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About the History Databases
America: History and Life
Historical Abstracts
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About the History Databases
Our bibliographic history databases, America:
History and Life and Historical Abstracts, are
essential research tools for students and scholars of
world history. First published in 1955, they contain
almost 50 years of abstracts and remain vital resources
for members of the broad historical community. World
History FullTEXT combines the indexing and abstracts
from America: History and Life and Historical
Abstracts, with the full text of appropriate journals
from EBSCO’s library.
America History and Life
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Covers the history and culture of the United States
and Canada from pre-history to the present. Each year
editors review over 1,700 journals and add approximately
16,000 new entries to the database.
- 75-120 word abstracts to journal articles
- Citations to book/media reviews and dissertations
- Over 450,000 entries currently available
- Web version updated monthly
Historical Abstracts
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Covers the history of the world from 1450 to the
present (excluding North America). Every year over 20,000
new entries are added from over 1,700 journal titles
published worldwide.
- 75-120 word abstracts to journal articles
- Citations to books and dissertations
- Over 600,000 entries currently available
- Web version updated monthly
World History FullTEXT
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Focuses on historical writing from 1990 to the present
with content from Africa, Asia, North and South America,
Europe and the Middle East.
- Detailed abstracts and subject terms from America:
History and Life and Historical Abstracts
- Coverage of 180 English-language journals from
EBSCO’s library
- Quarterly updates
Enhancements
These enhancements are available with Historical
Abstracts and America: History and Life
subscriptions now!
CLIO Links
Links to full-text articles from our publishing
partners.
- Full-text links to JSTOR's Arts and Sciences I and
II collections, currently over 90,000 direct links to
full-text journal articles in the JSTOR archives.
- Full-text links to the journals of the History
Cooperative, including The American Historical
Review, The Journal of American History,
and William and Mary Quarterly.
- Full-text links to over 60 journals from Project
MUSE
- More partnership agreements coming soon.
CLIO Notes
A research guide packed with pertinent information.
Features include:
- Concise overviews of historical periods designed to
help students identify major issues and events
- Detailed chronologies that give context to the
events and issues of each period
- Topic suggestions for papers and class discussions
- Guided searching using selected index terms and
search strategies to ensure optimal results
CLIO Alert
A monthly, automatic e-mail feature that helps users
stay current in their field(s) of interest. Features
include:
- Monthly notification of newly added, specific
abstracts from HA and AHL sent directly to the user’s
email
- Users easily set up and manage their own profiles
(up to 10) directly on the HA and AHL Web sites
Simple Searching
An optional search screen to make searching easier.
Features include:
- A three field search-limited to the field that
searchers use the most
- Library administrators can choose the search screen
they would like to use as a default
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America:
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Historical
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