Primary History Databases & Article Indexes

Historical Abstracts
Historical coverage of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada)....   [more]
Holdings: ca. 1974- present. Updated three times a year.

Primary History Databases & Article Indexes

ECCO 18th Century Collections Online
Also Known as: ECCO, Eighteenth century collections online
"Nearly 150,000 English-language titles and editions published between 1701 and 1800 will be made available online over the course of the next two years. When complete, the product will allow full-tex...   [more]

EEBO: Early English Books Online
Also Known as: Early English Books Online; Short Title Catalogue; Wing; Pollard and Redgrave
Full-text page images of approximately 100,000 titles from the Short-Title Catalogue of English works 1475-1640, Wing's continuation for 1641-1700, and their revisions. Information is presented...   [more]
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Periodicals Index Online
Also Known as: PIO,PCI,Periodical Contents Index,Chadwyck PCI,Periodicals Contents Index
Humanities and social sciences. The scope is international, including journals in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and other Western languages. ...   [more]

State Papers Online
Also Known as: State Papers Online, 1509-1714
--State Papers Online, 1509-1714: Part I: The Tudors, Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, 1509-1603: State Papers Domestic
--State Papers Online, 1509-1714: Part II: The Tudors: Henry VIII to Elizabeth I,...   [more]
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Important History Databases & Article Indexes

19th Century British Library Newspapers Parts 1 & 2
- from Gale Primary Sources - Newspapers
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biab : The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography
Also Known as: British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography
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Unrestricted Access

Bibliography of British and Irish History
Provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British Empire and Commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation is available - from 5...   [more]

British and Foreign State Papers 1812-1968
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British Cabinet Papers, 1915-1979
The Cabinet is the main body that controls policy and coordinates activities of governmental departments. It is chaired by the Prime Minister and consists of most of the ministerial heads of departmen...   [more]
Unrestricted Access

British History Online
A "digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles." Includes sources for parliamentary, ecclesiastical and ...   [more]
Holdings: Access to freely available content only.

British Humanities Index: BHI
- from CSA Databases
An abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities, BHI indexes over 320 humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as qual...   [more]
Holdings: coverage begins in 1962-

British Periodicals
Also Known as: Proquest British Periodicals
British Periodicals tracks the development and growth of the periodical press in Britain from its origins in the seventeenth century through to the Victorian 'age of periodicals' and into the 20th ce...   [more]
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Electronic Theses Online Service - British Library EThOS
Search more than 250,000 British doctoral dissertations and theses. Obtain free e-versions online or request digitization....   [more]
Unrestricted Access

Empire online
Manuscript and printed materials pertaining to the history of colonialism, 1492-1962. Primarily British. ...   [more]
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO)
Also Known as: NCCO, Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange, Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Corvey Collection of European Literature: 1790-1840, Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Europe and Africa: Commerce, Christianity, Civilization, and Conquest
NCCO, Nineteenth Century Collections Online: 1: British Politics and Society, 2: Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange, 3: British Theatre, Music, and Literature, 4: Corvey Collection of ...   [more]
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Orlando: Women's Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Also Known as: Orlando Project
"Orlando provides entries on authors' lives and writing careers, contextual material, timelines, sets of internal links, and bibliographies. "...   [more]

The British Mandate in Palestine, Arab-Jewish Relations & the U.S. Consulate at Jerusalem
Also Known as: British Mandate in Palestine, Arab-Jewish Relations and the U.S. Consulate at Jerusalem
- from Archives Unbound
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Times Digital Archive (1785-2009)
Also Known as: Times Digital Archive, London Times, Times of London
- from Gale Primary Sources - Newspapers
The archive allows key word searching of articles appearing in the Times of London from 1785-2009. Click on "Home" and then "News Vault" to search all historical newspapers hosted by Gale Cengage and ...   [more]
Holdings: 1785-2009

U.K. Parliamentary Papers (1689-present)
Also Known as: 18th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, HCPP, 19th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 20th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, UK Parliamentary Papers, House of Lords Parliamentary Papers
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