Welcome to the History Research Guide

 

 

Utilize this guide to search databases listed below for articles and other information for your topic and course assignments. If you have questions please use the chat box.

History Databases

 

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

Chronicling America provides access to nearly 3,000 digitized newspapers.

Digital Public Library of America

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) offers a single point of access to millions of items - photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more.

History Reference Center

The database features reference books, encyclopedias, non-fiction books, and history periodicals, historical documents, biographies of historical figures, photos, maps, and over 80 hours of historical video.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection, Series 1, 1684-1820

Provided by EBSCO: American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection includes digitized images from more than 500 American periodicals.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection, Series 2, 1821-1837

Provided by EBSCO.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection, Series 3, 1838-1852

Provided by EBSCO.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection, Series 4, 1853-1865

Provided by EBSCO.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection, Series 5, 1866-1912

Provided by EBSCO.

Georgia Resources

 

• GeorgiaInfo

  GeorgiaInfo is the online almanac for the state of Georgia.
• New Georgia Encyclopedia

  The New Georgia Encyclopedia provides access to authoritative information on people, places, events, history, and other topics about the state of Georgia.
• Georgia History Ebooks (University of Georgia Press)

  Georgia History Ebooks from the University of Georgia Press includes early and seminal works on Georgia's history and culture.

General Databases

 

• Academic Search Complete

  Academic Search Complete is a multi-disciplinary database, with more than 6,100 full-text periodicals, including more than 5,100 peer-reviewed journals.
• Films on Demand

  Films on Demand consists of 15,500 video titles (77,000 segments) in Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Economics, Health, and Science.
• JSTOR

  Full text articles from the back issues of selected core journals.
• ProQuest Central

  ProQuest Central brings together 30 highly used ProQuest databases to create the largest single academic research resource.

GALILEO Search

 

Find Books

 

• Online Catalog (GIL-Find)

  Check the online catalog for books and more at Middle Georgia State.
• Reserves

  Check in GIL-Find for items (print or electronic) that your professor has put on reserve.
  Ask for books and other print materials at the desk in the Library.
  Log in to online reserves with the password your professor provides you.

Search GALILEO

 

 

 

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