Krupp Library: Resources by Subject: History

A-Z Databases

History

Databases
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Note: Information About Databases

If you are prompted to log in using usernames and passwords, use the ones listed in the "Off Campus Access to Library Databases" tile in the Topics section of Library Lounge. You will find additional databases in the A-Z Database box.

Biography (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Biography in Context uses numerous reference works to provide extensive biographical information. Entries include full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals and reference sources.
Diversity Studies (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Global Issues (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
This reference source provides perspectives on national and global current events from international news providers. There are sections on Business and Economy; Health and Medicine; Conflict and Diplomacy; Science and Technology; Environment and Climate Change; Society and Culture; Government, Politics, and Law; and Women, Children, and the Family. There is browsing by issue or by region.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
Contains newspaper and scholarly articles, statistics, multimedia, infographics, and primary sources that provide different points of view on controversial contemporary topics.
Proquest Central Student This link opens in a new window
This multidisciplinary resource brings together some of ProQuest’s most used databases in education, humanities, psychology, science, social sciences, and news. It includes millions of articles from more than 10,000 full-text scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers.
Reference E-Books (Gale) This link opens in a new window
More than 200 searchable reference e-books for the arts, biography, business, education, the environment, history, information and publishing, law, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, religion, science, and the social sciences.
U.S. History (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Provides information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. Includes full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, and audio files.
World History (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Contains information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History.authoritative reference content as well as full-text magazines, academic journals, Includes news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, and audio files.

Smithsonian's History Explorer
Historical Jewish Press
From the National Library of Israel. A collection of Jewish newspapers published in various countries, languages, and time periods. We display digital versions of each paper, making it possible to view the papers in their original layout. Full-text search is also available for all content published over the course of each newspaper’s publication.
Massachusetts Archives Division
The Massachusetts Archives holds the official records created by Massachusetts state government. Holdings are organized by agency and date from 1629 to the present.
Digital Public Library of America
DPLA has resources from libraries, museums and archives. You can search, explore by date or place, or browse the exhibitions.
Library of Congress
Over 18 million digitized items from the Library Congress Collections, including manuscripts, photographs, maps, sound recordings and more.
National Archives
Schusterman Center for Israel Studies Library Guide
Links to many resources for research about Israel. Many of the resources are open source. If there is a padlock icon before the title of a resource, you can only access it if you are a student at Brandeis.