LibGuides: American History: Find Articles

Multidisciplinary & Biography Databases

Biography (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, birth/death dates and places, as well as by keyword and in full text.

Academic Search Complete
Multidisciplinary source of articles from magazines and scholarly (peer reviewed) journals. Use check boxes to limit to full text and or scholarly articles. Some content goes back as far as 1865.

U.S. History (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
NO LOGIN REQUIRED Access to thousands of scholarly journals and magazines useful to novice historians and advanced academic researchers. Balanced coverage of events in U.S. history and scholarly work being established in the field.
New York Times - Historical (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Full-text and full-image articles for The New York Times, covering the period from 1851-2012.
History Reference Center (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Choose highest reading level. Can limit to PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS under PUBLICATION TYPE. To avoid book review articles, include the following in search statement: NOT reviews.
Sources in U.S. History Online: Civil War (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Contains nearly 500 significant documents of the time, including personal narratives, regimental histories, collected essays, sermons, songs, legal tracts, and political speeches.
European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.