Article Databases and Research Tools

"Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature" indexes monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews and collections of essays published worldwide from 1920 onwards with links to the full text of 61 journals.

Full-text access to newspapers at the local, state, regional, national and international levels.  From Newsbank.

An electronic library of Associated Press (AP) photos and pictures from 1850+ with most images made since 1995. Also includes the International Photo Archive and a Euro/Asian Photo Archive. Images and selective newspapers articles are royalty free for educational use by UCSC faculty, staff, and students only.

Database covering all aspects of Africa dating back to the 16th century from 40 different worldwide databases. Includes African HealthLine, South African Studies and African Studies.

Database of 3,000 poems by African American poets of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Citations and abstracts for articles on all aspects of agriculture.

Searchable database of select news magazines including Money and U.S. News and World Report.

Established 1899, is the major organization of professional astronomers in North America.

This searchable database contains the full text of approximately 32,000 pages of letters, diaries and memoirs. Over 460 authors are represented, including politicians, generals, slaves, landowners, farmers, seaman, wives, and spies. The letters and diaries are by the famous and the unknown, giving not only both the Northern and Southern perspectives, but those of foreign observers also.

Searchable full-text of journals from the AMS.

This searchable database includes digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published from 1741 to 1900. From Proquest.

Searchable database of online music recordings that will contain 50,000 tracks from America's past. The database will include songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. Included in the database are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, anti-war protests, and more.

This database contains citations to articles written in all branches of anthropology. The index is based on the journal holdings of the Anthropology Library at the British Museum.

Searchable database of journal articles published by the American Anthropological Association (AAA)

Collectively search "Early American Imprints: Series 1 1639-1800" (Evans), "Early American Imprints: Series 2 1801-1819" (Shaw-Shoemaker), "Early American Newspapers 1690-1876", "American State Papers 1789-1838", and the "US Congressional Serials Set 1817-1980". Publisher is Newsbank.

Articles listed in Art Index volumes 1-32. Also known as Art Index Retrospective. Covers: Advertising, archaeology, architecture, art history, crafts, design, folk art, landscape architecture, motion pictures, museology, photography, television, textiles, and more

Database of over 2,600 French language texts from the American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language

Contains citations to 1,100 arts and humanities journals.

ARTstor is a digital library of over one million images from many time periods and cultures in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.

Chinese full-text database for hundreds of works in history (including history of Taiwan), classics, religion, medicine, literature, and law, etc. Chinese input software required to search.

Searchable database contains bibliographic information, abstracts, reviews, and the full-text for articles published in ACM periodicals and proceedings since 1947.

An international nonprofit scientific and educational organization founded in 1889 that works to increase the understanding and appreciation of astronomy.

Database of journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all scholarly fields of religion. Subjects include church history, theology, the Bible, and world religions.

Citations to articles on the following topics: architecture, architectural design, city planning, furniture and decoration, interior design, historic preservation, history of architecture, and urban planning.