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- Academic Search Premier
- Academic Search Premier contains indexing and some full text for 4515 journals. This scholarly collection provides journal coverage for nearly all academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences and ethnic studies.
- American National Biography
- Full text biographies on people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture. You'll find profiles of more than 18,000 men and women from all walks of American life, from the well-known to the infamous to the obscure.
- Annals Of American History
- Writings and primary sources documents from more than 1,500 authors who made and analyzed American history through speeches, writings, memoirs, poems, and interviews.
- Biography And Genealogy Master Index
- Index to sources of biographical information.
(Available in the Library and C.O.D. Network only)
- British History, A Dictionary Of
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- British History, The Oxford Companion To
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- CQ Historic Documents
- Published annually since 1972, the Historic Documents Series now contains 32 volumes of primary sources. Each volume includes approximately one hundred documents covering the most significant events of the year. These documents range from presidential speeches, international agreements, and Supreme Court decisions to U.S. governmental reports, scientific findings, and cultural discussions.
- Canadian History, The Oxford Companion To
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- Chicago Tribune (1849-1986) Proquest Historical Newspapers
- Digital image of every issue of the Chicago Tribune, cover-to-cover. Use this database to find not only news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, and birth and marriage announcements but also historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements. By utilizing software enhancements, the original microfilm image can frequently be improved for a cleaner, more readable image. And the date range searching tool lets users search on, before, or between two dates.
The Chicago Tribune Historical database covers the years 1847-1985. For full text articles published between 1986-Present, use the Chicago Tribune online located on the Library's Article Databases page.
- Christian Church, The Concise Oxford Dictionary Of The
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- Classical Civilization, The Oxford Companion To
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- Digital Sanborn Maps
- Digitized maps of historical geographic locations and structures in Illinois
- Dynasties Of The World
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- EHRAF Archaeology
- Provides access to full-text archaeological materials for comparative studies within and across regions.
- Encyclopedia Britannica
- The Online version of the classic Encyclopedia Britannica that also includes web links, select articles and access to Webster's Dictionary.
- Essay And General Literature Index
- Cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and other works published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada. Also indexed are more than 20 annual and serial publications. Includes full bibliographic information for the titles in which the collected works are found. Focuses on humanities and social sciences literature.
- Expanded Academic ASAP
- Combining indexing, abstracts and full text, this database offers balanced coverage available through 3,000 indexed and 1,900 full-text titles in a wide variety of disciplines including: social science journals, humanities journals, science and technology journals, national news periodicals, general interest magazines, newswires, The New York Times and many others. More than 1,400 journals are peer reviewed, and more than 20 years of backfile coverage are included.
- HarpWeek
- Full-text articles and images from the 1857-1912 Harper's Weekly magazine covering the Civil War through the Gilded Age periods of American history.
- History Study Center
- Primary and secondary history collections providing access to rare British, American and world history sources, full text articles and reference materials
- Humanities(ACLS) Ebook Collection
- This electronic resource includes over 1500 full-text, cross-searchable books in the humanities selected by scholars for their continuing importance for research and teaching.
Areas include: African, American, Asian, Latin American, European (Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern), Middle Eastern, World/Comparative, Byzantine/Mediterranean and Australasian/Oceanian history, plus history of the Native Peoples of the Americas and of Science and Technology.
- Marquis Who's Who--American History
- This database provides biographical information on American historical figures from 1667 to the present.
- Marquis Who's Who--American Politics
- This database provides biographical information on 36,000 of today's political leaders and includes important politicians from the last decade
- Military And Government Collection
- Offers current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government. The Military & Government Collection provides full text for nearly 350 journals and periodicals. The database also includes 245 pamphlets and offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 450 titles.
- Military History, The Oxford Companion To
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- New York Times (1851-2004) Proquest Historical Newspapers
- Digital image of every issue of the New York Times from 1851-1999, cover-to-cover. Use this database to find not only news, editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, and birth and marriage announcements but also historical photos, stock photos, and advertisements. By utilizing software enhancements, the original microfilm image can frequently be improved for a cleaner, more readable image. And the date range searching tool lets users search on, before, or between two dates.
- Oxford Reference Online
- A collection of reference books from the Oxford Press. Searchable by subject, keyword and by title of work.
- Popes, The Oxford Dictionary Of
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- U.S. Military, The Oxford Essential Dictionary Of The
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- United States History, The Oxford Companion To
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- World History, A Dictionary Of
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- World War II, The Oxford Companion To
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