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America: History And Life
AMERICA: HISTORY AND LIFE is the most comprehensive database to literature on North American history. It contains citations, with abstracts and some full-text access, of articles from about 1,800 scho...
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American National Biography
The ANB contains orginal signed articles on more than 18,000 "men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation." In general, the database does not incl...
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Alsos Digital Library Of Nuclear Issues: Connect or More Details

America's Historical Newspapers: Connect or More Details

America: History And Life: Connect or More Details

Harper's Weekly: The Civil War Era And Reconstruction (1857-1877): Connect or More Details

Historical New York Times: Connect or More Details

Historical Washington Post: Connect or More Details

International Medieval Bibliography: Connect or More Details

JSTOR: Connect or More Details

LexisNexis Serial Set Digital Collection: Connect or More Details

P.A.I.S. (Public Affairs Information Service) Archive: Connect or More Details

P.A.I.S. (Public Affairs Information Service) International: Connect or More Details

Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1800: Connect or More Details

Primary Sources -- U.S. History: Connect or More Details

Richmond Times Dispatch, Richmond News Leader Index: Connect or More Details

Reference Sources

ABC-Clio Ebook Collection: Connect or More Details

African American Experience: Connect or More Details

African Biographical Dictionary: Connect or More Details

America's Founding Charters: Primary Documents of Colonial and Revolutionary Era Governance (Volume 1): Connect or More Details

American Folk Songs: A Regional Encyclopedia: Connect or More Details

American History Through Literature, 1820-1870: Connect or More Details

American History Through Literature, 1870-1920: Connect or More Details

American Indian Experience: Connect or More Details

American National Biography: Connect or More Details

American Social History Online: Connect or More Details

Anti-Semitism; A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution: Connect or More Details

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress: Connect or More Details

Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007: Connect or More Details

CQ Guide to Congress: Connect or More Details

CQ Guide to U. S. Elections: Connect or More Details

CQ Guide to the Supreme Court: Connect or More Details

Cambridge Companion to Tocqueville: Connect or More Details

Cambridge Companion to the African American Slave Narrative: Connect or More Details

Cambridge Histories Online: Connect or More Details

Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations : Connect or More Details

Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Great Plains: Connect or More Details

Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Northeast: Connect or More Details

Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southeast: Connect or More Details

Companion to American Immigration: Connect or More Details

Companion to American Indian History: Connect or More Details

Companion to the Literatures of Colonial America: Connect or More Details

Congress and the Nation: Connect or More Details

Crimes and Trials of the Century: Connect or More Details

Daily Life Online: Connect or More Details

Dictionary of American History: Connect or More Details

Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages: Connect or More Details

Dictionary of World History: Connect or More Details

Documents of United States Indian Policy: Connect or More Details

Early Americas Digital Archive: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of American Indian History: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of American Urban History: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Black Studies: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments, and Amending Issues: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Diasporas: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of North American Indians: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Sports in America: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Terrorism: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of World History: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of World War II: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of the American Revolution: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of the Great Plains Indians: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of the New American Nation: Connect or More Details

Facts on File World News Digest: Connect or More Details

Famous American Crimes and Trials: Connect or More Details

From Suffrage to the Senate: America's Political Women: Connect or More Details

Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources: Connect or More Details

Governors Database: Connect or More Details

Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing through World History: Connect or More Details

Greenwood Encyclopedia of Homes through American History: Connect or More Details

HeritageQuest Online: Connect or More Details

Historic Documents: Connect or More Details

Historical Dictionary of Native American Movements: Connect or More Details

Historical Dictionary of the Old South: Connect or More Details

History Highway: A 21st Century Guide to Internet Resources: Connect or More Details

History of World Trade Since 1450: Connect or More Details

Hotchkiss Map Collection: Connect or More Details

Humanities E-Book Project: Connect or More Details

Iberia and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History: Connect or More Details

Immigration and Asylum: From 1900 to the Present: Connect or More Details

Immigration: A Documentary and Reference Guide: Connect or More Details

In the First Person: Connect or More Details

Jamestown Colony -- A Political, Social, and Cultural History: Connect or More Details

Landmarks of the American Revolution: Connect or More Details

Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia: Connect or More Details

Latino American Experience: Connect or More Details

Laws That Shaped America: Fifteen Acts of Congress and Their Lasting Impact: Connect or More Details

Meet the Mayors Database: Connect or More Details

New Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Connect or More Details

New Encyclopedia of Africa: Connect or More Details

Oxford African American Studies Center: Connect or More Details

Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America: Connect or More Details

Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History: Connect or More Details

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World: Connect or More Details

Pan-Africa History: Political Figures from Africa and the Diaspora Since 1787: Connect or More Details

People's Chronology: Connect or More Details

Political Corruption in America: An Encyclopedia of Scandals, Power, and Greed: Connect or More Details

Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination: Racism in America: Connect or More Details

Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America: A Comprensive Encyclopedia: Connect or More Details

Racial and Ethnic Diversity in America: Connect or More Details

Reference Sources in History; An Introductory Guide: Connect or More Details

Revolutionary Movements in World History: Connect or More Details

Richmond Daily Dispatch: Connect or More Details

Routledge Companion to Historical Studies: Connect or More Details

Salem Witch Trials: A Reference Guide: Connect or More Details

Slavery in the United States: Connect or More Details

Southern United States: An Environmental History: Connect or More Details

Speakers of the House of Representatives, 1789-2009: Connect or More Details

Timelines: Connect or More Details

Treaties with American Indians: Connect or More Details

U.S. Presidents and Foreign Policy from 1789 to the Present: Connect or More Details

Wars of the Americas; A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere: Connect or More Details

Who's Who Among African Americans: Connect or More Details

Women In Early America: Connect or More Details

Women in Congress, 1917-2006: Connect or More Details

Women in the American Civil War: Connect or More Details

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Adams Papers (Digital Edition): Connect or More Details

American Memory: Connect or More Details

American Presidency Project: Connect or More Details

American President: An Online Reference Resource: Connect or More Details

Civil Rights Digital Library: Connect or More Details

Discovering American Women's History Online: Connect or More Details

Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO): Connect or More Details

Gutenberg-e: Connect or More Details

History of Televised Presidential Debates: Connect or More Details

OAIster: Connect or More Details

Papers of George Washington (Digital Edition): Connect or More Details

Preservation Directory.com: Connect or More Details

Presidential Rankings: Connect or More Details

Presidential Speeches: Connect or More Details

Statistics and Data

Datapedia of the United States; American History in Numbers: Connect or More Details

Historical Statistics of the United States: Connect or More Details

Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970: Connect or More Details

New Nation Votes -- American Election Returns, 1789-1825: Connect or More Details

Papers of Thomas Jefferson (Digital Edition): Connect or More Details

Value of a Dollar: Prices and Incomes in the United States, 1860-2009: Connect or More Details

Vital Statistics on American Politics: Connect or More Details

Vital Statistics on the Presidency: Connect or More Details