Historical Abstracts 是涵蓋 1450 年至今除美國和加拿大之外的世界發展史的特別資源，包括世界史、軍事史、婦女史、教育史等，這些是支持高年級學生和研究生的圖書館的必要資料。此權威資料庫提供 1955 年至今 40 多個語種 2,300 多種學術性歷史期刊的索引。歷史和社會學研究人員使用 Historical Abstracts 探索重大和開創性的成就已有 50 餘年。
Historical Abstracts is an exceptional resource that covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more - essential for libraries supporting upper-division and graduate research. This authoritative database provides indexing of more than 2,300 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955. History and social science researchers have used Historical Abstracts to discover significant and groundbreaking work for more than 50 years. No other history research tool matches its scholarly standards or comprehensive coverage.