Finding articles & documents on your topic
The library has many databases dealing with historical topics. Several databases contain primary source materials from various periods of history. Here are a few key resources when searching 19th & 20th Century sources-
- 19th Century US Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Full page views and text searching of numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S., with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration and Antebellum-era life.
- C19: The Nineteenth Century Index This link opens in a new window
Multiple indexes of British and American books, periodicals, official documents, newspapers and archives from the 19th century.
- HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window1600-present
HathiTrust makes over 8.8 million volumes of digitized book and journal collections available from some of the nation’s great research libraries. - New York Times - Historical This link opens in a new window
One of the longest running national daily newspapers. Based in New York City. 1851-
- Times Digital Archive 1785-2014 This link opens in a new window
The entire newspaper is captured with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos divided into categories for easier searching. 1785-2014.
