History Gateway

Christmas party sponsored by Emith Temple, a fraternal organization, at the Dunbar Theater, 1007 Cleveland, Wichita, in December 1947. Photograph by F. L. Cohen Studio. Image courtesy of Wichita Photo Archives, Special Collections and University Archives, Wichita State University Libraries

  Primary Databases

• Library of Congress: American Memory
  
  
• Internet History Sourebooks Project, Paul Halsell, editor, of Fordham University
  
  
  • Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
    
    
  • Internet Medieval History Sourcebook
    
    
  • Internet Modern History Sourcebook
    
    
• Duke Papyrus Archive

Subsidiary Sourcebooks

• Internet African History Sourcebook
  
  
• Internet East Asian History Sourcebook
  
  
• Internet Global History Sourcebook
  
  
• Internet Indian History Sourcebook
  
  
• Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
  
  
• Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
  
  
• Internet History of Science Sourcebook
  
  
• Internet Women’s History Sourcebook
  
  
• People With a History: An Online Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* History 

Databases for Journal Articles

• America: History & Life. Provides citations to research materials on American history (prehistory to the present).
  
  
• American State Papers, 1789-1838. Legislative and executive documents, many originating from the period between 1789 and the beginning of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set in 1817.
  
  
• America's Historical Newspapers. Searchable American newspapers, including digital facsimiles, dating from 1690-1922.
  
  
• Expanded Academic ASAP. General article database. Some full text.
  
  
• Humanities Full Text. General searching tool for articles in the humanities, including history.
  
  
• JSTOR. Contains full-text articles in academic journals and select monographs in history as well as other areas.
  
  
• Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers. Searchable American newspapers, including digital facsimiles, covering 1800-1899.
  
  
• Project Muse. Contains full-text articles in academic journals in history as well as other areas.
  
  
• U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980. Reports, documents and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes.
  
  
• U.S. Congressional Serial Set Maps, 1817-1980. The maps published as part of U.S. Congressional Serial Set publications. Click on Serial Set Maps link on the opening page
  
  
• Web of Science. Seven databases containing cited information gathered from scholarly journals, books, book series, reports, and conferences.

Electronic Books

• ACLS History E-Book Project.  Expanding access to electronic books from selected publishers.
  
  
• NetLibrary.  Access to selected electronic books.

Other Items from the WSU Libraries Web Page

• WSU Libraries Online Catalog
  
  
• Ask a Librarian
  
  
• WSU Libraries' Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Page
  
  
• WorldCat (FirstSearch)
  
  
• Special Collections and University Archives, WSU Libraries.  Repository of primary resources related to the university, Wichita, Kansas, and beyond.

Updated: September 11, 2009 by Dr. Lorraine Madway