LibGuides: HIST 317: The Holocaust: Research Databases

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Holocaust and Genocide Studies by Oxford University Press in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Peer-reviewed journal published three times a year. WSU provides access to volumes from 1986-2001 in HeinOnline and 2003-present in Project MUSE. Access other issues via InterLibrary Loan (ILL).

History Research Databases

Search the contents (either full text or abstracts only) of History journals in these databases.

America: History & Life (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Indexes and abstracts articles in over 2,000 journals published worldwide in U.S. and Canadian history. Also indexes essays, books, dissertations, and conference papers. Coverage: 1964-present. 6 simultaneous users
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BBC Video Collection This link opens in a new window
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Includes several documentaries from the BBC on the Holocaust.
History Reference Center This link opens in a new window
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Provides full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, more than 150 leading history periodicals, nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 78,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 113,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.
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World History in Video This link opens in a new window
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Documentaries on the Holocaust are included.

Journal Titles in History
Browse by Subject, select History & Archaeology, then scroll to History or country to find all journals in that area at the WSU Libraries.
A-Z Databases for Historical Research
Explore the Library's A-Z list of databases for other titles in History and related disciplines.

Multidisciplinary Databases

These databases cover a wide variety of subjects including History.

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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Full text of core scholarly journals in many disciplines.
Includes: Arts & Sciences 1-15, Business 2-4, & Life Sciences
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
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Simple search for scholarly sources with links to full-text when available. Use Google Scholar to find out if the library has the full-text of an article.
HeinOnline: Government, Politics and Law This link opens in a new window
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Journals, Congressional Record, Congressional Serial Set, U.S Reports, constitutions of every country, U.S. Treaties, Federal Register.
Trial ends October 2018. Purchased in Nov 2018
Humanities Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Humanities Full Text brings you full text plus abstracts and bibliographic indexing of the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities, as well as numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines.
SmartSearch This link opens in a new window
Search across many, but not all, databases in one place, plus the library catalog of books.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
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Full-text access to current content from high quality, peer-reviewed journals in the humanities and social sciences, including literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and economics. Coverage varies.
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