Historical Research

Meta-search to find articles, books, eBooks, music, videos, government information, and more. Includes multiple library databases and the Library Catalog.

An interdisciplinary database of leading academic journals with full text articles. Most articles are 3-5 years or older. Full text available for many titles.

Streaming video collection offering content on a variety of academic topics. Partners include the BBC, Bloomberg, PBS, and more.

Streaming videos and clips of plays, speeches, interviews, documentaries, lectures, and more. Videos supporting a broad array of subject areas.

A video streaming service with a broad selection of documentaries, feature films and training videos from thousands of producers. Featured producers include BBC, the Criterion Collection, the Great Courses, HBO, PBS, and many more.

Digital collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912. Thematic subsets include digitized images of the pages of American magazines that provide rich content detailing American history and culture.

Premier index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion, with coverage from 1949 and retrospective indexing for several journal issues as far back as the nineteenth century.

Citations for journal articles, books, essays, and government publications covering all aspects of native North American culture, history, and life. Dates of coverage range from the sixteenth century to the present.

Archive of thousands of newspaper pages, from different cities, over multiple years. The collection is full-text searchable including articles, editorials, pictures, and advertisements. The Archive is a project of the Catholic Research Resources Alliance (CRRA), a non-profit alliance of archives and libraries collaborating in support of the mission to provide enduring global access to Catholic research resources.

Indexing and some full-text access to rare materials in libraries, seminaries, special collections and archives. You can limit to full-text after searching. The database "enables easy, effective and global discovery of Catholic research resources". Made available by the Catholic Research Resources Alliance (CRRA).

Focuses on over 2200 law journals, case law, and historical and government documents. Some United States collections: the Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, and parts of the Serial Set. Other notable collections include international treaties and agreements, Canon law materials, English legal materials, and United Nations legal materials. The detailed Help section offers videos, guides to topics and collections, and search instructions.

US Federal Census records from 1790-1930 and over 25,000 genealogical books on local history, genealogy, and primary source materials. Covers 50 states and Canada, England, and Ireland.

Full text of about 350 Hispanic American newspapers from 1808-1980, some published only in Spanish and some published in English and Spanish.

Full image articles published by the New York Times from 1851-2016.

Includes local, regional, national, and international newspapers, as well as non-English language news; business information about US and international companies; federal, state and international legal materials including case law, media transcripts, and more.

Provides digital access to large-scale maps of Texas towns and cities. Founded in 1867 by D. A. Sanborn, the Sanborn Map Company was the primary American publisher of fire insurance maps for nearly 100 years.

Database of full-text periodicals, reference books, reports, and newspapers, and more sources relevant to Texas.