History and Social Sciences
Articles, eBooks and primary sources about history, psychology, anthropology, cultures and social issues.
American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection
Digital access to American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912.
The American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection provides digital access to the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912. Thousands of periodicals document the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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The Austin American Statesman (Historical) includes searchable articles from Austin, Texas, newspapers for the years 1871-1980. Articles display in PDF format.
To search obituaries: choose Advanced Search, go to Document Type and check the Obituary box.
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Find a timeline of the various titles of the Austin American-Statesman in this Resource Guide.
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Austin History Center Digital Collections
Access thousands of digitized items from the Austin History Center archives, with more added each week.
Austin History Center (AHC) Digital Collections provides thousands of digitized items from the AHC archives, with more added each week.
AHC Digital Collections is a repository for the preservation and public access of digitized and born-digital historical artifacts from the History Center’s collections.
The first collections published include thousands of historic photos documenting people, places, and events that have shaped Austin’s history. Existing digital objects and newly digitized collections are being added weekly and will include archival documents, oral history recordings, videos, maps, and additional photographs.
Users can keyword search across all collections or browse the digital collections by material type or collecting units.
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Black Newspaper Collection (Historical) includes searchable articles from Black newspapers in the U.S. with select coverage for the years 1893-2010.
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- Please check the resource directly for title list and coverage.
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Britannica Library
Encyclopedia entries, magazine articles, images and videos for all ages
Britannica Library lets you choose from 3 levels to find information suitable for your grade or reading level. You can search for encyclopedia entries, magazine articles, images and videos.
Britannica Children is for students in grades K-5.
Britannica Young Adults is for students in grades 6-8.
Britannica Reference Center is for high school and adult researchers.
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Fold3 Library Edition
Fold3 Library Edition provides US military records and archives dating back to the Revolutionary War for genealogy and history research.
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Gale Academic OneFile with OneFile Collections provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.
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Gale General OneFile with OneFile Collections provides over 8,000 general interest magazines, journals, newspapers, reference material and audio content.
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Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints provides over 13,000 essays and articles expressing pro/con views, from capital punishment to stem cells to texting-while-driving.
If you need articles for an argument or position paper, points for a debate or essays for a current events report, this site provides these from different sources including books, magazines, journals and newspapers.
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Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media
Gale OneFile: Communications and Mass Media has nearly 3 million articles from more than 400 journals on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics and literature.
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Gale OneFile: Contemporary Women's Issues provides access to current full text and pertinent backfile content covering topics including civil rights, health, education, professional development, and entrepreneurship.
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Gale OneFile: Criminal Justice contains articles from more than 250 journals covering criminal justice and legal topics.
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Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies
Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies includes more than 2.7 million articles from 150 journals about cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community.
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Gale OneFile: Gender Studies
Gale OneFile: Gender Studies provides access to scholarly journals and magazines covering topics including gender studies, family and marital issues, and more.
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Gale OneFile: Hospitality and Tourism
Gale OneFile: Hospitality and Tourism provides articles about the cultural and economic aspects of travel and tourism as well as vacation planning resources.
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Gale OneFile: Information Science
Gale OneFile: Information Science contains articles covering all aspects of managing and maintaining information and technology, including usability, cataloging, circulation, and business information for library science students, information science and technology professionals.
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Gale OneFile: Psychology provides articles for researchers, psychologists, counselors and behavioral scientists in all fields of psychology: abnormal, biological, cognitive, comparative, developmental, personality, quantitative, social and applied psychology.
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Gale OneFile: Religion and Philosophy
Gale OneFile: Religion and Philosophy contains articles covering topics across a wide range of philosophies and religions.
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Gale OneFile: U.S. History contains articles from scholarly journals and magazines for novice historians and academic researchers.
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Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism provides articles about conflicts and their causes, impact and perception on a global scale, for analysts, risk management professionals, and students of military science, history, and social science.
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Gale OneFile: World History contains articles from scholarly journals and magazines for novice historians and academic researchers.
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ProQuest African American Heritage provides African American family history research, including the 1860 U.S. Federal Census.
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Texas Digital Sanborn Maps
Detailed property and land-use records of Texas towns and cities from 1867 to 1970
Texas Digital Sanborn Maps provide detailed property and land-use records of Texas towns and cities from 1867 to 1970. Details on buildings include outline, size and shape, construction materials, height, use, windows and doors, street and sidewalk widths, boundaries and house numbers.
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