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Databases for National History Day
The Individual and History 
These databases are funded by the University
of Delaware Library. Remote access is available only to UD faculty, staff,
and students. For members of the public, see Public Library
Databases.
Primary Sources
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Transcriptions of articles from Godey's Lady's Book, 1830-1865. Godeys was a magazine reflecting American life and culture in the 19th century. Includes digitized images of illustrations. -
The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
Transcriptions of letters, diaries, and memoirs. APS (American Periodical Series) Online
Digital images from American journals and magazines from the 18th and 19th centuries.-
Black
Thought and Culture: African Americans to 1975
Transcriptions of monographs, essays, articles, speeches, and interviews written by leaders within the black community from the earliest times to 1975. British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries from 1500-1900
Transcriptions of diaries and letters.Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800
Digital images of American imprints from the 17th and 18th centuries.-
EEBO: Early
English Books Online
Digital images of materials printed in English from 1475 to 1700. 
Ethnic NewsWatch
Full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. Coverage is 1960s to present.-
GenderWatch
Full-text collection of newspapers, magazines, and journals devoted to women's and gender issues. Coverage is mid-1970s to present. The Gerritsen Collection: Women's History Online, 1543-1945
Digital images of items of books and periodicals relating to women's history.North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial - 1950
Transcriptions of American and Canadian women's diaries and correspondence.Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000
Transcribed extracts from documents as they relate to a "document project" or a subject.
Jump to top of page.Primary Sources: Newspapers
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Transcriptions and full images of many historical newspaper including: The Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1800); The Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective (1860-1865); African American Newspapers: The 19th Century; and The Pennsylvania Newspaper Record: Delaware County (1819-1870). America’s Historical Newspapers
Digital images of historic newspapers.HarpWeek, 1857-1912
Digital images of Harper’s Weekly, the leading illustrated American newspaper of the last half of the nineteenth century.-
New York Times, 1851-2005
Digital images of the New York Times from 1851-2005. The entire content of the newspaper is searchable. 
Times
(London), 1785-1985
Indexes to Journal Articles (Secondary Sources)
Review the secondary literature first, to can gain a sense of the key players and events associated with the topic. Primary sources are a lot easier to find with specific names and events for searching.
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Academic OneFile
Indexes articles in magazines and journals. America: History and Life / Historical Abstracts (ABC-Clio)
Indexes articles in history journals.-
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective, 1907-1984
Indexes articles in English-language scholarly journals and magazines. Covers a wide range of interdisciplinary fields. Some articles will be primary sources. -
International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text
Indexes articles in scholarly and popular journals, newspapers, and newsletters devoted to Black Studies and African-American Studies. Mainly covers 1998 to present, but some extends back earlier. Web of Science
Indexes articles in major journals from a broad variety of disciplines.
Maps
Pictures
AP Images
An electronic library containing photographs, tables, and other images from the Associated Press. Contains current photos and thousands of historic photos.
Finding More
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Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective, 1907-1984
Indexes articles in English-language scholarly journals and magazines. Covers a wide range of interdisciplinary fields. Useful for both secondary and primary materials. -
In
the First Person
Keyword searching of more than 2,500 collections of letters, diaries, oral histories, and other personal narratives in English from around the world. When completed, it will provide a single-search tool for first-person content within the various Alexander Street databases, such as American Civil War: Letters and Diaries, British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries from 1500-1900, and North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial - 1950. Nineteenth Century Masterfile
Nineteenth Century Masterfile searches many indexes to 19th and early 20th century periodicals, books, newspapers, and government documents. Includes W.F. Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, 1802-1906. An "index of indexes."-
Periodicals
Index Online
Indexes journals and magazines in the humanities and social sciences, from their first issues to 1995. Areas of coverage include ancient civilizations, area studies (Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, and Middle East), and history (general and of the Americas). -
Readers' Guide Retrospective, 1890-1982
Indexes popular periodicals, 1890-1982.
Public Library Databases
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Delaware Public Libraries provide remote access to a number of databases both in the libraries and available from home. See your local library to get a library card.
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