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MAIN INDEXES AND DATABASES
America: History and Life via ABC-CLIO	1954-present	Indexes 2,000+ scholarly journals in history covering the United States and Canada. If you use ABC-CLIO, select "United States and Canadian History" from the drop down menu next to "Search."
America: History and Life via EBSCOhost	1954-present
Historical Abstracts via ABC-CLIO	1954-present	Indexes 2,000+ scholarly journals in history from 1450 to the present. Excludes the United States and Canada. If you use ABC-CLIO, select "World history excluding US & Canada" from the drop down menu next to "Search."
Historical Abstracts via EBSCOhost	1954-present
History Resource Center: United States via GaleNet	Varies	Searchable U.S. history dictionaries, chronology, and encyclopedias. Includes 4,000+ primary source materials and full-text articles from 110+ history journals. Covers U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to present.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index via ISI Web of Knowledge	1977-present	Indexes 1,144+ multidisciplinary scholarly journals and other publications in the arts and humanities, with cited references. Very useful for finding articles which cite earlier articles.
Arts and Humanities Search via FirstSearch	1980-present
SPECIALIZED INDEXES AND DATABASES
America's Historical Newspapers: Early American Newspapers Series 1, 1690-1876 via Readex	1690-1876	Full text articles, advertisements, shipping news, prices; birth, matrimony and death notices; letters, election returns, legislative acts from more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers, including titles from all 50 states. FIU has access to Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876.
American State Papers, 1789-1838 via Readex	1789-1838	Digital version of 38 volumes of the American State Papers. Contains 6,354 legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838: 1st Congress, 1st Session through 25th Congress, 2nd Session . Does not include House and Senate journals. The original publication was divided into ten topical classes or series: Foreign Relations; Indian Affairs; Finances; Commerce and Navigation; Military Affairs; Naval Affairs; Post Office Department; Public Lands; Claims; Miscellaneous. For Congress documents during the period 1817 to 1914 (15th Congress - 63rd Congress) see U.S. Congressional Serial Set. These two resources chronologically overlap from 1817 to 1838.
ArchiveGrid via OCLC	Current	Finding aids/collection descriptions from thousands of libraries, museums, and archives. Researchers searching ArchiveGrid can learn about the many items in each of these collections, contact archives to arrange a visit to examine materials, and order copies.
Declassified Documents Reference System via GaleNet	1941-1997	Provides online access to over 500,000 pages of U.S. declassified government documents. Covers major international events from Cold War to the Vietnam War and beyond.
Digital National Security Archive via ProQuest	Varies	Collection of primary documents. Includes more than 43,000 of the most important declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions. To view the full text of a document click on its title.
Empire Online via Adam Matthew Digital	1400s-present	Collection of original documents relating to Empire Studies, sourced from libraries and archives around the world. Includes thematic essays by leading scholars. Essays introduce the material, suggest possible approaches, and place the documents within a broad historical, literary and cultural context. Collection consists of five sections: Cultural Contacts, 1492-1969; Empire Writing and the Literature of Empire; The Visible Empire; Religion & Empire; Race, Class, Imperialism and Colonialism, 1607-2007.
English Short Title Catalogue via British Library	1473-1800	Catalog of materials printed in English from 1473-1800.
FBIS (Foreign Broadcast Information Service) Daily Reports, 1974 - 1996 via NewsBank	1974-1996	Full-text of theFBIS Daily Reports issued by the U.S. Government covering political, economic, scientific, and cultural issues and events throughout the world. Translations of broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from nations around the world. FIU has access to the "Middle East and Africa (1980-87)" and Middle East and North Africa (1974-80)" Series.
History Compass via Blackwell Synergy	2003-present	Peer-reviewed surveys of the most important research and current thinking in history.
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine via FirstSearch	1975-present	Indexes 9,500+ scholarly journals in the history of science and technology.
In the First Person via Alexander Street Press	Varies	Index to all letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies within Alexander Street Press databases-more than one million pages of editorially selected materials spanning 400 years. Also includes scholarly materials that are freely available on the Web.
ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance via ITER	1859-present	Indexes 400+ scholarly journals on the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Nineteenth Century Masterfile (NCM) via PARATEXT	Prior to 1925	Includes over 60 subject indexes to nineteenth century literature, including newspapers, periodicals, books, and government publications. Contains 5 series: Series I: Multi Title Periodical Indexes; Series II: Book Indexes; Series III: Newspaper Indexes; Series IV: Individual Periodical Indexes; Series V: U.S. and U.K. Government Documents Indexes and U.S. Patent Index.
U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980 via Readex	1817-1941	Digital version of the bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Includes committee reports related to bills and other matters, presidential communications to Congress, treaty materials, certain executive department publications, and certain non-governmental publications. Currently vols. 1 - 10440 are available: 15th Congress - 76th Congress, 3rd Session, 1817 - 1941. Upon completion, the digital version of the Serial Set will consist of approximately 13,800 volumes. For legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838 (1st Congress, 1st Session through 25th Congress, 2nd Session) see American State Papers.
RELATED INDEXES AND DATABASES
AccessUN via NewsBank	1945-present	Indexes United Nations documents and publications.
Anthropology PLUS via FirstSearch	1800's-present	Indexes 5,500+ scholarly journals in anthropology and archaeology. Includes all data from Anthropological Literature and Anthropological Index, which combined provide an extensive worldwide index to all subfields of anthropology, plus ethnology, archaeology, and folklore.
ATLA Religion Database via EBSCOhost	1949-present	Indexes 650+ scholarly journals, book reviews, and collections of essays in religious studies.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index via GaleNet	Varies	Indexes more than 16 million biographical sketches from 1,000+ volumes and editions of current and retrospective biographical reference sources.
Biography Index via WilsonWeb	1984-present	Indexes 3,000+ publications with biographical information.
Biography Resource Center via GaleNet	Varies	Biographies on more than 165,000 people from 470+ scholarly journals, magazines, and reference sources. Also includes The Complete Marquis Who's Who (20 Marquis sources).
Black Studies via UP - ERC	1996	Indexes international journals about the African diaspora. Emphasizes the Americas, the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Available at the Electronic Research Center, Green Library, 2nd floor, University Park Campus.
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) via Columbia University Press	1991-present	Worldwide coverage of the literature in international relations, including: working papers, conference proceedings, journal abstracts, books, a schedule of events, policy briefs, economic indicators, original essays, links and resources, maps and country data. Working papers, essays, and policy briefs are full-text.
Congressional via LexisNexis	Varies	Database of U.S. congressional information, including papers, bills, and biographies.
EconLit via EBSCOhost	1969-present	Indexes 400+ international publications in economics.
Ethnic Newswatch via ProQuest	1990-present	Articles from U.S. ethnic, minority and native presses. Search interfaces are available in English and Spanish.
GenderWatch via ProQuest	1970-present	Articles from publications in women's and gender issues.
Handbook of Latin American Studies via Library of Congress	1935-present	Indexes publications on all aspects of Latin American studies.
HAPI Online (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) via UCLA	1970-present	Indexes 400+ scholarly journals about Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean and Hispanics in the United States.
Humanities Full Text and Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective via WilsonWeb	1907-present; Full text: 1994-present	Indexes scholarly journals and popular magazines in the humanities. Full text coverage begins in 1994. Allows to search Humanities Full Text and Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective concurrently.
PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service) via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1972-present	Indexes 3,890+ international scholarly journals, government documents, Internet materials, and other publications from over 120 countries on current events in the political and social sciences.
Social Sciences Full Text and Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective via WilsonWeb	1907-present; Full text: 1995-present	Indexes international scholarly journals and popular magazines in the social sciences. Full text coverage begins in 1995. Allows to search Social Sciences Full Text and Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective concurrently.
Sociological Abstracts via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts	1952-present	Indexes 2,000+ international journals and other publications in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Many records, added to the database since 2002, also include the references cited in the bibliography of the source article.
INTERNET SITES
FIU Department of History		FIU
Repositories of Primary Sources		University of Idaho Library
Voice of the Shuttle: History Page		University of California, Santa Barbara
WWW-VL History Central Catalogue		European University Institute
RELATED GUIDES AND TUTORIALS
History Print Abstracts and Indexes		FIU Libraries
Finding Biographical Information		FIU Libraries