Historical Abstracts (Carnegie Mellon users only)
1954-present (Updated monthly).
Citations and some abstracts of journal articles, books, and dissertations on world history from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada). It covers all historical topics, including foreign policy, and a variety of disciplines including religion, gender studies, anthropology, political science, etc. Also has a U. S. and and Canadian history counterpart, America: History and Life. You can also search America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts simultaneously.
Industrial Arts Index
Print: 1914-1957.
HUNT REF-1 INDEX
continued by:
- Business Periodicals Index
Print: 1958-1996.
HUNT REF-1 INDEX
- Applied Science and Technology Index (Carnegie Mellon users only)
Online: 1983-present.
Print: 1958-1992.
HUNT REF-1 INDEX
Iter (Carnegie Mellon users
only)
ca. 1900-present (updated daily).
Citations to journal articles from over 500 journals pertaining to the
Middle Ages and the Renaissance (400-1700).
JSTOR (Carnegie Mellon users
only)
Full text: Dates vary by title, with no coverage for current 2-5 years.
Search full text backfiles of major scholarly journals by all titles,
by subject category,(e. g. History), by individual title or by a combination.
You can also specify the type of material you are looking for, e. g. articles,
reviews, etc. Instructions for downloading and installing the print helper
are displayed when you click "Print Article" in JSTOR. A laser printer
is required for printing.
Making of America.
A collaborative effort between the University of Michigan and Cornell
University to use digital technology to preserve primary sources, and
to make them accessible. The collections are especially strong the areas
of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science
and technology.
- Making
of America (Cornell University Library)
Browse or search journals and books from the antebellum period through
reconstruction.
- Making of America. (University
of Michigan)
Browse or search books and journals materials from the antebellum
period through reconstruction, 1850-1877.
Making of the Modern World (Carnegie Mellon users only)
ca. 1460-1850
A comprehensive digital collection for the study of early economic, political, business, and social history, and for researching the literature of economics from this period. It combines the strengths of two pre-eminent collections: the Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature at the University of London Library and the Kress Library of Business and Economics at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, along with supplementary materials from the Seligman Collection in the Butler Library at Columbia University and from the libraries of Yale University. The end result is a database that allows many ways to search, including full text, the more than 12 million pages from 61,000 books from the period 1460-1850, and 466 pre-1906 serials.
netLibrary
(Carnegie Mellon users only)
Browse, search or "borrow" full text eBooks online. Before you can borrow
and read a title online, you'll need to create a personal account.
19th Century Masterfile (Carnegie
Mellon users only)
ca. 1800-1900s.
Formerly called Poole's Plus. Search a variety of indices to find citations
for nineteenth and early twentieth century periodicals and books:
Series I: Poole's and other Multi-Title Periodical Indices
Series II: Book Indices
Series IV:Individual Title Indices with links to full text
Population Index
Print: 1937, v.3-present (updated quarterly).
Latest 5 years in HUNT REF INDEX; earlier with journals on HUNT BND-JOUR-3.
Annotated bibliography of books, journal articles, working papers and
other materials on population topics.
Online: 1986-present.
Available: Population Index on
the Web
Searchable and browseable database containing 42,662 abstracts of demographic
literature published in Population Index.
Project Muse (Carnegie Mellon
users only)
Full text: ca. 1995-present (dates vary by title).
Search or browse full text scholarly journals in the humanities, social
sciences, and mathematics published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Beginning in 2000 Project Muse will expand to include full-text online
access to titles from at least 9 other university presses, including Carnegie
Mellon University Press.
Readers' Guide Retrospective
(Carnegie Mellon users only)
1890-1982.
Online versions of the print index Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature.
These databases contain citations to popular magazine and journal articles
in all subject areas, including current events, fine arts, fashion, education,
business, sports, health, nutrition and consumer affairs.
Sabin Americana, 1500—1926 (Carnegie Mellon users only)
1500-1926
Search and display works about the North, Central and South America, the Arctic and Antarctica and the West Indies, published not only in the United States but from across the globe. This resource offers original accounts of exploration, pioneering, settlement, the western movement, military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition. It also covers such topics as American women, cities and states, the Civil War, immigration and politics, etc.
Science Citation Index via Web of Science (Carnegie
Mellon users only)
1945-present (updated weekly).
17th and 18th Century
Burney Collection (Carnegie Mellon users only)
Search and display the text of 1000 pamphlets, proclamations, newsbooks and
newspapers. Most of the newspapers are from England, Ireland, and Scotland, with a
handful from the British colonies in the Americas and Asia. Examples of newspapers
included are: British Journal, British Chronicle, Evening Post,
General Advertiser, Hoey’s Dublin Mercury, London Chronicle,
London Morning Penny Post, Original Weekly Journal, Whitehall
Evening Post.
Social Sciences Citation Index. via Web of Science (Carnegie
Mellon users only)
1956-present (updated weekly).
Web of Science (Carnegie Mellon
users only)
1945-present (updated weekly).
Electronic version of the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation
Index, and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. You can search for topics,
citation references, author's affiliation, etc.
Wile, Annadel N., et al., eds. C.R.I.S.: The Combined Retrospective
Index Set to Journals in History, 1838-1974. 11 vols. Washington:
Carrollton Press, 1977-1978.
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Worldcat
(Carnegie Mellon users only)
1200-present (Updated daily).
Citations to books, titles of journals, manuscripts, and other materials
in libraries throughout the United States, as well as some international
libraries. You can limit your search to books by by selecting Book
in the Type option. Each record will let you know which libraries
have that item. Use Interlibrary
Loan for materials not in the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries.
to see retrieval options. This is only for journal article citations, and may not be available in all databases. Otherwise, Use the library catalog to see if materials are in the Carnegie Mellon University Libraries. If they aren't, you can use the Interlibrary Loan options to either borrow or obtain a photocopy of the material.