History Subject Research Guide
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Find Articles and Journals
Note: The UHM Library subscribes to many journals in both paper and electronic formats. Use a database or index to locate articles. To find a specific journal title in electronic format, search the library's list of electronic journals. Use Hawaii Voyager to find paper (and some electronic) formats for specific journal titles. If you do not find the journal you are looking for, please ask for further assistance at a reference desk.
Academic Search Premier
Multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,650
serials, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to
the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 8,200
journals.
America:
History & Life Database Online
America: History and Life Database Online is a complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to present. Published since 1964, the database comprises almost 400,000 bibliographic entries, over 2,000 journals indexed, approximately 6,000 citations of books and media reviews annually, and citations of dissertations. Every year approximately 16,000 new entries are added to the American History and Life database.
Historical Abstracts
Historical abstracts is a guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). Published since 1954, there are currently over 2,000 key historical journals from virtually every major country indexed, approximately 3,000 citations to useful historical books included annually, and citations to dissertations completed worldwide. Every year over 20,000 new citations are added to the Historical Abstracts database.
JSTOR Arts and Sciences I Collection
Provides full-text journal backfiles in various disciplines. The JSTOR project's primary goal is to build a reliable and comprehensive archive of important scholarly journal literature. Selected journals in the following subject areas are available: African-American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance History, Literature, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology and Statistics.
Making of America
Making of America (MoA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 9,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. For more details about the project, see About MoA. Making of America is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Web of Science
A multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the
sciences (Science Citation Index Expanded) as well as both the Social
Sciences Citation Index and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Approximately 70% of the records have author abstracts. Online coverage from 1980 to present.
Find Dissertations and Books
Hawaii Voyager Library Catalog
Use the online catalog to find books, journals, dissertations, videos, more.
Dissertations and Theses
Dissertations & Theses (PQD&T) includes bibliographic citations for the doctoral and master's work of authors from more than 1,000 graduate schools and universities dating back to 1861. More than 750,000 dissertations and theses from 1997 on have been digitized and are available for PDF download.
New Books at UHM Library
Interface for identifying new books. Can be limited by keyword and date range.
WorldCat
Large database of library catalogs - find books throughout the world.
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Surveys
World History
Dictionary of World History
Hamilton Main Reference D9 .D55
The Ancient World
The Cambridge Ancient History
Hamilton Main Reference D57 .C252
Paulys Real-Encyclopadie der Classischen Alterumswissenschaft
Hamilton Main Reference DE5 .P33
The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 3rd ed.
Hamilton Main Reference DE5 .O9 1996
The Middle Ages and the Renaissance
The Cambridge Medieval History
Hamilton Main Reference D117 .C3
Dictionary of the Middle Ages
Hamilton Main Reference D114 .D5 1982
The Modern World
The New Cambridge Modern History
Hamilton Main Reference D208 .N4
Harper Encyclopedia of the Modern World: A Concise Reference History from 1760 to the Present
Hamilton Main Reference D205 .H35 1970
American History
Dictionary of American History
Hamilton Main Reference E174 .D52 1976
The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates, 10th ed.
Hamilton Main Reference E174.5 .C3 1997
The Reader's Companion to American History
Hamilton Main Reference E174 .R43 1991
Directories and Guides
Directory of Historical Agencies in North America
Hamilton Main Reference E172 .A538 1986
Directory of History Departments and Organizations in the United States and Canada
Hamilton Main Reference -College Guides D16.3 .G83
Grants, Fellowships, and Prizes of Interest to Historians
Hamilton Main Reference - Financial Aid - D16.3 .G7
Research Guides
The Modern Researcher
Hamilton Main D13 .B334 1992b
Reference Sources in History: An Introductory Guide
Hamilton Main Reference D20 .F72 1990
Guide to Historical Literature (AHA)
Hamilton Main Reference D20 .A44 1995
Selected Journals for History
"Selected Periodicals" are those listed in Laguardia, Cheryl Magazines for Libraries, 2004, PN4832.K2 CVR, that are currently owned by or accessible through Hamilton Library. Search the library catalog and/or electronic resources for complete holdings information.
History periodicals that are currently owned by Hamilton Library can be found by a subject search in the library catalog for complete holdings, using the terms 'history periodicals'.
Canadian journal of history
Hamilton Main D1 .C35
Conspectus of History
Hamilton Main D1 .C655
Chinese America, history and perspectives
Hamilton Main E184.C5 C482
Continuity
Hamilton Main D1 .C68
The Historian
Hamilton Main D1 .H22
Historical journal
Hamilton Main D1 .H33
History
back issues
Hamilton Main D1 .H815
History Teacher
Hamilton Main D1 .H8177
The International History Review
Hamilton Main D1 .I58
Journal of Modern History
back issues
Hamilton Main D1 .J6
Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Hamilton Main D1 .J68
Historical Research
Hamilton main D1 .L65
Past & Present
Hamilton Main D1 .P35
Public Historian
Hamilton Main D1 .P83
Politics Today
Hamilton Main D1 .S485
Trends in History
Hamilton Main D1 .T79
UCLA Historical Journal
Hamilton Main D1 .U28
Time Capsule
Hamilton Main D410 .T55
Current History
Hamilton Main D501 .N5
The English Historical Review
Hamilton Main DA20 .E58
The American Historical Review
Hamilton Main E171 .A57
AHA Perspectives
Hamilton Main E172 .A63
Perspectives
Hamilton E172 .A63
The Journal of African American History
Hamilton Main E185 .J86
Magazine of History
Hamilton Main E175.8 .M34
Comparative Studies in Society and History
Hamilton Main H1 .C73
Representations
Hamilton Main NX1 .R46
About the History Collection
The history collection contains over 307,000 books and over 2,000 periodicals and other serials supporting interests in History, as well as thousands of other books and journals in related fields. The general collection covers history from around the world. The United States, Western Europe, Asia and the Pacific are emphasized. The Asia Collection and the Hawaiian/Pacific Collection have a significant amount of material on the history of those geographic areas. The library is also a federal depository of United States government documents and has a selective collection of United Nations documents.
History Library Collection Policy Statement