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Early Modern History (1450-1700)


Background Information | Journal Articles | Books & Videos


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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