for Academic Libraries
ABC-CLIO for Academic Libraries WiLS has a group subscription to these databases that runs 3/1/08-2/28/09.
America: History and Life
This annotated bibliography is an exceptional resource for students
and scholars studying the history and culture of the United States
and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
Renowned for its depth of coverage, the information in this bibliography
is accessible to scholars as well as history buffs. Each year over
1,700 journal titles published worldwide are scanned for relevant
articles of special interest to students of U.S. and Canadian history
and related fields. The database also includes citations and links
to book and media reviews from a selection of over 100 key journals
in U.S. and Canadian history. Annually, approximately 16,000 new
abstracts and citations to journal articles, book and media reviews,
and dissertations are added to the database. It’s strong English-language
journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics
and events.
- English-language abstracts of scholarly literature appearing in over 1,700 journals, including citations to book reviews, media reviews, and dissertations
- 524,000+ entries, with 16,000 new entries added each year, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages
- Full-text links to nearly 219,000 entries and book reviews available from JSTOR, ProjectMUSE, History Cooperative, H-Net, Oxford University Press online journals, Taylor & Francis journals, Swets Blackwell, Ingenta, and other sources
- Links to 18 free journals including H-Net Reviews, Journal for Multimedia History, Irish Geography, Screening the Past, North Star, and many more
- In 2006, America: History and Life began adding retrospective coverage for the most important historical journals in the JSTOR database. By project's end, coverage for these journals will extend back to the late-19th century
Historical Abstracts
This annotated bibliography is an exceptional resource that covers
the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada)
from 1450 to the present, featuring coverage of academic historical
journals in over 40 languages since 1955.
Historical Abstracts provides an unmatched breadth of coverage of
historical and related social science literature. Special emphasis
is placed on the inclusion of English-language journal articles and
book titles published throughout the world.
- 75- to 150-word abstracts of articles from over 1,700 journals of history and social science, including citations and reviews for books and dissertations
- 717,000+ entries, with 20,000 new entries added each year, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages
- Full-text links to over 131,000 articles available from ProjectMUSE, JSTOR, History Cooperative, Oxford University Press online journals, Taylor & Francis journals, Ingenta, and Swets Blackwell
- Links to 18 free journals including H-Net Reviews, Journal for Multimedia History, Irish Geography, Screening the Past, North Star, and many more
- In 2006, Historical Abstracts began adding retrospective coverage for the most important historical journals in the JSTOR database. By project's end, coverage for these journals will extend back to the late-19th century.