History 495: Human Rights Activism in the U.S., 1790-1930 - Spring 2008
Dr. Dana Weiner
Primary Sources
| UA Library Catalog Demonstration of Primary Sources: | Newspapers | Secondary Source Materials |
| Government Publications | Web Sites |
On the keyword search page, type your major search topic into the top line. On the second line, change "Any Field" to "Subject."
Type any of the following into the Search Box:
Sources, Interviews, Personal Narratives, statistics, diaries, correspondence, biography, Archives
You can search more than one of these by putting "or" between words.
e.g. sources OR personal narratives OR interviews
You will be more effective if you find the official “subject terms” used for your topic. For “Human Rights Activism in the U.S., 1790-1930,” type in “Human Rights” on the top line followed by the word “AND United States.”
You should browse through the list of books that come up and look for some relevant “subject terms.” Some include, “Civil Rights,” Women’s Rights,” “Anti-Slavery Movements.”
After you have picked the “subject terms” you wish, be careful to use the drop down arrow next to “Keyword” on the second line and change it to “Subject.”
A way to find sources not in the UA Library is to use WorldCat .
WorldCat is linked under “Article and Database Searching.”
Find the “Subject terms” in our catalog and then put all the terms in as subjects. Because WorldCat has over 62 million records, a key word search will retrieve too many un-helpful results.
Web Sites available through the UA Library:
The Library also has access to numerous other Primary Source materials on the Web. Some are free, but some require coming in through the UA Library and inputting your CatCard and name.
American Memory Project:
From the Library of Congress; includes photographs from the National Archives.
American Women's History: Digital Collections of Primary Sources
Links to numerous web sites containing primary documents. Organized topically and by state.
American Periodicals Series Online 1740-1900
Over 1,100 periodicals that first began publishing in 1740 and 1900, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically -significant periodicals.
Black Thought and Culture African Americans: From Colonial Times to the Present
Non-fiction published works of leading African Americans, includes interviews, diaries, journal articles and letters.
Congressional Universe (from Lexis-Nexis)
Index to Government hearings, reports and the Serial Set from 1789- present, as well as digitized full text. Hearings will be completely digitized by end of 2008.
Documenting the American South
Includes first person narratives of the South, North American slave narratives and a library of the American South.
ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collections Online)
A full-text database which includes every significant monograph published between 1701 and 1800 in the English language and also every significant monograph in any language printed in the British Empire during this period, all first editions published during the period 1701-1800.
Gerritsen Collection: Women's History Online, 1543-1945 [ Tips]
A full text database containing unique materials about women from an international perspective. Focuses primarily on the US, British Isles, and Western Europe.
Harpweek
Harper's Weekly from 1857-1865.
Harpweek
Selected thematic collections of Harpweek:
Presidential Elections, as depicted in cartoons 1860-1912
American Political Prints, 1766-1876
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Russian American Relations, 1863-1905
Coffin Nails: The Tobacco Controversy in the 19th Century
Toward Racial Equality: Harper's Weekly Reports on Black America, 1857-1874
In the First Person
Index of oral history in English from around the world. In some cases link to full-text others identify collection where the oral history resides.
Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe
Index to Government hearings, reports and the Serial Set from 1789- present. Digitized full text is not complete for Hearings.
Making of America
A digital library of primary sources, including periodicals, in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
Microfilm Collections of primary documents at the University of Arizona Library.
Nineteenth Century Master File (Poole's Plus) (1802-1906)
Links to some full text. Index to American and British publications:
The New York Times (1863-1905)
New York Daily Tribune (1875-1906)
Government Publications (1774-1881)
Nineteenth Century in Print
Collection of over 1,500 digitized books from the 19th century in all subject areas, and full-text of 23 periodicals including: Scientific American, Scribner's, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, and The Galaxy. Periodical titles cover the dates 1815-1901.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial to 1950 [TIPS]
A collection of women's diaries and correspondence. It is searchable by author, keyword and phrases, historical events, and personal life events, such as marriage, death of husband or child, age, religion, race and occupation.
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000
Collections of original documents relating to women's involvement in major social reform movements.
Women Working in the United States - 1870-1930
Focusing on women's participation in the U.S. economy from 1870-1930. From the Harvard Libraries Open Collections Program, includes books, manuscripts, images, and publications from the U.S. government Women's Bureau.
State Histories - Microforms in UA Library
These include a variety of primary source materials from various states.
18th - 19th Century U.S. Newspapers Owned by the UA Library
A list organized by state of 18th and 19th century newspapers in UA collection. Lists dates covered.
America's Historical Newspapers
A digitized collection: early American newspapers including titles from all 50 present states.
Includes:
Early American Newspapers, Series 1 (1690 - 1876)
Early American Newspapers, Series 2 (1758 - 1900)
Early American Newspapers, Series 3 (1829 - 1922)
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Full text and full image of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle from October 26, 1841 to December 31, 1902.
Chicago Defender
(Proquest 1910-1975)Chicago Defender (Chadwyck Black Studies Center 1910-1975) - The full text back file of the influential black newspaper. The Chadwyck version combines several resources for research in Black Studies:
Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience
International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP)
The Chicago Defender
and the Black Literature Index
Historic American Newspapers (Chronicling America)
This site allows you to search and read newspaper pages from 1900-1910. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
Proquest Historical Newspapers
Full text and full image searching and retrieving of all these newspapers simultaneously.
The Times (London)
Full text of all of the entire Times. Covers 1785-1984. One can view the entire page or specific article. The contents of this newspaper are completely searchable.
Lexis-Nexis Congressional Universe
Index to Government hearings, reports and the Serial set from 1789 - present. Digitized full-text is not complete for hearings.
Monthly Catalog
Bibliographic citations to documents published by U.S. federal government agencies and Congress. (Includes FBI Materials)
FBI Electronic Reading Room http://foia.fbi.gov/room.htm
Digital copies from FBI records some of which go back to the 1920s.
Government Documents: http://www.library.arizona.edu/about/libraries/govdocs/index.html
Supreme Court Decisions and Law Review Articles (Hein Online)
Full text of Supreme Court decisions listed under U.S. Reports (1754-2002) and law reviews. You need the citation for the Supreme Court decisions.
Federal Surveillance of Afro-Americans, 1917-1925: the First World War, the Red Scare, and the Garvey Movement
NAACP, Papers of-
Part 1, 1901-1950 Micro- film 7357
Supplement 1, 1951-1955 Micro- film 7358
Supplement 2, 1956-1960 Micro- film 7359
Part 7, 1912-1955
Series A, 1912-1953 Micro- film 7360
Series B, 1916-1955 Micro- film 7361
Part 8, 1910-1955
Series A, 1910-1939 Micro- film 7362
Series B, 1940-1955 Micro- film 7363
America: History & Life (From EBSCO)[ [TIPS[ Alert!
History of the United States and Canada, all time periods.
JSTOR
Fully searchable and full image of complete runs of major periodicals in history, economics, sociology, African American studies, American Indian Studies, Feminist & Women's Studies and more. Does not include the most recent few years, but in a few cases, links to Project Muse which does cover current issues.
Project Muse
Fully searchable and full image of more current issues of major scholarly journals. In some cases links to older issues in JSTOR.
19th Century Masterfile (Poole's Plus)
Index to American and British publications (1802-1906), the New York Times (1863-1905), New York Daily Tribune (1875-1906), and government publications (1774-1881).
Periodical Archives Online - Full Text
Periodicals Archive Online contains over 400 journals, published between 1802 and the 1990s, representing over 1.2 million articles. Periodicals Archive Online continues to add new titles, to give undergraduate and graduate students, university faculty and libraries access to a growing collection of the most historically respected journals in the humanities and social sciences.
A general index to popular American magazines, 1890 to 1982. No full text.
Academic Search Complete
Indexes articles of news and other sources from 1980 to the present. Includes full-text for many articles from 1992 to the present.
Black Studies Center
Black Studies Center brings together essential historical and current material for researching the past, present and future of African-Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself. It combines research in four important resources:
Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience
International Index to Black Periodicals (IIBP)
The Chicago Defender (a influential Black newspaper)
The Black Literature Index
Black Studies Database: Kaiser Index to Black Resources
Black experience, 1948-1986.
Hispanic American Periodical Indes (HAPI)
Latin America and U.S. Hispanics focus of index to articles, links to some full text.
International Index to Black Periodicals
U.S., African, and Caribbean history, with some full-text coverage.
Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin (PAIS)
Index to articles from journals, books, hearings, reports on issues relating to public policy, politics, and social issues. 1915- present.
Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Index to core journal articles and cited references. Includes some abstracts.
Need Assitance?
Contact Jen Tellman at tellmanj@u.arizona.edu or 307-2780