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Articles

Academic Search Elite
Contains full text for more than 2,000 journals, including more than 1,550 peer-reviewed titles. This multi-disciplinary database covers virtually every area of academic study.

Historical Abstracts
Historical coverage of  the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Articles from 1800 jouranls are indexed, same dating back to 1955.

Humanities Abstracts
Contains citations from more than 600 periodicals in archaeology and classical studies, area studies, communication, folklore, history, language, literature, performing and visual arts, philosophy, religion and theology.

JSTOR
An archive of more than 1200 core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Fulltext back to their date of first publication to within the current 2-5 years.

Social Science Abstracts
Contains citations and abstracts from more than 550 social science journals

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.  Journals related to Criminology & Criminal Justice, Education, Gender Studies/GLBT Studies, History, and Education are also found in this database.  For some journals, there may be a 12 month delay in provision of full text content.

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Credo Reference
Over 360 online reference titles in all subject areas.  Allows cross-referencing between titles and expanding searches into the Truman catalog and other library resources.

Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing - Call Number: Reference D14 .E53 1999

History in Dispute - Call Number: Reference D20 H56 2000
Each volume covers a historical period or event and includes debates on related sub-topics.

Primary Sources

British documents on foreign affairs--reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print - Call Number: General Collection - varies JX632 - JX832
Part I, From the Mid-nineteenth Century to the first World War

Series A   Russia 
Series B  The Near & Middle East
Series C  North America
Series D  Latin America
Series E  Asia
Series F  Europe
Series G Africa

Part II, From the First to the Second World War

Series A   Soviet Union 
Series B  Turkey, Iran & Middle East 
Series C  North America
Series D  Latin America
Series E  Asia
Series F  Europe
Series G Africa

Major Peace Treaties of Modern History, 1648-1967 - Call Number: General Collection JX121 .I8

New York Times Article Archives 1851-the present.
Indexes over 15 million articles published in the New York Times from September 1851 to the present.  Users can search for specific articles by keyword or phrase, author, headline, date, or date range.  Searches may be limited to articles only or broadened to include advertisements and other listings.  Searching is free and the full-text is available for purchase through this web site or you can use the citation information to locate the articles on microfilm in Truman's library collection.

Pickler Library Microforms Collections
Our Microform Collections are another great place to find primary source material. See: British Foreign Office - Russia Correspondence, 1833-1945 Parliamentary Debates 1803-1949 (Hansard)

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

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

Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900.Call Number: Reference Table B Z2005 H6
A subject and author index to articles published in Britian between 1824-1900 Includes an index for book reviews.

Specialized Sources

Google Books
Search and preview millions of books from libraries and publishers worldwide using Google Book Search.  Many older books and government documents are full-text.  Shows you the closest library that owns a book.  Also links to several online booksellers.

Web Sites

EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History
These links connect to European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. They shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history. The order of documents is chronological wherever possible.

These open access sources are readily available to all -- without fees or subscriptions.