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David Lincove, History, Political Science & Philosophy Librarian, (lincove.1@osu.edu)

Selected Resources in History:

Articles/Books -- Theses/Dissertations – Newspapers -- U.S. Congress -- Primary Sources
Book Reviews -- Dictionaries/Encyclopedias -- Biography --Historical Statistics -- Historical Maps – Videos/Photographs

     Indexes and Full Text Links to Journal Articles, Books
 

         Key Resources:

• America: History and Life 1960-
  The best index to literature on US and Canadian history. Some full text links

• Historical Abstracts 1960-present
  Important index to literature on world history since 1450; Some full text links

• International Medieval Bibliography 1967-present
  Interdisciplinary search for articles and books on medieval history.  You also have simultaneous access to the Bibliographie de Civilisation Médiévale.

• L'Annee Philologique:  Bibliographie Critique et Analytique de L'antiquite Greco‑Latine.  1949- 
  Important index to literature on ancient history, culture and philosophy.  Suggestion:  for subject searches use "full text" search or browse using "subject and discipline" search.  You may limit to a language and then combine with your subject search.  For search help see the help link.

• Index to Articles in Classical Studies Journals   
  Interdisciplinary index to articles and some full text covering history, art, literature, archaeology and other fields.

• Arts and Humanities Citation Index 1980-
  Includes keyword and cited reference searching
  
      More Specialized Resources:

• American Foreign Relations since 1600 2nd Edition.
  Online bibliography to articles, books, and reference materials on US foreign relations.

• American Periodical Series 1740-1900
  |Full text search & facsimile images of articles.

• American State Papers, 1789-1838  See Lexis/Nexis Congressional (1789-present) See also http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsp.html
  (For additional legislative documents see U.S. Serial Set below)
  "Contain[s] the legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838. The collection includes documents that "Contain[s] the legislative and executive documents of the U.S. Congress until 1838. The collection includes documents that cover the critical historical gap from 1789 to the printing of the first volume of the U.S. Serial Set in 1817." Paper copy in Thompson Library Oversize (J33) and Depository (KF11 .A48 1832). Sections include Foreign Relations, Indian Affairs, Finances, Commerce and Navigation, Military Affairs,  Naval Affairs, Post Office Department, Public Lands, Claims, and Miscellaneous.

• Austrian Historical Bibliography [Österreichische Historische Bibliographie], 1945-  (Index to literature)

• Bibliography of North American Indians  Publications from the 16th century-present
  Index to books, essays, journal articles, and government documents on "all aspects of native North American [U.S. and Canada] culture, history, and life. This resource covers a wide range of topics including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, legend, and literacy."  Many items published before 1820 are online via OSU Library catalog but you need to search relevant titles in the catalog to find the links.

• British and Irish Archaeological Bibliography 1695-present
  Archaeology and the historic environment, historic buildings, maritime and industrial archaeology, environmental history, conservation of material culture

• Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900, Royal Soc. (Gr. Brit.) -  See Nineteenth Century Masterfile below

• CQ Supreme Court Collection  1789-present
  Search for history and analysis about cases and background on justices.  Search by keywords, select cases by popular subject headings, and analyze opinions and bloc voting.  For the full text of opinions, CQ links to the text in Findlaw and also provides links to related cases.

 

• Declassified Documents Reference System  early 20th century-present
  Search the full text of selected U.S. government documents obtained from presidential libraries. These libraries receive declassified documents from various government agencies, including the White House, the CIA, the FBI, the State Department, and others. As researchers visit these presidential libraries and request documents, the libraries...[provide the documents for DDRS]. The result is a collection of more than 75,000 documents, consisting of more than 465,000 pages, that has literally been built by researchers themselves for nearly two decades.

• Digital National Security Archive
  "The most comprehensive collection available of significant primary documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945."  Additional, related documents are available at the National Security Archive at George Washington Univ.

• ETANA (Electronic Texts and Ancient Near Eastern Archives)
  Includes digitized "texts selected as valuable for teaching and research relating to ancient Near Eastern studies. We have selected primarily editions that are outside of copyright, or with the permission of copyright holders."  See also ABZU  - "Guide to networked open access [secondary source ]data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient." Mediterranean world.

• Early American Imprints, 1639-1800 [Evans]
  Keyword access to the full text and facsimile images of books, pamphlets, broadsides etc. published in American prior to 1801.  Publications based on Charles Evans' American Bibliography (Z1215 .E92 in Thompson stacks)  

• Early American Imprints, 1801-1819 [Shaw Shoemaker]
  Keyword access to the full text and facsimile images of books, pamphlets, broadsides etc. published in American 1801-1819.  Publications based on American Bibliography, a Preliminary Checklist for 1801-1819, comp. by  RR Shaw and RH Shoemaker. Z1215 .S4 in Thompson Special Collections remote stacks. 

• Early English Books Online 1475-1700
  Keyword access to full text facsimile images of selected books 1475-1700 publish in Britain and in English in British possessions.

• Eighteenth Century Collections Online 1701-1800
  Keyword access to full text facsimile images of books from the 18^th century published in Britain and in English in British possessions

• Eighteenth Century Journals: A Portal to Newspapers and Periodicals, 1685-1815
  Brings together rare British materials illuminating all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life.

• English Short Title Catalog 
  Catalog of books published in English & in British possessions, 1475-1700

• Evans Digital Edition, 1639-1800 – See above- Early American Imprints, 1639-1800
   

• Harpweek  [Harpers Weekly ] 1857-1912. 
  Search and read facsimile image of the periodical.

• History E-Book Project
  Search and read full text of hundreds of scholarly history books

• History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
  Index to published literature

• Human Relations Area File 1991-present
  "Cross-cultural database that currently contains nearly 60,000 pages of information on the world's prehistory... [The] eHRAF database is organized by archaeological traditions."

• Index Islamicus (1906-present) 
  Index to literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world

• Index of Articles on Jewish Studies (RAMBI)
  Index to literature on all aspects of Jewish studies

 

• International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ).  1983- 
  Indexes social science and humanities literature in scholarly western language publications, particularly in English, German, and French.  Library owns older paper indexes back to 1897 at Thompson Library - AI9 .I6 (1965-present), AI9B5, AI9B52, AI9B58 (1897-1964).

• Index to Legal Periodical Literature, 1786-1922 – See Nineteenth Century Masterfile below

• Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
  Indexes articles related to law, including legal and constitutional history

• ITER: Bibliography of Medieval and Renaissance Europe (1996- . Indexes articles and reviews)

• JSTOR
  Online access and search of digitized journals in history and other fields.  You may limit a search to book reviews. Does not include the last 3-5 years of issues.

• Law Review Journals  (Lexis/Nexis)
  Search, read text of articles (legal, constitutional history)

• Lexis/Nexis Congressional
  Includes indexes to reports, documents and hearings 1789- ; Full text of many congressional documents since 1970s

• Military Periodicals Index from Air University  |
  Find references to articles and some full text.

 

• The Nation Digital Archive 1865- 
  Search and read full text facsimile of the periodical

• National Security Archive from George Washington University
  Includes declassified documents .  See also Digital National Security Archive .  "The most comprehensive collection available of significant primary documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945."  Additional, related documents are available at the National Security Archive at George Washington Univ.

• Nineteenth Century Masterfile 1801-1906
  Includes index to periodicals: Poole’s Index,; Index to Legal Periodical Literature, 1786-1922; Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900, Royal Society (Great Britain); and index to articles in religion and psychology in the 1890s to 1906.

• Periodicals Archive Online [FULL TEXT]  1802-1995
  An archive of hundreds of digitized journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences.  Includes journals in English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese and Italian.

• Periodicals Index Online 1770-present (multilingual index to articles) Very selective full text access.

• Pooles Index to Periodicals 1802-1900 -  See Nineteenth Century Masterfile above

• Religion Index (1949- ) 
  Find articles and books on the history of religion from all periods

• Royal Historical Society Annual Bibliography (1945- )
  Index to literature on British and Irish history

• Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies
  Index to social sciences and humanities books, manuscripts, dissertations, and articles published in the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eastern Europe.

• Sociological Abstracts (1963- ) 
  Includes literature from historical perspective

• U.S. Congressional Serial Set   See Lexis/Nexis Congressional; also see http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/index.html (1995-present)
  "Contains the House and Senate Documents and the House and Senate Reports. The reports are usually from congressional committees dealing with proposed legislation and issues under investigation.  Congressional documents are a rich source of information in foreign affairs, politics, finance, business, economics, appointments, environment, safety, transportation as well as social and cultural affairs of the nation.  This set includes the maps and illustrations that appeared with the original documents.  Documents and reports also in CIS microfiche set (J74C55  in MIC).  See index in LexisNexis Congressional below. Until the database is complete, you will need to rely on the microfiche for documents not available online.

 

 Theses/Dissertations (other indexes above include dissertations)
 

• Dissertation Abstracts International 1861-present
  Identify PhD dissertations in your research area; Download all since 1997 and selected titles prior to 1997. Order via Interlibrary Loan when full text is not available. 

• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
  Digitized, searchable theses and dissertations from participating institutions

• Dissertations in Progress in History (comp. by American Historical Asso.)

• Index to Theses (Great Britain and Ireland) 1970-present
  (Order dissertations from Interlibrary Loan)

• Theses Canada Portal  
  All theses in Library and Archives Canada's theses collection, which was established in 1965; includes some pdf electronic theses

• Australasian Digital Theses
  Digitized, searchable theses from Australian universities

 

   Newspaper Indexes and Full Text: 
(Additional resources in Microforms Rm.  Check the library catalog)
 

    17th-18th Century Newspapers

• America's Historical Newspapers  1690-1922
  Search & read facsimile text of a growing database of newspapers. Vendor says database continues to add titles.  Additional early American newspapers in Microforms Rm. in Main Library. (Same as Early American Newspapers Digital)

• Early English Newspapers. 
  Microfilm collection of 17th-19th century English newspapers.  (AN.G7 A2 E2 Microfilm in Microform Rm.) See the guide to collection. [OSU holdings are not complete]

• Eighteenth Century Journals: A Portal to Newspapers and Periodicals, 1685-1815
  Brings together rare British materials illuminating all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life.

• Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1800.  (Full text search and display.)
  Microform of original for 1728-1815 in MIC ANU5P4P4P46

• 17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers.  Gale, 2007.
  Search full text and display facsimile of English language newspapers published mostly in London, however there are also some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and a few examples from the American colonies.

• Times (London) Digital Archives
  Full Text Facsimile: 1785-1985. Search & read facsimile text.
  
  19th Century Newspapers

• America's Historical Newspapers 1690-1922
  Search & read facsimile text of a growing database of newspapers. Vendor says database continues to add titles.  Additional early American newspapers in Microforms Rm. in Main Library. (Same as Early American Newspapers Digital)

• 19th Century British Library Newspapers.  Gale, 2007.
  Search full text and display facsimile of 50 papers originating in England, Scotland, Ireland. 
  For the title list see http://gale.cengage.com/tlist/bl_ncncp.html

• 19th Century U.S. Newspapers  1800-1899      Search & read facsimile text of hundreds of U.S. newspapers. 
  -Search full text by selecting button for  "in entire article content."
  -Limit to specific newspapers by pressing "BROWSE" button and choose the titles. 
  -Limit to a state or city of publication by choosing "Advanced Search" from left column. 
  -Select "full text" from drop down menu to search full text of articles in "Advanced Search"

• Chicago Tribune April 23, 1849 - Dec. 31, 1985  
  Search & read facsimile text.  More recent years in Lexis/Nexis Academic.

• New York Times Online, 1851-present (not including latest 3 years) 
  Search & read facsimile text.  Latest 3 years in Lexis/Nexis Academic. 

• Times (London) Digital Archives
  Full Text Facsimile: 1785-1985. Search & read facsimile text.
  -Search full text by selecting button for  "in entire article content."

• Washington Post 1877-1990
  Search & read facsimile text.  More recent years in Lexis/Nexis Academic.

• The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900
  Bibliography of 50,000 publications with historical information about the resources)
  
  20th Century Newspapers

• America's Historical Newspapers 1690-1922
  Search & read facsimile text of a growing database of newspapers. Vendor says database continues to add titles.  Additional early American newspapers in Microforms Rm. in Main Library. (Same as Early American Newspapers Digital)

• America's Newspapers (beginning dates vary; updated within a week)
  Full text search of many Ohio newspapers

• Chicago Tribune April 23, 1849 - Dec. 31, 1985  
  Search & read facsimile text.  More recent years in Lexis/Nexis Academic.

• Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (BETA Test)  

• Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press  1949-current
  Presents a selection of Russian-language press materials translated into English.

• Lexis Nexis Academic  1980s-
  Full text of U.S. and selected international newspapers, newswires, news programs, and selected periodicals

• New York Times Online, 1851-present (not including latest 3 years) 
  Search & read facsimile text.  Latest 3 years in Lexis/Nexis Academic.

• Newspaper Source  1994- 
  Index to articles with links to full text for many article

• Proquest Historical Newspapers
  Select database from vendor menu.  OSU has access to the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune

• Times (London) Digital Archives
  Full Text Facsimile: 1785-1985. Search & read facsimile text
  Search full text by selecting button for  "in entire article content."  

• Underground Newspaper Collection. (American) 1963-1985
  (ANU5.A1 U5 in Microforms Rm.) See OSU holdings.

• Universal Database of Russian Newspapers  (1980- ) 
  30 of the most influential Russian newspapers

• Washington Post  1877-1990
  Search & read facsimile text.  More recent years in Lexis/Nexis Academic.

• The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800-1900
  Bibliography of 50,000 publications with historical information about the resources)

 

 U.S. Congressional Resources
 

• American State Papers, 1789-1838  See Lexis/Nexis Congressional or http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsp.html
  "Contain[s] the legislative and executive documents of Congress during the period 1789 to 1838. The collection includes documents that cover the critical historical gap from 1789 to the printing of the first volume of the U.S. Serial Set in 1817." Paper copy in Thompson Library Oversize (J33) and Depository (KF11 .A48 1832). Sections include Foreign Relations, Indian Affairs, Finances, Commerce and Navigation, Military Affairs,  Naval Affairs, Post Office Department, Public Lands, Claims, and Miscellaneous.

• CQ Congress Collection 1789-present
  This is a "dynamic, data-rich research and reference tool allowing a sweeping historical analysis of members of Congress, their legislative voting behavior, interest groups, and their interactions in crafting public policy."  Searches may include summaries of Congressional reports, documents, legislation, and Congressional action.  Design your own analysis of votes for and against a bill.  Link to Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports. Also included are historical and contemporary legislative procedures and political definitions. NOTE FOR GUIDE TO BILL and DOCUMENT TEXTS see http://library.osu.edu/sites/history/Congress.html 

• CQ Almanac 1945-present
  Analysis and data on major legislation from the US Congress

• CQ [Congress] Weekly 1983-present
  Offers "coverage of the U.S. Congress: status of bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and backroom maneuvering. Produced by the largest news team on Capitol Hill."  Save searches and results.
  SET UP WEEKLY E-MAIL ALERTS for articles and/or votes on your issues or bills. Go to CQ Weekly and click on "E-mail alert" at the top of the left hand column.

• CQ Vital Statistics on American Politics  1788-present

  A database of data on elections, political parties, campaign finances, political action committees, public opinion, voting, the media, Congress, the presidency and executive branch, the judiciary, federalism, foreign military policy, social policy and economic policy. Search by keyword or browse through table of contents.  View, print or download tables in Excel or CSV.

• CQ Voting and Elections  1789-present
  Offers analysis of elections, election results (national and state), and voter demographics.  Also included are political maps and primary source documents.  View, print, save or email documents and statistical tables.  Save your searches and results in a personal file.

• Lexis/Nexis Congressional (1789-present)
  Find the full text of Congressional reports and documents (1789-1969) and full text for many documents, bills, public laws and hearing testimony from the 1990's to the present. Includes bills, laws, legislative histories, committee prints, House and Senate documents and reports; info on members of Congress; federal regulations)

•     U.S. Serial Set   See Lexis/Nexis Congression  ; also see http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/index.html (1995-present)
  "Contains the House and Senate Documents and the House and Senate Reports. The reports are usually from congressional committees dealing with proposed legislation and issues under investigation.  Congressional documents are a rich source of information in foreign affairs, politics, finance, business, economics, appointments, environment, safety, transportation as well as social and cultural affairs of the nation.  This set includes the maps and illustrations that appeared with the original documents.  Documents and reports also in CIS microfiche set (J74C55  in MIC). 

   

• US Congressional Documents, Administrative Regulations, and Declassified Documents at OSU Libraries
  A guide to OSU Libraries holdings, formats and locations of documents.

   Primary Sources

Check OSU library catalog for primary sources owned by the  Libraries:

Sample subject headings:     United States – Foreign Relations – Germany – Sources

                                        Slavery -- United States -- Personal Narratives

Keyword:          Napoleon* and revolution and s:personal narratives     
                            (* finds Napoleon or Napoleonic)

                            (s: limits to a subject )

Also, you may perform a keyword search with one of the following words or phrases: 
sources, archives, correspondence, diaries, personal narratives, interviews, church records and registers, early works to 1800, wills, probate records, sermons

• Archive File (formerly ArchivesUSA) 
  Guide to primary source collections from thousands of repositories in the US, Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland.  Includes the National Union Catalogue of Manuscript Collections (Library of Congress, 1951-1993) Z6620U5N3 in ISD; Also includes the National Inventory of Documentary Sources - United States that provides the text of finding aids to collections.  Use fiche number and find at CD3065N38 in MIC.  Also includes National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United Kingdom and Ireland.  Use the fiche number and find at CD1042 .N37 Microfiche in MIC.

• AccessUN (1966-2005)
  Index to United Nations documents including Official Records, masthead documents, draft resolutions, meeting records, UN Sales Publications, and the UN Treaty Series citations. Also included is the full-text of several thousand UN documents

• Guide to British Parliamentary Documents at Ohio State University Libraries
  Parliamentary debates, papers (Sessional papers), journals, proceedings and other documents.  Some digital links.

• Diplomatic Document Collections at OSU Libraries - Europe, U.S., and Canada

• In the First Person
  Index to English language personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories

• National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United Kingdom & Ireland. 
  Indexes and provides finding aids to collections located in the UK and Ireland.  CD-ROM index and film indexes in MIC.  Use fiche number and find at CD1042N37, CD1042 .N373 in MIC.

• Medieval & Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO)
  Search and read a wide variety of British sources, including the Calendar of State Papers.  View a list of sources in the database at http://sources.tannerritchie.com/completelist.php .

• State Papers Online, 1509-1714 which provides correspondence, reports, memoranda, and parliamentary drafts from ambassadors, civil servants and provincial administrators in the British government. Includes Part I: The Tudors, 1509-1603: State Papers Domestic and (soon to be available) Part II: The Tudors, 1509-1603: State Papers Foreign, Scotland, Borders, Ireland and Registers of the Privy Council.

• Primary Source Documents and Guides on the Web 
  Includes links to many electronic and related print primary sources in U.S. and world history and politics.

• US Congressional Documents, Administrative Regulations, and Declassified Documents at OSU Libraries
  A guide to OSU Libraries holdings, formats and locations of documents.  SEE ALSO U.S. Congressional Resources above.
   

Book Reviews  
In addition to various indexes above, the following include reviews)
 

• H-NET REVIEWS (Book Reviews in History) 
  Full text of reviews.  Keyword searchable

• JSTOR
  Full text of reviews.  (Search for book title, check one or more journal categories, check "reviews" instead of articles.  JSTOR is excellent for published books prior to the past 7 years.

• Reviews in American History: 1973-  Full text of reviews

• Reviews in History 1996- 
  From the Institute of Historical Research (U. of London) Includes reviews, reappraisals, and historiographic articles

• Book Review Digest  1905-2004 in paper in THO Grand Reading Room, Z1219B72. 
  Indexes popular and some scholarly review sources.  Some links to full text.

• Book Review Index   1965-  
  Comprehensive index to scholarly reviews. 

• The Nation Digital Archive  1865- 
  Search and read full text facsimile of the periodical

• Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals, 1802-1974.  Available as paper index. Find in THO Grand Reading Rm.  AI3 .C652

• Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, 1886-1974. Available as paper index. Find in Depository, Z1035.A1 C64.

• International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature on the Humanities and Social Sciences1985-present.  Also available as paper index. Find in THO 1996- , Z5051 .I64 and in the Depository (1971-1995).   Indexes book reviews in scholarly, western language publications.

• Sehepunkte  1990s-present
  Searchable, full text database of history book reviews, mainly in German and English

 

    Dictionaries/Encyclopedias

 

• Oxford Reference Online
  Search and display text of 100 dictionaries and encyclopedias published by Oxford University Press

• Facts and File  1940-  
  Full text of International news. *Check "news archives" box

• Economic History Encyclopedia

 

     Biography (see also Dictionaries/Encyclopedias above)

 

• Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie  (Universal German Biography)
  Searchable, full text images from 55 of 56 vols., print edition- CT1053 .A4 in Depostiory; Also includes index to Neue Deutsche Biographie, DD85 .N4 in Depository.

• American National Biography  
  Articles and bibliographies on persons in American history

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, 1774-present
  Brief biographies of elected representatives in Congress 

• Biography Reference Bank
  Source of biographical information with an international focus

• Columbia Encyclopedia 6th edition

• Contemporary Authors
  Biographical and brief information on writings of writers; Many historians listed

• Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
  Initially covers persons deceased between from 1000-1920

• Historians in British Universities (By institution; By name; By research interest)

• Literature Resource Center
  Includes essays and briefer entries, including three volumes in the Dictionary of Literary Biography on American historians from colonial times through the 20th century.

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  Articles in new edition of DNB on influential persons on all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000

 

Historical Statistics

 

    Find many sources of historical statistics in the library catalog:

        e.g.  Keyword search:   s:germany and s:history and s:statistics      (s: limits word to subject heading)

                                         s:transportation and s:history and s:statistics

• Historical Statistics of the United States
  Colonial times to 2000

• Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
  individual annual editions since 1878

• U.S. Census Data, 1790-1970

• U.S. Census Fact Finder 1990-

• Selected Historical Decennial U.S. Census of Population and Housing Counts, 1790-1900

• CQ Vital Statistics on American Politics  1788-present

  A database of data on elections, political parties, campaign finances, political action committees, public opinion, voting, the media, Congress, the presidency and executive branch, the judiciary, federalism, foreign military policy, social policy and economic policy. Search by keyword or browse through table of contents.  View, print or download tables in Excel or CSV.

• CQ Voting and Elections  1789-present
  Offers analysis of elections, election results (national and state), and voter demographics.  Also included are political maps and primary source documents.  View, print, save or email documents and statistical tables.  Save your searches and results in a personal file.

• A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1797-1825
  "This will include all 25 states and territories that existed at the time... This project is a work in progress."

• Historical Economic Data Time Series, 18th century-present

• The Value of Money and Other Historical Financial Indicators
  links to historical valuations of various currencies

• International Historical Statistics:
      Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2001. 4th ed. (HA4675 .M552 2003 at THO Grand Reading Rm.)
      Europe, 1750-2000.  5th ed.  (HA1107 .M5 2003 at THO stacks)
      The Americas, 1750-2000.  5th ed.  (HA175 .M55 2003 at THO Stacks)

• Social Explorer
  Provides demographic information about the United States, from 1940 to 2000

Historical Maps

 

• Atlas van der Hagen and Atlas Beudeker

• Digitized Maps (worldwide) from Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection, U of Texas

• Digitized Maps from Library of Congress

• Historic Cities
  Digital images of ancient maps; Search by date, location, map maker

• Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923

• Historical Atlas of the 20th Century

• Historical Maps of Africa, 16th- Early 20th Century from Northwestern University Libraries

• Historical Maps of Europe

• Historical Maps Online (from Univ. of Illinois Library & Univ. of Illinois Press)

• Historical U.S. Geological Survey Maps, 1890s-1950s
  Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, and Ohio

• Maps mainly from 18th & 19th c. from David Rumsey Collection (international but mostly Americas)

• Other Links to History Related & Antiquarian Map Sites
   

Videos and Photographs in History and the Social Sciences (see also Primary Sources Documents page)

 

• American Memory from the Library of Congress Home Page
  Includes photos and sound on wide range of subjects in American history

• Videos from the U.S. National Archives (via Google Video)

• Online videos in history and social science (Produced by British Broadcasting Co. from Ohiolink) 
      Select “Social Science” in subject list

• The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2004
  Video and audio of television commercials during the campaigns
   

• ARTSTOR

  A repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data, and the tools to actively use those images.  Includes photographs and art that can be used to illustrate historical events, persons, and ideas

• Digital Library (OSU School of Architecture)  Includes slides of historical sites

• Digital Media Center (Ohiolink) 
  Collections of digital pictures, archives, and oral histories from Ohio history.  Includes Kent State Shootings Oral Histories, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center documents, and Wright Brothers photos documenting the invention of the airplane, and more.

• NYPL Digital Gallery
  Drawings, illuminated manuscripts, maps, photographs, posters, prints, rare illustrated books from the New York Public Library

• OhioPix
  Selected photographs from the Ohio Historical Society

• Ohio State University Photo Archives Collection 
  OSU Archives’ collection exceeds 2,000,000 images

• Photograph archives of the German Colonial Society  1920s-1936
  [site in German; Click on Recherche im Bildarchiv to begin a search.]

• Portraits of Persons in World History

• Prints and Photographs Online Catalog at the Library of Congress Many images online

• Visual Resource Library (OSU Dept. of the History of Art)  Includes slides of historical sites

 

 

Selected Reference Sources in History

 

 

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