Arts (1)

• Periodicals Archive Online

  A rich digital archive of leading international journals covering the humanities and social sciences and spanning more than two centuries of content. Subject(s): Arts - General, Humanities - General, Social Sciences - General

Business & Economics (3)

• New! China, America and the Pacific

  A collecetion of archival material, including manuscript sources, rare printed texts, visual images, objects, and maps, connected to the trading and cultural relationships that emerged between China, America and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Subject(s): Area Studies, Economics, History - General, World History

• New! China: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980

  With documents encompassing events from the earliest English embassy to the birth and early years of the People’s Republic, this resource collects sources from nine archives to give insight into the changes in China during this period. Coverage: 1793-1980. Subject(s): Area Studies, Economics, History - General, World History

• Economist Historical Archive

  Fully searchable, complete facsimile edition of The Economist, the weekly paper covering politics, current affairs and all aspects of business and trade worldwide. Contains more than 600,000 pages, with full-colour images, topic and area supplements and surveys. An excellent multidisciplinary primary source for researching and teaching the 19th and 20th centuries. Coverage: 1843-2008. Subject(s): American History, Business & Economics - General, Economics, Political Science, World History

Ethnic & Area Studies (12)

• Accessible Archives

  Accessible Archives contains diverse primary source materials reflecting broad views across American history and culture. Subject(s): American History, Ethnic Studies

• African American Newspapers, Series 1

  Searchable collection of 270 newspapers from 36 states, offering insights into African-American history, culture, and daily life. Includes page images. Coverage: 1827-1998. Subject(s): American History, Ethnic Studies

• African American Newspapers, Series 2

  Series 2 contains more than 75 newspapers from 22 states, all written for or by African Americans. Key titles include Frederick Douglass’s New National Era, Washington Tribune, Chicago Bee, The Louisianian, The Pine and Palm, National Anti-Slavery Standard, New York Age, Harlem Liberator, North Carolina Republican and Civil Rights Advocate, Southern News and many others. Coverage: 1835-1956. Subject(s): American History, Area Studies, Ethnic Studies, History - General

• African American Periodicals, 1825-1995

  Features 173 wide-ranging titles published throughout the United States. Coverage ranges from slavery during the Antebellum Period to the struggles and triumphs of the modern era. Drawn from the holdings of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Coverage: 1825-1995. Subject(s): American History, Ethnic Studies

• American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection

  A collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912. Documents the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Subject(s): American History, English Literature, Ethnic Studies, Religion, Science & Mathematics - General

• American Historical Periodicals Series 1-5

  Journals, periodicals, and magazines documenting the American people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the twentieth century. Subject(s): American History, English Literature, Ethnic Studies, Religion

• British Periodicals

  Searchable full text of hundreds of British periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth. Coverage: 1680s-1930s. Subject(s): American History, Area Studies, World History

• New! China, America and the Pacific

  A collecetion of archival material, including manuscript sources, rare printed texts, visual images, objects, and maps, connected to the trading and cultural relationships that emerged between China, America and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Subject(s): Area Studies, Economics, History - General, World History

• New! China: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980

  With documents encompassing events from the earliest English embassy to the birth and early years of the People’s Republic, this resource collects sources from nine archives to give insight into the changes in China during this period. Coverage: 1793-1980. Subject(s): Area Studies, Economics, History - General, World History

• Japan Times Archives

  The Japan Times Archives enables users to search for articles from the first English-language newspaper in Japan. Historical content includes domestic and international politics, economy, culture, TV schedules, advertisements, weather forecasts and other useful topics across 120 years. Subject(s): Area Studies, World History

• North China Herald Online

  From BrillOnline Primary Sources, The North China Herald was published in Shanghai from around 1850 to the 1940s. It was the official journal for British consular notifications and for announcements of the Shanghai Municipal Council. It also features translations of Chinese official notifications and news. Coverage: 1850-1940. Subject(s): Area Studies, Ethnic Studies, World History

• New! Trans-Pacific Online

  Launched in Tokyo in 1919 as the flagship of the Japan-America Association by Benjamin Fleisher (1870-1946), publisher of the Japan Advertiser, the Trans-Pacific began with a mission to stimulate US-Japan amity. Sharing editorial and corporate resources with the Japan Advertiser, the Trans-Pacific soon became that newspaper’s de facto weekly edition, serving up a heady mix of political, cultural and commercial news to forward-looking Japanese and western readerships. Coverage: 1919-1940. Subject(s): Area Studies, World History

History (41)

• Accessible Archives

  Accessible Archives contains diverse primary source materials reflecting broad views across American history and culture. Subject(s): American History, Ethnic Studies

• New! African American Communities

  Focusing predominantly on Atlanta, Chicago, New York, and towns and cities in North Carolina, this resource presents multiple aspects of the African American community through a range of primary sources. Coverage: 1863-1986. Subject(s): American History, Sociology

• African American Newspapers, Series 1

  Searchable collection of 270 newspapers from 36 states, offering insights into African-American history, culture, and daily life. Includes page images. Coverage: 1827-1998. Subject(s): American History, Ethnic Studies

• African American Newspapers, Series 2

  Series 2 contains more than 75 newspapers from 22 states, all written for or by African Americans. Key titles include Frederick Douglass’s New National Era, Washington Tribune, Chicago Bee, The Louisianian, The Pine and Palm, National Anti-Slavery Standard, New York Age, Harlem Liberator, North Carolina Republican and Civil Rights Advocate, Southern News and many others. Coverage: 1835-1956. Subject(s): American History, Area Studies, Ethnic Studies, History - General

• African American Periodicals, 1825-1995

  Features 173 wide-ranging titles published throughout the United States. Coverage ranges from slavery during the Antebellum Period to the struggles and triumphs of the modern era. Drawn from the holdings of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Coverage: 1825-1995. Subject(s): American History, Ethnic Studies

• America's Historical Newspapers

  Searchable database of hundreds of historical newspapers, including page images from microfilm. WFU access includes both the Early American Newspapers Series 1 (1690-1876) and African-American Newspapers (1827-1998). Tip: If the link is only searching the African-American Newspapers collection, look for the link to Search "All of America's Historical Newspapers" at the top of the database screen. Coverage: 1690-1876, 1827-1998. Subject(s): American History

• American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection

  A collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912. Documents the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Subject(s): American History, English Literature, Ethnic Studies, Religion, Science & Mathematics - General

• American Historical Periodicals Series 1-5

  Journals, periodicals, and magazines documenting the American people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the twentieth century. Subject(s): American History, English Literature, Ethnic Studies, Religion

• New! American History, 1493-1945

  This collection traces the progress of American History and covers the major themes of the period from colonization and settlement through the revolution, expansion, politics, slavery, the Civil War and reconstruction, to World War II. Coverage: 1493-1945. Subject(s): American History, History - General

• New! American Indian Histories and Cultures

  Explore manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from the earliest contact with European settlers right up to photographs and newspapers from the mid-twentieth century. Browse through a wide range of rare and original documents from treaties, speeches and diaries, to historic maps and travel journals. Subject(s): American History, Anthropology, History - General

• American Periodicals Series

  Includes digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century. Titles range from Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine and America's first scientific journal, Medical Repository; popular magazines such as Vanity Fair and Ladies' Home Journal; regional and niche publications; and groundbreaking journals like The Dial, Puck, and McClure's. Articles, advertisements, and illustrations are included. Coverage: 1740-1900. Subject(s): American History

• New! American West

  Comprised of original manuscripts, rare printed books, maps and ephemeral material from the Everett D.Graff Collection of Western Americana at the Newberry Library, Chicago, American West covers topics including tales of frontier life, Indigenous Peoples, vigilantes and outlaws. Subject(s): American History, Anthropology, History - General

• New! Archives of Sexuality and Gender

  The Archives of Sexuality and Gender program provides a collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender. With material dating back to the sixteenth century, researchers and scholars can examine how sexual norms have changed over time, health and hygiene, the development of sex education, the rise of sexology, changing gender roles, social movements and activism, erotica, and many other interesting topical areas. This growing archival program offers rich research opportunities across a wide span of human history. Coverage: 1600-Current. Subject(s): History - General, Political Science, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

• British Periodicals

  Searchable full text of hundreds of British periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth. Coverage: 1680s-1930s. Subject(s): American History, Area Studies, World History

• C19: The Nineteenth Century Index

  Covers books and periodicals of the 19th century. Corresponds to or provides indexing for: Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, American Periodicals Series, Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, ArchivesUSA, and Palmer's Index to the Times. Coverage: 1800-1900. Subject(s): World History

• New! China, America and the Pacific

  A collecetion of archival material, including manuscript sources, rare printed texts, visual images, objects, and maps, connected to the trading and cultural relationships that emerged between China, America and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Subject(s): Area Studies, Economics, History - General, World History

• New! China: Culture and Society

  China: Culture and Society features primary resources and secondary resources, including scholarly essays, an interactive chronology, mini guides, and editors’ choices from the collection. Coverage: 1750-1929. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• New! China: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980

  With documents encompassing events from the earliest English embassy to the birth and early years of the People’s Republic, this resource collects sources from nine archives to give insight into the changes in China during this period. Coverage: 1793-1980. Subject(s): Area Studies, Economics, History - General, World History

• New! Colonial America

  Colonial America includes Modules I-V .  Sourced from The National Archives UK, Colonial America offers access to thousands of documents on North America from the 1600s and 1700's. Subject(s): American History, History - General

• Confederate Newspapers: A Collection from Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama

  This collection is a mixture of issues and papers from Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and Alabama ranging from 1861-1865. These newspapers "recorded the real and true history of public opinion during the war." Coverage: 1860-1865. Subject(s): American History

• New! Defining Gender

  Provides access to original British source material to enrich the teaching and research experience of those studying history, literature, sociology and education from a gendered perspective. Subject(s): History - General, Sociology, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

• Economist Historical Archive

  Fully searchable, complete facsimile edition of The Economist, the weekly paper covering politics, current affairs and all aspects of business and trade worldwide. Contains more than 600,000 pages, with full-colour images, topic and area supplements and surveys. An excellent multidisciplinary primary source for researching and teaching the 19th and 20th centuries. Coverage: 1843-2008. Subject(s): American History, Business & Economics - General, Economics, Political Science, World History

• New! Eighteenth Century Journals

  Draws together material from selected archives across the UK and the US, with the aim of representing the rich variety of the eighteenth century press. Topics covered include colonial life, provincial and rural affairs, the French and American revolutions, reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe, political debates, and London coffee house gossip and discussion. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• New! Everyday Life and Women in America, c1800-1920

  Comprises thousands of fully searchable images of rare books, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides addressing political, social and gender issues, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health, and pastimes. Subject(s): American History, History - General, Sociology, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

• New! First World War

  Includes Modules I, II, and III. From personal collections and rare printed material, to military files, ephemera and artwork, The First World War highlights the experiences of soldiers, civilians and governments on both sides of the conflict and in multiple theatres of war. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• New! Foreign Office Files for China

  Featuring diplomatic dispatches, letters, newspaper cuttings, political pamphlets, reports of court cases and other materials, this collection represents a constant exchange of information between London and the British embassies and consulates. Coverage: 1919-1980. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• New! Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan

  This is a resource for the political and social history of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan in this period, featuring essential content on Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Kashmir, as well as other frontier regions. Coverage: 1947-1980. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• New! Foreign Office Files for the Middle East

  Includes Section I. A resource for researchers and students seeking to understand the modern Middle East, this collection contains complete runs of Foreign Office files, providing an expansive view of key events and their global political impact. Coverage: 1971-1974. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• Japan Times Archives

  The Japan Times Archives enables users to search for articles from the first English-language newspaper in Japan. Historical content includes domestic and international politics, economy, culture, TV schedules, advertisements, weather forecasts and other useful topics across 120 years. Subject(s): Area Studies, World History

• Japanese-American Relocation Camp Newspapers: Perspectives on Day-to-Day Life

  One of the darker chapters in American history and one of the lesser-discussed events of World War II was the forced internment, during the war, of persons of Japanese descent. This collection, consisting of 25 individual titles, documents day-to-day life in the internment camps. Most of the papers are in English or in dual text. Sample titles include the Rohwer Outpost, Poston Chronicle, Gila News Courier, Tulean Dispatch, Granada Pioneer, Minndoka Irrigator, Topaz Times, Manzanar Free Press, Denson Tribune, and Heart Mountain Sentinel. Source Library: Library of Congress. Coverage: 1942-1945. Subject(s): American History

• New! London Low Life

  Drawn from the holdings of the Lilly Library, this resource contains full colour maps, cartoons, sketches and Tallis’ Street Views of London, and George Gissing's famous London scrapbooks from the Pforzheimer Collection. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• North China Herald Online

  From BrillOnline Primary Sources, The North China Herald was published in Shanghai from around 1850 to the 1940s. It was the official journal for British consular notifications and for announcements of the Shanghai Municipal Council. It also features translations of Chinese official notifications and news. Coverage: 1850-1940. Subject(s): Area Studies, Ethnic Studies, World History

• New! Popular Culture in Britain and America

  From the collections of original archival material from key libraries in Britain and America, discover the 1950's to the 1970's through a wealth of printed and manuscript sources, visual material, ephemera and video clips. Coverage: 1950-1975. Subject(s): Anthropology, World History

• Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection

  Collection of 17th and 18th century English newspapers and news pamphlets. Published mostly in London, however there are also some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and a few examples from the American colonies, Europe and India. Includes page images. Coverage: 1604-1804. Subject(s): American History, World History

• New! Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice

  The resource offers in-depth case studies in America, the Caribbean, Brazil and Cuba along with important material examining European, Islamic and African involvement in the slave trade. Coverage: 1490-2007. Subject(s): American History, History - General, Political Science, World History

• Southern Literary Messenger: Literature of the Old South

  The Southern Literary Messenger enjoyed an impressive thirty-year run and was in its time the South’s most important literary periodical. Scholars and students of history, journalism, and literature can discern much about how the hot-button topics of slavery and secession were presented in southern intellectual and literary culture in the early stages of the Civil War. Coverage: 1834-1864. Subject(s): American History, English Literature

• Through the Camera Lens: The Moving Picture World and the Silent Cinema Era, 1907-1927

  For those within the film industry, information and opinion were shaped by a number of aggressive trade publications, each competing for the same limited number of subscribers. Chief among these was the Moving Picture World, which reviewed current releases and published news, features, and interviews relating to all aspects of the industry. Coverage: 1907-1927. Subject(s): American History, Communication, Film Studies

• Times Digital Archive

  As the "world's newspaper of record," The Times (of London) has covered major international events from the French Revolution to the War in Iraq. The Times Digital Archive allows users to search over 200 years of this invaluable historical source. Coverage: 1785 - 5 years ago. Subject(s): History - General, Political Science, World History

• New! Trans-Pacific Online

  Launched in Tokyo in 1919 as the flagship of the Japan-America Association by Benjamin Fleisher (1870-1946), publisher of the Japan Advertiser, the Trans-Pacific began with a mission to stimulate US-Japan amity. Sharing editorial and corporate resources with the Japan Advertiser, the Trans-Pacific soon became that newspaper’s de facto weekly edition, serving up a heady mix of political, cultural and commercial news to forward-looking Japanese and western readerships. Coverage: 1919-1940. Subject(s): Area Studies, World History

• New! Victorian Popular Culture

  The Victorian Popular Culture portal is a resource for the study of popular entertainment in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It contains a wide range of source material relating to popular entertainment in America, Britain and Europe in the period from 1779 to 1930, and shows how interconnected these worlds were. Coverage: 1779-1930. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• New! World’s Fairs

  This resource digitises primary source material from hundreds of internation fairs and expositions spanning 1829-2015. Coverage: 1851-2015. Subject(s): American History, Anthropology, History - General, World History

Humanities (5)

• American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection

  A collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912. Documents the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Subject(s): American History, English Literature, Ethnic Studies, Religion, Science & Mathematics - General

• American Historical Periodicals Series 1-5

  Journals, periodicals, and magazines documenting the American people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the twentieth century. Subject(s): American History, English Literature, Ethnic Studies, Religion

• Periodicals Archive Online

  A rich digital archive of leading international journals covering the humanities and social sciences and spanning more than two centuries of content. Subject(s): Arts - General, Humanities - General, Social Sciences - General

• Southern Literary Messenger: Literature of the Old South

  The Southern Literary Messenger enjoyed an impressive thirty-year run and was in its time the South’s most important literary periodical. Scholars and students of history, journalism, and literature can discern much about how the hot-button topics of slavery and secession were presented in southern intellectual and literary culture in the early stages of the Civil War. Coverage: 1834-1864. Subject(s): American History, English Literature

• Through the Camera Lens: The Moving Picture World and the Silent Cinema Era, 1907-1927

  For those within the film industry, information and opinion were shaped by a number of aggressive trade publications, each competing for the same limited number of subscribers. Chief among these was the Moving Picture World, which reviewed current releases and published news, features, and interviews relating to all aspects of the industry. Coverage: 1907-1927. Subject(s): American History, Communication, Film Studies

Science & Mathematics (1)

• American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection

  A collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912. Documents the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Subject(s): American History, English Literature, Ethnic Studies, Religion, Science & Mathematics - General

Social Sciences (13)

• New! African American Communities

  Focusing predominantly on Atlanta, Chicago, New York, and towns and cities in North Carolina, this resource presents multiple aspects of the African American community through a range of primary sources. Coverage: 1863-1986. Subject(s): American History, Sociology

• New! American Indian Histories and Cultures

  Explore manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from the earliest contact with European settlers right up to photographs and newspapers from the mid-twentieth century. Browse through a wide range of rare and original documents from treaties, speeches and diaries, to historic maps and travel journals. Subject(s): American History, Anthropology, History - General

• New! American West

  Comprised of original manuscripts, rare printed books, maps and ephemeral material from the Everett D.Graff Collection of Western Americana at the Newberry Library, Chicago, American West covers topics including tales of frontier life, Indigenous Peoples, vigilantes and outlaws. Subject(s): American History, Anthropology, History - General

• New! Archives of Sexuality and Gender

  The Archives of Sexuality and Gender program provides a collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender. With material dating back to the sixteenth century, researchers and scholars can examine how sexual norms have changed over time, health and hygiene, the development of sex education, the rise of sexology, changing gender roles, social movements and activism, erotica, and many other interesting topical areas. This growing archival program offers rich research opportunities across a wide span of human history. Coverage: 1600-Current. Subject(s): History - General, Political Science, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

• New! Defining Gender

  Provides access to original British source material to enrich the teaching and research experience of those studying history, literature, sociology and education from a gendered perspective. Subject(s): History - General, Sociology, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

• Economist Historical Archive

  Fully searchable, complete facsimile edition of The Economist, the weekly paper covering politics, current affairs and all aspects of business and trade worldwide. Contains more than 600,000 pages, with full-colour images, topic and area supplements and surveys. An excellent multidisciplinary primary source for researching and teaching the 19th and 20th centuries. Coverage: 1843-2008. Subject(s): American History, Business & Economics - General, Economics, Political Science, World History

• New! Everyday Life and Women in America, c1800-1920

  Comprises thousands of fully searchable images of rare books, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides addressing political, social and gender issues, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health, and pastimes. Subject(s): American History, History - General, Sociology, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

• Periodicals Archive Online

  A rich digital archive of leading international journals covering the humanities and social sciences and spanning more than two centuries of content. Subject(s): Arts - General, Humanities - General, Social Sciences - General

• New! Popular Culture in Britain and America

  From the collections of original archival material from key libraries in Britain and America, discover the 1950's to the 1970's through a wealth of printed and manuscript sources, visual material, ephemera and video clips. Coverage: 1950-1975. Subject(s): Anthropology, World History

• New! Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice

  The resource offers in-depth case studies in America, the Caribbean, Brazil and Cuba along with important material examining European, Islamic and African involvement in the slave trade. Coverage: 1490-2007. Subject(s): American History, History - General, Political Science, World History

• Through the Camera Lens: The Moving Picture World and the Silent Cinema Era, 1907-1927

  For those within the film industry, information and opinion were shaped by a number of aggressive trade publications, each competing for the same limited number of subscribers. Chief among these was the Moving Picture World, which reviewed current releases and published news, features, and interviews relating to all aspects of the industry. Coverage: 1907-1927. Subject(s): American History, Communication, Film Studies

• Times Digital Archive

  As the "world's newspaper of record," The Times (of London) has covered major international events from the French Revolution to the War in Iraq. The Times Digital Archive allows users to search over 200 years of this invaluable historical source. Coverage: 1785 - 5 years ago. Subject(s): History - General, Political Science, World History

• New! World’s Fairs

  This resource digitises primary source material from hundreds of internation fairs and expositions spanning 1829-2015. Coverage: 1851-2015. Subject(s): American History, Anthropology, History - General, World History