History resources
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Databases
ProQuest History Collection
Multimedia collections join print sources in this easy-to-use branch of the eLibrary database.
World History Collection
A global look at history with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and the Middle East. Contains cover-to-cover full text for nearly 150 titles, including many peer-reviewed journals, from as far back as 1964.
HeritageQuest Online
A growing collection of research materials for tracing family history and American culture including over 25,000 family and local history books and the complete U.S. Federal Census, 1790-1930.
DOAJ History Collection
The Directory of Open Access Journals offers peer-reviewed scholarly journal articles on the free Web.
Texas Reference Center
Includes more than 80 full-text journals and books about Texas history, ethnic & cultural diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business as well as home & garden and sports & leisure topics.
Texas Sanborn Maps
These digitized maps provide detailed property and land-use records that depicts the architecture of Texas towns and cities throughout the past one hundred years. The maps enable researchers to trace the architectural history of individual buildings or entire communities.
Multidisciplinary databases with substantial historical information
JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collection
Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia
Web links
STC Libraries: History Resources on the Web
Handbook of Texas A multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association and the General Libraries at UT Austin.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers Library of Congress shows scanned newspaper pages from 1900 to 1910, and indexes information about newspapers published in the United States from 1690 to the present.