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America: History & Life (EBSCO)   more information
Indexes 1,700 journals as well as dissertations on the history and culture of the United States and Canada. 1964-
Historical Abstracts   more information
Covers scholarly literature in history. All world history (1450 to present) is covered EXCEPT that of the United States and Canada. These are covered by America: History & Life. 1955-
JSTOR History   more information
Comprehensive archive of back issues of core scholarly journals in history.
American Periodicals Series Online (ProQuest)   more information
Collection contains digitized images of the pages of over 1,100 American magazines and journals originating 1741 - 1900.
Project Muse   more information
Includes over 300 full text scholarly journals in humanities, arts, and social sciences from 60 scholarly publishers. Dates vary, 1990 to present.
Humanities Full Text (Wilson)   more information
Abstracts and full text from 400 periodicals in archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history, and world literature; indexing 1984-, abstracts 1984-, select full text 1994-
Literature Resource Center   more information
Provides one search access to Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400–1800, Shakespearean Criticism, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Drama Criticism, Children's Literature Review. Supported by a generous donation from The SAGE Society.
China: Trade, Politics & Culture 1793-1980   more information
Collection of English-language sources relating to China and the West, 1793-1980. Provides a wide variety of original source material detailing China’s interaction with the West from Macartney’s first Embassy to China in 1793, through to the Nixon/Heath visits to China in 1972-74.
Empire Online
Provides over 60,000 images of original manuscripts and printed material taken from libraries and archives worldwide, 1492-1962. Access generously provided by Dr. Jeffrey Auerbach.

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Readers' Guide Retrospective (Wilson)   more information
Indexes 375 most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States, 1890-1982.
New York Times Historical   more information
Full text access to the New York Times from 1851-2003; updates every year
Los Angeles Times Historical   more information
Full-page images and article images from the Los Angeles Daily Times (1881-1886) and the Los Angeles Times (1886-1986).
America's Historical Newspapers   more information
Digital archive of more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers. Includes: Early American Newspapers, Series 1-3, 1690-1922; African American Newspapers, 1827-1998; and Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980.
Chicago Defender Historical   more information
Full text access to The Chicago Defender 1905-1975 in Proquest Historical Newspapers.
Times Digital Archive (Gale)   more information
Complete digital edition of The Times (London, England), 1785-1985.
Social Sciences Full Text (Wilson)   more information
Articles from 300 journals in the social sciences; indexing 1983-, abstracts 1984-, select full text 1994-
Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)   more information
Abstracts to 3,000 journals (over 1,500 peer-reviewed journals), with full text to more than 2,000 of the journals. Dates may vary, most from 1985-
Expanded Academic ASAP (Gale)   more information
Indexes over 3,500 general interest and scholarly journals, including titles in the humanities, social sciences, and science and technology, with full text articles in over 2,000 journals. 1980-
Ethnic NewsWatch + Ethnic NewsWatch: A History (ProQuest)   more information
Full-text collection of the ethnic, minority, and native press. Over 270 titles, 1960-
GenderWatch   more information
Publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas, 1970-
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (OCLC)   more information
Indexes bibliographies in more than 1,300 arts and humanities journals and selected articles from more than 5,800 social science and science jourals, 1980-
ATLAReligion (OCLC)   more information
Indexes 1430 journals, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews from American Theological Library Association (ATLA)'s print indexes on religion and theology, 1949-
Chicano Database   more information
Over 59,000 items on Mexican-American and Chicano topics. 1960-
Dissertation Abstracts (OCLC)   more information
Indexes dissertations from 1861-, abstracts from 1980-, and thesis abstracts from 1988-
JSTOR History of Science & Technology   more information
Comprehensive archive of back issues of core scholarly journals in the history of science and technology.
Année Philologique
Indexes 1500 periodicals, books and conferences in classical studies, including classical and medieval history, some abstracts, 1949-
Sociological Abstracts (CSA)   more information
Abstracts and indexes over 1,600 serials publications, plus book chapters, 1952-
U.S. Congressional Serial Set   more information
Reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, originally published in approximately 13,800 bound volumes for the period 1817-1980.
Oviatt Library Catalog   more information
CSUN University Library Catalog indexes books, periodicals, media and other materials held by the Oviatt Library.
Humanities E-Book (ACLS)
A collection of over 1,500 full-text titles in the humanities.
eHRAF World Cultures   more information
Human Relations Area Files (eHRAF) on the cultures of the world, past and present, indexed by culture and subject.
JSTOR British Studies   more information
Comprehensive archive of back issues of core scholarly journals in the British Studies.
Cal State Union Catalog
The Catalog of the California State University Libraries.
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