Cooperation Makes History Electronic: The History Cooperative

The History Cooperative, http://www.historycooperative.org/, is a pioneering effort of the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the University of Illinois Press, and the National Academies Press. Its primary purpose is to make the content of scholarly historical journals readily available. For some titles no subscription is required; for others, you or your instittuion must be a subscriber, otherwise you may purchase a Research Pass, see http://www.historycooperative.org/access.html. A search engine supports research across a single journal or all journals. Full Boolean searching and more is supported; but be sure to review the Tips for Effective Searching, http://www.historycooperative.org/search-tips.html. Backfiles for some titles, picking up where Cooperative backfiles stop, are available through JStor, http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/jstor.html. In addition to journal content, links are provided to a growing conference proceedings collection, links to resources of the Center for History and New Media, map resources, and the digitized version of the Booker T. Washington Papers.

Journals currently available though The Cooperative include: the American Historical Review (see its electronic projects at http://www.historycooperative.org/ahr/elec-projects.html), Common-place, Environmental History, History of Education Quarterly, The History Teacher, Indiana Magazine of History, Journal of American History, Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Journal of World History, Labour History, Labour/Le Travail, Law and History Review, Massachusetts Historical Review, Oral History Review, Oregon Historical Quarterly, Western Historical Quarterly, William and Mary Quarterly, and World History Connected.

The latter – World History Connected – is an e-journal devoted to scholarship and teaching, specifically for teachers of world history. There have been three issues thus far. Another title not generally widely known is Common-place, an e-journal sponsored by the American Antiquarian Society and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. “Common-place's features are lively essays designed to engage a broad audience of people interested in early American life.”