LibGuides: ENGL 127 Research Writing: Social Sciences (Pittser): Explore Historical Perspectives

Historical Archives of Sexuality & Gender

Archives of Sexuality & Gender (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Access over 1.5 million pages of full-text primary sources about social, political, health, and legal issues impacting LGBTQ communities around the world. This database offers a detailed global view of LGBTQ history.
Women’s Studies Archive (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Provides a history of the social, political, and professional aspects of women's lives focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries. Includes diaries, letters, photographs, news clippings, organizational records, and personal journals.

Gay & Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest
To advance " the visibility of queer cultural history within the Pacific Northwest."

While CQ Researcher reports focus on current issues, the collection dates back to the 1920s.

Explore historic reports in CQ Researcher to see how current issues were covered twenty, forty and more years ago!

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Browse by topic or keyword to find information covering a broad range of important issues in health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Weekly reports dating back to 1923.

U.S. History in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers, reference sources, primary documents, and selected websites.
World History in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Full-text scholarly journal articles, primary sources, and reference books covering world history from antiquity to the present.
History Study Center (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Primary and secondary sources covering global history from ancient times to the present day. Study Units offer editorially selected material on over 500 historical topics. Over 40,000 documents, articles, images and links to websites.
History Reference Center (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Ebsco History Reference Center offers full text from more than 1,620 reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, cover to cover full text for more than 150 leading history periodicals, nearly 57,000 historical documents, more than 78,000 biographies of historical figures, more than 113,000 historical photos and maps, and more than 80 hours of historical video.

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