America: History and Life provides articles on the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
America: History and Life is a comprehensive bibliography of articles on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. AHL offers abstracts and citations for articles appearing in over 2,000 journals published worldwide in history, related humanities, and the social sciences. The database also includes citations to book reviews from approximately 140 major journals of American history and culture, and relevant dissertations from Dissertation Abstracts International.
America: History and Life is a resource for a variety of disciplines, including:
* History
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Genealogy
* Interdisciplinary Studies
* Literature/Folklore
* Multicultural Studies
* Popular Culture
* Sociology
* Women's Studies/Gender Studies
* History of Science, Economics, Business, Education, Music, Art, and Law
Archive of public access TV programs produced by Chicago residents since 1983. Topics include public housing, corruption, police reform, and local politics.
The Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey is a collection of translations of newspaper articles originally published in Chicago's ethnic press between the 1860s and the 1930s.
A research guide to special collections and primary sources at UIC Library that might be helpful for students researching educational and curriculum history in the Chicago area.
The Chicago History Museum, The Newberry Library, and Northwestern University produced the Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago, edited by Janice L. Reiff, Ann Durkin Keating , and James R. Grossman.
The Chicago Collections Consortium aspires to increase public and scholarly interest in and study of the Chicago region's diverse history and culture. On this website, you can search and browse hundreds of collections from 20 different Chicago-area libraries, including UIC!
Investigates and evaluates comprehensively and in depth the complexities of the Progressive era in U.S. History from the unique perspective of Chicago. Developed by Prof. Burton J. Bledstein and funded with a special grant from the Offices of the Provost, the Illinois Humanities Council, and many other organizations at UIC and beyond.