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History Databases

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America: History & Life 1964- over 2,000 journals
Black Thought and Culture dates vary primary source documents, articles, letters, speeches, and interviews
Chicago Tribune (Historical) 1849-1994 full page images back to the 1st issue
Digital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 Illinois towns and cities
Gale Literature Criticism c.1950 to Present indexes literary biographies, scholarly commentary, criticism, & analysis for authors (active c.1950 to Present / Contemporary Literary Criticism series)
Gerritsen Collection 1543-1945 full text (digitized images) of 4,700 books, pamphlets and periodicals about women
Handbook of Latin American Studies 1936- bibliography of books, articles, chapters and papers
HarpWeek 1857-1912 a primary resource for examining 19th and early 20th century America (searchable; original page images)
Historical Abstracts 1954- 2,300+ journals
Historical Statistics of the United States (Cambridge Univ Press) pre-Colonial Period - Present statistical tables; more than 37,000 data series
National Historical Geographic Information System 1790- population, housing, agricultural, and economic data; GIS-compatible boundary files for US units
Philosopher's Index 1940- indexes over 560 journals
Serial Set IndexPrint Source (Gov't./Legal Info Area, Main Library)
Slavery in America and the World 1450- full text of articles, pamphlets, law reviews, histories, state and federal statutes, Congressional debates, etc.
Sociological Abstracts 1952- indexes/abstracts 1,800+ periodicals; also books, chapters, dissertations, papers; indexes book reviews
U.S. Congressional Serial Set 1817-1980 reports, documents and journals of the U.S. House & Senate
U.S. Congressional Serial Set Maps 1817-1980 city, county, state, national maps (U.S.)
Women and Social Movements 1600-2000 primary source documents; articles
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