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African American Communities A diverse range of primary source material focusing on race relations across social, political, cultural and religious arenas.

African American Newspapers This enormous collection of African American newspapers contains a wealth of information about cultural life and history during the 1800s and is rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day, including the Mexican War, Presidential and Congressional addresses, Congressional abstracts, business and commodity markets, the humanities, world travel and religion. The collection also provides a great number of early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements all of which embody the African-American experience.

Afro-Americana Imprints, 1535-1922 This collection spans nearly 400 years, from the early 16th to the early 20th century. Critically important subjects covered include the West's discovery and exploitation of Africa; the rise of slavery in the New World along with the growth and success of abolitionist movements and the development of racial thought and racism.

Alt-PressWatch This database features over 670,000 articles from more than 210 publications, offering a wide range of unfettered, critical coverage of the news.

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American County Histories American County Histories have long formed the cornerstone of local historical and genealogical research. They include chapters with detailed coverage of local history, geology, geography, weather, transportation, lists of all local participants in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, government, the medical and legal professions, churches and ministers, industry and manufacturing, banking and insurance, schools and teachers, noted celebrations, fire departments and associations, cemeteries, family histories, health and vital statistics, roads and bridges, public officials and legislators, and many additional subject areas.

American Economic Association Journals Economic research journals from the American Economic Association.

Annual Reviews Annual Reviews contains articles from journals in the area of biomedical, life, physical, and social sciences as well as economics.

Art Index Index of leading publications in the world of arts

Art Index Retrospective: 1929-1984 Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983

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ArticleFirst OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals

Baltimore Sun Newspaper with diverse regional perspectives and coverage on events that shaped the 19th and 20th century

BioOne Bioscience research journals

British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries: Second Edition The database extends back to the 1500s and brings together the voices of women from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

Business Source Complete The world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full-text content.

Communication and Mass Media Complete Communication and Mass Media Complete incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study to create a research and reference resource encompassing the breadth of the communication discipline.

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CQ Researcher CQ Researcher is a database of in-depth, authoritative reports on a full range of political and social-policy issues extending back to 1923. Each report is footnoted and includes an overview, background section, chronology, bibliography and debate-style pro-con feature, plus tools to study the evolution of the topic over time.

Credo Reference General reference resource for researchers at any level. Includes major reference works, multi-volume subject encyclopedias, field guides, scholarly handbooks, etc.

Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639 - 1800 Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639 - 1800 has been hailed as the definitive resource for researching every aspect of 17th- and 18th-century America.

Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1670 - 1800 Supplement Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 Supplement has been hailed as the definitive resource for researching every aspect of 17th- and 18th-century America.

Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1800-1819 Supplement Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 Supplement provides a comprehensive set of American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the early part of the 19th century.

Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 provides a comprehensive set of American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the early part of the 19th century.

Education Database Literature on primary, secondary, and higher education as well as special education, home schooling, adult education, and hundreds of related topics.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online: I and II Complete English-language and foreign-language titles printed in the United Kingdom during the 18th Century along with works from the Americas.

Electronic Books OCLC catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide

Electronic Collections Online An OCLC collection of scholarly journals

ERIC Journal articles and reports in education

Frank Leslie's Weekly Frank Leslie’s Weekly, later often known as Leslie’s Weekly, actually began life as Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. Founded in 1855 and continued until 1922, it was an American illustrated literary and news publication, combining elements of war, politics, art, science, travel and exploration, literature and the fine arts in each weekly issue.

Gale Academic OneFile Peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources with extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes full-text New York Times from 1995 to present.

Gale Business Insights For business professionals, entrepreneurs, students, and general researchers, Gale Business Insights: Global delivers comprehensive international business intelligence, compiled into a logical, useable context.

Gale eBooks With electronic reference books from Gale and its publishing partners, researchers can instantly access thousands of eBooks on virtually any subject.

Gale General OneFile Provides periodical and news information for researchers at all levels. Content includes more than 12,000 titles with nearly 30 years of coverage.

Gale Health and Wellness Provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues.

Gale in Context: Biography Information on newsmakers and historical figures.

Gale in Context: College Information on all core subjects from Science to Literature to History.

Gale in Context: Environmental Studies An Interdisciplinary Resource Supporting Sustainability and Environmental Studies.

Gale in Context: Global Issues Global awareness and the development of critical thinking and information literacy skills.

Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints Leading source for libraries and schools in need of accessible and engaging issue-oriented material.

Gale in Context: Science Supporting high school curricula and university coursework.

Gale in Context: U.S. History Complete overview of U.S. History that covers the most-studied events, issues and current information.

Gale in Context: World History Complete overview of World History that covers the most-studied events, issues and current information.

Gale Literature Resource Center Current, comprehensive, and reliable online literature database.

Gale Literature: Book Review Index Includes more than 5 million book reviews, allowing users to conduct research in numerous disciplines, including literature, history, education, psychology, and more.

Gale OneFile Business A comprehensive business resource for the undergraduate researcher seeking company news, the public library patron making personal investment decisions, or the high school student looking to major in business administration.

Gale OneFile: Computer Science One-stop reference resource for up-to-date information on the world of technology.

Gale OneFile: Culinary Arts A variety of information from major cooking and nutrition magazines as well as key reference titles.

Gale OneFile: Health and Medicine Up-to-date information on the complete range of health care topics.

Gale OneFile: Informe Academico Specifically designed to meet the research needs of Spanish-speaking users.

Gale OneFile: LegalTrac Comprehensive collection of major legal publications.

Gale OneFile: News Provides access to major U.S. regional, national and local newspapers as well as leading titles from around the world.

GenderWatch Gender and women's studies, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) research

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Godey’s Lady’s Book In Philadelphia in 1830 Louis Antoine Godey (1804-1878) commenced the publication of Godey’s Lady’s Book which he designed specifically to attract the growing audience of American women. The magazine was intended to entertain, inform and educate the women of America. In addition to extensive fashion descriptions and plates, the early issues included biographical sketches, articles about mineralogy, handcrafts, female costume, the dance, equestrienne procedures, health and hygiene, recipes and remedies and the like.

GPO Monthly Catalog U.S. government publications

GreenFILE A research database focusing on the relationship between human beings and the environment, with well-researched but accessible information on topics ranging from global warming to recycling to alternate fuel sources and beyond. Comprised of scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports, GreenFILE offers a unique perspective on the positive and negative ways humans affect the ecology.

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Health Source: Consumer Edition A rich collection of consumer health information.

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Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition This resource provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.

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Historical Newspapers: The Baltimore African-American (1893-1988) Founded by former slave John Henry Murphy, Sr. when he merged three church publications, The Baltimore Afro-American became one of the most widely circulated African-American newspapers on the Atlantic Coast. In addition to featuring the first black female reporter (Murphy's daughter) and female sportswriters, the paper's contributors have included writer Langston Hughes, intellectual J. Saunders Redding, artist Romare Bearden, and sports editor Sam Lacy, whose column influenced the desegregation of professional sports.

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Historical Newspapers: The Baltimore Sun (1837-1985) Founded by Arunah Shepherdson Abell as a paper devoted to the news that most directly affected the lives of its readers, The Baltimore Sun's history is among the most distinguished in American journalism. It represented this bustling port city by reporting on pivotal issues and events of the 19th and early 20th centuries: immigration, the slave trade, commerce, the Civil War, Washington D.C. politics (The Baltimore Sun began publishing 40 years before the Washington Post), Americana, and literature. H.L. Mencken, the "Sage of Baltimore," and one of the most influential American writers of the early 20th century, wrote for this renowned newspaper.

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JSTOR Arts & Sciences I Collection JSTOR offers high-quality, interdisciplinary content to support scholarship and teaching. It includes over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences

JSTOR Arts & Sciences II Collection JSTOR offers high-quality, interdisciplinary content to support scholarship and teaching. It includes over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences

JSTOR Arts & Sciences III Collection JSTOR offers high-quality, interdisciplinary content to support scholarship and teaching. It includes over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences

JSTOR Arts & Sciences IV Collection JSTOR offers high-quality, interdisciplinary content to support scholarship and teaching. It includes over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences

JSTOR Arts & Sciences IX Collection JSTOR offers high-quality, interdisciplinary content to support scholarship and teaching. It includes over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences

JSTOR Arts & Sciences V Collection JSTOR offers high-quality, interdisciplinary content to support scholarship and teaching. It includes over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences

JSTOR Arts & Sciences VI Collection JSTOR offers high-quality, interdisciplinary content to support scholarship and teaching. It includes over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences

JSTOR Arts & Sciences VII Collection JSTOR offers high-quality, interdisciplinary content to support scholarship and teaching. It includes over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences

JSTOR Arts & Sciences VIII Collection JSTOR offers high-quality, interdisciplinary content to support scholarship and teaching. It includes over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences

JSTOR Life Sciences Collection JSTOR offers high-quality, interdisciplinary content to support scholarship and teaching. It includes over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences

Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes more than 500 core journals, more than 50 priority journals, and 125 selective journals; plus books, research reports and proceedings.

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Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries The database contains the personal writings of women of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, spanning 1750 to 1950.

MAS Complete Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full-text for more than 540 popular high school magazines.

MasterFILE Complete Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full-text for more than 2,000 general reference publications with full-text information dating as far back as 1922.

MEDLINE All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing

Military & Government Collection Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government.

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MLA International Bibliography Literature, language, linguistics, folklore

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Music Index The single most comprehensive subject-author guide to music periodical literature.

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National Anti-Slavery Standard National Anti-Slavery Standard was the official weekly newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society, an abolitionist society founded in 1833 by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan to spread their movement across the nation with printed materials. Frederick Douglass was a key leader of this society and often addressed meetings at its New York City headquarters.

National Citizen and Ballot Box The National Citizen and Ballot Box was a monthly journal deeply involved in the roots of the American feminist movement. It was owned and edited by Matilda Joslyn Gage, American women’s rights advocate, who helped to lead and publicize the suffrage movement in the United States. Gage included her intentions for the paper in a prospectus: “Its especial object will be to secure national protection to women citizens in the exercise of their rights to vote…it will oppose Class Legislation of whatever form…Women of every class, condition, rank and name will find this paper their friend.”

National Newspapers Core National and regional newspapers from across the U.S.

New York Times Breaking news, multimedia, reviews & opinion on Washington, business, sports, movies, travel, books, jobs, education, real estate & more.

Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers Primary source newspaper content from the 19th century.

North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories The database contains personal narratives, including letters, diaries, pamphlets, autobiographies, and oral histories beginning around 1840 and extending to the present, and provides perspectives both on North America and on the immigrants’ countries of origin.

North American Women's Letters and Diaries The database is a collection of women’s diaries and correspondence, spanning more than 300 years from Colonial times to 1950.

OAIster Union catalog of digital resources

Oxford Art Online Opening up access to Oxford's authoritative art reference resources.

Oxford Music Online Opening up access to Oxford's authoritative music reference resources.

PapersFirst OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide

Philosopher's Index A comprehensive source for research in all fields of philosophy

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Primary Search Primary Search contains full text for more than 70 popular, elementary school magazines. All full-text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles).

ProceedingsFirst An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings

Project Muse Digital Humanities and social sciences content

ProQuest Ebook Central Authoritative e-books in a wide range of subject areas.

PsycINFO Psychology and related fields since 1806

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Race Relations in America Surveys and papers from the Amistad Researcher Center, 1943-1970. Explore three pivotal decades in the struggle for civil rights in America.

Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982

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Regional Business News Regional Business News provides full text for more than 80 regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications).

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Sabin Backfile Collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.

ScienceDirect Full-text scientific database offering science, medical and technical (STM) journal articles and book chapters

Slavery Anti Slavery The abolitionist movement, the conflicts within it, the anti- and pro-slavery arguments of the period, and the debates on the subject of colonization.

Slavery Anti Slavery II Resource for transnational and transatlantic research.

Slavery Anti Slavery III Examines the institution of slavery through legal documents, plantation records, personal accounts, newspapers, and government documents.

Slavery Anti Slavery IV Range of rare documents related to emancipation in the United States, as well as Latin America, the Caribbean, and other areas of the world.

SocINDEX with Full Text SocINDEX offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. These include abortion, criminology and criminal justice, demography, ethnic and racial studies, gender studies, marriage and family, political sociology, religion, rural and urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse and other addictions, violence and many others.

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South Carolina Newspapers This collection contains a wealth of information on colonial and early American History and genealogy, and provides an accurate glimpse of life in South Carolina and America, with additional coverage of events in Europe, during the early days of this country.

Taylor and Francis Journals Taylor & Francis scholarly journals span all areas of Humanities, Social Sciences, Science and Technology.

Teacher Reference Center The Teacher Reference Center database provides indexing and abstracts for 280 periodicals covering topics such as assessment, pedagogical research, elementary education, and teacher education.

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The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries The database knits together more than 400 sources of diaries, letters, and memoirs, to provide access to thousands of views on almost every aspect of the war.

The American Slavery Collection, 1820-1922: From the American Antiquarian Society The American Slavery Collection, 1820-1922: From the American Antiquarian Society offers books, pamphlets, graphic materials, and ephemera about slavery, all digitized in full color.

The Christian Science Monitor Independent international news organization.

The Civil War: 1855-1869 Content covers such topics as trade with foreign countries; specific industries of the time; slavery; countless editorials discussing pre- and post-war attitudes from both sides; troop movements during the war; the Copperheads, Northerners sympathetic to the South; analysis of the trans-continental railroad; general news articles from around the world; and letters/correspondence.

The Liberator The Liberator was a weekly newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison in Boston, Massachusetts. Garrison was a journalistic crusader who advocated the immediate emancipation of all slaves and gained a national reputation for being one of the most radical of American abolitionists.

The Lily The Lily, the first newspaper for women, was issued from 1849 until 1853 under the editorship of Amelia Bloomer (1818-1894). The newspaper began as a temperance journal. Bloomer felt that as women lecturers were considered unseemly, writing was the best way for women to work for reform.

The Pennsylvania Gazette The Pennsylvania Gazette was one of the United States’ most prominent newspapers from 1728—before the time period of the American Revolution—until 1800. Published in Philadelphia from 1728 through 1800, it provides the reader with a first-hand view of colonial America, the American Revolution and the New Republic, and offers important social, political and cultural perspectives of each of the periods.

The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalog This database primarily is a listing of marriages, deaths and obituaries from The Village Record, published in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Subscribers will also find information about emigration patterns, customs and traditions, important events, medical history, biographical data, and more within this collection.

The Pennsylvania Newspaper Record This database documents the move to industrialization from a predominantly agrarian culture established by Quaker farmers in the 18th century. The collection contains full-text transcriptions of articles, advertisements and vital statistics, providing insight into technology, business activity and material culture in a down-river milling and manufacturing community at the height of the Industrial Revolution.

The Revolution, 1868-1872 The Revolution, a weekly women’s rights newspaper, was the official publication of the National Woman Suffrage Association formed by feminists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony to secure women’s enfranchisement through a federal constitutional amendment. It was published between January 8, 1868 and February, 1872.

The Times Digital Archive, 1785-2014 An online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of the Times, one of the most highly regarded resources for eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century news coverage, with every page of every issue from 1785 to 2012.

The Virginia Gazette The Virginia Gazette was the first newspaper published in Virginia and the first to be published in the area south of the Potomac River in the colonial period of the United States. Issues have the following subtitle: “Containing the freshest advices, foreign and domestick”. Published weekly in Williamsburg, Virginia between 1736 and 1780, it contained news covering all of Virginia and also included information from other colonies, Scotland, England and additional countries.

Washington Post, The News and analysis on politics, business, world national news, entertainment, and more.

WorldCat OCLC catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide

WorldCat Dissertations and Theses A database of all dissertations and theses available in WorldCat

WorldCat.org OCLC catalog of books, articles, and other materials in libraries worldwide