History Databases & Indexes

America: History and Life 1964+
Abstracts articles, dissertations and reviews on the history of the United States and
Canada published throughout the world.

Archive of Americana

America's Historical Newspapers: Early American newspapers published between 1690 and 1922.
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819: Books, pamphlets, broadsides and other imprints listed in the bibliography by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker.

Handbook of Latin American Studies
Bibliography on Latin American studies materials by Library of Congress. Free access on the Internet.

Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) 1970+
Covers Latin American studies and Hispanics in the United States.

Historical Abstracts 1955+
Indexes journal articles and other sources concerning historical topics from 1450 to the present for all countries of the world except the U.S. and Canada.

Humanities Abstracts 1984+
Contains citations from more than 465 periodicals in archaeology and classical studies, area studies, communication, folklore, history, language, literature, performing and visual arts, philosophy, religion and theology.

Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective. Indexing of over 1200 periodicals, some going back as far as 1907. Also has coverage of many important scientific journals up to the 1950s.

ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages & Renaissance
A bibliography of articles from selected interdisciplinary journals pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700), years covered vary by journal title.

JSTOR
A collection of approximately 100 full text scholarly journals from most subject disciplines. These are primarily older periodicals. Years vary by journal title, but do not cover the most recent issues.

SocIndex with Full Text. A comprehensive sociology research database with more than 1.9 million records and the full text for over 400 journals dating back to 1908. Also contains full text for more than 700 books and monographs and more than 6000 conference papers.

Social Sciences Abstracts 1983+

Reader's Guide Retrospective. 1890-1982. Index to older magazine articles.

Unless otherwise indicated, databases are restricted to use on the
Truman State University network.

Print Indexes

National Union Catalog Manuscript Collection, 1959-1993
General Collection Z881 A1 N38
Designed as an index to assist in locating and publicizing those repositories which are open to scholars.

Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, 1802-1906
Reference Table B AI 3 P7
Early index to articles in US and British journals and magazines.

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature 1890+
Reference Table B AI 3 R48
Index to articles from popular magazines.

Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900
Reference Table B Z2005 H6
A subject and author index to British articles, as well as an index for book reviews.

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