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America: History & Life provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. This database indexes and abstracts almost 400,000 entries. The entries are compiled from over 2,000 journals, approximately 6,000 book and media reviews, and dissertations. In addition to covering all key English-language historical journals, America: History & Life includes selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals, and a targeted selection of journals in the social sciences and humanities. Approximately 16,000 entries are added annually. Over 90% of the articles included are published in English-language journals. The database covers entries published from 1964 to the present.
America: History & Life is available through the Library Databases web page or computer terminals in the Library Reference Department.
Start by clicking on the link that says Click here to access your subscription.
NOTE: Our library does not offer access to the other database listed, Historical Abstracts.
Keyword searches the entry's abstract, title, subject terms, documentation, and author fields.
Subject terms searches for index terms assigned by the database editors. Geographical terms should be inverted, e.g. "illinois chicago". Personal names should be entered last name first name, e.g. "washington george".
Author/Editor searches for personal or institutional author(s).
Time Period searches for the historical time period covered in the entry. Enter one or more round-number dates, each followed by either "H" (for centuries), or "D" (for decades). Do not enter dates that are not decades or centuries (e.g. 1912D or 1804H).
Document Type searches by specific type of article. This function is very helpful when you are searching for book reviews or scholarly articles.
Each of the searching methods listed above, plus the others found on the basic search page include a Browse function. This function is very helpful when you are searching for very broad historical information (e.g. World War II, or Civil War). Use this function when your original search strategy fails to find the information you need. To use the Browse function, click on the magnifying glass icon which is located after each individual search entry box.
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Diane Downing
Head of Reference
Gee Library, Texas A&M University - Commerce
PO Box 3011, Commerce, TX 75429
phone: (903) 886-5719
email: diane_downing@tamu-commerce.edu
Last updated June 2002.