Examining the past to inform the present
Today’s historians require holistic resources that cover the social forces that shaped history. From ancient times through the 21st century, ProQuest’s History and Social Change collections provide the depth, scope and accuracy scholars demand and give voice to marginalized populations. This high-quality, sought-after content covers the labor movement, the women’s movement, the Black freedom struggle, indigenous history, the Progressive era and more.
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Collections
Developed for teaching and research success across the curriculum, ProQuest’s expertly curated DEI collections offer authentic, diverse perspectives. Content spans books, video, scholarly journals, primary sources and more.
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Pandemics Resource Guide
How did societies respond to the Plague, Spanish Flu and HIV? Have the ways we respond to and make sense of epidemics changed over time? Based on what we can observe about the past, how will COVID-19 impact the way we live going forward?
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Confronting Hard History Webinar
Associate Professor Hasan Kwame Jeffries (Ohio State) discusses teaching with primary sources to complicate normative narratives of slavery, the civil rights movement and Black Lives Matter protests.
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Art, Design & Architecture Archive Collection
The Art, Design & Architecture Archive Collection presents over 150 years of visual and textual content.
Databases, Academic, Government, Art, Design & Architecture, Cultural History, History & Social Change, The Arts, Librarian
Black Abolitionist Papers, 1830-1865
This collection searches a unique set of primary sources from African Americans actively involved in the movement to end slavery in the United States between 1830 a
Primary Sources, Academic, Community College, Government, Public, Black History, History & Social Change, U.S. HistoryCBS News Video Collection
Access curated streaming video content from CBS3 collection, designed to support research, teaching, and learning with high-quality academic video resources.
Videos, Academic, Community College, Government, K-12, Public, Black History, Cultural History, Early Modern History, History & Social Change, Military & Diplomatic History, Political Science, Social Sciences, Sociology, U.K. History, U.S. History, Women's History, Librarian
Digital National Security Archive
Created in collaboration with the National Security Archive, this database is the most comprehensive collection available of significant primary documents central t
Primary Sources, Academic, Community College, Corporate, Government, Public, Global Studies, History & Social Change, Military & Diplomatic History, Political Science, Social Sciences, U.S. History
Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970
Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed property and land-use records covering more than 12,000 U.S. towns and cities.
Databases, Academic, Community College, Corporate, Government, Public, Genealogy, History & Social Change, U.S. History
Diversity Collection
Diversity Collection brings together three full text databases to provide a global view of some of the biggest topics in diversity, equity, and inclusion
Databases, Academic, Community College, Cultural History, Gender Studies, History & Social Change, Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences
Documents on British Policy Overseas
This history database contains tens of thousands of U.K. government documents relating to Britain’s international relations, including foreign policy instructions,
Primary Sources, Academic, History & Social Change, Military & Diplomatic History, Political Science, Social Sciences, U.K. History
Ethnic NewsWatch Collection
Ethnic NewsWatch Collection is a full-text subscription database containing newspapers, magazines, journals, newsletters of the ethnic, minority, and native press.
Databases, Academic, Community College, Black History, History & Social Change, Indigenous Peoples, Interdisciplinary, Religion & Philosophy, Social Sciences, U.S. HistoryFashion Studies Collection
The Fashion Studies Collection contains key resources from fashion and lifestyle industry, offering content that spans decades of style, trends, and cultural shifts.
Databases, Academic, Cultural History, History & Social Change
GenderWatch Collection
GenderWatch Collection explores the evolution of gender roles.
Databases, Academic, Community College, Gender Studies, History & Social Change, Social Sciences, Women's History