ProQuest One History includes authoritative content that supports the diverse requirements of many user groups from undergraduate students to advanced researchers. ProQuest One History is an essential resource for in-depth historical research, offering access to authoritative primary sources, scholarly articles, and documents that cover key events, figures, and time periods, from 1450 to the present.
The collection includes the following components:
Key Themes & Topics
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The content has been organized to allow users to find information faster and explore topics more deeply.
The collection consists of two distinct databases:
The ProQuest Historical Periodicals collection offers subscription access to a selection of foundational content from ProQuest’s larger and more expansive historical periodical and magazine archive portfolio.
The ProQuest Historical Periodicals subscription collection is formed through the combination of several of ProQuest's major historical periodicals resources:
History Vault provides access to millions of primary sources, cross-searchable, full-text/full-image documents on the most widely studied topics in 19th and 20th-century American history. The vast majority of the content in History Vault is not available elsewhere. The content in History Vault is perfect for researchers in history, African American studies, women’s studies, political science, social sciences, sociology, and international studies.
History Vault is arranged into a series of Modules, organized around 9 main Subject Areas:
ProQuest Civil War Era is the resource the provides the American history scholars with comprehensive primary source materials that were previously unavailable digitally and cover a vast range of topics including the formative economic factors and other forces that led to the abolitionist movement, the 600,000 battle casualties, and the emancipation of nearly 4 million slaves.
ProQuest Civil War Era was developed in conjunction with librarians and expert Civil War scholars to meet valuable research needs as no other resource can. It combines continuous runs of regional newspapers, as well as pamphlets covering a wide range of topics. It's a deep set of primary sources, with documents that encompass the buildup to and evolution of the war that shaped the Nation's identity, all in original article and page image. ProQuest Civil War Era focuses on the entire era, from Manifest Destiny through the end of the Civil War--enabling researchers to investigate not just the battles, but also the rising tensions that led the country to war.
Newspaper and pamphlet sources--never before available online:Researchers will get the full story from nearly 2,000 pamphlets and complete runs of eight newspaper titles, covering 1840-1865, that were specifically selected for the regional and diverse perspectives they offer. The pamphlets expand on individual perspectives of government officials, clergy, social reformists, and others. Newspapers are a perfect complement to these sources offering insights on a broader range of events. The newspapers included in Civil War Era provide a variety of editorial perspectives reflecting different regions and political orientations.
Newspaper Sources (1840-1865):ProQuest Civil War Era allows researchers to follow the development of issues leading to the Civil War as recorded in the papers of the South, North, Mississippi Valley, and Border States. Many interrelated forces influenced the course of events during this 25-year period, and Civil War Era allows serious researchers to discover the details.
Pamphlets (often 20-40 pages treatises) were the op-ed pieces of their day. They provided an outlet for individuals to express their views through an alternative channel. These respected pamphlet collections are a perfect complement to the variety of editorial perspectives included in the newspapers.
ProQuest’s multi-format collections uniquely reveal how U.K. history evolved over time, and how it has influenced – and continues to influence – people and events around the world. Primary source materials including state papers, royal journals, trench magazines, colonial records, and influential periodicals enable exploration of six centuries of history from the early modern period through the present day, spanning such topics as governance, global expansion, royal affairs, wartime experiences, and cultural evolution. Researchers can explore significant events, including the reign of Elizabeth I, the Spanish Armada, Queen Victoria’s rule, World War I, and Britain’s colonial ventures.
The ProQuest U.K. History subscription collection is formed through the combination of several of ProQuest's resources:
ProQuest’s U.S. History Collections feature a wide-ranging variety of primary sources from pivotal periods in North American history, covering topics such as the early colonial period, the Civil War, the Gilded Age, and early immigrant experiences.
Materials include letters, diaries, memoirs, historical documents, and videos. These engaging firsthand accounts span more than 400 years and provide in-depth insights into the people, social dynamics, and political attitudes that have shaped North America.
The ProQuest U.S. History subscription collection is formed through the combination of several of ProQuest's resources: