Guides: History: World: Start Here

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Welcome to the World History Research Guide. This guide is designed to help you navigate key resources, tools, and research strategies as you explore global history from ancient civilizations to the modern era. Whether you're working on a paper, preparing for a class discussion, or simply curious about historical events, this guide provides curated resources that will support your academic journey. Explore a variety of scholarly articles, books, databases, and more to deepen your understanding of world history and its impact on the present day.

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Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
A broad, general full-text database that includes both popular and scholarly periodicals. It covers virtually all academic areas of study, including social sciences, sciences, and humanities.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
An archive of scholarly journals. Content spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. The most recent 3-5 years of journals are generally not available. JSTOR has a number of other collections to which we do not subscribe. Provided through a cooperative agreement with Stetson's College of Law Library.
ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database with full-text articles in the arts, business, health, medicine, history, science, technology, social sciences. Includes scholarly articles, professional publication, and magazines.

Websites with digitized historical collections

Avalon Project
Created by Yale University Law School. A digital library of documents in the areas of law, history, and diplomacy. Coverage is from ancient times to the 21st Century. Links within the digitized text link to related documents.
World Digital Library
The World Digital Library (WDL) was a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, with the support of UNESCO, and contributions from libraries, archives, museums, educational institutions, and international organizations around the world. The materials collected by the WDL encompass historical documents including books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, journals, prints and photographs, sound recordings, and films."

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History: World

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A broad, general full-text database that includes both popular and scholarly periodicals. It covers virtually all academic areas of study, including social sciences, sciences, and humanities.

A multidisciplinary database with full-text articles in the arts, business, health, medicine, history, science, technology, social sciences. Includes scholarly articles, professional publication, and magazines.

Websites with digitized historical collections