Research in History

More than 300 different digital collections. Limit your search by Subject or Format.

Europeana Collections provides access to over 50 million digitised items – books, music, artworks and more – with sophisticated search and filter tools to help you find what you’re looking for. Our dedicated thematic collections on art, fashion, music, photography and World War I contain galleries, blogs and exhibitions to inform and inspire." --- europeana

Over 10 million digitized texts. Internet Archive also provides access to archived videos, images, and audio files.

Nearly 30 million archived images, texts, videos, and sounds.
Collection strengths include: American Civil War, Aviation, Baseball, Civil Rights, Food, Immigration, Photography, and Women in Science.

Contains 8,000,000 pre-1925 books.
Access more than 400,000 magazine and serial titles.
HathiTrust Advanced Search offers a sophisticated search interface that allows for truncation and Boolean Operators.

Search the full text of over 30 million books - many with limited preview.
Offers full access to over 100 different modern-era magazines.

Hundreds of historical newspapers from towns and counties across Iowa. All freely available to the public.

Also includes magazines owned by UNI Rod Library in digital, print, and microfilm formats.