History, Political Science, and Philosophy
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History, Political Science & Philosophy
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America: History and Life – Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present, including hundreds of full-text journals.
America’s Historical Newspapers – Provides full-text access to African American newspapers and selected historical newspapers from Louisiana, including the Times-Picayune (1837-1936).
American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection – Digitized images of American magazines and journals from the mid-18th century through the late-19th century in 50 subsets, covering advertising, health, women’s issues, science, slavery, industry, religion, arts, and more.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index – Indexes and provides abstracts for the world’s leading arts and humanities journals beginning in 1986, with links to locally available content.
Bayou State Periodical Index – A subject index to articles in nearly ninety Louisiana periodicals published since 1958.
Black Freedom Struggle in the U.S. – Features select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history.
Black Life in America – Covers American history from 1704 – present, sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications.
Digital Sanborn Maps – Louisiana – Provides access to fire insurance maps of Louisiana from 1867–1970, including building outline, size and shape. Click the Browse and Explore button to start your search.
Dissertations & Theses – The world’s most comprehensive collection of multidisciplinary dissertations and theses, featuring 6 million records from more than 70 countries and over 4,100 institutions, of which over 3 million are full-text.
European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 – A comprehensive guide to more than 32,000 printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750 from European Americana, covering the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of Native Americans.
Gale in Context: Biography – Covers historically significant figures to present-day newsmakers with authoritative reference content, magazines, journal articles, primary sources, videos, audio, and images.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text – Covers world history, excluding the US and Canada, from ancient times to the present in hundreds of history journals and books.
History Reference Source – Provides full-text reference books, encyclopedias, nonfiction books, magazines, historical documents, and biographies of historical figures, as well as historical photos, maps, and videos.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) – Includes over 3 million bibliographic references to journal articles and books dating back to 1951 in over 100 languages, covering anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology.
Journals on Project MUSE – Provides full-text articles from scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences.
JSTOR – Provides full-text of scholarly journals in the fields of ecology, economics, education, finance, history, mathematics, political science, and population studies.
Louisiana Digital Library – An online library of more than 400,000 digital items, including photographs, maps, manuscript materials, books, oral histories, and more, from Louisiana archives, libraries, museums, and other repositories documenting the state’s history and culture.
Nexis Uni – Features more than 15,000 sources covering company financial information, industry and market news, foreign and U.S. newspapers, magazines, trade publications, federal and state case law, accounting information, and more.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography – Over 63,000 biographies of significant, influential, or notorious figures who shaped British history.
Peace Research Abstracts – Provides bibliographic records related to peace analysis including conflict resolution, international affairs and peace psychology.
Politics Collection – Access to multiple databases covering political science, public administration, and public policy with international journals, country reports, dissertations, think-tank reports, working papers, government documents and more.
Public Administration Abstracts – Providing bibliographic records covering the theory and methods of administering the economy, politics, society, personnel, etc.
Race Relations Abstracts – Focuses on the top academic journals, books, periodicals, and newspapers addressing the relationships between and among races, ethnic studies, discrimination, and immigration studies.
Religion & Philosophy Collection – A tool for researchers and students of theology and philosophical studies, providing a comprehensive full-text source of journals and other titles as they pertain to world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy, and the history of philosophy.
Statistical Abstracts of the United States – A comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.
Tangipahoa Parish Newspapers – A selection of various newspapers from Amite City (1867-1907), Hammond (1903-1909), and Independence (1926) available at the Louisiana Digital Library.
Urban Studies Abstracts – Provides bibliographic records related to the study of urban affairs, community development, urban history, and more.