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  • America: History and Life - Dates: 1964 - current
    Identifies articles, book/media reviews, dissertations on U.S. & Canadian history, many linked to JSTOR or other full-text formats

  • JSTOR - Dates: Varies by title from 1800s - 2000s
    Full text articles in many disciplines.
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  • ProQuest Historical Newspapers - Via ProQuest - Dates: Varies
    Full text - articles, ads, pictures - of New York Times (1851 - 2007) & other major papers. Click "More" link for their names.
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  • Readers' Guide Retrospective - Via EBSCO - Dates: 1890 - 1982
    Identifies articles in popular and general-interest periodicals published in the US and Canada, 1890 - 1982.

  • ACLS Humanities E-Book - Dates: Varies
    Full text of selected book titles in the humanities with special strength in history. Also known as ACLS History Ebook Project.

  • America's Historical Imprints (Evans), Series I - Dates: 1639-1800
    Full text books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the United States in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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    After connecting, find database under "Archive of Americana."

  • America's Historical Imprints (Shaw-Shoemaker), Series II - Dates: 1801-1819
    Full text books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the United States in the early 19th century.
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    After connecting, find database under "Archive of Americana."

  • America's Historical Newspapers, Series 1-5 - Dates: 1690-1922
    Full text of American newspapers from colonial times to the 1920's.

  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index - Via ISI Web of Science - Dates: 1975 - current
    Identifies articles and cited references in selected arts and humanities journals.

  • H-Net Reviews - Dates: 1996 - current
    Full text of reviews of books and web sites in the humanities and social sciences.

  • HarpWeek - Dates: 1857 - 1912
    Reproduces the news/opinion magazine Harper's Weekly.
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  • Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition - Dates: 1600's-2000
    Numerical tables and essays on all quantitative aspects of American history.
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  • History Behind the Headlines - Dates: Current
    Useful for background information on topics in the news in recent years. Most entries are fairly lengthy; a good starting point.
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  • Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective - Via EBSCO - Dates: 1907 - 1984
    Identifies journal articles in all areas of the humanities and social sciences.
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  • Nation Digital Archive - Dates: 1865 - current
    Full text, plus graphics, from The Nation magazine from 1865 on.
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  • Nineteenth Century Masterfile - Dates: 1780's - 1920's
    Identifies articles in many U.S. and British journals from 1780's to 1920's. Includes Poole's Index and several others.

  • Periodicals Contents Index - Dates: 19th century - 1960
    Identifies articles from North American and international journals in the humanities and social sciences.

  • Readers' Guide Full Text - Via EBSCO - Dates: 1983 - current
    Identifies articles in popular and general-interest periodicals published in the US and Canada, 1983 - date.

  • Social Sciences Citation Index - Via ISI Web of Science - Dates: 1900 - current
    Identifies journal articles and cited references in all social science disciplines, many with links to full text.

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