Quick Links & Key Resources

Use this search box to to do a quick search of Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life together. Go to Advanced Search for more searching options or try the other databases and guides below.

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Historical Abstracts
America: History and Life
JSTOR
American Periodicals Series
Quest Library Catalog
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In-Depth Guides

United States History
Irish History
HS300-57: Adoption, Race, & Kinship in the 20th Century United States
African and African-American Diaspora Studies
Latin American Studies
Finding Newspapers
Primary Sources in History
American Studies

Getting Started

Valuable primary and secondary source information in history can be found in a number of the libraries’ subscription databases. Some of the key resources are listed on this page.

For more detailed help, see the in-depth research guides also listed on this page. For additional assistance with your specific topic please contact me.

News & Updates

The Sixties: Primary Documents & Personal Narratives
This growing online collection includes diaries, letters, autobiographies and other memoirs, written and oral histories, manifestos, government documents, memorabilia, and scholarly commentary on this important period in American history, politics, and culture.

View recent additions to History »

Subject Librarian

Kenneth Liss

617-552-2183
O'Neill Library, Rm. 313
lissk@bc.edu

History Collection
History Department