Belmont Abbey College Library: History: Home

Online Resources

Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy. Yale Law School.
The Avalon Project mounts digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government.
Europeana
Search, save and share art, books, films and music from thousands of cultural institutions
H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online
H Net's edited networks publish peer reviewed essays, multimedia materials, and discussions for colleagues and the interested public.
HaithiTrust
HathiTrust is a partnership of academic and research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
Historiography
Princeton University Library's Guide to Historiography
Internet Archive
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Internet History Sourcebooks (Fordham University)
A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use. Primary sources are available mainly for use in high-school and university/college courses.
Oxford Bibliographies
Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides across a variety of subject areas.
PastPerfect Online Archives
PastPerfect Online brings millions of artifacts from museums, libraries, archives, and other organizations to you from around the world. You can search through hundreds of collections at once using Artifact Search.
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History & New Media
The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media uses digital media and computer technology to democratize history: to incorporate multiple voices, reach diverse audiences, and encourage popular participation in presenting and preserving the past.
Wayback Machine (Internet Archive)
The Internet Archive Wayback Machine is a service that allows people to visit archived versions of Web sites. Visitors to the Wayback Machine can type in a URL, select a date range, and then begin surfing on an archived version of the Web.

History Subject Databases

JSTOR

Ebooks and journals from renowned scholarly publishers.
American History Database

American History offers a virtual library of American history for educators, students, and researchers of all ages. Includes primary sources, videos and slideshows, images, timelines, maps and graphs
History Study Center

Find primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to today.
HeritageQuest

Genealogy research database. Includes historical census, PERSI, Revolutionary War records, and more.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries

Find women's eyewitness accounts of historical events from 1675- 1950: women's writings and primary sources.
SIRS Issues Researcher

Find pro/ con essays about social issues and newspaper articles.

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General Databases

CQ Researcher

Find pro/ con essays and background information about current events.
CREDO Reference

A great place to start research. A premier virtual reference collection including encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, images, audio files, and videos in a wide expanse of subject areas.
JSTOR

Ebooks and journals from renowned scholarly publishers.
MasterFILE Premier

Magazines and other publications covering many subject areas, including business, health, education, science and culture.
Project Muse Humanities Collection

Project MUSE is a trusted provider of authoritative humanities and social science books and journals from more than 200 of the worlds most distinguished university presses and scholarly societies.
ProQuest Central

Find articles from peer-reviewed journals, magazines, and newspapers on all subjects.
SIRS Issues Researcher

Find pro/ con essays about social issues and newspaper articles.
SpringerLink

Providing researchers with access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols, reference works and proceedings.

Historiography Texts

A Companion to Western Historical Thought (eBook) by Lloyd Kramer; Sarah Maza
This broad survey introduces readers to the major themes, figures, traditions and theories in Western historical thought, tracing its evolution from biblical times to the present.
A Companion to the Philosophy of History and Historiography by Aviezer Tucker
The philosophy of historiography examines our representations and knowledge of the past, the relation between evidence, inference, explanation and narrative.
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Nature of Historiography by Fordham University
The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly for educational use.
A Companion to Global Historical Thought by Prasenjit Duara; Viren Murthy; Andrew Sartori
A Companion to Global Historical Thought provides an overview of the development of historical thinking from the earliest times to the present, directly addressing issues of historiography in a globalized context.
The Oxford History of Historical Writing, Vol.1
Volume I of The Oxford History of Historical Writing offers essays by leading scholars on the development and history of the major traditions of historical writing, including the ancient Near East, Classical Greece and Rome, and East and South Asia from their origins until ca. AD 600.

NYT Site License

New York Times (Site License)

Belmont Abbey College provides access to the New York Times website and app to current students, faculty, and staff. This includes unlimited access to NYTimes.com, podcasts, newsletters, multimedia, and live events, access to the NYT app, and access to archived articles between 1851-2002.

Good news! As a benefit of being part of the Belmont Abbey community, you have free access to The New York Times News. And now, you can also enjoy New York Times Audio, a new iOS app filled with audio journalism and storytelling on a wide range of topics, from global events to delectable recipes. Activate your free News access today and download New York Times Audio to start listening!
Belmont Abbey College provides access to the New York Times website and app to current students, faculty, and staff. This includes:

-Unlimited access to NYTimes.com, podcasts, newsletters, multimedia, and live events
-Access to the NYT app
-Spanish and Chinese translations
-Access to archived articles between 1851-2002 (5 pdf downloads per day per user)

First-time Users
BAC's subscription is restricted to current BAC students, faculty, and staff and requires a one-time registration. You will use your BAC email address to register.

If you already have a paid New York Times subscription for basic digital access, you will need to cancel your account first before you can register your email.