Databases

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

Complete datasets of maps and text detailing every change in the size, shape, location, name, organization, and attachment of each U.S. county and state from the creation of the first county in 1634 through 2010.

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

Complete datasets of maps and text detailing every change in the size, shape, location, name, organization, and attachment of each U.S. county and state from the creation of the first county in 1634 through 2010.

The SlaveVoyages website is a collaborative digital initiative that compiles and makes publicly accessible records of the largest slave trades in history. Search these records to learn about the broad origins and forced relocations of more than 12 million African people who were sent across the Atlantic in slave ships, and hundreds of thousands more who were trafficked within the Americas. Explore where they were taken, the numerous rebellions that occurred, the horrific loss of life during the voyages, the identities and nationalities of the perpetrators, and much more.

Searchable repository of important U.S. legal and historical documents. 

Complete datasets of maps and text detailing every change in the size, shape, location, name, organization, and attachment of each U.S. county and state from the creation of the first county in 1634 through 2010.

Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA) contains more than 141,000 citations for books, essays, journal articles and government documents of the United States and Canada. Dates of coverage for included content range from the sixteenth century to the present. The database is an essential research tool for anthropologists, educators, historians, political scientists, sociologists, psychologists, legal and medical researchers, linguists, theologians, ethnobotanists and policy makers.

Visitors will find historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.

The content is curated around six time periods: Resistance to Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement (1790-1860), The Civil War and the Reconstruction Era (1861-1877), Jim Crow Era from 1878 to the Great Depression (1878-1932), The New Deal and World War II (1933-1945), The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements (1946-1975), The Contemporary Era (1976-2000).

This resource supports a wide range of students, from middle and high school to college, as well as independent researchers. 

Discover the world's most influential people by searching narrative biographies, news, magazine, and multimedia content.

Find timely and historically relevant content on issues that influence women' s lives across the globe.

Search balanced coverage of events in U.S. history. Best for novice historians and academic researchers. Updated daily.

Access balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field.

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

A rich collection of primary source material relating to U.S. history and culture, compiled by the Library of Congress National Digital Library Program.

Searchable repository of important U.S. legal and historical documents. 

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

Searchable repository of important U.S. legal and historical documents.