Research Guides: History: Overview

Pam's Recommendations for Getting Started

America: History & Life (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Any topic regarding U.S. or Canadian history
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
World history from 1450-
Library Catalog - Advanced This link opens in a new window
A subset of Library Search that finds only materials owned by SMU Libraries, such as books, journals, movies, etc.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Fulltext of the entire back issues of scholarly journals
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Fulltext scholarly journals covering various topics

Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
Overviews & annotated bibliographies on a variety of subjects

Biography

Biography and Genealogy Master Index This link opens in a new window
Biographical reference sources
Ancestry Library Edition This link opens in a new window
Wide range of resources for genealogical & historical research