Database Spotlight
History Study Center is an online resource providing a vast collection of digitized primary and secondary sources for the study of history. It is suitable for a wide range of uses, from students looking for quick and reliable facts on a historical topic, to examining hard-to-find primary source texts. History Study Center covers global history from ancient times to the present day. Contents include reference books, essays, journal articles, historical newspaper and magazine articles, maps, rare books, government documents, transcripts of historical speeches, images and video clips. It provides over 40,000 documents and articles, with over 50 reference works, 3,000 images and links to 2,000 Web sites.
What does History Study Center provide?
- Study Units: selected material on over five hundred historical topics. More about Study Units
- Historical Documents: hundreds of primary source texts from historical sourcebooks. Sourcebook details for reference articles, maps and historical documents.
- Maps and Reference: thousands of maps, articles and biographies from historical atlases and encyclopedias. Sourcebook details for reference articles, maps and historical documents.
Also included are Topic Overviews, essay-length introductions to historical themes and texts. More about topic overviews
- Multimedia: images and video clips, all captioned to provide historical context, plus links to selected Web sites of interest to historians. More about Multimedia Collections
- Journals: Full text articles from over 70 journals relevant to history. Journal details
You can access History Study Center from this blog post or from our Databases page.
Contributed by Librarian, Ana Naumann.
