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America's Historical Imprints

Search full-text early American books, pamphlets, broadsides, government documents and rare printed materials. Combined search of American Broadsides and Ephemera (1760-1900) and Early American Imprints (1639-1819).

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America's Historical Newspapers

Searchable full-text and page images of newspapers from across the country including early newspapers, 1690-1922, African American Newspapers, 1827-1998; Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection, 1799-1971 and Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980.

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America: History and Life with Full Text

Indexes the scholarly literature of the history and culture of Canada and the United States from prehistoric times to the present.

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American Periodicals (1740-1940)

APS Online provides searchable full-text and page images from over 1,800 popular magazines, journals and newspapers which began publication between 1740 and 1900 with coverage through 1940. Also contains titles archived at the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), including labor, trade, literary, scientific, and photographic periodicals, as well as other historically-significant titles.

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Credo Reference

Provides full-text online versions of hundreds of top quality reference books in all major subjects from art to medicine, psychology to history, and technology to literature. Includes bilingual and biographical dictionaries.

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Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive

A historical archive that embraces the scholarly study of slavery in a comprehensive, conceptual and global way.

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U.S. History in Context

Variety of historical data from primary sources and reference documents. Also includes photographs, illustrations, and maps.

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19th Century Masterfile

Indexes periodicals, books, newspapers, and government documents published in the 19th century.

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African American Experience

Full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of African Americans, as well as the greater Black Diaspora.

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African American Newspapers, 1827-1998

270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience from more than 35 states.

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African American Newspapers: The 19th Century

Searchable full-text of the major African-American newspapers published in the United States during the 19th century.

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African American Periodicals, 1825-1995

More than 170 periodicals, published in 26 states, by and about African Americans. Includes academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations' bulletins, and annual reports. 

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American Broadsides and Ephemera

Digital collection of broadsides printed between 1820-1900 and ephemera, such as invitations, menus and programs, printed between 1760-1900.

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American Indian Experience

Full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of American Indians.

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American Memory

A rich collection of primary source material relating to U.S. history and culture, compiled by the Library of Congress National Digital Library Program.

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American State Papers, 1789-1838

U.S. legislative and executive materials originating from 1789 -1838 but not published until the second and third quarters of the 19th century.

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Atlanta Constitution (1868-1945)

The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1945) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.

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Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

Covers every change in the size, shape, location, name, organization, and attachment of each U.S. county and state from the creation of the first county in 1634 through 2010.

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Bibliography of Native North Americans

Citations to literature about native peoples of North America, including Aleuts; Eskimos or Inuit of Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, and eastern Siberia; and other native peoples of Canada, the United States, and Mexico north of the northern boundary of Mesoamerica.

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Boston Globe (1872-1981)

The Boston Globe, considered the mainstay of Boston and New England, is a unique full-image archive offering complete coverage from 1872-1981.

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Boston Globe (1997-present)

 Full text of the Boston Globe through ProQuest's Newspaper Premier database, 1997-present.

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Chicago Tribune (1989-present)

Full text of the Chicago Tribune, 1989-present. 

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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers

Search and view newspaper pages from 1860-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.

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Civil War: a newspaper perspective

Contains selected full-text articles from issues of the New York Herald, the Charleston Mercury, and the Richmond Enquirer.

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Congressional Documents & Debates, 1774-1875

This free site brings together online the records and acts of the U.S. Congress from the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention through the 43rd Congress. Find congressional journals, debate proceedings, statutes, bills, and official reports.

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Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980

A digital reproduction of the key publications of the United States Congress, the Congressional Serial Set documents the official activities of the House and the Senate, including the journals, reports and documents. IN PROGRESS.

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Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)

The DPLA is a platform that brings together many collections of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. 

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Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans (1639-1800)

Provides full text, digital images of books, pamphlets, broadsides and periodicals published in America from 1639-1800.

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Early American Imprints, Series II, Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819)

Provides full-text, digital images of books, pamphlets, broadsides, state papers and government publications published in America from 1801-1819.

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The Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2009

Complete archive of the Economist weekly newsmagazine. 

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Electronic Enlightenment

Electronic Enlightenment is a database which provides unrivalled online access to 18th-century primary sources that can be searched or browsed as a complete collection.

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Ellis Island: American Family Immigration History Center

Covers the period 1892-1924 when 22 million passengers and crew members entered the Port of New York through Ellis Island. Search for an immigrant's name and view a digitized page of the passenger manifest.

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Ellis Island: Searching the Ellis Island Database in One Step

An enhanced search of the Ellis Island Database (1892-1924).

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Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection, 1799-1971

More than 130 searchable newspapers from 25 states in 10 languages from the former Balch Institute of Ethnic Studies. Emphasis on Americans of Czech, French, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Jewish, and Slavic descent.

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Fold3 (formerly Footnote)

Searchable digitized images of millions of historical primary documents relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, U.S. Presidents, historical newspapers and naturalization documents, many from the National Archives.

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Foreign Relations of the United States (1945-most recent)

 The Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity.

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Foreign Relations of the United States (pre 1945)

This series is the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication. This online version runs from 1861-1960 with missing volumes being added when possible.

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FreedomFlix

Dynamic e-books from Scholastic brings history to life by capturing the dramatic and defining moments in American history. 

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