As an OnRamps History Instructor or Student, you have access to over 100 databases provided by UT Libraries. There are over 150 databases related to History and can be found by clicking on the link to "Databases" on the main library page.
Once navigating to the Databases page, under the drop down menu, "All Subjects", select "History" to view all of UT Libraries databases related to the study of History, including primary source focused databases and scholarly databases that include secondary sources.
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Updated regularly. A comprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture, coupled with sophisticated technology permitting precise search and browse capabilities. Features over 7,500 articles from Oxford's authoritative reference works, approximately 100 primary sources with specially written commentaries, over 1,000 images, over 100 maps, over 200 charts and tables, timelines to guide researchers through the history of African Americans and over 6,000 biographies.
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A gateway into one of the great conversations in history. These newly prepared digital editions of the papers of many of the major figures of the early republic are presented in a fully searchable and interoperable online environment.
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Updated regularly. Includes more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690 and the 1990s, including titles from all 50 states. Search by dates/eras, article types (news & opinion, election returns, letters, poetry/songs, legislative, prices, advertisements, matrimony & death notices), region/state, and newspaper name.
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Updated monthly. Provides full-text coverage of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press in America (some international coverage). Includes more than 400,000 full-text articles from 200 publications.
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Contains over 1,500 hours of footage of the full surviving broadcast run of network television's longest running program. Thousands of interviews, panels, and debates are available online in one cross-searchable interface.
Searching databases is different than searching in Google. For good results in a database, you have to distil what you are looking for into a few key terms or phrases, rather than whole sentences. You also have to think of various ways to say those key terms, because different writers will refer to the same concept in different ways. To turn your topic into keywords or search terms, use this tool, or:
| Key Concepts | Female college students | Eating disorders |
| Related Terms | University women Young adults |
Bulimia Anorexia |
Boolean Operators
Use Boolean operators (named for mathematician George Boole) to narrow, broaden, or refine your search.
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Try searching with different groupings and keyword combinations.
Truncation and Wildcards
Use an * at the end of a word to search for all forms of that word.
An * can also be used to replace a character in a word.
If you don’t see a .pdf of the article you want, click FIND IT AT UT to find it in another database or in print in the Libraries.
If it is only in print in the Libraries or we don’t own the article, click GET A SCAN to have the article emailed to you. This option will take a few days.
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