History General Subject Guide

The granddaddy of academic databases. Use this once you have narrowed down your topic a bit to find articles from newspapers, magazines, video, podcasts and academic journals dated 1980-present.

Info about more than 600 Native American groups and over 15,000 years of American Indian culture and history.

Focuses on Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Islamic Empire from prehistory through the 1500s.

Over 500,000 brief, authoritative biographies.

The best place to start your research. Authoritative entries help you understand the scope of your topic and generate keywords. Choose your reading level. Translation available.

Geography, maps, history and cultural information about all countries.

Excellent place to start researching world history papers with current events themes.

Full length videos, documentaries and instructional videos.

5,000 ebooks suited for research in all subjects. Especially good for US History, Government and English.

Papers published in academic journals on tightly focused topics. Access is through Boston Public Library. Apply for an ecard below.

A broad collection of scholarly analysis and full-text periodicals, reference works and primary documents that cover the events, movements, and individuals that have shaped world history.