The large databases listed below have limited Canadian content.
For more Canadian options see HISTORY - CANADA - HISTORIC / PRIMARY SOURCES
Primary source collections in the social sciences and humanities. Collections the University of Alberta Library subscribes to are also listed individually in the database lists.
| SUBJECTS | |
| Area Studies | Literature |
| Cultural Studies | Politics |
| Empire and Globalism | Theatre |
| Ethnic Studies | War and Conflict |
| History |
| SUBJECTS | |
| Art & Design | Literature & Language |
| Art & Architecture | Music & Performing Arts |
| Fashion Studies | Personal Interest |
| Diversity | Science & Engineering |
| Health Sciences | Social Sciences |
| History |
Content spanning many centuries, geographic regions and subject areas
| DATABASES CATEGORIES | |
| Early Modern to Modern Period | Legal Studies |
| Nineteenth Century | Newspapers and Periodicals |
| Contemporary Studies |
| SUBJECT AREA MODULES | |
| Civil Rights and the Black Freedom Struggle | American Indians and the American West |
| Southern Life, Slavery, and the Civil War | American Politics and Society |
| Women's Studies | International Relations and Military Conflicts |
| Workers, Labor Unions, Progressives, and Radicals | Latinx History |
| READEX DATABASES | |
| African American Periodicals | Immigrations, Migrations and Refugees |
| America's Historical Imprints | The Cold War: East-West Tensions |
| America's Historical Newspapers | American Proxy Wars: Korea and Vietnam |
| American Race Relations | Pravda Archive, 1959-1996 |
| Apartheid | Propaganda and the Chinese Press |
| Civil Rights in America | World Protest and Reform Movement |
| Foreign Broadcast Information Service | World Newspaper Archive |