Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new windowHistorical Abstracts provides abstracts to scholarly articles, books, and dissertations on world history (excluding the history of Canada and the United States; see America: History and Life), from 1450 to the present and includes link-outs to online full text; in many cases, embedded full text is supplied. Coverage includes all branches of world history: political, diplomatic, military, economic, social, cultural, religious, and intellectual. Historical Abstracts also covers the history of medicine, science, and technology.