English 680: Introduction to Literary Research

138,000 English-language titles and editions published between 1701 and 1800, digitized and fully searchable.

37,000 books, pamphlets and broadsides provide primary source documents on nearly every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America, from agriculture and auctions through foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, and witchcraft.

APS Online contains full digital images of over 1,100 periodicals spanning nearly 200 years-from colonial times to the advent of American involvement in World War II.

In addition to early copies of great literary works, the collection includes historical materials such as royal statutes and proclamations, almanacs, broadsides and works on religion and science. Coverage: 1473-1700

Digital images of 500 periodicals, tracing the development and growth of the periodical press in Britain from its origins in the seventeenth century through to the Victorian 'age of periodicals.'

Available only on-campus
Historical documents collections, most never before available before on the Internet, relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, U S Presidents, historical newspapers and naturalization documents.

An index to nineteenth century periodicals, newspapers and government documents, including British Parliamentary debates, including some links to full text articles.

Primary source material from 18th and 19th century periodicals.

Primary sources including diaries, letters, and memoirs to provide access to views on almost every aspect of the war, including what was happening at home.

APS Online contains full digital images of over 1,100 periodicals spanning nearly 200 years-from colonial times to the advent of American involvement in World War II.

Available only on-campus
Historical documents collections, most never before available before on the Internet, relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, U S Presidents, historical newspapers and naturalization documents.

Harper's Weekly is an important primary resource for examining 19th-century America, providing a comprehensive, week-to-week chronological record of what happened worldwide in the last half of the nineteenth century.

Searchable digital images of the New York Times, 1851- 2014, and the Wall Street Journal, 1889-2000.

A complete searchable copy of every issue of The Economist from 1843 to 2003.

Digital images of the Times (London) complete from 1785 to 1985.