A to Z Food America
Learn about America's culinary heritage using A to Z Food America. You can find cookbooks from fifty states and six US regions, cookbooks from all 33 major US ethnic groups, over 3,000 old TV food commercials dating back to the 1940s and 100+ historic cookbooks dating back to the late 1700s. Develop your cooking skills by watching "how-to" videos and reading articles about ingredients. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
A to Z World Food
Learn more about food and culture around the world. Easily find traditional recipes from 174 countries as well as interesting information about etiquette, food history, food trivia and more. Also includes historical timelines tracking major food developments and discoveries. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
American Indian History Online
Covers more than 15,000 years of American Indian history and culture. More than 600 Native American groups represented. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
Archives of Sexuality & Gender: Gale Primary Sources
From Gale, this resource offers access to primary sources and materials relating to LGBTQ history and culture since 1940. Find materials from hundreds of institutions and organizations dating as far back as the 1500s, as well as an unparalleled collection of newsletters, newspapers and periodicals by, for, and about the LGBTQ community.
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States [ProQuest]
Black Freedom presents approximately 1,600 primary source documents from several of the time periods in American History when the river of the Black Freedom Struggle ran more powerfully, while not losing sight of the fierce, often violent opposition that Black people have faced on the road to freedom.
Creativebug
Over 1,000 art and craft video classes for adults and kids, taught by recognized design experts and artists. Topics include fiber and paper arts, jewelry making, sewing and quilting, food, home and more. Create your free account and enjoy unlimited access to instructional videos, patterns, and access to exclusive documentaries and live video feeds on Creativebug Television (CBTV). Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
National Geographic Virtual Library
Read full issues National Geographic online going back to 1995. In addition to reading entire issues, you can also search for images and make charts showing the frequency of terms over time. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
Oxford Reference Online: Art & Architecture
More than 60,000 definitions and encyclopedic entries regarding art and architecture with coverage on artists and architects, works and buildings, terminology, concepts and more.
Oxford Reference Online: Music
More than 125,000 definitions and encyclopedic entries on the wide range of subjects within the field of music, including genres of music, time periods, composers, conductors, performers and instruments.
Sylvia
Inspired by Sylvia Plath's tenacity and curiosity, this growing resource of hand-selected entries identifies recent books for researchers, scholarly editions, selected memoirs, and notable works for a general audience. Records include citations that can be copied and inclusive subject categories linked to related material.
Women's Studies: Gale Primary Sources
From Gale, access primary sources that trace the path of women's issues from past to present. Discover manuscripts, newspapers, periodicals and more that demonstrate the foundation of women's struggles and triumphs. With over one million never-before-digitized pages, you can take a deep dive into pioneers of women's movements and the social, political, and professional achievements of women throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
A to Z Food America
Learn about America's culinary heritage using A to Z Food America. You can find cookbooks from fifty states and six US regions, cookbooks from all 33 major US ethnic groups, over 3,000 old TV food commercials dating back to the 1940s and 100+ historic cookbooks dating back to the late 1700s. Develop your cooking skills by watching "how-to" videos and reading articles about ingredients. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
AAS Historical Periodicals Collection
This resource provides digital access to the most comprehensive collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912 documenting the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction from the American Antiquarian Society (AAS).
African American History Online
Covers the people and events in African American history from the 1400's to the present. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
African American Newspapers: 19th Century
Primary source material providing insight into the cultural life and history during the first half of the 1800s through articles written by African Americans for African Americans. Includes biographies of people often overlooked in standard references. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
American Indian History Online
Covers more than 15,000 years of American Indian history and culture. More than 600 Native American groups represented. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
American National Biography
Provides biographical information on North American men and women of renown. Only profiles persons who are dead. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
Archion (Available in History & Genealogy only - see librarian)
Archion provides access to a growing collection of digitized records of baptisms, confirmations, marriages and burials for Protestant churches in Germany. Date coverage varies but usually ranges from as early as the mid-16th century to the late 19th century. Archion is available for use on one computer in the History & Genealogy Department only.
Biography Reference Center (H.W. Wilson)
Covers people in the news and a full range of history-makers featuring biographical profiles, interviews, essays, book reviews, performance reviews, speeches or obituaries. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States [ProQuest]
Black Freedom presents approximately 1,600 primary source documents from several of the time periods in American History when the river of the Black Freedom Struggle ran more powerfully, while not losing sight of the fierce, often violent opposition that Black people have faced on the road to freedom.
Civil Rights and Social Justice (HeinOnline)
HeinOnline’s Civil Rights and Social Justice database brings together a diverse offering of publications covering civil rights in the United States as their legal protections and definitions are expanded to cover more and more Americans. Containing links to more than 500 scholarly articles*, hearings and committee prints, legislative histories on the landmark legislation, CRS and GAO reports, briefs from major Supreme Court cases, and publications from the Commission on Civil Rights, this database allows users to educate themselves on the ways our civil rights have been strengthened and expanded over time. For remote access, enter St. Louis County Library as your institution's name. Click here for an online research help guide.
Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective
A searchable collection of articles published in the Charleston Mercury, The New York Herald, and The Richmond Enquirer between November 1860 - April 1865. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
Findmypast (In Library Use Only)
Findmypast offers searchable databases for censuses of the British Isles; civil, military, and church records; newspapers, and more. Coverage includes records for the U.S., Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The site provides access to the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) covering thousands of genealogical and historical publications. Findmypast can be used at any St. Louis County Library location. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
Fire Insurance Maps Online (FIMo)
Fire Insurance Maps Online (FIMo) offers high definition, color fire insurance maps, real estate atlases, plat books, and other historical maps for Missouri and Illinois. Maps show building structures, building construction details, property ownership, property uses, and other useful information. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
Fold3
Provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos and personal documents of the men and women who served. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
HeritageQuest Online
Provides access to U.S. Census records from 1790 to 1940, full text of local and family history books, Revolutionary War Pension & Bounty-Land Warrant applications, and Freedman's Bank records. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
Historical New York Times [ProQuest]
Access to historical issues of the New York Times can now be found in Historical Newspapers: U.S. Major Dailies. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
Historical Newspapers: U.S. Major Dailies [Proquest]
Full text coverage of several national daily newspapers. This database includes: Chicago Daily Tribune (1849-1996), Los Angeles Times (1881-1995), New York Times (1857-up to three years behind the current year of publication), Wall Street Journal (1889-2002), and Washington Post (1877-2003). This database provides coverage previously found in the Historical New York Times database. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
Historical St. Louis Post-Dispatch [ProQuest]
Searchable full text and full image articles from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper from 1874-2003. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
History Vault: Southern Life, Slavery, and the Civil War 1 & 2
Features digitized southern plantation records from 1775-1915, documenting the far-reaching impacts of plantations on the nation. Plantation records include both business records and personal papers drawn from archives across the American South. Also has a timeline feature, highlighting key events in the 1800s with quick links to documents relating to those events. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
HistoryGeo
HistoryGeo provides a searchable database of 12.3 million names connected to land ownership maps covering the 29 public land states and Texas. The database also features a historical map collection. Available remotely.
NewspaperARCHIVE.com
Access is limited to in-person at our Daniel Boone branch.
Large historical newspaper database containing tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1759 to present.
Newspapers.com
The Newspapers.com database offers more than 10,000 digitized newspaper titles for large and small communities in the U.S. as well as newspapers in Canada, Australia, Ireland, the British Isles and Panama, including the St. Louis Globe Democrat from 1853-1963. Date range varies by publication. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers
Primary source 19th century newspaper content from urban and rural region newspapers throughout the U.S.
Oxford Reference Online: History
More than 143,000 definitions and encyclopedic entries covering notable eras, events and individuals that have shaped our history and the historical methodology used to research them.
Salem History
Online access to Great Athletes, Decades: 1960s in America, Great Events: Ancient World, and Great Lives: Ancient World. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture, and Law (HeinOnline)
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture, and Law brings together a multitude of essential legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery. You can also find every English-language legal commentary on slavery published before 1920, more than a thousand pamphlets and books on slavery from the 19th century, and many modern histories of slavery. For remote access, enter St. Louis County Library as your institution's name. Click here for an online research help guide.
U.S. History in Context
Covers people and events of historical significance in American history from Pre-Columbian America forward. Content includes primary source materials.
World Book Timelines
Investigate the chronological significance of world events and the lives of notable historical figures using hundreds of interactive timeliness. Create an account to build and save your own timelines. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
World History in Context
Collection of primary sources, reference works, and scholarly journals providing materials for the study of World History.
A to Z Food America
Learn about America's culinary heritage using A to Z Food America. You can find cookbooks from fifty states and six US regions, cookbooks from all 33 major US ethnic groups, over 3,000 old TV food commercials dating back to the 1940s and 100+ historic cookbooks dating back to the late 1700s. Develop your cooking skills by watching "how-to" videos and reading articles about ingredients. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
A to Z Maps Online
With A to Z Maps Online, you have approximately 145,000 maps at your fingertips. This combination of proprietary maps and maps from other reputable sources gives you a “one-stop shop” for content that can be downloaded and used without any copyright restrictions. Categories include world maps, continent maps, country maps, state maps, antique and historical maps, and topographic maps. Educators can also find geography quiz games and lesson plans.
A to Z the USA
Explore the country as a whole, or research a specific state or one of five US territories using A to Z the USA. Find in-depth state and territory information including official state animals and plants, historical timelines, modern and antique maps, demographics, government and more.
A to Z World Food
Learn more about food and culture around the world. Easily find traditional recipes from 174 countries as well as interesting information about etiquette, food history, food trivia and more. Also includes historical timelines tracking major food developments and discoveries. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
Global Road Warrior
Information about culture, communications, travel, and business, as well as maps, for 175 countries and territories. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.
National Geographic Virtual Library
Read full issues National Geographic online going back to 1995. In addition to reading entire issues, you can also search for images and make charts showing the frequency of terms over time. Click here for a video tutorial about using this resource.