Databases for Primary Sources
- Early American Newspapers, Series 1: From Colonies to Nation This link opens in a new window
A full-text, searchable database of over 700 early U.S. newspapers from 1690-1876. - Historical New York Times This link opens in a new window
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Search and browse the New York Times from 1851 until 2017. - Introduction to U.S. History: American Revolution (Archives Unbound) This link opens in a new window
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Personal narratives and memoirs Political pamphlets and speeches, sermons and poems, legislative journals and popular magazines documenting the American Revolution from the earliest protests in 1765 through the peace treaty of 1783. Part of Archives Unbound.
- The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution This link opens in a new window
Historical documents detailing the ratification of the United States Constitution.
Databases for Secondary Sources
- America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Historical scholarly journals, magazines, books and more covering the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. - Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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Historical scholarly journals, magazines, books and more covering the entire world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. - In Context: U.S. History This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Primary sources from around the world and scholarly journal articles spanning a wide range of fields and going as far back as the 1800s. Coverage for most journals in this database ends 3-5 years ago. - ProQuest Social Science Database This link opens in a new window
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Search full-text periodicals covering social sciences disciplines, including anthropology, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, and sociology.. - Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
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Full-text documents from news, business, legal, medical, and reference publications.
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