Find Articles: History
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Open access. No login required. |
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Requires login when Off Campus. Limited to Atlantic Cape students, faculty and staff |
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Many items full-text |
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Some full text. |
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No full text. |
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Complete videos |
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An Ebscohost Database. |
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A Proquest Database. |
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Gale-Cengage Resource. |
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Digital Commons/bepress |
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Infobase Resource |
Databases for Research on History
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Large interdisciplinary database that contains articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals, trade magazines, and popular magazines.
It offers broad subject coverage, including anthropology biology chemistry, computer science, ethnic and multicultural studies, food science, general science, geography, law, mathematics, music, physics, psychology, religion, women's studies, and many more.
- Black Life in America Collection This link opens in a new window
The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today. Content from 19000+ news sources, current and historic. This primary source collection offers an expansive window into centuries of African American history, culture and daily life—as well as the ways the dominant culture has portrayed and perceived people of African descent.
- History Commons This link opens in a new window
A free international collection of research on history worldwide. Covers cultural and physical anthropology, folklore, linguistics, and other topics. Includes peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
- United States History Commons This link opens in a new window
An open-access collection of scholarly research in American history. Includes peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
- Making of America This link opens in a new window
Civil War and Reconstruction-era magazines from the collections of the University of Michigan. Free access.
- Military and Government Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes periodicals, academic journals, full-text books and pamphlets on military topics. Provides full text for nearly 300 periodicals and 245 pamphlets and indexes and abstracts nearly 400 titles. Some government publications are included in this database.
- European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 This link opens in a new window
This bibliographic database is a valuable index of European works that relate to the Americas. This resource was created from “European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750.” Contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.
Consult a librarian before purchasing articles! - History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons This link opens in a new window
A free international collection of research on art history and archaeology. Includes peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
- Arts and Humanities Commons This link opens in a new window
A free collection of research on arts and humanities. Includes peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
- Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons This link opens in a new window
A free collection of research on social and behavioral sciences. .Many articles, book chapters, and other materials can be downloaded free of charge.
- New York Times This link opens in a new window
A highly respected newspaper covering national, international, and regional news. Special sections on science, education, arts, book reviews, and food. Through the library, students, faculty and staff can set up a personal account to access this resource. Set up your account
- Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new window
The primary business-oriented newspaper in the United States. Published 6 days a week. Editorial policies tend toward the conservative. Opinion pieces on science topics are not always aligned with the established consensus of the scientific community. Through the library, students, faculty and staff can set up a personal account to access this resource. Set up your account
- Press of Atlantic City This link opens in a new window
Our local newspaper. Full text coverage 1988+; images available 2018+
- Philadelphia Inquirer This link opens in a new window
News from Philadelphia and the PA-NJ-DE tri-state area.
- Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
More newspapers from across the United States and around the world. Many are full-text.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
A free multidisciplinary index to scholarly articles.
Consult a librarian before purchasing articles!
See a list of all Atlantic Cape Libraries databases in alphabetical order.
Working Off Campus?
Off-campus access to most library resources is password-protected. 3 ways to get the user name and password:
- Visit the library.
- Go to Blackboard.
- Students: Look on the Institution Page for Student Tools to Stay Connected at Atlantic Cape
- Faculty: Look on the Institution Page for Key information about Libraries and Tutoring.
- Send an email request to library@atlantic.edu
Let Us Get It For You!
Not all articles found in our databases include the complete text. Need something that's not available full-text? Ask for an Interlibrary Loan. It's fast and easy.
Interlibrary Loan for Articles
Each of the three Atlantic Cape libraries has a selection of magazines available in print fo casual reading. Most magazines can be borrowed, as well.