Full-Text Versions for Historical Abstracts & America: History and Life

Coming January 1, 2010  

• The most important bibliographic reference tool for students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history

• The definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present

• Indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present

America: History and Life  

• An exceptional resource that covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present

• Includes world history, military history, women’s history, history of education, and more

• Provides indexing of more than 1,800 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955

• No other history research tool matches its scholarly standards or comprehensive coverage

Historical Abstracts

Full-Text History Journal DatabasesComing January 1, 2010

America: History & Life

Full-Text Journals 300 200

Full-Text Books & Monographs 100 100

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Historical Abstracts

Full-Text Journals 400 300

Full-Text Books & Monographs 150 150

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UNIQUE*PROJECTED

* Not available as full text in any other EBSCOhost database

Combined, America: History and Life with Full Textand Historical Abstracts with Full Text

will offer the following:

Full-Text Sources

Full-Text Journals 550 400

Full-Text Books 200 150

TOTAL UNIQUE*

* Not available as full text in any other EBSCOhost database

Sample Unique Full-Text Journals fromAmerica: History and Life with Full Text

• Alabama Heritage(University of Alabama Press)

• Alaska History(Alaska Historical Society)

• Civil War History• Delaware History

(Historical Society of Delaware)• Historical Studies• ISIS: Journal of the History

of Science in Society• Journal of America’s Military Past• Journal of San Diego History• Journal of South Texas History

• Journal of the GeorgiaAssociation of Historians

• Journal of the North CarolinaAssociation of Historians

• Journal of the West• Maryland Historian• Northeast Folklore• Revue d’histoire de L’Amerique francaise• Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics & Culture• Southern Studies:

An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South• Vermont History (Vermont Historical Society)• Western States Jewish History

• Journal of the West is one of the three most used journals in the AHL index

• AHL with Full Text will offer full text forJournal of the West with NO embargo

• AHL with Full Text will be the exclusive online sourcefor Journal of the West for institutions

– In effect, AHL with Full Text will act as the institutionale-journal for Journal of the West

• Journal of the West is not available via JSTOR,but AHL with Full Text will offer PDFs from volume 1, issue 1 to present

– Full text coverage will be available from 1961 to present

Journal of the WestOnline full text unique to America: History and Life with Full Text

• Civil War History is one of the ten most used journalsin the AHL index

• AHL with Full Text will offer full text forCivil War History with NO embargo

• Active full text for Civil War Historyis not available via Gale, ProQuest, Wilson,or via other EBSCOhost databases

• Civil War History is not available via JSTOR,but AHL with Full Text will offer PDFs from volume 1, issue 1 to present

– Full text coverage will be available from 1955 to present

Civil War History will have full text inAmerica: History and Life with Full Text

Kent StateUniversity Press

The Journal of Military History (Society for Military History)Formerly Military Affairs

Formerly The Journal of the American Military History Foundation

Society for Military History

• 1939 to present with NO embargo

• One of the five most used journalsindexed in America: History and Life

• AHL with Full Text will be the exclusive source for ongoing full text fromThe Journal of Military History

• Ongoing online full text unique toAHL with Full Text

Sample Unique Full-Text Journals fromHistorical Abstracts with Full Text

• Annali di Storia di Firenze• Chinese Historical Review• Clio• History of Education Review• History of Religions• History Scotland• International Journal of Korean History• ISIS: Journal of the History

of Science in Society• Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies• Journal of British Studies• Journal of Cyprus Studies• Journal of Historical Biography• Journal of Modern Hellenism• Journal of Modern History• Journal of Near Eastern Studies

• Journal of the BritishArchaeological Association

• Journal of the RoyalAustralian Historical Society

• Journal of Turkish Studies• Lagos Historical Review• Lithuanian Historical Studies• Mediterranean Studies• Melbourne Historical Journal• Nuncius: Journal of

the History of Science• Osiris• Revista de Historia• Scrinia Slavonica• South African Journal of Economic History• Victorian Review

History Today Online full text for institutions unique to EBSCOhost

History Today Ltd. (U.K.)

• History Today is one of the three most used publicationsin the Historical Abstracts index

• It is the world’s premier history “magazine” and by farthe most used “magazine” in the HA index

• 15 of the 18 editorial board members are history facultyat universities

• Historical Abstracts with Full Text will offer full text forHistory Today from 1975 to present with NO embargo

• EBSCOhost will be the only institutional source for active,online full text of History Today

– There is no institutional e-journal for History Today– Aggregators such as Gale, ProQuest, H.W. Wilson, etc. will

soon no longer offer ongoing full text for this publication

• History Today is not and will not be available via JSTOR

Clio: A Journal of Literature,History and the Philosophy of History

Online full text unique to Historical Abstracts with Full Text

Indiana University-Purdue University

• Clio is one of the ten most used journals inthe Historical Abstracts index

• Historical Abstracts with Full Text will offerfull text for Clio with NO embargo

• Historical Abstracts with Full Text will be theexclusive online source for Clio for institutions

– In effect, Historical Abstracts with Full Textwill act as the institutional e-journal for Clio

• Clio is not available via JSTOR, but Historical Abstracts with Full Text will offer PDFs from volume 1, issue 1to present

– Full text coverage will be available from 1971 to present

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