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SHSU Databases - Articles & Reference

JSTOR This link opens in a new window Huge collection of full-text articles in back issues of journals in most subject areas. Review dates and journals included by subject and alphabetically.
America: History and Life This link opens in a new window U.S. and Canadian history, from prehistory to the present. Local, state, and international journals (mostly English-language). Links out to many full-text articles from other databases.
Gale Ebooks (*formerly* Gale Virtual Reference Library - GVRL) This link opens in a new window Collection of ebooks (primarily reference) in almost all subjects, which are searchable together or individually. For a list of titles currently available, click on "Title List" at top right.
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WorldCat (FirstSearch) This link opens in a new window Combined catalog for tens of thousands of libraries around the world. Books, journals, musical scores, computer data files, magazines, newspapers, computer programs, manuscript/archive collections, sound recordings, films/slides, maps, video.

SHSU Databases: Historical News, Periodicals, Etc.

Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2015 This link opens in a new window New content is added each year. Consult the resource itself for the most recent content available.
Every issue of The Economist from 1843 to 2015, including full-color images, multiple search indexes, and browsing facilities. Timely reporting, concise commentary, and comprehensive analysis of global news, including political, business, scientific, technological, and cultural developments and the connections between them.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Simultaneously search the Library's subscriptions to the historical archives of the Austin-American Statesman, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
The Times Digital Archive, 1785 to 2014 This link opens in a new window "World's newspaper of record." Covers all major international historical events. Every page of every issue, from 1785 to 2014.
Access World News This link opens in a new window Search current and archived state, regional, national and international full-text articles on issues, events, business, education, government, politics and more with thousands of newspapers, news journals, news videos, newswires and web-only content. Includes Acceda Noticias, Access Broadcast Transcripts, Access Business News, Access Military, Government & Defense, and Access Newswires.
World News Connection Archive, 1995-2013 This link opens in a new window Provides access to unfiltered press dispatches from around the world, methodically translated into English by the US Government, for the entire history of the World News Connection (Nov 1995 Dec 31, 2013)
U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1994 This link opens in a new window Reports, documents, journals of U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, 1817-1994. Every publication, over 415,000 documents, from 15th - 103rd Congresses.

Sample Subject Headings for Searching the SHSU Library Catalog

United States Economic conditions
Economic forecasting United States
Depressions United States
Recessions United States
Taxation United States

Many relevant books will be located on the 4th floor in the call numbers beginning with HC, which is the section designated for Economic history and conditions.

SHSU Databases - Datasets

ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) This link opens in a new window The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides data resources, data delivery mechanisms, user support and training in quantitative methods. The data is acquired from individual researchers, governmental agencies, polling agencies and international sources. Provides data in SAS, SPSS and Stata data files.
Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window Source for quantitative facts in American history; statistical tables are also accompanied by source documentation and expert essays to provide historical context. Diverse topics include slavery, migration, health, poverty, crime, and more. Users can customize and download data tables.
International Historical Statistics This link opens in a new window Statistical data from around the world, covering a wide range of socio-economic topics. Includes data on the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania, collected between 1750-2010. Conduct statistical analysis across both time and geopolitical boundaries. Data tables can be downloaded as ePDFs and/or Excel files.
Polling the Nations This link opens in a new window Polling the Nations is a compilation of thousands of surveys conducted by hundreds of polling organizations in the United States and other countries. Access more than 750,000 original poll questions and results from 18,000+ surveys conducted in the U.S. and 100+ other countries from 1986 to the present.

Economic History: Primary Source Collections Online

Economic History Data Sets and Databases
(EH.net)
Enron Email Dataset
Contains data from about 150 users, mostly senior management of Enron, organized into folders, a total of about 0.5M messages originally made public, and posted to the web, by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during its investigation. (William W. Cohen, Carnegie Mellon University)
FRASER Federal Reserve Archive
FRASER is a digital library dedicated to preserving the nation's economic history. It provides archival documents related to the Federal Reserve System, ranging from approximately 1790 to 2010. (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data
240,000+ economic and financial time-series data from U.S. and international sources. Also provides tools to download data, create maps and graphs, and more. (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Historical Corporate Reports, 1850-1960
Approx. 770 digitized reports issued between 1850-1960 by some 36 companies, including department stores, utilities, banks, and railroads. (Columbia Univ.)
Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels Papers
Collection of original papers from German philosopher & economist Karl Marx (1818-1883) and German social scientist Friedrich Engels (1820-1895). These are considered some of the most influential pieces of writing in world history, which still play a major role in the rethinking of capitalism, labour, economic crises and revolution. (International Institute of Social History)
Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe (MEGA) [Marx-Engels Complete Edition]
(In German) Publications, manuscripts and correspondence of Marx and Engels: all texts of Marx's main economic work, including previously unpublished manuscripts; 1866 letters from and to Marx and Engels; excerpts and notes. (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities)
Occupy Archive
The Occupy Movement was one of the first massive demonstrations to join online advocacy with in-person protests. Culminating in hundreds of encampments and marches worldwide against income inequality, the movement also promoted causes for justice and reform that continue to influence present-day demonstrations for societal change. This free-to-access open-source digital archive preserves more than 1,200 pages of documentation and offers access to more than 400 digitized materials that help bring to life the movement's massive scale, grassroots flavor and enduring impact.(Case Western Reserve University).
Tax History Project
Materials documenting the history of American taxation. Includes a 1040 archive (1913-2006), Presidential tax returns, some of the Federalist papers discussing federal revenue and taxing powers, and more. (Tax Analysts non-profit group)
World Bank Open Data
Free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe.

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