Subjects: Great Britain, History, Legal History, Newspapers and Newspaper Indexes
A large collection of early English news media including newspapers, pamphlets, ephemera, and other early forms of newspapers. The majority were published in London, but there are some English provincial Irish and Scottish papers as well as a handful of examples from the American colonies.
Subjects: Great Britain, History, Newspapers and Newspaper Indexes
26,000 pamphlets useful covering key issues of their day. Note that pamphlets were a form of news media. Contains: Bristol Selected Pamphlets, Cowen Tracts, Earl Grey Pamphlets Collection, Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection, Hume Tracts, Knowsley Pamphlet Collection, LSE Selected Pamphlets.
Subjects: Area Studies, Great Britain, History, Journals and Journal Indexes
Contains periodicals published in Great Britain. It includes publications on women, children, leisure and sport, and humor.
Subjects: e-Book Collection, Gender Studies, History
"The Humanities E-Book collection (formerly the History E-Book Project) is a fully searchable collection of high-quality books, primarily in history and Women's Studies, that have been recommended and reviewed by historians. The database includes newly published books, from many publishers, as well as already-published titles that have been converted into electronic format due to their status as books regularly consulted by scholars."
Subjects: History, Legal History
America, History and Life is a primary index to research U.S. and Canadian history. It provides abstracts of scholarly literature on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada from pre-historic times to the present. Abstracts are available for over 1,800 journals from 1895 to the present. Some full-text articles are provided, plus citations with links to full text articles in other databases.
Subjects: History, Journals and Journal Indexes
Digital images of historically significant American periodicals from 1740 to 1900, including literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and popular magazines. All typography, drawings, graphic elements, and article layouts appear exactly as originally published. Allows searching by article type (e.g., letter, obituary, poetry, recipe, ad, editorial cartoon, review).
Subjects: Arab Countries, History, International Relations, Israel
A collection of British policy papers, documents and marginalia from the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office and Cabinet Papers. Begins with early 20th century British interests in the Middle East, continues through the establishment of Israel and on to British diplomatic relations with Israel and the Arab States in the early 1970s.
Subjects: Biography, History, Legal History, Reference
Integrates Gale biographies with full-text magazine articles, images, and website links. Search for current or historic people by name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, gender, or by keyword. The Marquis Who's Who module provides quick reference information on over 1 million additional people whose entries have appeared in more than 20 Marquis sources published from 1985 to the present.
Subjects: African American Periodicals, History, Newspapers And Newspaper Indexes, Race And Ethnicity
Black Studies Center contains both primary sources and scholarly research on African-Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself, including: the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, the International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP), the full text of the Chicago Defender, and the Black Literature Index.
Subjects: Great Britain, History, Legal History
British History Online is a digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Much of the material in this digital library is free, but additional premium content is available by subscription only. The library does not subscribe to the premium content.
Subjects: Great Britain, History, Journals and Journal Indexes, Legal History
Full text of British periodicals from the 17th through the early 20th centuries. Topics include literature, philosophy, history, science, the fine arts and the social sciences. We have access to Collection I & II.
Subjects: History, Legal History, Race and Ethnicity, Civil Rights
The Civil Rights Digital Library contains three principal components: 1) a digital video archive of historical news film of key events of the Civil Rights Movement, 2) a civil rights portal providing a seamless virtual library on the Movement by connecting related digital collections on a national scale, and 3) a learning objects component delivering secondary Web-based resources .
Subjects: Arts and Literature, History, Social Sciences
Based on the Evans American Bibliography, this collection contains the full text of all known existing books, pamphlets and broadsides printed in the United States or in the British American colonies from 1639 through 1800. It provides a foundation for research in early American history, literature, philosophy, religion, politics and nearly every aspect of life in early America.Georgetown has access to Series I, Series II, and the Supplements from the Library Company of Philadelphia. America's Historical Imprints is an interface that permits full cross-searching of related Readex collections.
Subjects: Arts and Literature, History, Social Sciences
Provides full-text access to the 36,000 American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the first nineteen years of the 19th century. In addition to books, pamphlets and broadsides, this collection features many state papers and government materials, including published reports; presidential letters and messages; congressional, state and government materials, including published reports; presidential letters and messages; congressional, state and territorial resolutions. Georgetown has access to Series I, Series II, and the Supplements from the Library Company of Philadelphia. America's Historical Imprints is an interface that permits full cross-searching of related Readex collections.
Subjects: History, Legal History, Newspapers and Newspaper Indexes, Social Sciences
Offers more than 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia printed between 1690 and 1876. Focusing largely on the 18th century, Series 1 is based on Clarence S. Brigham's "History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820" and other authoritative bibliographies.
Subjects: Arts and Literature, e-Book Collection, History, Legal History, Social Sciences
Digitized books, pamphlets, proclamations, almanacs, and broadsides published in the English language in any country from 1475 through 1700. Note that searching is limited to title, author, and subject. It includes the works listed in: --Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (printed materials published in English from 1475 to 1640) --Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (printed materials published in English from 1641 to 1700) --Thomason Tracts (compendium of broadsides on the English Civil War printed between 1640 and 1661).
Subjects: Great Britain, India, History
East India Company records digitized from the British Library spans 1595 to Indian independence in 1947, and includes royal charters, meeting notes of the Council of India, reports of expeditions and government memoranda.
Subjects: Arts and Literature, e-Book Collection, History, Legal History, Social Sciences
"Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) contains digital images of every page of over 180,000 books published during the 18th century in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more. It offers full-text searching of approximately 26 million pages. Georgetown subscribes to both the main ECCO database and ECCO II."
Subjects: History
Comprehensive index and guide to printed records about the Americas, but written in Europe before 1750. Covers European exploration and colonization including portrayals of native American Peoples.
Subjects: History, Great Britain, Middle East
Digitized files from the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office departments and some selections from the Prime Minister's files. Includes diplomatic correspondence, dispatches, meeting minutes, and maps during this case of conflict and upheaval.
Subjects: History, Legal History, Newspapers and Newspaper Indexes, Social Sciences
Provides electronic access to all issues of Harper's Weekly (including all illustrations and advertisements) published between 1857 (first issue) and 1912, with the capacity to browse or search by date, by literary genre, and by a person's occupation. Provides four topical indexes: subject, illustrations, literature & publishing, and advertising.
Subjects: History, Political Science and Government, Social Sciences, Statistics and Data
Collection includes statistical information of the history of the United States combined with contextual information. including population, economics, governmental and international relations. Electronic version of the 5-volume printed edition (Williams Library Reference: HA202 .B87 2006),
Subjects: History, International Relations, Iraq
Iraq 1914-1974 offers a broad range of original source material from the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, War Office and Cabinet Papers covering the period from the Anglo-Indian landing in Basra in 1914 through the British Mandate in Iraq of 1920-32 to the rise of Saddam Hussein in 1974.
Subjects: History, Journals and Journal Indexes
Created and maintained by the Cornell University Library, MoA is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. It is particularly strong in the areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, science, and technology.
Subjects: History
"This index to Niles' Register provides a link to historical news coverage of the United States Congress, Presidents, Courtrooms and more from 1811-1849. More than 350,000 people, places and events are indexed. Includes over 350,000 listings of people, places, and events"
Subjects: African American Periodicals, History, Newspapers And Newspaper Indexes, Race And Ethnicity
"Comprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture, coupled with precise search and browse capabilities. Features more than 10,000 articles by top scholars in the field, over 1,750 images, more than 300 primary sources with specially written commentaries, nearly 150 maps, 150 charts and tables, and over 6,000 biographies. The core content includes: Africana: the encyclopedia of the African and African American experience, second ed.; Encyclopedia of African American history, 1619-1895; Encyclopedia of African American history, 1896 to the present; Black women in America, second ed.; African American national biography; Dictionary of African biography; The Oxford encyclopedia of African thought"
Subjects: Biography, History, Legal History, Reference
"The ODNB an illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2001. It excludes living persons. It has themed entries (e.g. Roman Britain) and groups of subjects with a common attribute (e.g. Archbishops of Canterbury). The database contains 10,000 images. The print edition is in the Williams Law Library's Reference collection."
Subjects: History, Newspapers and Newspaper Indexes
"ProQuest Civil War Era contains primary source materials that cover a vast range of topics including the formative economic factors and other forces that led to the abolitionist movement, the 600,000 battle casualties, and the emancipation of nearly 4 million slaves. It combines complete runs of regional newspapers, as well as pamphlets covering a wide range of topics. It focuses on the entire era, from Manifest Destiny through the end of the Civil War."
Subjects: e-Book Collection, History, Race and Ethnicity
"Slavery and Anti-Slavery includes documents from the United States and Europe, as well as other parts of the world. In addition to newspaper collections and books published in the antebellum era, Slavery and Anti-Slavery contains documents from several archives originally available only on microfilm."" To be be published in 4 parts, over several years, starting in 2010 -- Pt 1: Debates over Slavery and Abolition, Pt 2: Slave Trade in the Atlantic World, Pt III: Institution of Slavery, Pt IV: Age of Emancipation."""
Subjects: History, Newspapers & N. Indexes
Searchable, PDF, back issues of the Evening Star, a Washington D.C. newspaper published from 1852 to 1981. Background material on the economic, social, intellectual and legal environment of the District of Columbia.
Subjects: Politics, Legal History, History, Statistics and Data
Integrates data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations, and historical material to provide a research and reference tool on voting and elections in America. This collection provides context-driven intelligence on the state of elections in America, from the American voter, to major and minor political parties, to actual races for Congress, the presidency, and governorships. Chronological coverage varies by office. Presidential coverage begins 1789. Election data can be downloaded.
Subjects: Gender Studies, History
The Scholar's Edition of Women and Social Movements in the United States includes 100 document projects and archives plus additional full-text documents, written by some 2,150 primary authors. It also includes book, film and website reviews, notes from the archives, and teaching tools. This edition also includes the Women's Commission reports collection, an archive of the publications and documents of local, state, and federal Commissions on the Status of Women from 1963 to the present, and the full text of the complete five volumes of Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, available for the first time in electronic form.
