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Early Modern History (1450-1700)

Background Information | Journal Articles | Books & Videos

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Images | Letters & Diaries |

Newspapers | Primary Sources

Background Information

	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
	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

Age of Exploration - 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
	Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 (Readex) (Readex) A collection of full-text digital books. Digital version of the Early American Imprints ... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Early English Books Online (Chadwyck-Healey) Early English Books Online™, 1475-1700 (EEBO) provides digital access to more than 100,000 literary and historical classics.... [more info]
	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
	Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 (Gale) Full text of every book about the Americas published anywhere between 1500 and 1926... [more info] Campus/Remote
	WorldCat (OCLC) Catalog of over 62 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide ... [more info] Campus/Remote

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Images

	ARTstor Image database containing images of architecture, painting, sculpture... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures and the Environment (The University of Chicago) Primary source collection of personal accounts of traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native... [more info] Campus/Remote

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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
	Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures and the Environment (The University of Chicago) Primary source collection of personal accounts of traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native... [more info] Campus/Remote

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Newspapers

	Archive of Americana (Readex) A cluster of collections reflecting the history of the United States through its congressional publications... [more info] Campus/Remote

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Primary Sources

	Archive of Americana (Readex) A cluster of collections reflecting the history of the United States through its congressional publications... [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
	Earls Colne, Essex - Records of an English Village, 1375-1854 Primary documents (church, state, estate, and personal) from one village in England over the course of four centuries. [more info]
	Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 (Readex) (Readex) A collection of full-text digital books. Digital version of the Early American Imprints ... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures and the Environment (The University of Chicago) Primary source collection of personal accounts of traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native... [more info] Campus/Remote
	Early English Books Online (Chadwyck-Healey) Early English Books Online™, 1475-1700 (EEBO) provides digital access to more than 100,000 literary and historical classics.... [more info]
	Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 (Gale) Full text of every book about the Americas published anywhere between 1500 and 1926... [more info] Campus/Remote

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