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JSTORScholarly journals, books, and primary sources in the humanities, social sciences, & sciences.

History Reference SourceHistorical reference sources, primary source documents, biographies and content from leading history journals.

News & Newspapers: ProQuestCurrent and historical new sources from around the globe.

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Biography: Gale In ContextBiographical information on the world's most influential people throughout history.

KanopyStream current, classic, and independant films, documentaries, and training videos.

Nexis UniNews, business, and legal sources from LexisNexis®.

North American Women's Letters and DiariesAmerican and Canadian women's published and unpublished diaries and correspondence from Colonial times through 1950.

Project MuseHumanities and social sciences books and articles from university presses and scholarly societies.

U.S. History: Gale In ContextPrimary and secondary sources on the most significant people, events, and topics in U.S. History.

Osteopathic Medicine HistoryOsteopathic books and documents curated by the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine at A.T. Still University,

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Wabanaki History

The Penobscot dance of resistance: tradition in the history of a peopleThe Penobscot dance of resistance: tradition in the history of a peopleby Pauleena MacDougall

icon_videoThe Penobscot: Ancestral River, Contested Territory

icon_articleShadows in the Dawnland: Wabanaki Tribes and the State of Maine set out to hear the truth about a painful past

Dawnland VoicesDawnland Voicesby Siobhan Senior et al (eds)

icon_videoGenocide in ME: Shining the Light of Truth

Indigenous Peoples Resource List

African American History

icon_web_resourceBlack Freedom Struggle in the United States

Black Portsmouth: three centuries of African-American heritageBlack Portsmouth: three centuries of African-American heritageby Mark J. Sammons and Valerie Cunningham

Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921by Alfred L. Brophy and Randall Kennedy

They Say: Ida B. Wells and the Reconstruction of RaceThey Say: Ida B. Wells and the Reconstruction of Raceby James West Davidson

The Warmth of Other SunsThe Warmth of Other Sunsby Isabel Wilkerson

Stamped from the beginning: the definitive history of racist ideas in AmericaStamped from the beginning: the definitive history of racist ideas in Americaby Ibram X Kendi

African American History Resource List

Women's History

The Rise of Public Woman: Woman's Power and Woman's Place in the United States, 1630-1970The Rise of Public Woman: Woman's Power and Woman's Place in the United States, 1630-1970by Glenna Matthews

Speaking of Feminism: Today's Activists on the Past, Present, and Future of the U.S. Women's MovementSpeaking of Feminism: Today's Activists on the Past, Present, and Future of the U.S. Women's Movementby Rachel Seidman

A Black Women's History of the United StatesA Black Women's History of the United Statesby Nicole Kali Gross

Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965by Annelise Orleck

U.S. Women's History: Untangling the Threads of SisterhoodU.S. Women's History: Untangling the Threads of Sisterhoodby Leslie Brown et al.

Womens & Gender Studies Resource List

LBGTQIA+ History

Information Activism: A Queer History of Lesbian Media TechnologiesInformation Activism: A Queer History of Lesbian Media Technologiesby Cait McKinney

icon_web_resourceOutHistory

Public Faces, Secret Lives: A Queer History of the Women's Suffrage MovementPublic Faces, Secret Lives: A Queer History of the Women's Suffrage Movementby Wendy L. Rouse

Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis RodmanTransgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodmanby Leslie Feinberg

icon_videoMarc Stein on the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots

A Queer History of the United StatesA Queer History of the United Statesby Michael Bronski

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Healthcare & Medicine

Fat: a Cultural History of ObesityFat: a Cultural History of Obesityby Sander L. Gilman

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the PresentMedical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Presentby Harriet A. Washington

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American GynecologyMedical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecologyby Lundy Braun

Beside the Troubled Waters: A Black Doctor Remembers Life, Medicine, and Civil Rights in an Alabama TownBeside the Troubled Waters: A Black Doctor Remembers Life, Medicine, and Civil Rights in an Alabama Town

unelogoHand Over Hand: An Exploration of Osteopathic Medicine in New EnglandUNE's New England Osteopathic Heritage Center