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Historical Newspapers/Periodicals
Accessible Archives 1728 – 1900
Access primary newspapers/magazines including Pennsylvania Gazette, African American Newspapers, Civil War Newspapers, and Godey’s Ladys Book.
Proquest Historical Newspapers Atlanta Constitution 1868 – 1929
“The Atlanta Constitution, historically known as ‘the voice of the new south.’ Contains first hand accounts of the Reconstruction period and post-war South" to early twentieth century. Full image and full text newspaper articles. (LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe provides text coverage from 1991-present.)
Historical Chicago Tribune 1849 – 1985
The Chicago Tribune is one of the nation’s oldest continuously published newspapers. Source for prohibition debates, mercantile development of the midwest, westward expansion, Settlement House Movement – Jane Addams, Al Capone. Full image and full text newspaper articles. (LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe provides current text coverage from March 1, 2002-present.)
Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection 1872 – (in progress)
Full text access to Historical Colorado Newspapers. An ongoing project with newspapers added daily. The initial project is focusing on 44 newspapers with coverage beginning in 1872.
The Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985
Full text of the The Times (London) provides access to full facsimile images of either a specific article or a complete page. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos.
Los Angeles Times (Historical) (Historical) 1881 –
Provides complete, full-image access to historical articles from the Los Angeles Times from 1881. For current online articles, use LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe .
Making of America 1815 – 1926
A digital library of 19th century books and periodicals – Atlantic Monthly, North American Review, Scribner’s, Living Age and more. There are two different collections available: University of Michigan – Making of America and Cornell University – Making of America
The New York Times (Historical) 1851 to three years from current
Provides complete, full-image access to historical articles from the New York Times from 1851 to 3 years from present. For current online articles use LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe .
Poole's Plus :The Digital Index of the Nineteenth Century 1802 – 1906
Web version of Poole’s Index to Periodical Literature, 1802-1906. Index only to Nineteenth century historical periodicals.
Readers' Guide Retrospective 1890 – 1982
The premier index to popular periodicals. No full text links, but Tutt owns a large percentage of the magazines/journals indexed by this resource. Continued by Readers Guide Abstracts.
Virginia Gazette 1736 – 1780
The Virginia Gazette was the official newspaper of Virginia, printed in Williamsburg from 1736 until 1780. Browse by date or search the electronic index.
Article Indexes and Databases
America, History & Life 1967 – current
Covers American History.
Historical Abstracts 1967 – current
Covers World History.
Humanities International Complete 1929 – current
A comprehensive humanities database, with almost 500 full text titles and indexing and abstracting for more than 1,700 titles. Subject areas include (but are not limited to) literature, philosophy, the arts, history, culture-oriented and multi-disciplinary humanities titles with some coverage going back as far as 1929. This database replaces Humanities Abstracts.
JSTOR late 1800’s – most recent 5 years
Archival access to many major scholarly periodicals. Jstor does not cover the most recent three years of any journal. List of Journals.
Arts and Humanities Search 1980 – current
Indexes 1,300 of the world’s leading arts and humanities journals. *Password required for full text. Contact Reference Desk x6662.
Bibliography Of Asian Studies 1971 – current
Western-language mongraphs, articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia.
Colorado Newsstand 1986 – current
Searchable full-text database of articles from Colorado newspapers including the Gazette (Colorado Springs), the Denver Post, the Rocky Mountain News, and six others.
Academic Search Premier 1988 – current
Provides access to basic journal index and some full text resources. Subject coverage is general and broad. Good for book reviews.
The Encyclopaedia Of Islam historical
Offers basic searching of the full-text of nearly 12,000 pages of volumes I to XI and Supplement (Volume XII) of the print edition.
Feminae 1995 – current
“The Medieval Feminist Index covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.”
Handbook Of Latin American Studies 1935 – current
Annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin American studies. Online version of the print title, volume 1 – present. Multidisciplinary topics. Covers humanities and social sciences.
Historical Statistics Of The United States 1600s – current
Annual time series of the U.S. population, economic indicators, social conditions, and government. From colonial times to the present.
Index Islamicus 1906-current
Indexes books, journal articles, conference proceedings about Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Includes the other main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere.
Iter 1943 – current
Covers all literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Citations for journal articles, reviews, review articles, bibliographies, catalogues, abstracts and discographies are included. Also included are citations for monographs, and material published in monographs and collections of essays.
Periodicals Index Online 1665- 1995
Periodicals Index Online is an electronic index to the contents of thousands of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues. Mostly citations. Full image access to a select number of journal runs.
Project Muse 1995 – current
Project Muse provides access to the full text of the Johns Hopkins University Press journals. Offers current and back issues. Contains Reviews in American History, Journal of the History of Ideas, Eighteenth-Century Studies and others.
Web Of Science 1900 – current
Citation-based searching in all disciplines. Includes Science Citation Index (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1956-present), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present).
Primary Sources, Images, Archives
The American Civil War 1861 – 1865
The full text letters and diaries of 1,920 famous and unknown men and women are searchable by author, individual, month, day, battle, personal event, source, place, and more. Includes more than 1,000 biographies.
American Memory project – Library of Congress (historical)
Digitized collections from the Library of Congress. Oral Histories, letters, photographs, documents. Search by keyword.
AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive 1826 – current
Over one million photographs provided by the Associated Press.
Black Thought And Culture 1700 – 1975
438 sources by 192 leading African Americans include monographs, essays, articles, speeches, interviews, letters and correspondence, and other fugitive material. Materials are searchable by author, source, year, historical event, subject, influences, geographic location and more.
British And Irish Women's Letters And Diaries 1500 – 1900
The full text letters and diaries of 201 famous and unknown British and Irish women are searchable by author, historical event, personal event, family relationships, ethnicity, age, geographic region, subject and more. Includes 500 biographies.
Early American Imprints. Series I, Evans (1639-1800) 1639 – 1800
Full text of almost every book and pamphlet printed in North America from 1639 to 1800. Not yet complete.
Early American Imprints. Series II, Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) 1801 – 1819
Full text of almost every book and pamphlet printed in North America from 1801 to 1819. Not yet complete.
Early Encounters In North America : Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment 1474 – 1600
Full text works by 1,076 authors in the form of letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters between American Indians, Europeans, Americans, and Africans in the area of present-day Canada and the United States, with limited coverage of Mexico. Searchable by author, source, year, encounter, people, image, place, fauna, flora, environment, cultural event, personal event, and more.
Early English Books Online 1475 – 1700
Contains the full text of over 100,000 English books, pamphlets, and more, from the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online 1701 – 1800
Digitized copies of every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in Great Britain during the eighteenth century, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
In The First Person mostly 19th and 20th century
Find primary source, first person accounts such as oral histories, diaries, etc. Indexes Alexander Street databases (via CC subscription) and material freely available on the Web.
National Archives And Records Administration historical
Description and many links to digital copies of the documents, photographs and maps housed in the National Archives and regional branches.
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, And Oral Histories 1804 – current
The full text letters, diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives of 342 men and women are searchable by author, source, year, place, nationality, personal event, subject, and more. Includes some audio recordings and scrapbook images.
North American Women's Letters And Diaries , Colonial (1675) to 1950
The full text letters and diaries of 1,017 famous and unknown women, are searchable by author, sources, years, places, historical events, personal events, and more.
Women And Social Movements In The United States, 1775-2000
Free database of over 1,000 primary documents relating to American women’s history. Full text and some images included.
Women Writers Online 1400 – 1850
Contains fulltext of nearly 400 works of early modern women writers.