Finding Background Information
It is sometimes helpful to find background information on people when looking at historic newspapers. Here are a couple of databases that can be useful for background-
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowOver 600 reference books, including encyclopedias, dictionaries (English and foreign language), thesauri, books of quotations, as well as a range of subject-specific reference books.
Newspaper Database
The library has many databases on a wide range of topics. For this particular class, you just need one database, called Historical Newspapers.
Within that, you will find many different newspapers covering the time period of your topics. Here's the link to the database-
- Historical Newspapers (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowSearch multiple popular American newspapers (Black and White) back to the first issues: Examples include Atlanta Daily World, Austin American Statesman, Chicago Defender, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Sentinel, Los Angeles Times, and many more.
