Databases are large collections of curated content. These could be articles, audio/video recordings or any other number of media types. Make sure to search through as many related databases as possible to find the best resources for your project or interest.
Over 50 databases are available through the Jim Dan Hill Library that contain digital resources to help you in your study of local and world history. If you're having trouble narrowing down your search or finding what you need, please email us at askref@uwsuper.edu and we'll help however we can.
Find full-text articles and abstracts back to 1955, covering the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Popular subjects include world history, military history, women's history, and the history of education.
Find full text from reference books, encyclopedias, non-fiction books, historical documents, cover to cover full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, and more than 78,000 biographies of historical figures.
Explore manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from the earliest contact with European settlers right up to photographs and newspapers from the mid-twentieth century. Browse through a wide range of rare and original documents from treaties, speeches and diaries, to historic maps and travel journals.
Find full text articles from core journals in history, political science, philosophy, mathematics, economics, and other social sciences and humanities. The most recent three years are not included for titles which are still being published.
In the late 1800's, Dutch physician Aletta Jacobs and her husband C.V. Gerritsen began collecting books, pamphlets and periodicals reflecting the evolution of a feminist consciousness and the movement for women's rights. The Gerritsen Collection has since become the greatest single source for the study of women's history in the world.
Search the UW-Superior Library Catalog for topical History related journals.
Journals are regularly published (annually, monthly, quarterly) collections of scholarly and creative articles. They are typically peer-reviewed, meaning they are evaluated, critiqued, and edited prior to publication. The Databases in the A-Z list can aid you searching for and locating articles from journals. The following are a few examples of available journals in this subject area.
Looking for books or other physical media related to your subject? You can either search through our catalog online or browse the stacks on the lower Garden Level. The D through F range of the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) system covers History. The following are not the entirety of related subjects contained within the LCC, but rather high-level categories with many sub-categories falling under their umbrellas.
