Searchable Databases in the Library
Paid subscription databases on this web site are available at NARA terminals nationwide.
Other users of this web site should contact their local public or university libraries to find out how they may access subscription databases.
Contents:
- The Library Online Catalog
- ProQuest/UMI
- Heritage Quest Online
- ProQuest Direct (articles)
- ProQuest Obituaries
- GaleNet
- America: History and Life
- ArchivesUSA
- CIA Records Search Tool (CREST)
- Ingenta (Articles)
The NARA Library Online Catalog
- Over 84,000 bibliographic citations
- Strong collection in the following areas:
- Archival administration
- American history and government
- Administrative history
- Biography
- Information management
- Government documents
- Memorials, petitions, and private relief actions of the U.S. Congress in the U.S. Serial Set
- Heritage Quest Online
Heritage Quest Online includes:- ProQuest's Genealogy & Local History Collection of 25,000+ family and local history books
- Page images and corresponding indexes for the entire census, 1790-1930
- Selected Revolutionary War Era Pension & Bounty Land Warrant Application Files
- Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874
- ProQuest Direct
ProQuest Direct includes:- Citations, abstracts, and/or full text of over 1000 newspapers and journals, including:
- Newspaper abstracts and/or full text from 1985-
(including the full text New York Times for the most recent 90 days) - Full text of the Washington Post from 1877-1989
- Full text of the New York Times from 1851-2002
- Abstracts for over 1000 journals from 1986-
- Full text for over 700 journals from 1992-
- Newspaper abstracts and/or full text from 1985-
- Citations, abstracts, and/or full text of over 1000 newspapers and journals, including:
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ProQuest Obituaries
ProQuest Obituaries includes:- Page images of obituaries from several prominent newspapers from as early as 1851
- Notices for famous persons and ordinary people
- Capability of searching by name of deceased, name of any person mentioned in the obituary, and keyword
ALIC subscribes to the following part of GaleNet:
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index
- Comprehensive index to nearly 12 million biographical sketches in more than 2700 volumes
- Comprehensive index to nearly 12 million biographical sketches in more than 2700 volumes
- This database offers access to:
- Complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present
- 490,000 bibliographic entries for periodicals dating back to 1954
- Over 2,000 journals published worldwide
- Produced by ABC-CLIO
- Click on subscription access link to browse the database
- America: History & Life is also available to staff and researchers on CD-ROM in the library at Archives I.
- Includes:
- Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the United States, with information on over 5,480 repositories and 132,300 collections of primary source material across the United States
- National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC): published since 1959, and contains over 93,100 records
- National Inventory of Documentary Sources - US (NIDS-US): complete indexing of over 58,600 records
- Distributed by ProQuest
- Archives USA is also available to staff and researchers on
CD-ROM in the library at both Archives I and Archives II.
CIA Records Search Tool (CREST) is the name of the CIA database of declassified intelligence documents. The database, searchable by title, data, and text content, includes Directorate of Operations reports on the role of intelligence in the post WW-II period; material on the creation, organization, and role of the CIA within the U.S. Government; a collection of foreign scientific articles, ground photographs and associated reference materials; and the CIA's first release of motion picture film. This database is available in the Archives II Library (Room 3000).
An online CREST Finding Aid to research availability of CIA documents declassified and loaded onto CREST through 2002 is now available. Researchers can search by the title and date, or date span, of documents. Data for the remaining years up to the present (CREST deliveries have been ongoing) will be placed on this site at later dates.
Ingenta (Articles)- Search databases and tables of contents for FREE.
- NARA staff: to obtain articles contact the library at 301-837-3415 or by e-mail.
- Others may order directly by credit card.
- For instructions, tutorials, and other Ingenta databases see the Ingenta Home Page.
