Top Databases for History & Humanities
- America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new windowCovers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present; content includes book and media reviews and international perspective on topics and events.
- American History This link opens in a new windowMore than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, including expanded coverage of American women's history and U.S. government. Primary sources available; maps, charts, images, and videos are included in this database.
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new window United States government publications (including Congressional Documents, Presidential Papers, Foreign Relations of the United States, and Federal Agency Documents) is comprehensive back to inception.Special collections include Democracy in America, Kennedy Assassination Collection, Pentagon Papers, Slavery in American and the World, Civil Rights and Social Justice.
- European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive archive about the Americas written in Europe before 1750; covers topics such as Native Americans, Jesuits in America, pirates, slave trade, discoveries, commerce.
- Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
- Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
- US Major Dailies This link opens in a new window
How to Find Articles
You can find articles on history by searching one or more of the history databases from the library Database List, or by searching EagleSearch.
- EagleSearch This link opens in a new window
This video demonstrates how to search for articles using EagleSearch.
ORU Library 2024 6:05 minutes Transcript
American History Websites
- American History TV
Covering American History C-SPAN style: with event coverage, eyewitness accounts, and discussions with authors, historians and teachers. - National Archives - Research Our Records
Ancestry Records, Military Records, Photographs, and Online Exhibits - WallBuilders Library Resources
Black History, Chaplains, Historical Documents, Historical Sermons, and Historical Writings - World History Institute
Dr. Marshall Foster shares videos, pod casts, and journals about the founding of America and reveals how history can help us interpret the present.
Reference Books
Encyclopedia of American History by Call Number: E174 .E53 2003 ReferenceISBN: 081604371XPublication Date: 2003
Dictionary of American History: From 1763 to the Present by Call Number: E174 .T47 2000 ReferenceISBN: 0816044635Publication Date: 2000
Atlas of the North American Indian by Call Number: G1106.E1 W3 2009 ReferenceISBN: 9780816068586Publication Date: 2009
Chronology of Native North American History: From Pre-Columbian Times to the Present by Call Number: E77 .C555 1994 ReferenceISBN: 0810391953Publication Date: 1994
Encyclopedia of Women in the American West by Call Number: HQ1438.W45 E53 2003 ReferenceISBN: 076192356XPublication Date: 2003
Encyclopedia of Revolutionary America by Call Number: E208 .G55 2010 V.1 ReferenceISBN: 9780816065059Publication Date: 2010
Encyclopedia of Battles in North America by Call Number: E46.5 .P87 2000 ReferenceISBN: 0816033501Publication Date: 2000
U.S. History by Call Number: E174 .D522 1998 ReferenceISBN: 0028650166Publication Date: 1998
Immigrants in American History by Call Number: JV6450 .I5536 2013 V.1 ReferenceISBN: 9781598842197Publication Date: 2013
Encyclopedia of the American Presidency by Call Number: JK511 .G45 2010 ReferenceISBN: 9780816073665Publication Date: 2009
The Great American History Fact-Finder: The Who, What, Where, When, and Why of American History by Call Number: E174 .C67 2004 ReferenceISBN: 0618439412Publication Date: 2004
The Gilded Age
Roaring Camp by Call Number: F865 .J675 2000ISBN: 0393048128Publication Date: 2000
Over the Edge by Call Number: EbookISBN: 0520211499Publication Date: 1999
Great Depression, World War I, and World War II
The New Deal and the Great Depression by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781606352205Publication Date: 2014
The Great Plains During World War II by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9780803224094Publication Date: 2008
Remembering World War I in America by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9780803290853Publication Date: 2018
U. S. Diplomacy from World War I Through World War II by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9780810856066Publication Date: 2010
World War II and the American Indian by Call Number: D810.I5 T69 2000ISBN: 0826320392Publication Date: 2002
Understanding American History
The Reader's Companion to American History by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9780395513729Publication Date: 1991
A Land of Hope by Call Number: E178.3 .M143 2019ISBN: 9781594039379Publication Date: 2019
The Soul of America by Call Number: E169.1 .M4977 2018ISBN: 9780399589812Publication Date: 2018
Women in American History
Phillis Wheatley by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9780820333380Publication Date: 2011
Dr. Mary Walker by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9780813546117Publication Date: 2009
Calamity Jane by Call Number: F594.C2 M34 2005ISBN: 0806135913Publication Date: 2005
Equal to the Occasion by Call Number: EbookISBN: 0874173841Publication Date: 1990
Women Pilots of World War II by Call Number: EbookISBN: 0874804930Publication Date: 1992
Amelia Earhart's Shoes by Call Number: TL540.E3 A74 2004ISBN: 0759101310Publication Date: 2004
Rise of the Rocket Girls by Call Number: TL862.J48 H65 2016ISBN: 9780316338929Publication Date: 2016
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom by Call Number: E444.T82 C57 2004ISBN: 0316144924Publication Date: 2004
Men in American History
John Witherspoon's American Revolution by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781469628189Publication Date: 2017
In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone by Call Number: F454.B66 J66 2005ISBN: 0895873087Publication Date: 2005
Interpreters with Lewis and Clark: The Story of Sacagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau by Call Number: EbookISBN: 1574411659Publication Date: 2003
Schliemann and the California Gold Rush by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9789088902550Publication Date: 2014
The Life of Buffalo Bill by Call Number: EbookISBN: 1589760662Publication Date: 2004
Sgt. York: His Life, Legend and Legacy by Call Number: D548 .P478 1997ISBN: 0805460748Publication Date: 1997
The General vs. the President by Call Number: E814 .B73 2016ISBN: 9780385540575Publication Date: 2016
Roar of the Tiger by Call Number: D790 .H715 1991ISBN: 9780517573235Publication Date: 1991
Patton by Call Number: E745.P3 A97 2014ISBN: 1403971390Publication Date: 2006
Profiles in Courage by Call Number: E176 .K4 1964aISBN: 0060854936Publication Date: 2006
The Divine Plan by Call Number: E877.2 .K453 2019ISBN: 9781610171540Publication Date: 2019
Presidential Biographies
The Education of George Washington by Call Number: E312.2 .W37 2014ISBN: 9781621572053Publication Date: 2014
Friends Divided by Call Number: E332.2 .W65 2017ISBN: 9780735224711Publication Date: 2017
James Madison by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9780807835302Publication Date: 2012
Andrew Jackson by Call Number: E382 .W74 2005ISBN: 0805069259Publication Date: 2005
Lincoln, the Law, and Presidential Leadership by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9780809334544Publication Date: 2015
Theodore Roosevelt by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781504042390Publication Date: 2016
Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands by Call Number: E757 .D585 2011ISBN: 9780802717214Publication Date: 2011
John F. Kennedy on Leadership by Call Number: EbookISBN: 0814408346Publication Date: 2005
The Reagan Diaries by Call Number: E877 .A3 2007ISBN: 9780060876005Publication Date: 2007
Ronald Reagan in Private by Call Number: E877.2 .K84 2004ISBN: 1595230084Publication Date: 2004
Presidential & Voting History
The Presidency A to Z by Call Number: JK511 .P775 2008 ReferenceISBN: 9780872893672Publication Date: 2007
Hats in the Ring by Call Number: E176.1 .C793 2000ISBN: 0679457305Publication Date: 2000
Opinions Throughout History by Call Number: EbookISBN: 1642650684Publication Date: 2019
Will Rogers: A Political Life by Call Number: PN2287.R74 W45 2011ISBN: 0896726762Publication Date: 2011
The Handy American Government Answer Book by Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781578596393Publication Date: 2017
First Ladies & Their Contributions
Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation by Call Number: E302.5 .R64 2008ISBN: 9780060782344Publication Date: 2008
The Raising of a President: The Mothers and Fathers of Our Nation's Leaders by Call Number: E176.25 .W43 2005ISBN: 0743497260Publication Date: 2005
First Ladies of the United States by Call Number: EbookISBN: 1555879071Publication Date: 2000
First Ladies: A Biographical Dictionary by Call Number: E176.2 .S36 2001ISBN: 0816041954Publication Date: 2001
First Ladies and the Fourth Estate by Call Number: E176.2 .B86 2008ISBN: 9780875803913Publication Date: 2008
