Databases
Search databases for online journal articles 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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America History and LifeIndex of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
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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.
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.
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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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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.
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National Archives of AustraliaSearch the collection to uncover Australia's political, cultural and social history.
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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade DatabaseContains information on the transport and voyages of African slaves to the Americas
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Medieval Online Medieval Sources BibliographyOnline bibliography of printed and online sources for the middle ages.
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British History OnlineContains printed primary and secondary sources for the history of Britain and Ireland between 1300 and 1800.
Teaching resources
Free resources available for teachers and students to use for classes.
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AC History UnitsUse this free resource, developed by the History Teachers’ Association of Australia, to plan classes from Foundation to Senior levels.
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ABC Education - History ResourcesF-10 free resources about Australian history subjects mapped to the Australian curriculum.
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Australian Curriculum LessonsFree website with content created by teachers containing lesson plans, teaching resources and more - all aligned to the Australian curriculum.
Ebooks
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Nineteenth-Century Britain a very short introduction byThe nineteenth century was a time of massive growth for Britain. Historians Christopher Harvie and Colin Matthew present a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the social, economic, and political events that marked the era on which many believed the sun would never set.
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American history a very short introduction byA concise, readable narrative of the vast span of American history, from the earliest human migrations to the early 21st century when the United States loomed as a global power and comprised a complex multi-cultural society of more than 300 million people.
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Gender in History byUpdated with new material to reflect the latest developments in the field. A concise overview of the construction of gender in world cultures from the Paleolithic era to modern times. Includes examples drawn from the most recent scholarship relating to a diverse range of cultures, from Ancient Mesopotamia to post-Soviet Russia, and from the Igbo of Nigeria, to the Iroquois of north eastern North America.
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Last reviewed: 2 July 2020