University Library

History: Modern World

Librarian: Donna Canevari de Paredes
Location: Murray Liaison & Research Services
Room: LIB 122.16
Phone: 966-5970
Email: Donna.Canevari@usask.ca


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Academic Search Complete (ASC) 1887 - present
A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals. [details]
Historical Abstracts (HA) 1955 - present
Comprehensive index of the literature covering "the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada, covered in America: History & Life) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. [details]

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Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) Web of Science 1981 - present
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials 1949 - present; selected title coverage back to the 19th C.
Combines an index to journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion with the full text of the ATLA's online collection of more than 100 major religion and theology journals. [details]
Gender Studies Database 1972 & earlier - present
Combines NISC's Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases with coverage of sexual diversity studies issues. [details]
Expanded Academic ASAP 1980 - present
From arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this full text database meets research needs across all academic disciplines. Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers - many with full text and images! [details]
Hapi Online Hispanic American Periodicals Index 1970 - present
An authoritative source for worldwide information about Latin American issues, including analyses of current political, economic, and social issues, as well as coverage of arts and letters. Includes some full text. [details]
Index Islamicus 1906 - present
An "international bibliography of publications in European languages covering all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world, including history, beliefs, societies, cultures, languages, and literature." [details]
Left Index 1982 and earlier - present
A bibliographic abstract and index database with some full text covering the "diverse literature of the left, with an emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia." [details]
Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies (MECAS) 1900 - present
A bibliographic index of research, policy and scholarly discourse on the countries and peoples of the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa. Includes abstracts and links to full text. [details]
PAIS International and PAIS Archive Public Affairs Information Service 1915 - present
Bibliographic database covering public affairs, public and social policies, international relations. It has an archive going back to 1915. [details]
Social Sciences Citation Index® (SSCI) Web of Science 1981 - present

Historical Newspapers and Periodicals

Current Digest of the Post Soviet Press (CDPSP) & CDPSP Digital Archive Universal Database of Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press CDPSP: 2006 - present; CDPSP Digital Archive: 1949 - 2006 (forthcoming)
An English-language online resource presenting articles from the Soviet/Russian press, government documents and special interest journals from 2006. The forthcoming (October 1, 2007) CDPSP Digital archive covers 1949 to 2005. [details]
Eighteenth Century Journals A Portal to Newspapers and Periodicals, c1685-1815 1685 - 1815
Digitized image collection of newspapers and periodicals, 1685-1815. [details]
Internet Library of Early Journals A digital library of 18th and 19th Century journals 18th and 19th C.
A digized collection of 18th and 19th Century British journals. [details]
JSTOR Volume 1 through to a "moving wall" embargo period of the last 2 to 5 years that varies by title
Fulltext archive of core scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences, as well as 19th century British pamphlets. A unique e-journal database of complete backfiles of core scholarly journals in the arts and sciences. [details]
Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) Collections I - VI 1802 - 1995
An archive of over 500 digitised journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, in 6 general collections covering 37 key subject areas. Several themed collections are included in the general collections: Historical Studies, Literary Studies, :History, Literature, Philosophy & Religion/Theology, and Spanish Language. [details]
Royal Society Publishing Journals Biological Sciences Collection Varies by title; 1665 - present; Volume 1, issue 1 -
Collection of selected Royal Society Publishing journals from volume 1, issue 1 (inclusive of superceded titles), including: Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Biology Letters, as well as Notes & Records of The Royal Society. [details]
Russian Central Newspapers Universal Database of Russian Central Newspapers Coverage varies. Selected titles include coverage from as early as 1980.
A collection of 65 Russian central newspapers, including official resources, independent media and partisan publications. Also includes several English language newspapers, including The Moscow Times. This collection is also known as the Universal Database of Russian Central Newspapers (UDB-COM). Access varies by title depending on Library subscription. Current (in 2010) subscriptions are limited to: Kommersant, Literaturnaia gazeta, Nezavisimala gazeta, Pravda, The Moscow News. [details]
The Times Digital Archive: 1785 - 1985 1785 - 1985
The complete digital edition of The Times (London) (aka The Times of London, from 1785 to 1985, can be searched "using keyword searching and hit-term highlighting to retrieve full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories to facilitate searching." [details]
The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals: 1800-1900 Series 2 1800 - 1900
A directory of 50,000 English language newspapers and periodical publications published in England between 1800-1900. Subjects covered include: Art & Architecture, Children, Feminism, Music, Theatre, Wit & Humour, and Women. [details]