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History

Historical Documents | Biographical Sources | Encyclopedias | Dissertations | Journal Articles

Historical Documents

  • Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy (The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School)
  • EuroDocs: Primary Historical Documents From Western Europe
  • Digital Text & Image Collections
  • Early Encounters in North America
  • Early English Books Online
  • Citations from early English texts from 1475 to 1700, presented as digital images. Includes works by Malory, Bacon, More, Erasmus, Boyle, Newton, Galileo; musical exercises by Henry Purcell and novels by Aphra Behn; prayer books, pamphlets, and proclamations; almanacs, calendars, and many other primary sources.
  • Evans Digital Edition: Early American Imprints, Series I (1639-1800)
  • Based on the renowned American Bibliography by Charles Evans. The definitive resource for every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America, from agriculture and auctions through foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, witchcraft, and more.
  • History Online

Encyclopedias

Dissertations

  • Directory of Dissertations in Progress (American Historical Association)
  • ProQuest Digital Dissertations (Includes Dissertation Abstracts International)
  • Index to doctoral dissertations from 1861 to the present, with abstracts since 1980. A number of master's theses are also indexed, with abstracts since 1988. Complete text of dissertations and theses from University of California campuses since 1997 is available at no charge to download in PDF format. The first 24 pages of all items since 1997 are available to preview at no charge. (UCLA students, faculty, and staff may request non-UCLA dissertations on interlibrary loan rather than purchase dissertations through this site.)
  • Accessible from UCLA campus networks, Bruin Online and other UC campuses only.

Journal Articles

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