History 397F University of Massachusetts, Amherst
L. Lovett
America: History and Life
For most publications in US history.
Directions: Go to the Database Locator webpage at the UMass Library
http://www.library.umass.edu/cgi-bin/aka/databases.cgi
Search for America: History and Life
Click on the link then provided
You may need to enter your Username and Password
You can then search most US history publications by keyword.
Advanced search will give you more options.
WorldCat
For most published resources of any kind. Worldcat can search for different types of media held by most research libraries world wide.Directions: Same as above, only search for Worldcat.
LexisNexis Academic
For most newspaper articles. Good for recent items.
Direction: Same as for America: History and Life, only search for LexisNexis Academic.
Primary Source Collections:
Online resources from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions that include "written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience."
Searchable image files of all issues from 1872 to 1922.
Searchable image files of all issues from 1851 to 2001.
Diaries and correspondence of 1,325 women from Colonial times to 1950.
Online database of historical document on disability.
Documenting
the American South
(University of North Carolina Library)
Texts, images, and audio files related to Southern history, literature, and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the twentieth century. Seven thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs.