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History, Ancient History and Classical Languages Databases

Searching in databases is a great way to ensure you're getting the best possible search results. Try these databases to find resources that are most relevant to your discipline.

Historical Abstracts with Full Text
Indexing world history articles (excluding the USA and Canada), focusing on the 15th century to the present. Includes military history, women's history and history of education. Some full-text.
Unlimited Users
L'Annee philologique
Collected scholarly works relating to every aspect of Greek and Roman civilisation.
Informit Indigenous collection
This collection contains specialist journals, conference papers, reports, magazines, eBooks and grey literature on Indigenous Australian people and issues unavailable elsewhere online. Some full-text.
Warning: The records in this database may contain names and/or images of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
JSTOR
Archival access to scholarly journals published on a range of historical time periods and subjects.
Project MUSE
Full-text scholarly journals and books covering history.
Search widget available at muse.jhu.edu/about/librarians/search_widget.html
Informit Humanities and Social Sciences Collection
Covers history. Dedicated content from and about Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific and South East Asia. Some full-text

Other History resources

Perseus Digital Library
Free ebook collection covering the history, literature and culture of the Greco-Roman world.
Internet Classics Archive
Free site providing access to classical literature and user-driven commentary
The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
Created by Fordham University, The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook contains hundred of local files as well as links to source texts throughout the net. Use the links on the left hand menu to navigate.

L'Annee philologique
Collected scholarly works relating to every aspect of Greek and Roman civilisation.

New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin
An explanation of the similarities and differences between Greek and Latin morphology and lexicon through an account of their prehistory.
Essential Latin Grammar : Teach Yourself
Up-to-date introduction to Latin grammar. Structured so that you can look up language forms according to their meaning, even if you don't know the grammatical term for them.
Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary: English-Latin
Essential vocabulary, clear translations, usage and grammar help in this English-Latin dictionary.

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG)
Digitised literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453.
Each user must create a user profile to search
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum Online
Collection of newly published Greek inscriptions as well as publications on previously known documents. Updated annually.

Understanding Language : A Guide for Beginning Students of Greek and Latin
Includes major sections on the noun and verb systems of the classical languages and gives some of the conceptual benefits of studying the two closely related languages.
A Companion to the Ancient Greek Language
A comprehensive account of the language of Ancient Greek civilisation covering the historical, geographical, sociolinguistic, and literary perspectives of the language.

ClickView
Streaming video solution offering access to thousands of educational videos and resources covering a broad range of topics, as well as TV programs recorded in the last 14 days from free-to-air digital channels.
Does not work in Internet Explorer
Kanopy Video Streaming
Streaming films, documentaries and training videos. New releases daily from producers including: Madman Entertainment, Roadshow Films, BBC, ABC, NFSA, Roland Collection, Psychotherapy.net and Symptom Media.

"The First Australians" SBS
Chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia as never told before, from the perspective of its first people.
National Film and Sound Archive
Australia’s audiovisual archive, collecting, preserving and sharing film, documentaries and oral histories

Australian Historic Newspapers (Trove)
Australian newspaper archives 1803 - 2007.
British Newspaper Archive (British Library)
UK newspaper archives from 1710-1959.

Waterloo directory of English newspapers and periodicals 1800-1900
UK newspaper and periodical index.
African American newspapers, 1827-1988
Historical access to hundreds of U.S. newspapers chronicling the African American experience.

Historic American Newspapers (Library of Congress)
US newspapers 1836-1922 + directory.
Elephind.com
Search across archival newspaper sites.

ANZ Newsstand (Proquest)
Full text of major Australian and New Zealand newspapers. Includes regional and rural radio transcripts, and news from current affairs television programs.
Newspaper source plus
Cover-to-cover full text for 185 US and international newspapers. Also selective full text for 392 regional US newspapers, and full text US television and radio news transcripts.

Living Histories @ UON
University of Newcastle's collection of images, documents and historical personal accounts from the Hunter Region.
National Archives of Australia
Responsible for caring for the most significant records received, created or kept by government agencies.
Australian Historic Hansard
Browsing access to 1901-1965 Commonwealth Hansard, to search this collection use the Parlinfo interface.
Australian War Memorial.
Information about Australian involvement in war and conflict including Anzac history and tradition.
Convict Records - NSW State Library
Trial and transportation records and information about penal settlements, emancipation, and convict families
Oral History and Folklore
National Library of Australia collection of oral history recordings.

Adam Matthew Digital Collection
Adam Matthew Digital provides digital archival content for the social sciences and humanities. The collection covers a multitude of topics ranging from Medieval manuscripts and Victorian moving images to ephemera from the 1960s and confidential government documents. Access to several themed collections: The American West, Defining Gender, 1450-1910, Empire Online, India, Raj and Empire, Mass Observation Online, Mass Observation Update, Perdita Manuscripts: Women Writers, 1500-1700, Medieval Family Life, The Grand Tour, Travel Writing, Spectacle and World History, Jewish Life in America, c1654-1954, America, Asia and the Pacific and China, Trade, Politics and Culture
C19: The nineteenth century index
A comprehensive source of nineteenth-century books, periodicals, official documents, newspapers and archives.
Justis UK Parliament
Comprehensive bibliography and index to all the proceedings and publications of the House of Commons from 1979+, House of Lords from 1979+, National Assembly for Wales from 1999-2011 and Northern Ireland Assembly from 1998–2011.

British Library Archives
British Archives, Manuscripts, Personal papers, correspondence, diaries, Family and estate papers etc...
Founders Online
The US National Archives digital collection of historical documents by and about the US Presidents.

Access statistics and analysed data on Australian and world history from:

the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) historical publications;
convict records, held by the New South Wales State Archives;
the Historical Census and Colonial Data Archive;
Europa World Plus (including comparative statistical tables and charts), and the World DataBank (collections of time series data and analysis).

Professional Associations

It can be valuable to build your career prospects and networks by connecting with professional associations. You might like to engage with these history groups as a student, or even throughout your career.

Professional Historians Australia (PHA)
Membership of a PHA requires accreditation under a National Standard. Access to continuing professional development activities, and employment opportunities.
Australian Historians Association
The Australian Historical Association was founded in 1973 and is the peak national organisation of historians working in all fields of history.

Dictionaries & Encyclopaedias

Useful resources for understanding your topic and finding the right keywords to use in your searching.

Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia [Print book] by Bill Arthur (Editor); Frances Morphy (Editor)
Publication Date: 2019
A Dictionary of World History by Anne Kerr (Editor); Edmund Wright (Editor)
Publication Date: 2015
The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization by Simon Hornblower (Editor, Editor); Antony Spawforth (Editor); Esther Eidinow (Editor)
Publication Date: 2014

Other library collections

Use these links to access free resources from the NSW State Library and the Australia National Library.

State Library of NSW
Free registration for NSW residents. Provides access to Journal and Newspaper Databases.
National Library of Australia
Free registration for Australian residents. Provides access to Journals and Newspaper Databases.

History, Ancient History and Classical Languages: Resources

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