A to Z List of Library Resources: A

This resource from the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) provides full-image views of historic periodicals from 1684 to 1912, covering the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Note that coverage past the 1880s is rather limited. See "more info" to search within a narrower time frame. (EBSCO)

A large and all-inclusive database that covers almost every academic subject. (EBSCO)

A comprehensive streaming video collection that covers a wide range of subjects: anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. (Alexander Street Press)

Complete full-text of six American Chemical Society (ACS) journals, as well as full-text archives (1995 and earlier) of over 50 ACS journals. Titles with complete coverage are Chemical Reviews, Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of Organic Chemistry, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, B, C, Journal of the ACS, and Journal of Chemical Education. Use Interlibrary Loan to request articles that are not available in full-text.

Access primary sources digitized from archives around the world, including personal letters, government documents, historic videos and photographs, pamphlets, newspapers, medieval manuscripts, and much more. Search across all collections or use filters to narrow your search by era, geography, or theme. (Adam Matthew)

A diverse range of primary source material focusing on race relations across social, political, cultural and religious arenas. (Adam Matthew)

Features diaries, journals, logbooks, manuscripts, rare books, correspondence, scientific and government documents, maps and charts, objects and early film footage. (Adam Matthew)

From the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library, AGRICOLA covers journal articles, monographs, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture back to 1970. (EBSCO)

Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. (EBSCO)

Providing a personal perspective on the Civil War, this collection includes letters and memoirs from over 1,000 politicians, generals, soldiers, slaves, landowners, farmers, wives, and even spies from both sides of the conflict. (Alexander Street Press)

From the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York City. Module I: Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform, 1493-1859; Module II: Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era, 1860-1945. (Adam Matthew)

Sources from the Edward E. Ayer Collection at the Newberry Library, Chicago. (Adam Matthew)

From the Sequoyah National Research Center, University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the Newberry Library, Chicago. (Adam Matthew)

Sources from the Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana at the Newberry Library, Chicago. (Adam Matthew)

Access to twelve AMS publications. Most provide full-text from the first issue until 3 years ago. A couple are full-text through the current issue.

Full-text of over 30 American Anthropological Association journals and magazines back to 2003, with indexing available back to 1880.

The AP Stylebook is a writing style manual for journalists, providing guidance on usage, spelling, punctuation, pronunciation, and other writing topics. NOTE: This online version allows 10 users at a time. If you are denied access, please wait and try again.

Covers the applied sciences and computing disciplines by providing access to trade, industrial, professional, and technical society journals; buyers guides; directories; conference proceedings; and more. (EBSCO)

Covers a broad range of related subjects from fine, decorative and commercial art, to various areas of architecture and architectural design. International in scope, Art & Architecture Source includes periodicals published in multiple languages. (EBSCO)

ARTstor is the ultimate image collection, containing hundreds of thousands of images covering art, architecture, archeology, and history. Useful for research not only in the arts, but in social history, sociology, and history.

Free access to several digitized image collections, including: Ad*Access, Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920, and Medicine and Madison Avenue. From Duke University.

Access numerous famous speeches--as transcribed full-text, the actual recordings, or recorded reenactments. A useful section called "Rhetorical Figures in Sound" illustrates many figures of speech. Think you know rhetoric? Take the "Rhetoric Quiz!"

A huge collection of primary source materials (diaries, letters, photos, audio & video recordings, etc.) documenting American culture for the past 200+ years.

Imagine applying Google's Street View technology to art galleries. Arts & Culture lets you virtually walk through a number of major art galleries, including zooming in to look at specific items in more detail. And there are many more features here!

The Atlas provides over 60 socioeconomic indicators down to the county level, including demographic, economic, and agricultural information. In addition to the visual maps, you can download data in spreadsheet format.