Historic Newspapers & Periodicals
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American Periodicals This link opens in a new window18th and 19th century newspapers, magazines, and journals published between 1740 and 1940
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America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window1,650 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, including titles from all 50 states.
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Gale Primary SourcesSearch across a variety of primary sources including American historical newspapers, Indigenous People of North America Archive, Slavery and Anti-Slavery, and more
American Studies Databases
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America: History & Life This link opens in a new windowIncludes bibliographic citations and abstracts covering the historical literature of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. Sources include journals, books, dissertations, and book reviews from 1964 to present.
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American Broadsides and Ephemera This link opens in a new windowFully searchable facsimile images of approximately 15,000 broadsides printed between 1820 and 1900 and 15,000 pieces of ephemera printed between 1760 and 1900. The remarkably diverse subjects of these broadsides range from contemporary accounts of the Civil War, unusual occurrences and natural disasters to official government proclamations, tax bills and town meeting reports. Featuring many rare items, the pieces of ephemera include clipper ship sailing cards, early trade cards, bill heads, theater and music programs, stock certificates, menus and invitations documenting civic, political and private celebrations.
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America's Historical Imprints This link opens in a new window72,000 books printed between 1639 and 1819 and 30,000 broadsides and ephemera printed between 1760 and 1900.
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U.S. Declassified Documents Online This link opens in a new window
Collection of previously classified federal documents ranging from the years immediately following World War II through the 1970s. Materials include intelligence studies, policy papers, diplomatic correspondence, cabinet meeting minutes, briefing materials, and domestic surveillance and military reports.
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Digital National Security Archive This link opens in a new windowThe most comprehensive set of declassified government documents available. The resource now includes 38 collections consisting of over 94,000 meticulously indexed documents, with more than 650,000 total pages. Each of these collections, compiled by top scholars and experts, exhaustively covers the most critical world events, countries, and U.S. policy decisions from post World War II through the 21st century. Glossaries, chronologies, bibliographies, overviews, and photographs are included.
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European Views of the Americas This link opens in a new windowBibliography of 32,000 entries about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. Created by EBSCO Publishing, in cooperation with the John Carter Brown Library, from the bibliography “European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750.”
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Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIndexes 2,300 journals from 1955 to present. Indexes and abstracts scholarly literature on the history of the world, except the United States and Canada, from 1450 to the present.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Academic journal articles and books: primarily in the humanities and social sciences. Each journal has a “moving wall” for article access (time lag between the most current issue and the content at JSTOR)
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Native American Archives This link opens in a new windowMarketed for tracing heritage or learning about Native American history, this database includes original records totaling over 1.5 million images and including the following collections: Indian Census Rolls, Dawes Packets, Dawes Enrollment Cards, Eastern Cherokee Applications, Guion Miller Roll, Native American Photos, Cherokee Indian Agency TN, and Ratified Indian Treaties.
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ProQuest History Vault This link opens in a new windowIncludes access to 11 separate collections of primary source materials including: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century (2 separate collections of government records and organizational papers), Immigration: Records of the INS, NAACP Papers (4 separate collections), Slavery and the Law, Struggle for Women's Rights (organizational records), Vietnam War and American Foreign Policy, and Women's Studies Manuscript Collections.
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Sabin Americana This link opens in a new window
Full text books, pamphlets, and documents about the Americas published from 1500-1926.
Statistics
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Data.govHome of the U.S. Government’s open data. Official statistical resources from 70+ federal agencies.
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Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
U.S. historical data and statistics. Tables may be graphed, customized, and downloaded.
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Statista This link opens in a new window
Statistical analysis platform with quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and other areas of interest or markets. Data sources include market research reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States (ProQuest) 1878-2012 This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive summary of historical statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Coverage from 1878 to 2012.
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Sage Data This link opens in a new windowProvides original datasets with customizable graphs and tables. Users can scan the contents of these datasets, select subjects and variables of interest (e.g., geographic area and time period), and view the data in side-by-side tables and charts. Also includes data on consumer demographics and usage/spending patterns for products and services within all states, counties, census tracts, and block groups in the US.