Databases at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library

All of the databases listed here are available on-site at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library. Click on a letter to view the databases that begin with that letter.

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ABES: Annotated Bibliography of English Studies
Covers secondary literature in English Studies in four main subject areas: Language and Linguistics, Cultural Studies, Literary Studies, and Film Studies.

Academic Search Premier
This resource is available from home with a branch library card.
Provides full text for 4,000 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies.

Access: The Supplementary Index to Periodicals
Supplements the Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature.

AccessUN
Index, articles and full-text database of United Nations documents covering 1998-2003.

ACLS History E-Book Project

ACLS Humanities E-Book Project
Provides online access to a fully searchable collection of high-quality books in the Humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars.

African American Experience
This resource is available from home with a branch library card.
Covers African American history and culture from its African origins to the present day, in addition to a collection of over 500 searchable titles.

African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
Searchable full-text of the major African-American newspapers published in the United States during the 19th century.

African-American History Online
This resource is available from home with a branch library card.
Covering more than 500 years of African-American history, features biographies, primary sources, images, timelines, and maps and charts.

All-Russia Census 2002
The latest All-Russia Population Census took place on October 9-16, 2002. Conducted by Goskomstat, the State Committee on Statistics of the Russian Federation, this is first official census of modern Russia.

Alternative Press Index
Indexes and abstracts alternative, radical, and leftist publications.

Alternative Press Index Archive
Index of journals (1969-1990) covering cultural, economic, political & social change.

America: History and Life
Indexes the scholarly literature of the history and culture of Canada and the United States from prehistoric times to the present.

American Book Prices Current
Contains annual records of books, manuscripts, autographs, maps, and broadsides sold at auction in North America, the United Kingdom, Germany, Holland, Australia, and other locations, for the auction years starting with 1975.

American Broadsides and Ephemera
Digital collection of broadsides printed between 1820-1900 and ephemera, such as invitations, menus and programs, printed between 1760-1900.

American Film Scripts Online
Current edition includes 823 authorized versions of copyrighted screenplays, formatted in the conventional screenplay format. Also includes a bibliographic and biographic database of directors and writers. Search by character, scene, race, nationality, age, subject, and year of writing, as well as by author and title.

American Indian History Online
This resource is available from home with a branch library card.
Covering more than 5,000 years of culture, legends, and leaders of over 500 Native American groups, this database provides entries on primary source documents, biographies, maps & charts, images, and timelines. It also features searchable tribe and culture area indexes, as well as the ability to search for tribes by region.

American National Biography
Offers portraits of more than 18,000 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation.

American Periodical Series Online
APS Online provides searchable full-text and page images from over 1,100 popular magazines, journals and newspapers which began publication between 1740 and 1900 with coverage through 1940.

American State Papers, 1789-1838
U.S. legislative and executive materials originating from 1789 -1838 but not published until the second and third quarters of the 19th century.

American Women's History
This resource is available from home with a branch library card.
Provides direct access to thousand of entries—biographies, historical and topical entries, speeches, maps, timelines, tables and charts, primary sources, and photographs—that are essential to understanding the experiences of American women throughout our nation’s history.

America's Historical Newspapers
Full-text digital images of American newspapers published from 1690-1922.

Ancestry Library Edition
Access to more than 5 billion names in more than 4,000 genealogical databases including Census Records, Passenger Lists and UK & Ireland records. Library version of Ancestry.com.

Ancient & Medieval History Online
This resource is available from home with a branch library card.
This database provides a balanced, global view of the ancient world as it explores six ancient centers of civilization—Africa, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Mesoamerica, and Mesopotamia, spanning the period from the early Hominids 3 to 5 million years ago through 1522 CE.

Annual Bibliography of English Language & Literature
Contains citations to books, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays, and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world from 1920 to the present.

Anthropological Index Online
Indexes articles in journals received by the British Museum's Department of Ethnography library. Particular emphasis is given to social and cultural anthropology and the archaeology of Eastern and Central Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Antique Map Price Guide
Record of antiquarian map trade appraisals derived from over 20,000 dealer and auction catalogs from the last 25 years.

AP Multimedia Archive
This resource is available from home with a branch library card.
Contains the Associated Press's current year's photo report and a selection of images from their vast negative and print library.

Archival Resources (RLG)

ArchiveGrid (formerly RLG Archival Resources)
Provides researchers with comprehensive access to information about collections of manuscripts and archives.

Archives USA
Provides information and detailed indexing to manuscript collections from over 5,000 U.S. repositories.

Art Full Text
Indexes and abstracts articles from an international selection of periodicals including French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, and English-language journals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins.

Art Index Retrospective
Indexes articles in periodicals, yearbooks, and museum publications, 1929-1984.

ARTbibliographies Modern
Covers twentieth-century art, design, and photography movements.

Artfact - Only available in HSSL Room 300
Provides access to more than 4 million auction records -- some with images -- covering the fine and decorative arts such as sculpture, painting, prints, photographs, collectibles and jewelry.

ARTFL
A collection of nearly 2000 electronic French texts, including classic literary works, nonfiction, and technical writing.

Artnet
Contains fine arts auction records -- many with images --from international and national auction sales. Database is updated daily with records from 1989 to present, searchable by artist's name.

Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Indexes articles and provides cited references found in over 1,130 journals in a wide variety of arts and humanities subjects.

ARTstor
ARTstor is an independent not-for-profit organization that develops, stores and distributes electronically digital images and related scholarly materials for the study of art, architecture, and other fields in the humanities.

AskART
AskArt covers American artists providing biography, images, citations, museums owning their work and galleries representing the artist's work.

ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials
ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials provides the full-text access to major religion and theology journals. ATLA Religion Database with ATLA Serials contains full-text journals in English and other major European languages, and covers all aspects of religion.

ATLA Religion Databases
Contains citations to articles, books, theses, and book reviews on all aspects of religion and theology.

Atlanta Constitution (1868-1942)
The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1942) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.

Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003)
The Atlanta Daily World had the first black White House correspondent and was the first black daily in the nation in the 20th century

Auto/Biography
Auto/Biography is an international and interdisciplinary journal addressing theoretical, epistemological, and empirical issues relating to autobiographical and biographical research.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Indexes articles on architecture in its broadest sense, including archaeology, decorative arts, interior design, furniture, landscape architecture, and city planning from 1930s to present.