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Today in History

Today in American Memory

As Told Through the Library of Congress American Memory Project

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Background Sources

American Jewish Year Book
Encyclopedia Judaica
Encyclopedia of Religion 2nd Edition
This is a second edition of Eliade's famous work. Essential coverage of all aspects of religion.
Encyclopedia of Islam (online)
Encyclopedia of Sikhism
Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia
New Catholic Encyclopedia -- 2nd Edition

New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement: Jubilee Volume

New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement: 2009

New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement: 2010

New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement: 2011
New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement: 2012-13

Cambridge Economic History of the United States
Cambridge History of American Foreign Relations
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Reader's Companion to American History
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Sponsored by the Society of American Historians and edited by eminent historians John Garraty and Eric Foner, The Reader's Companion to American History offers entries covering the critical events, issues and individuals that have shaped American History.

Entries include brief descriptions, longer interpretative essays, and hundreds of thematic articles that provide a fresh, engaging approach to the exploration of the past. Students, teachers, and history aficionados will all find The Reader's Companion to American History a useful source of quick reference and background articles.
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century
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While other resources focus on different aspects of this century, such as the Civil War or immigration, this is the first truly comprehensive treatment to cover all aspects of 19th century history: population, politics and government, economy and work, society and culture, religion, social problems and reform, everyday life, and foreign policy are explored in many A-to-Z articles. Complete with more than 400 illustrations and maps, this set includes an exhaustive year-by-year chronology, original documents, and tables.

Core Databases

Academic Search Complete

Alternative Press Index
The Alternative Press Index offers online access to articles from a large collection of alternative periodicals, particularly those concerned with radical social change. Common topics include socialism, environmentalism, feminism, and LGBT rights.

America: History and Life
Provides article abstracts on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from the prehistoric era to the present, drawn from international periodicals dating back to 1954.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a digitized full-text collection of over 1000 scholarly and early periodicals.
HarpWeek
HarpWeek is the digitized version of Harper's Weekly, a very influential periodical, noted for its illustrations, and enjoyed a wide circulation. Colby's subscription covers the Civil War through the Gilded Age (1857-1912).
Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective, 1907- 1984
Readers Guide Retrospective
19th Century Masterfile

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