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Newsbank Newspaper articles covering international, national, and local news. Go to America's Newspapers and select by state. Date coverage varies but articles are generally only available back to the mid-1980s.

New York Times Historical Archive - New York Times newspaper 1851-2007

Los Angeles Times Archives - Index of Los Angeles Times newspaper 1881-present. To search older articles, change the radio button to search 1881-1984.  Request article through Interlibrary Loan.

Utah Digital Newspaper Project

United States Newspaper Program Search by state. Some states have digitized more newspapers than others.

Library Catalog Note whether location is General Collection or Compact Shelving. Write down call number.

Google books Full text of books published before 1923 and limited previews of newer books.


Worldcat index to books published around the world. If our library does not have, you can request through Interlibrary Loan.

When you are off campus, you will be prompted to log into the databases using your Ninernet Account.

Academic Search Premier Both scholarly journals and magazines. For Scholarly Journals only, limit to Scholarly (Peer-Reviewed) Journals on the left side of the page.

America History and Life Articles written by historians. Go here for Historiography

JSTOR Scholarly articles in the social sciences, humanities and general sciences back to the 1600s.

Dissertations Abstracts Dissertations and Theses. Some full text.

PBS Videos Educational and documentary programs

Statistical Abstract. See particularly: Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 for historical population, education, immigration, etc. statistics.