History

Other Databases and Websites

Visit Alameda County Library for a full list of databases.

BiblioBoard History Lab:  Covering a wide range of topics—including Literature, Philosophy, History, Geography, and Science—HistoryLab is BiblioBoard’s chief historical database. HistoryLab contains 400 Anthologies with over 14,000 full-text eBooks and over 24,000 pieces of primary source content. You will need your Alameda County Library card and PIN to access. 

Black Struggle for Freedom Collection:  Features select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history. You will need your Alameda County Library card and PIN to access. 

Black Life in America: The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today. From Newsbank. You will need your Alameda County Library card and PIN to access. 

CORE: College level academic papers covering sciences and humanities.

GALE in Context: Biography: Essays, articles, and websites provide extensive information on more than 220,000 noteworthy people from many countries and throughout history, including the present. In addition to searching by name, you can also search by occupation, nationality, ethnicity, or time period. You will need your Alameda County Library card and PIN to access. 

GALE OneFile: Religion and Philosophy: Covers topics of philosophies and religions in one comprehensive collection. Researchers will gain valuable insight into the impact religion has had on culture throughout history, including literature, arts, and language. Updated daily, Religion and Philosophy supports a broad range of topics from theological approaches to social issues. You will need your Alameda County Library card and PIN to access. 

Gale OneFile: US History: Contains scholarly journals and magazines that can be used by novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. Updated daily, U.S. History offers balanced coverage of events in U.S. history and scholarly work being established in the field. You will need your Alameda County Library card and PIN to access. 

GALE OneFile: World History: Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines for use by novice historians and advanced academic researchers. World History offers balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field. You will need your Alameda County Library card and PIN to access. 

Hispanice Life in America: The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today. From Newsbank. You will need your Alameda County Library card and PIN to access. 

JSTOR - JSTOR is a huge college-level database of social science and literary criticism. You can register for an individual account and read up to 6 free articles each month.

NewPaperARCHIVE:  NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest historical newspaper database online, contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1607 to the present. Every newspaper in the archive is fully searchable by keyword and date, making it easy for you to quickly explore historical content. You will need your Alameda County Library card and PIN to access.