Humanities Librarian
Books and Articles
- America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
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Index with abstracts to history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. - JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull online text and images for back issues of selected scholarly journals and monographs in history, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, literature, etc.
- JMU Library Catalog This link opens in a new windowFind journals, books, ebooks, films, sound recordings, and government documents available to JMU users.
Primary Sources: Collections
- Library of CongressThe Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. It is the library of the U.S. Congress and home of the U.S. Copyright Office. Search their website for digital collections.
- Digital Public Library of AmericaThe DPLA is a digital resource portal, providing one search entry into the digital collections of a wide variety of institutions, including the University of Virginia and Harvard. It also includes exhibits which use resources available through the DPLA.
- Oral History Online This link opens in a new windowIndex with select transcripts of full oral interviews, including Ellis Island oral history narratives and rare Black Panther Party interviews and more.
- Social and Cultural History: Letters and Diaries Online This link opens in a new windowPrivate writings and personal narratives from diverse ethnic and social groups over several hundred years. Browse by historical event or subject.
Primary Sources: Newspapers
- America's Historical Newspapers: 1690-1922 This link opens in a new windowCover-to-cover digitized historic newspapers from every state in the US from Readex.
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new windowDigitized US newspaper pages from 1789-1963, as well as directory of information about historic newspapers published since 1690.
- New York Times: Historical This link opens in a new windowFull page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue to about 3 years ago.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Black Newspaper Collection This link opens in a new windowA collection of prominent Black newspapers, such as the Chicago Defender, Baltimore Afro-American, New York Amsterdam News, Pittsburgh Courier, and The Norfolk Journal and Guide.
- Washington Post This link opens in a new windowFull access to The Washington Post online coverage, including unlimited access to interactives and videos. Access is available in the Library Catalog but you can also sign up for an individual account for more streamlined and personalized access. Note: To create an individual account use these instructions.
More Primary Sources
- History of 19th Century America: Find Primary SourcesJMU research guide of primary sources for the United States in the 1800s.
- History of 20th Century America: Find Primary SourcesJMU research guide of primary sources for the United States in the 1900s.