This is a guide to major print and online bibliographic resources for World History (HIS 110). While basic resources are included, there are many others that cannot be covered here because of length. For assistance in using these resources, or to find additional information, contact a Reference Librarian.

Journal Articles

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• Academic Search Premier 
  A multi-disciplinary index to periodicals that covers over 8,000 scholarly and popular periodicals, and includes full-text for more than 4,500 of these. Designed specifically for academic institutions, ASP spans most areas of study. Coverage varies, but most titles begin in the late 1980's and early 1990's.
• Historical Abstracts 
  Historical Abstracts is a bibliographic database covering the history of the world from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada.
  NOTE: Includes links to full-text articles in Ebsco, JSTOR, and Project Muse databases.
• Historical New York Times 
  Searchable full-text of the New York Times back to the first issue of the newspaper with full page and article images. Includes digital reproductionsproviding access to every page from every available issue. Coverage is from 1851 to 2003.
• JSTOR 
  Full-text back files of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. JSTOR includes many journals in history, history of science and technology, African studies, African-American history, Asian studies, classical studies, Latin American studies, Middle East studies, and Slavic studies.
  Note: coverage varies by title, but the most recent 2-5 years is not available.
• OmniFile Full Text Mega 
  Collection of Wilson full-text databases, including Humanities Full Text and Social Sciences Full Text, good resources for finding scholarly undergraduate-level journal articles. Indexing begins in 1983; full-text of selected articles in 1995.

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• ACLS Humanities E-Book 
  The Humanities E-Book includes over 1000 full-text e-books selected by historians in the fields of American, Asian, European, and Middle Eastern history, and the history of technology.
• Royal Historical Society Bibliography of British & Irish History
  Database containing 350,000 records on British and Irish history, including relations with the empire and Commonwealth during all periods for which written documentation is available - from 55BC to the present.
• 19th Century British Pamphlets (JSTOR)  
  More than 20,000 pamphlets from some of the most significant collections held in United Kingdom research libraries. Excellent collection of primary resources on the sociopolitical and economic landscape of 19th century Britain.
  (Note: To limit JSTOR searches to 19th Century Pamphlets only, check the "Pamphlets" box on the Advanced Search screen.)

Electronic Journals

• Electronic Journals in History
  Browse a list of electronic journals in history and archaeology available to Centre College users.

Last updated May 16, 2009