Selected newspapers, magazines, books from US colonial era through the 19th century, including eight African-American 19th century newspapers and county histories from New England and Mid-Atlantic states.
Note: History Commons is the new name and platform for the former Accessible Archives database.
The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
A comprehensive collection of reference materials related to Shakespeare, including his complete works, historical and contextual information, guides and annotated editions, and multimedia resources.
Fully digitized and indexed issues of the Chicago Defender newspaper from 1910 to 2010. With the majority of its readership outside the Chicago region, the Chicago Defender served as the de facto national Black newspaper in the U.S., and it was the most influential African-American newspaper of the 20th century.