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Subjects: Africa and the African Diaspora, American Conversations, American Studies, Creative Writing, Gender and Sexuality Studies, History, Latin American Studies, Race and Ethnic Studies

Encyclopedia of American Studies
"Covers the history, philosophy, arts, and cultures of the United States in relation to the world, from pre-colonial days to the present, from various perspectives and the global American Studies movement. With over 800 online, searchable articles and accompanying bibliographies, related websites, illustrations, and supplemental material, the Encyclopedia of American Studies is the leading reference work for American Studies."

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Offers full-text access to over 500 highly-regarded titles from 70 publishers. Covers every major subject in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences from the world's best publishers of reference.

America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journal articles, magazine articles, books, and dissertations on US and Canadian history and culture from prehistory to the contemporary period. Provides some full text. Covers materials published 1964-present.
PAIS Index This link opens in a new window
Journal articles, books, government and international agency documents, statistical directories, and other materials in public policy and public affairs. Covers materials published 1915-present.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Articles on virtually every topic, drawn from scholarly journals, professional journals, trade magazines, news publications, and lifestyle magazines. Provides full-text access to over half of its 8000+ publications. Covers materials published 1975-present.
Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Full-text magazine, newspaper, and journal articles drawn from ethnic and minority periodicals in the US (including African American, Arab American, Asian American, Eastern European, Jewish, Latino/a, and Native American periodicals). About a quarter of the articles are Spanish-language. Covers materials published 1959-present.

American West This link opens in a new window
Digitized manuscripts, rare printed works, maps, and ephemera (including photographs, wanted posters, and news-sheets) illuminating the history of the western United States. Provides full-text access to eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century primary sources.
Civil War: Antebellum Period to Reconstruction This link opens in a new window
A collection of primary source materials from the Civil War era, including newspapers, Congressional documents, and broadsides and other ephemera.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Full-text diaries and letters written by North American women, 1675-1950. Users can browse by year, historical event, location, or life experience in addition to searching. Also includes brief biographies of the authors.
Popular Culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975 This link opens in a new window
Digital archive of primary sources from popular culture in Britain and America, spanning 1950-1975.

U.S. Newsstream This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles from a large collection of contemporary newspapers, including The New York Times, The Times (London), and The Wall Street Journal. Dates of coverage vary by newspaper.
Alternative Press Index This link opens in a new window
Activist and radical magazine and newspaper articles, and scholarly journal articles on cultural, economic, political, and social change. Provides some full text. Covers materials published 1991-present. The Alternative Press Index Archive covers earlier materials, 1969-1990.

America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Digitized newspapers published in the United States between 1690 and 2000. Searchable by date range, era in US history, place of publication, and article type as well as by keyword.
Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Full-text from The Atlanta Constitution (1896-1945), Chicago Defender (1910-1975), Los Angeles Times (1881-1987), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), and The New York Times (1851-2007).
African American Newspapers (1827-1998) This link opens in a new window
Digitized Black newspapers published in the United States between 1827 and 1998. Searchable by date range, era in US history, place of publication, and article type as well as by keyword.
Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 This link opens in a new window
Magazine articles published in the US, 1890-1982.
Vogue Archive This link opens in a new window
Contains the entire run of Vogue magazine (US edition), from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution color page images. Every page, advertisement, cover and fold-out is included.

Congressional Publications This link opens in a new window
Full-text US Congressional documents, bills, and hearings; public laws and legislative histories; and information on committees and members of Congress. Coverage extends back to the Ninety-First Congress, 1969-present.
CQ Magazine This link opens in a new window
Full-text reports on acts of the US Congress. Searchable by topic, date, committee, bill number, or keyword. Covers materials published 1983-present.
govinfo This link opens in a new window
govinfo replaced FDsys in December 2018. Full-text information from the three branches of the US Federal Government. Includes the federal budget, the Congressional Record, Congressional bills, History of Bills, the Federal Register, and the US Code. Dates of coverage vary by collection.
Government Periodicals Index This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles from magazines, newsletters, and research journals published by the US federal government. Covers materials published 1988-present.
voxgov This link opens in a new window
Repository of fully searchable current US government information gleaned from official websites, legislation, congressional and regulatory documents, social media, press releases, and more.

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