Research Hacked: History Topics

Use this to: research biographies of notable individuals from various fields and time periods.
Find: biographical entries covering international figures, with curated pages that include reference content, articles from academic journals, magazines and news, and historical images, videos, and audio clips.
Great for: finding comprehensive information for biographical or profile essays, researching historical figures for history projects, analyzing the lives of artists or influential people, or gathering details for presentations across various disciplines.

Use this to: find reliable, citable background information across all academic subjects.
Find: reference entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks, spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences, STEM, health, business, and more. Includes images, audio files, and videos to enhance your understanding.
Great for: getting started on a research project, developing and narrowing research topics, building foundational knowledge in any subject, understanding key concepts and terminology, or finding reputable background information for essays and discussions.

Provides scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. The database offers searchable full text, full page, and article-level images from The New York Times from 1851 to 2010.

U.S. History in Context provides a complete overview of our nation’s past that covers the most-studied events, decades, conflicts, wars, political and cultural movements, people, and more. The database delivers coverage of the most-studied topics – from the arrival of Vikings in North America, to the stirrings of the revolution, through to the Civil Rights movement, 9/11, and the War on Terror – through a web-like experience that supports the development of critical thinking and information literacy skills.

Use this to: explore human history from prehistoric times through the early Renaissance and connect past civilizations to the modern world.
Find: articles, essays, biographies, primary sources, texts, artifacts, images, timelines, and maps covering ancient civilizations, dynasties, empires, and medieval Europe.
Great for: researching topics for world history courses, understanding ancient cultures and medieval societies, finding primary sources for social studies projects, or exploring the foundations of modern global developments.

Use this to: search across a wide range of Gale databases at once, making it easier to explore content from multiple disciplines in a single search.
Find: academic journals, peer-reviewed articles, magazines, news stories, eBooks, reports, images, videos, and audio, drawn from across the comprehensive Gale collection.
Great for: conducting interdisciplinary research, getting broad overviews of complex topics, gathering diverse types of sources for assignments, efficiently exploring a wide range of subjects, or comparing perspectives across different publications.

Use this to: access a broad, multidisciplinary research database for all academic needs.
Find: academic journals, news articles, professional and industry magazines, case studies, eBooks, market research reports, and more.
Great for: supporting scientific research papers, annotated bibliographies, exploratory essays, and argumentative or persuasive writing.

Use this to: quickly search across most of the library's online resources, including databases, e-books, and physical books - all from one search box.
Find: a wide range of results, such as articles, books (physical and electronic), videos, reports, and more, that you can easily sort and filter by date, type of source, or topic.
Great for: getting started on almost any topic, finding varied source types in one place, or getting a general overview of library resources without searching individual databases.