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Historical Abstracts
Indexes the worldwide literature (excluding the United States and Canada) for history from 1450 to the present. Includes journals, books and dissertations.

Subject Matter Timeframe: 1450 - Current
Dates of Coverage: 1955 - Current
America: History and Life
The major index to the history literature of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.

Subject Matter Timeframe: 19th Century- Current
Dates of Coverage: 1954 - Current
Academic Search Premier
Multidisciplinary database containing full-text of more than 4,000 peer-reviewed journals, newspapers, magazines, and videos from Associated Press.

Dates of Coverage: 1975 - Current
Subject Matter Timeframe: 1930 - Current

Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913
Fully searchable edition of the largest body of primary texts, statistics, and other information detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court.

Dates of Coverage: 1674 - 1913

Internet History Sourcebooks
Multiple full-text primary sources from all areas of the world and eras of history.

17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers
Includes titles from London, the British Isles, and the British colonies in newspapers, pamphlets, and books from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Subject Matter Timeframe: Titles range in date from 1603 to the early 1800s
Dates of Coverage: 1603 - 1800s
Canadian Newsstream
Contains full-text newspaper articles, columns, editorials, and features from over 275 Canadian newspapers, dating from the late 1970s to the present.

Dates of Coverage: Late 1970's - Current
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times
Full-page, full-text access to the New York Times newspaper articles and associated images starting from 1851.

Dates of Coverage: 1851 - 2012

Oxford Reference
Provides full-text access to information and background articles about every topic from across Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias.

Dates of Coverage: Various

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