LibGuides Menu
- OneSearch This link opens in a new windowA discovery tool that searches most of the University Libraries' collections, including books, journal articles, newspapers, dissertations, music, and video recordings.
Databases Devoted to Primary Source Materials
The order of items in the list, which are mainly historical, is as follows: Sources with newspapers and other periodicals; sources with mixed genres, formats, and subjects; and sources focusing on a particular subject or event.
- Early American Newspapers [Gift of Edwin S. Snead III, Class of 1951] This link opens in a new windowNewspaper articles on history, culture, religion, commerce, education, politics, and more from the Colonial Period through the Reconstruction Period. [more information about this gift]
- Historical Newspapers (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowFull-text archives of six national papers of record and five historically Black papers.
- 19th Century British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new windowComprehensive collection of national and regional newspapers of Victorian Britain carefully selected by an editorial board from the British Library and providing a broad yet detailed view of British life in the 19th century.
- 19th Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new windowCollections of 19th century newspapers, with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration and Antebellum-era life, among other subjects.
- 19th Century UK Periodicals This link opens in a new windowPeriodicals published in Great Britain giving insight into many aspects of the 19th century lifeliterature and culture, empire, feminism, the history of the book, the creative and performing arts, sport and leisure, science and medicine, the professions.
- Accessible Archives This link opens in a new windowPrimarily American newspapers from the 18th and 19th centuries, including important African-American newspapers. Includes the Pennsylvania Gazette, Frank Leslie's Weekly, suffragist materials, Civil War articles, and Godey's Lady's Book.
- African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 This link opens in a new windowProvide access to U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience, including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles.
- Times Digital Archive, 1785-2019 This link opens in a new windowComplete archive in facsimile of the Times of London newspaper covering general news, culture, fine arts, politics, history, and more.
- HarpWeek, 1857-1912 This link opens in a new windowArchive collection containing volumes of Harper's Weekly magazine covering the the pre-Civil War through pre-World War I periods in American history.
- Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800) This link opens in a new windowBooks on history, culture, religion, commerce, education, literature, poetry, music, politics, travel etc. from the Colonial period through the early 19th century. Includes the supplemental material from the the Library Company of Philadelphia.
- Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) This link opens in a new windowBooks from 1801-1819 published in America on the topics of history, culture, religion, commerce, education, literature, poetry, music, politics, travel, etc. Includes the supplemental material from the the Library Company of Philadelphia.
- Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2020 This link opens in a new windowSince first publication in 1843, the Economist has presented timely reporting, concise commentary and comprehensive analysis of global news every week.
- 19th Century British Pamphlets Collection This link opens in a new windowContains the most significant British pamphlets held in UK research libraries, providing researchers with an immensely rich and coherent corpus of primary sources with which to study the socio-political and economic landscape of 19th century Britain.
- Archives Unbound This link opens in a new windowProvides access to a wide array of primary, unpublished archival documents, drawing from institutional, governmental and private collections.
- Latin America and the Caribbean (World Scholar) This link opens in a new windowPrimary, secondary, and reference sources covering the history, culture, peoples, and societies of the region
- North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new windowComprehensive bibliography of women's diaries and correspondence representing all age groups and life stages, all ethnicities, many geographical regions and the famous and the not so famous.
- Rock's Backpages This link opens in a new windowArchive of rock and pop music journalism from mainstream publications and niche magazines.
Humanities Librarian
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Marcia Whitehead
Contact:
Boatwright Library
28 Westhampton Way
804-289-8823
28 Westhampton Way
804-289-8823
Subjects: American Studies, Biography, Book Reviews, Classical Studies, E-Books, English & Literature, First Year Seminar, French, German, Humanities, International Education, Language and Linguistics, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies, Master of Liberal Arts, Rhetoric & Communication Studies, Russian, Spanish, Special Topics
