SubjectsPlus: HIST 365 - Empire and Migration

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.

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.

Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing -
Print Location: Reference D14 .E53 1999

Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery -
Print Location: Reference HT861 .H57 1997

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

eBook Collection (EBSCO)
This EBSCOhost eBook collection provides access to over 138,000 titles covering a wide variety of subject areas. It is comprised of the following sub-collecctions:

      eBook Academic Collection
      eBook Clinical Collection
      eBook Community College Collection
      eBook High School Collection
      eBook K-8 Collection
      eBook Public Library Collection

British Newspapers 1800-1900
While Pickler Library does not subcribe to this database you are able to view complete articles from the  Penny Illustrated Paper and The Graphic  free of charge. 

Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954
The Australian Newspapers service allows access to historic Australian newspapers digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program. For further information about the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program (ANDP), view the public website at: http://www.nla.gov.au/ndp

London Gazette
Searchable  archive of the London Gazettee. Some PDFs of pages back to the 1660s.

London Times Archive
a searchable archive of the London Times from 1785-1985. You must pay to view content or order the articles through interlibrary loan.

Full text available from 07/01/1985 to present in Academic OneFile, InfoTrac Custom Newspapers and LexisNexis Academic. *You must be on the Truman network to access these databases)

Pickler Library Microforms Collections
Our Microform Collections are another great place to find primary source material. Relevant collections include: Colonial Discourses, Series One: Women, Travel & Empire, 1660-1914

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade -
CD-ROM Location: Media Multimedia HT1322 .T74 1999
This CD-ROM database contains records of 27,233 trans-Atlantic ship voyages made between 1595 and 1866. Format allows users to track information by time period and geographic region, and includes interactive maps that allow viewers to chart the trans-Atlantic connections. The accompanying data contains materials about people on board, owners and captains, ships' characteristics, and the geographic trajectory of each voyage.

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

Digital Collections at the National Library of Australia

The British Library
Some online collections are freely available