Core Databases
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowA multidisciplinary database providing full-text access to scholarly and popular journals in broad areas of academic study, as well as indexing and abstracts of additional titles unavailable in full text. Coverage: 1990-present.
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Alternative Press Index This link opens in a new windowThe 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.
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America History and Life This link opens in a new windowArticle abstracts and some full-text articles on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from the prehistoric era to the present, drawn from international periodicals from 1954 to the present.
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Harper's Weekly (Harpweek) 1857-1912 This link opens in a new windowHistorical archive of issues of Harper's Weekly dating from 1857 to 1912, with sections covering the Civil War era (1857-1965), Reconstruction (1866-1877), and the Gilded Age (1878-1912).
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Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 This link opens in a new windowA bibliographic database of English-language journals in the humanities, social sciences, and related specializations such as anthropology, archaeology, and religious studies.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to thousands of scholarly journals covering the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, plus monographs and other academic materials.
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Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 This link opens in a new windowIndexes popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States. Provides indexing of general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America.
Newspapers
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Newspaper GuideNote tabs for NYT and Wall Street Journal digital editions, major US newspaper and historical newspapers.
Current News Databases
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US Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowUS News only, 1980 - present. Includes newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites. Provides full-text.
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US Northeast Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowCoverage from the 1980s to the present. News sources, including newspapers, newswires and news sites from Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Provides full-text.
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Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new windowFull-text database of periodicals of the American ethnic and minority press, with works offering African-American, Arab-American, Asian-American, European-American, Latino, Jewish, and Native American perspectives.
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1963 Civil rights march on Washington, D.C. (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs)
Background Sources
- American Jewish Year Book
- Encyclopedia Judaica
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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
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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
Today in History
As Told Through the Library of Congress American Memory Project
