LibGuides: History (General): Databases

Databases

Academic OneFile (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Academic OneFile offers extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects.
Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Developed to meet the increasing demands of scholarly research, Academic Search Ultimate offers students an unprecedented collection of peer-reviewed, full-text journals, including many journals indexed in leading citation indexes.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Covers literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, etc. Contains current full text scholarly journals which cover these fields and a significant collection of recent scholarly books.

Archival Films & Newsreels Collection This link opens in a new window
Thousands of historically significant videos from 1919-1968, such as the Hindenburg explosion, the moon landing, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech and much more.
Archivegrid This link opens in a new window
ArchiveGrid contains archival collections held by libraries, museums, historical societies.
Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
Gale Primary Sources allows researchers to uncover primary source documents.
War and Terrorism Collection (Gale) This link opens in a new window
A definitive collection for students of history, social science and current events, providing insight into conflicts and their multiple causes.

Historical Nashville Tennessean (1812 - 2002) (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
International Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Provides the most recent news content outside of the US and Canada, with archives which stretch back decades featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-text format.
NewsBank This link opens in a new window
Full text newspapers and news magazines from all over the state and country. Coverage goes back to 1980's to 1990's, depending on source. Search current and archived coverage of issues, events, people, government, sports and more with the largest collection of full text U.S. newspapers. Includes articles from Tennessee newspapers (Chattanooga Times Free Press, Memphis Commercial Appeal, Knoxville News Sentinal, and all over the state), US newspapers (Baltimore Sun, Chicago Sun-Times, Miami Herald, San Francisco Chronicle and more), newswires (Associated Press, CNN, Scripps Howard, UPI News and more) news blogs, web published newspapers, transcripts from network news (60 minutes, CBS, Fox, NPR, PBS and more), major news magazines (The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Popular Science and more) and some video (Associated Press, Center for Investigative Reporting, Mashable and more).
New York Times (1851-2017) (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
Tennessean (Nashville, Tenn.) 2002-Current (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Local and regional news from Nashville and Tennessee. Note: Defaults to 2002-Current coverage. Click on Change Databases link to add coverage from 1912-2002.
The Times Digital Archive (1785-2012) (Gale) This link opens in a new window
First published in 1785, The Times of London is widely considered to be the world's 'newspaper of record'. The Times Digital Archive allows users to search over 200 years of this invaluable historical source.
U.S. Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring top newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format. Full-text available.