LibGuides: History: U.S., Western, & Utah: Databases

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JSTOR
JSTOR combines scholarly research and primary sources, including a robust image collection. Useful for humanities, social sciences, science and math, business, and the arts. JSTOR has a moving paywall that may limit access to the most recent research.
U.S. Newsstream
Recent U.S. news content with access to over 150 local, national, and international newspapers, blogs, podcasts, wires, and more. Use this database to access articles in newspapers such as the Salt Lake Tribune.
SAGE Reference
Access encyclopedias and reference books in full text covering a range of disciplines. Topics include business and management, psychology, criminal justice, education, environmental science, health care, communication and media, politics, social work, and sociology.
Project Muse
Project Muse is an interdisciplinary collection of eBooks, scholarly articles, and reviews primarily for the humanities and social sciences. Subjects include art, anthropology, literature, film, theatre, history, music, philosophy, religion, psychology, and sociology. Apply the 'Only content I have access to' search limiter to simplify your search.

Library of Congress Digital Collections
American history, 1400-present, documented by the Library of Congress. Millions of items including images, prints, photographs, etc. While international in scope, the collections are particularly strong in materials documenting the history of the United States and the lives, interests, and achievements of the American people.
National Archives
View archived documents, audio recordings, and more from the U.S. Government. "The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever."

Academic Video Online
AVON contains thousands of documentaries, interviews, and news programs, with transcripts and summaries available for each. These films cover subjects in anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more.
Docuseek
Docuseek is a streaming video collection that provides thousands of documentaries about social and environmental issues. Filter by subject to find short films about history, the arts, political movements, and societies all over the globe.

Library of Congress National Screening Room
Over 300 videos about US history, mostly from the 1900s. From their website: The National Screening Room showcases the riches of the Library’s vast moving image collection, designed to make otherwise unavailable movies, both copyrighted and in the public domain, freely accessible to the viewers worldwide.