Historical Periodicals, Books, and Other Printed Matter
Electronic and other access to historical magazines, journals, books, and other printed material.
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America's Historical Imprints This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1535-1922
Covering every aspect of American life during the early decades of the United States, this primary source collection provides full text access to over 150,000 early American books, pamphlets and broadsides. This resource includes the Evans Series (1639-1800), Shaw-Shoemaker Series (1801-1819), American Broadsides and Ephemera (1760-1900), Afro-Americana Imprints (1535-1922), African History and Culture (1540-1921), Black Authors (1556-1922), and Caribbean History and Culture (1535-1920).
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1691-1877
Presents over 7,600 titles ranging from early works imported by the colonists to the Civil War and Reconstruction. The collection is grouped in five chronological series and covers all aspects of American society during this time period.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online print or video tutorial.
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American Periodicals Series This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1741-1943
Provides access to over 1,500 periodicals published between 1741 and 1943, including special interest and general magazines, journals, and other historically significant periodicals.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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British Library Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1800-1900
Contains full runs of influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of British society during the 19th century.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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British Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1681-1939
Provides access to hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth century. Formats include magisterial quarterlies, scholarly and professional organs, coterie art periodicals, penny weeklies and illustrated family magazines.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Early English Books Online This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1473-1700
Early English Books Online contains over 140,000 titles listed in Pollard and Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661), and the Early English Tract Supplement. All titles are full text digital facsimiles from the Early English Books microfilm collection. Highlights of the collection include works by Shakespeare, Malory, Erasmus, Newton, and Galileo.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 1701-1800
Provides access to works from history, geography, various social sciences, fine arts, music, art, architecture, medicine, science, technology, literature, language, religion, philosophy, and law. Resources include books, pamphlets, broadsides, and reference works. Significant English-language and foreign-language titles printed in the UK, along with important works from the Americas, are included. ECCO is based on The English Short Title Catalog (ESTC).
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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London Low Life This link opens in a new window
Coverage: 18th-20th centuries
A digital collection of full-text and color images of rare books, ephemera, maps, posters, slag dictionaries, children's chapbooks, street cries, playbills, cartoons, and other materials relating to the 18th, 19th, and early 20th century Victorian London. This database also includes a chronology, interactive map, essays, visual galleries, and exhibitions. Topics covered include the underworld, religion, women and gender, politics, popular music, urban topography, slang, working-class culture, prostitution, the Temperance Movement, and police and criminality.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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Historical Newspapers via ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Searches the full text of twelve historical newspapers: Atlanta Daily World, The Chicago Defender, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian and The Observer, Los Angeles Sentinel, Los Angeles Times, New York Amsterdam News, The New York Times, Norfolk Journal and Guide, The Pittsburgh Courier, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
For more information about using this resource, view the publisher's online tutorial.
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A note about microfilm: some of the materials on this page are on microfilm. Microfilm must be requested via Sooner XPress. Readers are located on the 4th Floor of Bizzell Library, just outside of the Government Documents office.
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19th Century Theatre Periodicals (British)From the British Library, the Theatre Museum, and the Bodleain Library of Oxford University. Historical newspapers and periodicals publishing news of the theatre. MICROFILM
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American Theatre Periodicals of the 19th and Early 20th CenturiesTheater news from New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington D.C., Philadelphia and other venues is covered in this collection of periodicals. Some titles focus on a broader scale of performing arts, including vaudeville, magic, opera and folklore. MICROFILM
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20th Century British Theatre Periodicals (1901-1939)Early 20th century theatre news from British newspapers and magazines. MICROFILM