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Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars and students at the college and university level.

Part of the Web of Science Core Collection, A&HCI contains citations and bibliographic information for hundreds of leading journals in the fields of art, architecture, history, literature, music, film, philosophy, dance, religion, and more. This index features analysis and sorting of articles by the amount of times they have been used or cited.
The Bibliography of Indigenous people in North America covers topics relating to native North Americans from the 16th century to the present, including archaeology, multicultural relations, gaming, governance, folklore, culture, history, and literacy. It contains hundreds of thousands of citations for books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the United States and Canada.
This collection of primary sources holds more than 100,000 books and pamphlets published in England and its colonies from 1473-1700. It is especially useful for research in the areas of English history, literature, philosophy, linguistics, and the fine arts.
Fold3 provides convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served. The records at Fold3 help you discover and share stories about these everyday heroes, forgotten soldiers, and the families that supported them. The Fold3 name comes from a traditional flag folding ceremony in which the third fold is made in honor and remembrance of veterans who served in defense of their country and to maintain peace throughout the world.
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This comprehensive archive begins with the first issue in February 1917 through December 2000. This fully searchable full-text archive provides in depth analysis on a variety of business, political and cultural topics.

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This comprehensive archive begins with the first issue in February 1930 through December 2000. Published by Time Magazine, Fortune provided news and analysis initially from the United States and then later on from across the globe. Database Includes fully indexed articles and cover pages. In addition, advertisements are individually identified.

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Gale Primary Resources is a research tool that allows researchers to cross-search multiple primary source databases using a single search box. It includes the following databases: Archives Unbound, Eighteenth Century Collections Online, The Making of the Modern World, Nineteenth Century Collections Online, and Sabin Americana 1500-1926 as well as the historical archives of several major periodicals (The Economist, Punch, The Times and more). Each database can also be searched individually.

HeritageQuest Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. The database provides genealogical and historical sources for more than 60 countries, with coverage dating back as early as the 1700s. Users can access Census records, books, maps, city directories, and other online resources for family information.
This indexes a broad range of periodicals covering the humanities and social sciences. It also contains citations to a considerable number of book reviews.
This database, funded by the Jaffe Collection, includes IGCR subject files and more than 30,000 images from the US National Archives on virtually every group of racial, religious, and political refugees from 1938 to 1947.
International Historical Statistics provides data collected from 1750-2010 on a wide variety of socio-economic topics. It includes statistics from the Americas and Europe, as well as Africa, Asia and Oceania. Data tables can be downloaded as PDFs and/or Excel files.

Jet Magazine Archive covers art, news, politics and other social topics with an African-American focus. It includes over 3,100 issues providing a broad view of culture, fashion and entertainment from its first issue in 1951 through 2014.

Though less well known than his other diaries and until now never published in full, the complete and unabridged diaries of Victor Klemperer provide significant insights into the divided post-war Germany and early East Germany, as well as Klemperer’s engagement with Communism and Zionism. His careful observations and analyses from the Weimar Republic, the National Socialist era, and the German Democratic Republic illuminate what it meant to live under these three regimes. The database covers the entire four-decade period (from 1918 to 1959) in which Klemperer kept his diaries.
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This comprehensive archive begins with the first issue in November 1936 through December 2000. Published by Time Magazine, this periodical covered events with the United States and around the world through informative captions and documentary photography. Database Includes fully indexed articles and cover pages. In addition, advertisements are individually identified.

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Access the archives of the award-winning Los Angeles Times with its unique coverage of Southern California and the American West. News articles, photographs, advertisements, cartoons, and more are available as full-page scans in PDF format. For current Los Angeles Times content, please see ProQuest Global Newsstream.

The Nation Archive makes it possible for researchers to access 14 decades of America's best alternative journalism. The archive contains thousands of historic articles, editorials, letters, reviews, poems, and puzzles dating back to the magazine's first issue from July 6, 1865.

National Review has been an important American journal of opinion and has consistently provided readers with well-reasoned editorial commentary on critical issues. This archive offers complete indexing, abstracting and full text for the magazine dating back to the first issue in 1955 through 2020.
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The New Republic Magazine Archive is a digital collection of the prominent political and cultural opinion magazine, covering issues dating back to 1914. Providing full-text, indexing and abstracting, the archive is an essential tool for researchers of American politics, foreign policy, culture and arts.

North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories provide a unique and personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950.
PIO indexes hundreds of humanities, science, and social science journals from different countries in several languages, and it includes items that are especially useful for scholarly book reviews. Many full-text articles are included. Coverage for some journals begins in the 17th century.
RSPS helps introduce humanities and social science researchers to the key approaches and methodologies of working with source material. It contains hundreds of essays, videos, “How to” guides, and case studies, all developed by subject specialists and designed to answer your questions about working with primary sources.
This resource brings together documents from libraries and archives from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, Africa and the Americas from 1490 to 2007. Topics covered include the varieties of slavery, the legacy of slavery, the social justice perspective, and the continued existence of slavery today. Contents include archival documents, manuscripts, and maps organized in thematic and geographic groups.
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This comprehensive archive begins with the first issue in August 1954 through December 2000. Published by Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated chronicled the weekly events within sports. Database Includes fully indexed articles and cover pages. In addition, advertisements are individually identified.

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This comprehensive archive begins with the first issue in March 1923 through December 2000. Published Weekly. Time Magazine captured relevant news, political discussions, sports, cultural events, and entertainment from within the United States and around the world.

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This comprehensive archive includes United States Daily, 1926 -1933, United States News, 1933-1948, World Report, 1946-1948, and U.S. News & World Report, 1948-1984. The periodical features a broad variety of articles that covered current events, politics, and business.

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