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Basic Databases
new! Royal Historical Society Bibliography. From the web site: "The Royal Historical Society bibliography is an authoritative guide to what has been written about British and Irish history from the Roman period to the present day. The Bibliography is hosted by the Institute of Historical Research, which is part of the University of London."
Credo Reference offers access to specialized guides, dictionaries, and encyclopedias.
Omnifile Full Text Mega Edition
from WilsonWeb
Covers core academic journals, all subjects. Indexing dates back to 1983 with full text from 1995 to the present.
For more focused searching, select Humanities Full Text, a component of the Omnifile which includes History, or Reader's Guide Full Text which includes Current Events, Foreign Affairs, History, and Politics.
Academic Search Complete
from EBSCOhost
A multi-disciplinary database that searches a total of 10,900 publications including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. Full text is provided for 5,300 journals.
History Databases
America: History & Life 
Provides citations to articles, dissertations and book reviews in American and Canadian history from prehistory to the present. It covers 2,000 English language historical journals including selected local publications. The history of Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Latin America and countries of the Eastern Hemisphere are covered in its companion database, Historical Abstracts.
Historical Abstracts 
Covers the history of the world from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada. It provides bibliographic citations and article abstracts on all aspects of history from over 2,000 scholarly journals, dissertations and selected books.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers 
Sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities
and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP),
this site allows you to search and read newspaper pages from 1900-1910
and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
History Reference Center
A full text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. The database features full text for more than 2,000 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, as well as full text for more than 120 history periodicals. Further, the database contains 59,640 historical documents; more than 50,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 110,200 historical photos and maps; and more than 80 hours of historical video.
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
An index to literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Citations for journal articles, reviews, review articles, bibliographies, catalogues, abstracts and discographies are included. Also included are citations for monographs, and material published in monographs and collections of essays. No full text.
Biography
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Provides biographical information, including portraits when available, for over 55,000 individuals pertinent to the British Isle's history from earliest times to 2002.
Foreign Relations
Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) U.S. State Department
Official State Department Documents.
FRUS-Digitized FacsimileUniversity of Wisconsin. Foreign Relations of the United States. In Lane Library:
1861-1942 on microfiche
1919-1968 at Ref JX 233
Books
GIL
Books in Lane Library
GIL Express
Books in our University System
WorldCat
from FirstSearch
Books and other materials held by libraries in the United States and beyond.
Indexes to Early Periodicals and Newspapers
See Also:Historic Newspapers for additional coverage.
| Georgia Historical Quarterly Index. 1917-1976 | Ref F 281 .G39 |
| London Times Newspaper. 1785-1922 | microfilm |
| Palmer Index to the Times. | Ref AI 21 .T56 |
| New York Times Newspaper. | microfilm |
| New York Times Index. | Ref AI .N45 |
| Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. 1890-1906 | Ref AI 3 .R286 |
| Poole's Index to Periodical Literature. 1802-1906 | Ref AI 3 .P7 1963 |
Congressional Record
Library owns the Congressional Record on microfilm from the 43rd Congress, 1st session, 1873 (reel 11) through the 88th Congress, 2nd session, October 3rd 1964. (reel 431)
Journals
JSTOR
Journal STORage provides complete issues of journals in many disciplines, from the first volume of the journal to within a few years of the present (if the journal is still being published). JSTOR will search the title, abstract, or full text of journal articles, and you can limit your search to the history journals which are:
- American Historical Review
- American Quarterly
- Annals of the Association of American Geographers
- Comparative Studies in Society and History
- Economic Geography
- Economic History Review
- Eighteenth-Century Studies (plus links to recent content 1995-2003)
- English Historical Review
- Ethnohistory 1954-1999
- French Historical Studies
- Hispanic American Historical Review
- Historical Journal
- Cambridge Historical Journal
- History and Theory
- History of Education Quarterly
- History Teacher
- Intl J of African Historical Studies
- African Historical Studies
- Intl J of Middle East Studies
- Journal of African History
- Journal of American History
- Mississippi Valley Historical Review
- Journal of British Studies
- Journal of Contemporary History
- Journal of Economic History
- Journal of Interdisciplinary History
- Journal of Military History
- Military Affairs
- Journal of the American Military Institute
- Journal of the American Military History Foundation
- Journal of Modern African Studies
- Journal of Modern History
- Journal of Negro History
- Journal of Southern African Studies
- Journal of Southern History
- Journal of the History of Ideas
- Modern China
- New England Quarterly
- Past and Present
- Renaissance Quarterly
- Renaissance News
- Reviews in American History
- Russian Review
- Sixteenth Century Journal
- Sixteenth Century Essays and Studies
- Speculum
- Studies in the Renaissance
- William and Mary Quarterly
Journal Subscriptions
Journals in paper format as well as online journals are listed here, but subscriptions are subject to change. For complete, current listing and online access information, search the Journal Locator.
- Agricultural history
- American antiquity
- American heritage of invention & technology
- American heritage
- American historical review
- American scholar
- Annals of the Association of American Geographers
- APT bulletin
- Archaeology
- Asian survey
- Atlanta history
- Aviso: a monthly dispatch from the AAM
- Beijing review
- Canadian-American Slavic studies
- Catholic historical review
- Central European history
- China quarterly
- Civil War history
- Commentary
- Comparative studies in society and history
- Current history
- Daughters of the American Revolution magazine
- Dispatch
- East Asia
- East central Europe
- Economic history review
- English historical review
- Florida historical quarterly
- Foreign policy
- Forum journal: Natl Trust for Hist Pres
- Geographical review
- Gesta
- Greek, Roman and Byzantine studies
- Hispanic American historical review
- Historian: a journal of history
- Historical archaeology
- Historical research: the bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research
- History
- History and theory
- History news
- History today
- History workshop journal
- Holocaust and genocide studies
- International journal of maritime hisotry
- International relations of the Asia-Pacific
- Journal of African American history
- Journal of African history
- Journal of American folk-lore
- Journal of American history
- Journal of Asian studies
- Journal of Baltic studies
- Journal of common market studies
- Journal of contemporary history
- Journal of economics history
- Journal of interdiscipolinary history
- Journal of medieval and early modern studies
- Joural of medieval history
- Journal of Negro history
- Journal of psychohistory
- Journal of southern history
- Journal of the history of ideas
- Journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
- Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
- Journal of third world studies
- Journal of urban history
- Journal of women's history
- Journal of world history
- Labor history
- Latin American research review
- Mediaeval studies
- Mediaeval archaeology
- Mid-America; an historical review
- New left review
- New perspectvies quarterly
- NWSA journal: a publication of the National Women's Studies Association
- Old-house journal
- Pacific affairs
- Past & present
- Phylon
- Preservation: Natl Trust Hist Pres
- Professional geographer
- Public historian
- Railroad history
- Renaissance and reformation
- Renaissance quarterly
- Reviews in American history
- Russian history
- Russian review
- Signs
- Sixteenth century journal
- Slavic review
- Slavonic and East European review
- Southern cultures
- Speculum
- Studies in popular culture
- Technology & culture
- Traditio
- Twentieth century British history
- U.S. Catholic historian
- Vantage point
- Viator
- Winterthur portfolio
- World affairs
Early Periodicals Collections on Microfilm
American Periodicals-18th Century This is the first part of the American Periodicals Series (APS) and is contained in approximately 35 reels of microfilm. Georgia Southern has extensive holdings of APS II and APS III. The Guide to American Periodicals, 1741-1900 is shelved on top of the microform cabinets. Title Descriptions
Early British Periodicals (EBP) Lane Library owns a major portion of ths colleciton of 18th and 19th century British periodicals on microfilm. A guide to the colleciton and bibkography of titles is shelved on top of the file cabinest in the microforms area. Poole's Index and the Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900 provide some indexing for this collection. Title Descriptions
Library of American Civilization (EBP) Lane Library owns the full Library of American Civilization (LAC) collection which is accessed by an Author Catalog, Title Catalog, and Subject Catalog. The approximately 60 periodicals in this Collection are listed in Lane Library's Journal Locator. To retrieve them, search for (LAC)
Web Sites
- American Historical Association
- American Memory Project Library of Congress
- Best of History Websites compiled by Tom Daccord
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Documenting the American South U. of N. Carolina. Digital texts, images, and audio files
- EuroDocs: Historical Documents from Western Europe Brigham Young University
- Georgia Archives
- Georgia Newspaper Project
- Historical Census Browser University of Virginia
- Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies Georgetown University
- National Archives Catalog
- Perseus Digital Library Tufts Univ. Ancient Greek texts, and more
Selected Books in Lane Library
| GUIDES TO THE LITERATURE | |
| American Historical Association's Guide to Historical Literature | Ref D 20 .A55 1995 |
| Archival information : How to Find It, How to Use It | CD3021 .A38 2004 |
| Great American History Fact Finder... | E174 .C67 2004 |
| Reader's Guide to American History | Ref E 178 .B57 1994 |
| Sources of Information for Historical Research | Ref D 20 .S52 1995 |
| United States History: A Selective Guide to Information Sources | Ref D 16 .F87 |
| ATLASES & CHRONOLOGIES | |
| Atlas of World History | Ref G 1030 .O85 1999 |
| Dictionary of American History. 3rd ed. | Ref E 174 .D52 2003 |
| Chronology of World History | Ref D 11 .M39 1999 |
| Hammond Historical Atlas of the World | Ref G 1030 .H3203 |
| Historical Atlas of Central Europe | Ref G1881.S1 M32 2002 |
| Historical Atlas of Ancient Mesopotamia | Ref G2251.S1 B3 2004 |
| Routledge Historical Atlas of the American South | Ref G 1281 .S5 .F7 |
| Shepherd's Historical Atlas | Ref G 1030 .S4 1990 |
| GEORIA HISTORY | |
| A Bibliography of the Writings on Georgia History, 1900-1970. | Ref Z 1273 .R6 1978 |
| Communities of kinship : antebellum families... | GN 560.U6 B55 2004 |
| Georgia Historical Quarterly Index. 2 volumes, 1917-1976 | Ref F 281.G39 |
| Historic Savannah Newspapers | microfilm cabinets |
| Historical Organizations & Resources in Georgia | Ref F 281 .O84 1997 |
| STATISTICAL SOURCES | |
| A Datapedia of the U.S. 1790-2005, America Year by Year | Ref HA 202 .K87 2001 |
| Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970. | Ref HA 202 .B87 1975 |
| Historical Statistics of the States of the U.S... 1790-1990 | Ref HA 214 .D63 1993 |
| United States Census | Use GIL |
| SELECTED PRIMARY SOURCES | |
| Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) Official State Dept. Documents. For description, see FRUS website |
1861-1942 microfiche 1919-1968: Ref JX 233 |
| Public Papers of the Presidents. Some also online through National Archives | Ref HA 202 .B87 1975 |
| Southern Historical Society Papers. Includes Index Guide. 52 volumes. | Ref E 483.7 .S762 .R62 |
| War of the Rebellion...Official Records of the Union and Confed Armies | E 464 .U66 |
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