Combine United States history with other search terms. For example:
Sometimes the U.S.A. or North America is already implied. For example:
Identify articles in scholarly journals or popular magazines by looking up your search terms in one of the selected databases below.
You also can find a complete list of online databases organized by subject on the Library's A-Z List of Databases.
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history, highlighting the important people and events of the American experience.
The experiences and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media.
Provides a comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with around 10,000 full-text periodicals - of which more than 9,000 are peer-reviewed journals.
Includes full-text and full-images of the Chicago Tribune in a searchable archive. The archive covers 1849-1999. This link is best used for searching primary source content and historic news articles.