpture... [more info] Campus/Remote
	LIFE Photo Archive Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. [more info] Internet

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Letters & Diaries

	British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries (Alexander Street Press) Primary source database offering women's diaries and letters... [more info] Campus/Remote
	North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories (Alexander Street Press) Collection of primary sources written by North American immigrants from 1800 to 1950 ... [more info] Campus/Remote
	North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Alexander Street Press) Collection of letters and diaries reflecting on the immediate experiences of 1,017 women ... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online (Alexander Street Press) Experience the past through thousands of private writings and personal narratives... [more info] Campus/Remote

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Magazine Articles

	American Periodical Series (ProQuest) Digitized page images from American magazines and journals of all types. Titles range from some of the first... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (HW Wilson) Indexes the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Time Archive 1923 to present Time magazine backfiles 1923 to present. [more info]

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Newspapers

	Access World News (Readex) Provides full-text for over 600 U.S. and over 700 international news sources. [more info] Campus/Remote
	America's Historical Newspapers: 1690-1922 (Readex) Cover-to-cover digital facsimiles of 1,000 historic newspapers from every state... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (Library of Congress) Collection of digitized American newspapers from 1900 to 1910, as well as a directory of non-digitized newspapers from 1690 to the present.  [more info] Internet
	Ethnic NewsWatch (ProQuest) Full text and indexing for ethnic, minority, and international newspapers and magazines... [more info] Campus/Remote
	LexisNexis Academic This resource's interface will be updated in late December. To view the changes, please click here. Contains several full-text databases: current news, laws and legislation, business and company information and more... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Nation Digital Archive (Nation Publishing Company) Index with full-text of the Nation... [more info] Campus/Remote
	New York Times: Historical (ProQuest) Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue to about 3 years ago... [more info] Campus/Remote
	U.S. Newspaper Program The United States Newspaper Program is a cooperative national effort . . . [more info] Internet
	Washington Post: Historical (ProQuest) Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue to about 15 years ago... [more info] Campus/Remote

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Primary Sources

	African American Song (Alexander Street Press) African American Song has merged with American Song. Please begin accessing this information through American Song or Music Online. This access point will expire. 16,000 tracks of historical blues, gospel, ragtime, folk songs, and narrative recordings from the first half of the 20th century. [more info] Campus/Remote
	American Memory (Library of Congress) Digitized collections of primary source materials at the Library of Congress on American history and culture... [more info] Internet
	American Periodical Series (ProQuest) Digitized page images from American magazines and journals of all types. Titles range from some of the first... [more info] Campus/Remote
	American Social History Online A web tool for finding and using digital content from over 175 American Social History research collections.  A project of the Digital Library Federation. [more info]
	American Song (Alexander Street Press) American Song is a history database with music from America's past... [more info] Internet
	ARTFL: American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language Provides the complete text of nearly 2,000 French works including classic works of French literature, non-fiction prose, and technical writing. [more info]
	Black Thought and Culture (Alexander Street Press) Collection of non-fiction published works of leading African Americans... [more info] Campus/Remote
	British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries (Alexander Street Press) Primary source database offering women's diaries and letters... [more info] Campus/Remote
	CQ Press Electronic Library (CQ Press) Searches CQ Weekly, CQ Researcher, and CQ Historic Documents, all in one... [more info] Campus/Remote
	CQ Press Historic Documents Online Library (CQ Press) A full-text database of primary source documents. Each volume contains approximately one hundred documents highlighting the year's most important events and issues... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Digital National Security Archive (Chadwyck-Healey) This database is the most comprehensive collection available of significant primary documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945 ... [more info] Campus/Remote
	North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories (Alexander Street Press) Collection of primary sources written by North American immigrants from 1800 to 1950 ... [more info] Campus/Remote
	North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Alexander Street Press) Collection of letters and diaries reflecting on the immediate experiences of 1,017 women ... [more info] Campus/Remote
	OAIster Database OAIster contains thousands of multidisciplinary resources from more than 1,000 contributors worldwide... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Oral History Online (Alexander Street Press) This full-text material includes Ellis Island oral history narratives and rare Black Panther Party interviews... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (HW Wilson) Indexes the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Time Archive 1923 to present Time magazine backfiles 1923 to present. [more info]
	Vanderbilt Television News Archive Streaming video of news from CBS (1968 to date) and CNN (1995 to date) plus indexing of television network news from all the major networks, 1968 to date. [more info] Campus/Remote

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Reports & Proceedings

	Armed Conflict Database Full-text and statistics for international and internal conflicts... [more info] Internet
	Congressional Masterfile 1 (CIS) Note that JMU has access to the full text of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set Digital Edition, which will eventually cover 1789 to 1980. See the listing for that Research Database for more information. [more info] Reference Desk
	CQ Press Electronic Library (CQ Press) Searches CQ Weekly, CQ Researcher, and CQ Historic Documents, all in one... [more info] Campus/Remote
	CQ Press Researcher Plus Archive (CQ Press) Full text reports on current and controversial issues in U.S. politics, health care, education, economics... [more info] Campus/Remote
	CQ Weekly (CQ Press) In-depth reports on current issues facing the U.S. Congress, Senate, and House of Representatives. A complete wrap up on the week’s news... [more info] Campus/Remote

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Statistics & Datasets

	Armed Conflict Database Full-text and statistics for international and internal conflicts... [more info] Internet
	County and City Data Book (University of Virginia. Geospatial & Statistical Data Center) Statistical database offering demographic, economic, and government information... [more info] Internet
	Historical Census Browser (University of Virginia. Geospatial & Statistical Data Center) Detailed U.S. census information by state and county from 1790-1960. [more info] Internet
	Historical Statistics of the United States (Cambridge University Press) Historical Statistics of the United States from 1790 to 2000. [more info] Campus/Remote

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This page last reviewed by P. Hardesty on 08/06/2008