Lucy Bell
Librarian
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global database is the world's most comprehensive collection of multidisciplinary dissertations and theses, featuring 6 million records from more than 70 countries and over 4,100 institutions, of which 3.6 million are full-text titles.
Diverse primary source materials reflecting broad topics across American history such as abolitionism, culture, disability, entertainment, foreign policy and trade, higher education, law, slavery and more.
Some Collections:
African American Newspapers
America and World War I, American Military Camp Newspapers
American County Histories
American Military Camp Newspapers
The AMAROC News
Anatomy of Protest in America
The Civil War Collection
Frank Leslie’s Weekly
Godey’s Lady’s Book
History of Woman Suffrage
The Liberator
National Anti-Slavery Standard
The Pennsylvania Gazette
The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue
The Pennsylvania Newspaper Record
Quarantine and Infectious Disease Control Series
Reconstruction of Southern States
Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman
South Carolina Newspapers
Twelve Years A Slave
The Virginia Gazette
The Woman’s Tribune
Women’s Suffrage
Explore millions of high-quality primary sources and images from around the world, including artworks, maps, photographs, and more.
The NYS Historic Newspapers project provides free online access to a wide range of newspapers chosen to reflect New York's unique history.
If you are 13 or older and live, work, attend school, or pay property taxes in New York State, you can get a free digital library card from the New York Public Library using this online form: https://www.nypl.org/library-card/new
This will provide remote access to many of its history databases, including America: History & Life and Historical Abstracts.