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Visiting School Groups: H.O.T. Regional History Fair

The H.O.T. of Texas History Fair Website

The Texas Collection at Baylor University has produced a website which will help you throughout your History Fair journey. It covers such topics as who to contact, registration, resources, the theme for the year, schedule of events, guidelines and rules.

The resources included on the HOTHF website include college and university libraries, archives and museums, state resources, and online resources.

Popular Databases

This resource is a multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 scholarly journals. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865
Brings together on a single cross-searchable platform a completely integrated online repository of Alexander Street Press video titles. Includes newsreels, award-winning documentaries, field recordings, interviews, lectures, training videos, and exclusive primary footage. Alexander Street Press.
Provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
Provides access to a collection of aggregated and integrated reference books from high-quality publishers
Searches Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography simultaneously. These databases contain in-depth information on the lives and writings of nearly 100,000 authors along with critical reaction to their works.
Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more.
Provides access to full text of journals from the first issue to a moving-wall date of 2 to 5 years prior to the most recently published issue. Subject areas covered: African-American Studies; Anthropology; Asian Studies; Botany; Business; Ecology; Economics; Education; Finance; General Science; History; Literature; Mathematics; Philosophy; Political Science; Population Studies; Sociology; and Statistics.
Indexes over 3,000 journals and series. Areas covered include literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Newspaper Databases

Accessible Archives

Provides full-text access to several separate collections of newspapers, including African-American Newspapers  and The Civil War.  Primary source.

African-American Newspapers : the 19th Century

Provides indexing and full-text access to 8 major newspapers published by and for African Americans between 1827 - 1902.

America's Historical Newspapers

Features cover-to-cover reproductions of hundreds of historic newspaper. For students and scholars of early America based largely on Clarence Brigham's "History and Bibliography of American Newspapers 1690-1820" 

Chronicling America : Historic American Newspapers

Digitizes and provides indexing for newspapers from 24 states and the District of Columbia published between 1860 - 1922.

Dallas Morning News Historical Archive

Contains full text of the Dallas Morning News from 1885 to 1982.  Browsable by date and searchable by headline or full text. 

ProQuest historical newspapers. The Austin-American Statesman (1871-1978)

This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

Proquest Historical Newspapers the New York Times

Provides searching and digital access to the New York Times newspaper from its beginnings in 1851 to three years short of the current year.  Primary Source. This database provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, searchable first-hand accounts and coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

 Service Newspapers of World War Two

Contains an extensive range of wartime publications for soldiers serving in major theatres around the world. Both Allied and Axis publications are presented, offering a broad view of the war and the experiences of those on the frontlines

 

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