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America: History and Life
Indexes the scholarly literature of the history and culture of Canada and the United States from prehistoric times to the present. more info
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Historical Abstracts
Abstracts of journal articles on world history since 1450, excluding U.S. and Canadian history, which is covered by America: History and Life. more info
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New York Times (1851-2006)
Searchable full-text and page images from The New York Times archive. more info
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America's Historical Newspapers
Full-text digital images of American newspapers published from 1690-1922. more info
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ProQuest Historical Database
Searchable full-text and page images from the Atlanta Constitution (1868-1942), the Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Boston Globe (1872-1926), Chicago Defender (1905-1975), Chicago Tribune (1849-1986), the Guardian & Observer (1791-2003), the Hartford Courant (1764-1984), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), Los Angeles Times (1881-1986), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), New York Times (1851-2006), New York Tribune (1841-1922), Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002), the San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922), Wall Street Journal (1889-1992), Washington Post (1877-1993), ProQuest Civil War Era database including New York Herald (1840-1865) and thousands of magazine articles published from 1740 to 1940. more info
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Wall Street Journal (1889-1992)
Searchable full-text and page images from the Wall Street Journal archive. more info
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Chicago Tribune (1849-1986)
Searchable full-text and page images from the Chicago Tribune archive. more info
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Los Angeles Times (1881-1986)
Searchable full-text and page images from the Los Angeles Times archive. more info
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American Periodical Series Online
APS Online provides searchable full-text and page images from over 1,100 popular magazines, journals and newspapers which began publication between 1740 and 1900 with coverage through 1940. more info
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Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans (1639-1800)
Provides full text, digital images of books, pamphlets, broadsides and periodicals published in America from 1639-1800. more info
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Early American Imprints, Series II, Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819)
Provides full-text, digital images of books, pamphlets, broadsides, state papers and government publications published in America from 1801-1819. more info
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Early English Books Online (EEBO)
Provides full text, digital images of every book printed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and every book in the English language printed abroad, from 1475 to 1700. more info
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American Memory
A rich collection of primary source material relating to U.S. history and culture, compiled by the Library of Congress National Digital Library Program. more info
19th Century Masterfile
Indexes periodicals, books, newspapers, and government documents published in the 19th century. more info
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Periodicals Index Online
An interdisciplinary and international index to the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Over 4,700 journals are included. more info
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Readers' Guide Retro (1890-1982)
Indexes the most popular, general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890 to 1982. more info
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19th Century African American Newspapers
see African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
ACLS History E-Book Project
see ACLS Humanities E-Book Project
ACLS Humanities E-Book Project
Provides online access to a fully searchable collection of high-quality books in the Humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars. more info
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African American Experience
Covers African American history and culture from its African origins to the present day, in addition to a collection of over 500 searchable titles. more info
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African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
Searchable full-text of the major African-American newspapers published in the United States during the 19th century. more info
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African-American History Online
Covering more than 500 years of African-American history, features biographies, primary sources, images, timelines, and maps and charts. more info
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American Broadsides and Ephemera
Digital collection of broadsides printed between 1820-1900 and ephemera, such as invitations, menus and programs, printed between 1760-1900. more info
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American Indian History Online
Covering more than 5,000 years of culture, legends, and leaders of over 500 Native American groups, this database provides entries on primary source documents, biographies, maps & charts, images, and timelines. It also features searchable tribe and culture area indexes, as well as the ability to search for tribes by region.
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American State Papers, 1789-1838
U.S. legislative and executive materials originating from 1789 -1838 but not published until the second and third quarters of the 19th century. more info
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Ancient & Medieval History Online
This database provides a balanced, global view of the ancient world as it explores six ancient centers of civilization—Africa, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Mesoamerica, and Mesopotamia, spanning the period from the early Hominids 3 to 5 million years ago through 1522 CE.
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Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Indexes articles and provides cited references found in over 1,130 journals in a wide variety of arts and humanities subjects. more info
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Atlanta Constitution (1868-1942)
The Atlanta Constitution (1868-1942) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. more info
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Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003)
The Atlanta Daily World had the first black White House correspondent and was the first black daily in the nation in the 20th century more info
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Bibliography of Native North Americans
Citations to literature about native peoples of North America, including Aleuts; Eskimos or Inuit of Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, and eastern Siberia; and other native peoples of Canada, the United States, and Mexico north of the northern boundary of Mesoamerica. more info
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Black Studies Center
This fully cross-searchable gateway to Black Studies combines: Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, International Index of Black Periodicals (IIBP), and The Chicago Defender. Includes scholarly essays, recent periodicals, and historical newspaper articles. more info
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Boston Globe (1872-1926)
The Boston Globe, considered the mainstay of Boston and New England, is a unique full-image archive offering complete coverage from 1872-1925. Contains key content on topics such as American industrialization and modern urban development. more info
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online (1841-1902)
Developed by the Brooklyn Public Library, this free database provides access to the full-text of the Eagle from 1841 to 1902. more info
Canadiana.org (formerly Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions)
Indexes the microform collection Canadiana. which contains over 60,000 monograph titles covering 300 years of Canadian history. more info
Chicago Defender (1905-1975)
Searchable full-text and page images from The Chicago Defender archive. more info
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Chronicling America is a prototype Website providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program. more info
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
Contains basic facts about servicemen who served during the Civil War and regimental histories. more info
Civil War: a newspaper perspective
Contains selected full-text articles from issues of the New York Herald, the Charleston Mercury, and the Richmond Enquirer. more info
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Congressional Documents & Debates, 1774-1875
Includes the records and acts of the U.S. Congress from the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention through the 43rd Congress. more info
Congressional Indexes 1789-1969
Includes U.S. House and Senate documents and reports, committee hearings, unpublished hearings, and commitee prints. more info
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Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980
A digital reproduction of the key publications of the United States Congress, the Congressional Serial Set documents the official activities of the House and the Senate, including the journals, reports and documents. IN PROGRESS. more info
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Congressional Universe
Provides comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from Congressional Information Service, Inc. more info
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Digital Library Collections, NYPL
see NYPL Digital Library Collections
Early American Newspapers
see America's Historical Newspapers
Early English books Online Text Creation Partnership
The University of Michigan, the University of Oxford, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), and ProQuest Information and Learning are engaged in an exceptional partnership to create structured SGML/XML text editions for a significant portion of the Short Title Catalog of Early English books published between 1473 and 1700. ProQuest has already created digital images for nearly 125,000 works, distributed under the title Early English Books Online. more info
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
Provides full text, digital images of English-language books, pamphlets, broadsides and other materials published in the United Kingdom between 1701-1800.
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Eighteenth Century Journals II
Provides full-text, digital images from the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center collection of 17th and 18th century newspapers and periodicals. more info
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Evans Digital Edition
see Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans (1639-1800)
Everyday Life and Women in America, c1800-1920
This digital collection provides access to rare primary source material on American social, cultural, and popular history from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History, Duke University and The New York Public Library. more info
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Facts On File History Database Center
Comprised of the World History Online, Ancient History & Culture, American Women's History, African-American History & Culture and American Indian History & Culture, this interface allows us to search across all five history databases more info
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Footnote
Searchable digitized images of millions of historical primary documents relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, U.S. Presidents, historical newspapers and naturalization documents, many from the National Archives. more info
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Foreign Relations of the United States
This digital facsimile of FRUS is a project of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries in collaboration with the University of Illinois at Chicago Libraries. An almost complete run from 1861-1960 with missing volumes being added as they can be acquired. more info
Google Book Search
Google Books enables you to search the full-text of scanned books (contributed by The New York Public Library, other libraries and publishers) via the Web, and to read selections of the full-text of these digitized texts. more info
Guardian and Observer (1791-2003)
The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. more info
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Handbook of Latin American Studies
Contains records describing books, book chapters, articles, and conference papers published in the field of Latin American Studies. more info
HarpWeek
The online version of Harper's Weekly (1857-1912), the leading American illustrated magazine of its day, covering political, military, social, and cultural stories. HarpWeek may be browsed by date or literary genre; the full text is searchable by keywords. more info
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Hartford Courant (1764-1984)
The Hartford Courant (1764-1984) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. more info
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Historical Census Browser
Provides population and economic census data for U.S. states and counties from the years 1790-1960. more info
Historical Statistics of the United States
This compendium of statistics provides quantitative, historical data about American social, economic and political conditions and development. The data is provided in both PDF and Excel formats. This is the online version of the 2006 print edition. more info
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History Guide
Subject gateway to scholarly relevant information in history with a focus on Anglo-American history and the history of Central and Western Europe. more info
History Resource Center: US
Variety of historical data from primary sources and reference documents. Also includes photographs, illustrations, and maps. more info
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History Resource Center: World
A comprehensive collection of reference, full-text articles, primary sources, images, maps and charts which provide geographic and chronological research materials for the study of world history. more info
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House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
HCPP delivers searchable full text for each Parliamentary paper, along with a detailed subject index. more info
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HyperHistory Online
3,000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps. more info
Index to the Nineteenth Century Microfiche Collection
Provides access to over 25,000 titles available in the Nineteenth Century Microfiche Collection. more info
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International Index to Black Periodicals
see Black Studies Center
Internet Archives: Text Archives
Text Archive enables you to search and view the full-text of scanned books via the Web. more info
Kids Search
An interface that is designed especially for grades K-8. Kids Search makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
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Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
Access to electronic resources in medieval studies worldwide. more info
Latino American Experience
Contains the history and culture of Latinos from the pre-Columbian Indigenous civilizations of the Americas to the present. more info
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Left Index
Topics covered include politics, economics, the labor movement, ecology and environment, women's studies, race and ethnicity, social and cultural theory, sociology, art and aesthetics, philosophy, history, education, law, and globalization. more info
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Lexis Nexis Digital Congressional Hearings Digital Collection
Provides access to every published and unpublished hearings from 1824 to the present. more info
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Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005)
First hand coverage of the grass-roots struggle against the racially restrictive housing covenants of the 1940s. Considered to be the major newspaper of the Black community in Los Angeles during the 20th century. The oldest and largest black newspaper in the western United States and the largest African-American owned newspaper in the U.S. more info
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Making of America (Cornell University Site)
Materials accessible here are Cornell University Library's contributions to Making of America (MOA), a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. more info
Making of America (University of Michigan Site)
Materials accessible here are University of Michigan Library's contributions to Making of America (MOA), a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. more info
Map Collection, Perry-Castaneda
Displays selected digitized images from the printed map collection housed at the University of Texas at Austin.
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Modern World History Online
Covers the important civilizations and cultures of world history from prehistoric times through the modern era. Topical entries, biographies, maps, primary source documents, and timelines provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, and events that have defined world history.
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Museum of the City of New York: Byron Collection
This database consists of over 22,000 photographs of New York City and its environs taken by the Byron Company between 1890 and 1942. more info
Nation Archive (1865-present)
The archive contains PDF page images and searchable text for all issues of The Nation published from 1865 to the present. more info
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National Portrait Gallery's Portrait Search
Search more than 80,000 records from the Catalog of American Portraits. more info
New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993)
Searchable full-text and page images of the leading Black newspaper of the 20th century. more info
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New York City Digital Collection of Historical Books
A subset of the Making of America digital library (the University of Michigan site), this collection consists of 335 volumes focusing on New York City, including several editions of the Directory of social and health agencies of New York City. The “Refine this search” link at the top of the page allows you to search by keyword within this collection. more info
New York City Views
Images of New York City from the NYPL Digital Gallery, a free resource of images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of the Library. This link goes directly to image collections from the Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. more info
New York Heritage.org
New York Heritage.org is a portal to free digital collections about New York State's people, places, and institutions contributed by libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions. more info
New York State County Histories
Full-text searchable 19th century histories of counties in all of New York state. more info
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New York State Historical Literature
A digital collection of hundreds of pamphlets and monographs chosen from Cornell University Library's extensive collection of New York State Literature. more info
New York State Unit History Project
Digital library of New York State military unit histories including Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, and Korean War. more info
New York Tribune (1841-1922)
The New York Tribune (1841-1922) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. more info
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New York Tribune Index, 1875-1906
Indexing provided by 19th Century Masterfile. Look for New York Daily Tribune Index, 1875-1906. more info
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Nineteenth Century Masterfile
see 19th Century Masterfile
NYPL Digital Library Collections
Gateway to The New York Public Library’s rare and unique collections in digitized form. more info
ORB: On-line Reference Book for Medieval Studies
A collection of Medieval Studies resources on the Internet more info
Oxford Classical Dictionary
The online version of The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd edition.
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Contains over 50,000 biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of the British past, from the earliest times through the most recent years. more info
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PAIS Archive
Provides historical perspective on many of the 20th-century's public and social policies. more info
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PAIS International
Indexes journals, reports, and other documents that cover public policy, cultural and social issues, and international relations. more info
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Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier
Digital library site devoted to Spanish exploration and settlement in North America from the 15th to the early 19th centuries. more info
Perseus Digital Library
An online collection of textual and visual materials illustrating the Archaic and Classical Greek world. more info
Picture Collection Online, NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library
A collection of 30,000 digitized images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923. more info
Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)
One of the most nationally circulated Black newspapers, the Courier reached its peak in the 1930s. A conservative voice in the African-American community, the Courier challenged the misrepresentation of African-Americans in the national media and advocated social reforms to advance the cause of civil rights. more info
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Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906)
Available as part of the 19th Century Masterfile, Poole's Index contains indexing of general periodicals published in the United States from 1802 through 1906. more info
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Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
The Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division’s catalog to about 65% of the Division's holdings. Many of the catalog records are accompanied by digital images--about one million digital images in all. more info
ProQuest Civil War Era (1840-1865)
Combines complete runs of eight newspaper titles, covering 1840-1865, as well as nearly 2,000 pamphlets covering a wide range of topics, focusing on the entire era — from Manifest Destiny through the end of the Civil
War. more info
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ProQuest Historical African American Newspapers
Simultaneous search of the Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Chicago Defender (1910-1975), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), and the Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002). more info
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ProQuest Historical New York Newspapers & Magazines
Simultaneous search of the New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), The New York Herald (1840-1865), The New York Times (1851-2005), The New York Tribune (1900-1910), The Wall Street Journal (1889-1990) and and thousands of magazine articles published from 1740 to 1940. more info
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Regents Exam Prep Center
Created by the Oswego City School District, this nonprofit site is to help high school students meet the New York State Regents requirements in English, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies. This project is supported by a federally-funded Title III Technology Literacy Challenge Grant. more info
Russian National Bibliography
Bibliographic access to books, newspapers, journals, book criticism and reviews, the arts, sheet music, dissertations and maps. more info
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San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922)
The San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. more info
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Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970
Access to large-scale maps for towns and cities in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. more info
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Slave Trade CD-ROM
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database contains detailed information on two-thirds (27,227) of the slaving voyages that sailed between 1650 and 1867. more info
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The Nation Archive, 1865-
see Nation Archive (1865-present)
Thesaurus linguae Graecae (TLG)
The TLG digital library now contains virtually all ancient Greek texts surviving from the period between Homer (8th century B.C.) and A.D. 600, and a large number of texts deriving from the period between A.D. 600 and 1453, in excess of 80 million words. Topics include Greek literature, history, and culture. more info
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Times of London (1785-1985)
Searchable full-text and page images of The Times of London archive. more info
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United Nations Documents and Publications Index
UN materials searchable by subject, session, document number, UN sales number, title and country. more info
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United Nations Treaty Series
Collection of over 34,000 treaties and international agreements registered or filed and recorded with and published by the Secretariat since 1946 more info
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United States Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980
see Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980
United States Government Manual
Contains comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of the federal government. more info
Universal Database of Russian National Bibliography
Bibliographic access to books, newspapers, journals, book criticism and reviews, the arts, sheet music, dissertations and maps. more info
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Universal Database of Russian Newspapers
Provides access to the full-text of current issues of Russian newspapers. more info
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Valley of the Kings Online
Contains an interactive atlas of more than 250 tomb mappings,narrated tours of the Valley, a 3-D exploration of one of the largest tombs, images, articles,a glossary, bibliography and timeline. more info
Virtual Gramophone/Canadian Historical Sound Recordings
The Virtual Gramophone/Canadian Historical Sound Recordings is a multimedia Web site devoted to the first half-century of recorded sound in Canada. more info
War of the Rebellion: Compilation of the Official Records
Contains the full-text of all 128 volumes of The Official records of the Union and Confederate armies, originally published between 1881-1901. more info
Washington Post (1877-1993)
Searchable full-text and page images from the Washington Post archive. more info
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World Book Online Reference Center
Comprehensive access to encyclopedia articles, web links, periodical articles, videos, maps and more.
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World Factbook
Covers the following for countries around the world: maps, current issues, history, geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. more info
