The Explore RSU Libraries box is a great place to start your research. It searches all of the libraries' resources including books/ebooks, article databases, government publications and streaming video. There are some primary sources in the library collection that can be searched here. Watch this short video to learn how to use this feature.
You can also search for scholarly articles through individual databases. The following databases are the most relevant for historical research. A full list of the libraries' databases can be find at the A-Z Database page.
Academic Search Complete offers an enormous collection of full-text journals, providing users access to critical information from many sources unique to this database. In addition, it includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities. Scholarly content covers a broad range of important areas of academic study, including anthropology, engineering, law, sciences and more. This is an excellent database to start your research.
Provides high-quality, full-text journal articles relating to nearly every field of scholarly study. This database specializes in historical content, with some articles dating back to the late 1800s. In most cases, the most recent one to five years are not available in full-text. JSTOR also has more than 11,000 open access, freely available ebooks from 130+ publishers, including Cornell University Press, University College of London, and University of California Press.
Premier online database containing more than 186 million pages and 287,000 titles of historical and government documents in a fully searchable, image-based format. HeinOnline provides comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 2,800 law-related periodicals.
This database provides full-text journals, books and other published humanities sources from around the world. It includes all data from Humanities International Index plus unique full-text content, much of which is not available in other databases.
Use Project MUSE Standard Journals Collection to find scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. Journals are from over 200 university presses and scholarly societies.
U.S. Major Dailies provides access to the five most respected U.S. national and regional newspapers, including The New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. The content is available by 8am each day. Coverage: 1980 - current
D General World History (All Except North and South America)
DA Great Britain (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
DAW Central Europe
DB Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia
DC France, Andorra, Monaco
DD Germany
DE Mediterranean, Greco-Roman World
DF Greece
DG Italy
DH Belgium, Luxemburg
DJ Netherlands (Holland)
DK Russia and former Soviet Republics, Poland
DL Northern Europe, Scandinavia
DP Spain, Portugal
DQ Switzerland
DR Balkan Peninsula
DS Asia
DT Africa
DU Oceania, Australia, New Zealand
DX Roma (Gypsies)
E History (General America and United States)
184.5-185.98 African Americans
186-199 Colonial History
201-298 Revolution
300-453 Revolution to Civil War
456-655 Civil War
660-738 Late Nineteenth Century
740-837.7 Twentieth Century
838-887 Late Twentieth Century, 1961-
F History (Local U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America)
1-975 United States Local History
691-705 Oklahoma
1001-1140 Canada
1201-3799 Latin America, South America