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• Bibliography of Native North Americans

  
  A bibliographic database covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. Dates of coverage include the sixteenth century to the present. (Some full text).

• Biographies Plus Illustrated

  
  Includes biographical coverage from Current Biography, the World Authors Series, the Junior Authors & Illustrators series and more. It features more than 140,000 narrative profiles and more than 30,000 images.

• Handbook of Texas Online

  
  A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association and the General Libraries at UT Austin. (Full-text)

• Heritage Quest

  
  This genealogy database provides access to US Federal Census records from 1870-1930 and to over 25,000 family and local histories. (Full-text)

• History Resource Center -- United States

  
  Combines more than 1,000 primary documents with information from reference sources, plus full-text coverage of a selection of magazines and history journals. (Full-text)

• History Resource Center -- World

  
  Combines more than 1,000 primary documents with information from reference sources, plus full-text coverage of a selection of magazines and history journals. (Full text)

• InfoTrac Pop Culture Collection

  
  A collection of 100 full-text periodicals providing information on popular music, art, and culture. (Some full-text)

• InfoTrac U.S. History Collection

  
  Covers current thought and events in U.S. History, as well as scholarly work in the field; useful both to the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher. (Some full-text)

• InfoTrac War & Terrorism Collection

  
  Coverage includes history, social science and current events. (Some full-text)

• InfoTrac World History Collection

  
  Covers current thought and events in World History, as well as scholarly work in the field; useful both to the novice historian and to the advanced academic researcher. (Some full-text)

• MAS Ultra: School Edition

  
  Includes magazine articles, reports, original historical documents, the CIA World Factbook, books, pamphlets, and book reviews. (Some full-text)

• Texas Digital Sanborn Maps

  
  Detailed property and land-use records of 12,000 U.S. towns and cities from 1867 to 1970. The maps can be manipulated, expanded, printed, and downloaded. (Full-text

• Texas Reference Center

  
  Includes information about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, biography, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure. (Full-text).

• World History Collection

  
  Offers cover-to-cover full text for nearly 150 titles, including many peer-reviewed journals, as far back as 1964. (Full-text).

Multi-subject Databases Recommended for
History Research
 

• Academic OneFile (InfoTrac)

  
  (Some full text)

• Academic Search Complete

  
  Provides more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals, with indexing and abstracts for 10,900 publications. Content goes back as far as 1865. Covers many academic disciplines including art, music, literature, history, sociology, psychology, government, and science. (Some full-text)

• General Reference Center Gold

  
  A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text)

• InfoTrac OneFile

  
  A one-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social sciences, sports, technology, and many general interest topics. Updated daily.

• JSTOR

  
  Includes articles from over 300 research journals covering a wide range of academic fields. (Full-text)

• Project Muse

  
  This multi-purpose database offers the full text of over 300 scholarly journals covering the humanities, arts, and social sciences. (Full-text)

• ProQuest Direct

  
  A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text)

• Wilson OmniFile

  
  A general purpose database that includes the full text of many magazines and journals from a number of fields and disciplines. Good for popular, current event, opinion-oriented, practical, and how-to topics. (Some full-text)