The following databases are suggested starting points for research in History. To access a database off-campus, use your SMU email and password to login. View a full list of the library's databases on the A-Z Databases webpage.
Indexes over 1,700 journals on U.S. and Canadian history, from pre-history to the present. Includes abstracts in English of articles published in over 40 languages.
Indexes scholarship on world history (excluding the US and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
Access to more than 200 years of scholarship in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
Full-text access to over 800 scholarly journal titles in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
(see the Primary Sources Guide for more resources)
Collections of digitized historical primary source documents.
A comprehensive collection of magazine and newspaper content published between 1684 and 1912.
Over 2 million pages of digitized source materials in Canadian history, literature, and politics.
The digitized, full-image version of the The Globe and Mail newspaper. Coverage from 1844 to 2019.
Archive contains digitized full-image versions of the complete contents of the Toronto Star newspaper from 1894 to 2020.