Key databases
Search databases for online journal articles and books relating to your topic.
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Historical AbstractsCollection covering the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada), focusing on the 15th century to the present. Topics include world history, military history, women's history, and history of education. Dating back to 1953, with some titles back to the early 20th century.
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Cambridge HistoriesA series of 300+ volumes, spanning subjects across the humanities and social sciences, with a concentration on political and cultural history, literature, philosophy, religious studies, music and the arts.
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Oxford Scholarship Online: HistoryFull text new and distinguished books published by Oxford University Press in the history discipline. Book abstracts from partner presses. Can be read online in HTML as well as downloaded/printed in PDF format. Content will optimise for mobile viewing.
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InformitLarge collection of Australian research databases in the education, research and business sectors. Includes full text, indexes and abstracts to journals, books, conference proceedings and other research material.
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ProQuest Research LibraryGreat history resource. Research Library can also be searched as part of ProQuest Central.
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Academic Search CompleteCollection covering all areas of history including Australian, medieval, European, American and church history.
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JSTORAcademic journals, books and primary sources including images, artworks, maps, photographs, and more.
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Oxford Scholarly Editions OnlineA large collection of annotated and authoritative primary texts to assist research in English literature, as well as philosophy, history, religion, and classical studies. Covers writers active between 701 and 1901, plus Roman and Greek authors.
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Project MuseFull text scholarly journals and recent ebooks in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. Subjects include literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, and gender studies.
Primary sources
These databases contain first-hand testimonies, records or evidence of the time. They may be manuscripts, letters, photographs or other items produced while the event was occurring. They are a great way to show how people thought and felt about the events at the time.
Newspapers
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with IndexHistorical newspaper for genealogists, researchers and scholars offering accounts and coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Black NewspapersFull text (with images) of nine newspapers that offer primary source material for studying American history and African-American culture.
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Historic Australian Newspapers 1803-1954 on TroveHosted by the National Library of Australia, with most Australian libraries contributing to its contents, this website is a gateway to historic Australian resources including newspapers, reports and photos.
Images and videos
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KanopyIn addition to documentaries and series on history, you'll find movies that provide a glimpse of attitudes to events from different periods.
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Index of Medieval ArtArchive of medieval art, describing and presenting iconographic subjects and images, without geographical limitation, from early apostolic times to the early modern era.
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ARTstorExtensive image library, encompassing a broad range of areas from fashion & costume to religion. Images are rights-cleared for use in education.
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Visual History ArchivePrimary source video testimonies of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides.
Conducting research
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Research Methods Primary SourcesDesigned as a tool to support students of the humanities and social sciences, Research Methods Primary Sources introduces the key approaches to working with source materials and historical evidence.
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SAGE Research MethodsSupports research at all levels by providing material to guide users through every step of the research process, allowing students to explore by discipline and content type.
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Essaying the Past by Publication Date: 2016Guides the reader through the nuts and bolts of producing good historical prose, offering key strategies and useful tips. Includes expert advice on writing about history, conducting good research, and learning how to think analytically -
Going to the Sources by Publication Date: 2017Presenting various schools of thought, this useful tool explores the dynamic, nature, and professional history of research papers, and shows readers how to identify, find, and evaluate both primary and secondary sources for their own writing assignments. -
Quantitative Methods in the Humanities by Publication Date: 2019This guide is intended for students and scholars working on all historical periods and topics in the humanities and social sciences--especially for those who do not think of themselves as experts in quantification, "big data," or "digital humanities." The authors reveal quantification to be a powerful and versatile tool, applicable to a myriad of materials from the past. Their book, accessible to complete beginners, offers detailed advice and practical tips on how to build a dataset from historical sources and how to categorize it according to specific research questions.
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Last reviewed: 02 February 2022