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CRL holds over four million newspapers, journals, doctoral dissertations, archives, government publications and other traditional and digital research collections. The Center has special strength in publications and archives from many countries. Find out about what is available to borrow or to access digitally at exlibris.colgate.edu/help/guides/center-for-res-lib.html
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OAIster 
Coverage: varies. OAIster is a union catalog of digital resources which can be thought of as a finding aid to scholarly digital collections. Not all materials are available as open access.
America: History and Life 
Coverage: 1964-present. A resource for studying the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
Academic Search Premier
Coverage: 1975-present (with selected older titles). A multi-disciplinary database with significant full-text. This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study.
PAIS International
Coverage: 1972-present. Covers all aspects of public affairs including political science, sociology, health, etc. with an international view. Coverage includes foreign language materials and some U.S. congressional documents. Older materials are contained in the PAIS Archive.
PAIS Archive
Coverage: 1915-1976. Covers all aspects of public affairs including political science, sociology, health, etc with an international view. Coverage includes foreign language materials and some U.S. congressional documents. Current materials are in PAIS International.
JSTOR
Coverage: varies. Over 800 core scholarly journals. Current issues are unavailable for a varying number of years (frequently 2 to 5 years).
Humanities & Social Science Index Retrospective
Coverage: 1907-1984. Allows search of a wide range of important journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Readers` Guide Abstracts & RG Retrospective
Coverage: 1890-present. Extends coverage of Readers` Guide Abstracts to reflect the history of 20th century America.
Periodicals Archive Online
Coverage: 1770-1990. A database of millions of articles published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years.
Web of Science
Coverage: 1989-present. Access to Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and/or Arts & Humantities Citation Index. Multidisciplinary coverage.
Note: WOS searches Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index simultaneously by default.
Cambridge Histories Online
Currently the collection contains more than 258 digitized volumes from the esteemed Cambridge Histories series covering 15 subject areas. Useful for locating background information in almost any subject in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences.
Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America : a comprehensive encyclopedia
2005 ed. This treatment of the Puritan movement covers its doctrines, its people, its effects on politics and culture, and its enduring legacy in modern Britain and America.
Immigration and asylum: from 1900 to the present 
2005 ed. An examination of the history and current status of immigrants and refugees, their stories, the events that led to their movement, and the place of these movements in contemporary history and politics.
Alcohol and temperance in modern history : an international encyclopedia
2003 ed. A comprehensive encyclopedia on all aspects of the production, consumption, and social impact of alcohol.
Encyclopedia of World War I : a political, social, and military history
2005 ed. Covers the entire scope of the First World War from its earliest roots to its continuing impact on global politics and human society.
Encyclopedia of World War II : a political, social and military history
2005 ed. Covers the entire scope of the Second World War from its earliest roots to its continuing impact on global politics and human society.
Home Front Encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II
2006 ed. Covers the transformation of American, Canadian, and British societies during the two world wars, including aspects of working, recreational, and cultural life during wartime.
Encyclopedia of the Cold War: a political, social, and military history
2007 ed. A comprehensive five-volume reference on the defining conflict of the second half of the 20th century, covering all aspects of the Cold War as it influenced events around the world.
Dictionary of American History
2002 ed. This revised work serves students, scholars, and general readers interested in a wide range of topics in American history, from the well studied and familiar to the obscure.
American Presidential Campaigns and Elections 1788-2008
2009 ed. The core content of this work reviews and analyzes the process by which aspirants to the American presidency have campaigned for the support of the national electorate and how voters have made their selections from 1789 to the present day. A series of eight essays orients the reader to the unique electoral system of the United States, how it has evolved, and what larger themes illuminate the process. The subjects of these essays range from the Electoral College, suffrage law and voter turnout, and the role of the major and minor political parties to the impact of the media, campaign finance, and the character issue in presidential elections.
Landmark legislation, 1774-2002 : major U.S. acts and treaties Call Number: CASE Ref. KF68 .S73 2003
Published in 2003 by CQ Press, this encyclopedia gives historical background to each US congress and describes key acts and treaties along with crucial citations to the Statutes at Large.
Jamestown Colony : a political, social, and cultural history
2007 ed. All aspects of life in Jamestown, the first successful British colony in the New World.
Colonial America : an Encyclopedia of Social, Political, Cultural, and Economic History
2006 ed. This comprehensive, richly illustrated work brings the full details of America's colonial heritage vibrantly to life for today’s readers. Contents include approximately 500 articles, 250 illustrations and maps, dozens of topical and regional chronologies, a large selection of primary documents, and an extensive master bibliography.
Encyclopedia of the American Revolution: Library of Military History
2006 ed. Profiles battles throughout the period 1763-1783, also featuring biographies of key participants and details regarding campaigns and strategy, battles, skirmishes, naval actions, weaponry, political issues and events, popular legends, and the participation of European powers.
Landmarks of the American Revolution: Library of Military History
2006 ed. Profiles key locations connected to the American Revolution state-by-state, also including coverage of the war in the West Indies and Canada.
Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War: a political, social, and military history
2006 ed. Covers the causes, course, and consequences of the war and the political, social, and military origins of the nation.
Constitutional Convention of 1787: a Comprehensive Encyclopedia of America\'s Founding
2005 ed. An encyclopedia of the personalities, politics, and events involved in drafting the U.S. Constitution.
Encyclopedia of the New American Nation
2006 ed. Coverage begins roughly in 1754 (beginning of the Seven Years' War) and continues to the inauguration of President Andrew Jackson (1829). Woven among political markers and milestones are entries outlining the cultural development of the new nation, including entries on art, music, literature, dress and daily life.
Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West
2006 ed. Presents the tapestry of the West and its population during various periods of migration, also examining the settling of the West and movements of American Indians, African Americans, and the role of women in the West’s development.
Mexican American War
2003. Covers the period from the U.S. annexation of Texas to the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo (1848), including the battles of the conflict and also the mixed feelings of Americans regarding the war.
Slavery in the United States: A social, political, and historical encyclopedia
2007 ed. A comprehensive, contextual presentation of all aspects(social, political, and economic) of slavery in the United States, from the first colonization through Reconstruction.
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War : a political, social, and military history
2000 ed. A comprehensive reference on the political, social, and military aspects of the American Civil War.
Encyclopedia of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
2009 ed. Covering the period from the 1870s to World War I—during which America was transformed from an isolated agricultural republic into a modern industrial world power—this interdisciplinary reference resource provides definitive coverage of the political, economic, social, and cultural developments of the period. The work includes more than 900 articles on major events, people, institutions, movements, themes, and ideas, in addition to original documents, a master chronology, bibliographies, and approximately 100 historical photos.
Industrial Revolution in America: Automobiles, Mining and Petroleum, Textiles
2006 ed. Covers the emergence of the textile, mining and petroleum, and automobile manufacturing industries and their separate and interconnected roles in the Industrial Revolution.
Belligerents, brinksmanship and the big stick : A Historical Encyclopedia of American Diplomatic Concepts
2009 ed. Offers authoritative coverage of the concepts, traditions, events, and individuals that shaped United States' foreign relations from the American Revolution to the present.
Encyclopedia of the Jazz Age : from the end of World War I to the great crash
2009 ed. This richly informative work offers in-depth coverage of one of the most fascinating and widely studied periods in American history, from the end of World War I in 1918 to the Wall Street crash in 1929. It portrays the politics, economics, society, and culture of the era in more than 300 fast-paced entries devoted to its personalities, events, institutions, ideas, trends, and cultural landmarks. A full complement of background materials and supplementary information help make this an indispensable resource.
Encyclopedia of the Great Depression and the New Deal
2009 ed. From the stock market crash of October 1929 to the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, this sweeping reference work traces the major political, economic, social, and cultural movements of the longest and most severe crisis in U.S. history, as well as the events, people, and institutions that helped the nation through the hard times. The period and its legacy are analyzed and brought to life in more than 450 articles and essays, 100 photos and cartoons, primary-source documents, a master bibliography, and other essential research materials.
Encyclopedia of the Great Depression
2003 ed. A comprehensive overview featuring entries on Depression-era politics, government, business, economics, literature, the arts, society, and culture.
Americans at War
2005 ed. Places major American conflicts -- from the Colonial Wars through the War on Terrorism -- in the context of cultural and social events and conditions on the homefront. Articles include biographies and topics such as civil liberties, media, politics, popular culture, religion, memory and national identity, civic celebrations and monumental art, literature, the roles of women and minorities, veterans, science and technology, humor, and music.
Postwar America (1945-Present) : an encyclopedia of social, political, cutural, and economic history
2009 ed. From the outbreak of the Cold War to the early twenty-first century, the period in American history since World War II has been filled with momentous events and major change. This sweeping reference work provides detailed, up-to-date coverage of the social, political, cultural, and economic developments in America throughout the postwar era, as well as their far-reaching effects on the rest of the world. In addition to nearly 600 articles and sidebars, the work includes 300 photographs, abundant primary source materials, statistical data, a master bibliography, and a special feature called Cultural Landmarks.
Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War : a political, social, and military history
1998 ed. A comprehensive study of one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in U.S. history.
Chronological History of U.S. foreign relations Call Number: CASE Ref. E183.7 .B745 2003
New York : Routledge, 2003
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy
2002 ed. Essays by subject experts treat concepts and doctrines, policymaking, commerce and science, human rights and arms control, with specific articles on topics ranging from anti-imperialism to environmental diplomacy, from refugee policies to terrorism and countermeasures.
Utopias in American History
2008 ed. A look at the long tradition of communal societies in the United States from colonial times to the present, examining their ideological foundations, daily life, and relationships to mainstream American society.
Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history: the Black experience in the Americas
2006 ed. Covers all aspects of the African-American experience from 1619 to the present day. Uses biographies, historical essays, and thematic pieces to fully define in one source the cultural roots and current condition of the African-American community.
Encyclopedia of American Social Movements
2009 ed. From abolitionism and woman suffrage to organized labor, civil rights, and the environment, this encyclopedia examines every significant social movement in American history through the early twenty-first century. Nearly 200 articles cover the goals, tactics, and impact of each movement and campaign, exploring its core concepts and principles, chronicling its successes and failures, and examining its relationships with other movements in history. Leaders and other key figures are portrayed in biographical sidebars, with a wealth of primary-source materials, 100 historical photos, and statistical tables.
Historic Cities of the Americas: an Illustrated Encyclopedia
2005 ed. Explores the history of the Americas through the birth and development of the hemisphere`s great cities. Also includes rare maps, prints, and photographs.
American History through Literature 1820-1870
2006 ed. Presents literature as a historical and cultural field viewed from a wide array of contemporary perspectives, endorsing the notion that not only does history affect literature, but literature itself informs history.
American History through Literature 1870-1920
2006 ed. Second volume, continuing coverage from American History through Literature 1820-1870.
African American Newspapers: the 19th Century
Coverage: 1827-1862. A collection of African-American newspapers containing a wealth of information about the cultural life and history during the 1800s, rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day.
America's Historical Newspapers
Coverage: 1690-1922. Includes more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, including titles from all 50 states. (formerly called Early American Newspapers, Series I through VII)
Chicago Tribune - Proquest Historical Newspapers
1849-1986. This database offers full-text and full-image articles for Chicago Tribune dating back to the 19th century. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files.
New York Times -Proquest Historical Newspapers
1851 - 3 years ago. This database offers full-text and full-image articles for New York Times dating back to the 19th century. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files.
Los Angeles Times - Proquest Historical Newpapers
1881-1986. This database offers full-text and full-image articles for the Los Angeles Times dating back to the 19th century. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files.
Wall Street Journal - Proquest Historical Newspapers
Covers: 1889-1992. This database offers full-text and full-image articles for Wall Street Journal dating back to the 19th century. The collection includes digital reproductions of every page from every issue--cover to cover--in downloadable PDF files.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Coverage: 1880-1910. Provides access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages. Currently only content from 1880 - 1910 and from selected states.
Times Digital Archive
Coverage: 1785-1985. Search the full-text of the Times (London) Digital Archive. The entire newspaper is captured, with all articles, advertisements and illustrations/photos.
17th-18th century Burney Collection newspapers
The newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) represent the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media. The present digital collection, that helps chart the development of the concept of news and newspapers and the free press, totals almost 1 million pages and contains approximately 1,270 titles. Many of the Burney newspapers are well known, but many pamphlets and broadsides also included have remained largely hidden.
Historical and Regional Newspapers with specific emphasis on titles held in Special Collections
NOTE: ALL MICROFILM IS AVAILABLE THROUGH LASR. Materials in Special Collections have limited hours and special regulations for use.
American Memory Project 
These still and moving images, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.
Archive of Americana
Coverage: varies. Includes Early American Imprints (Evans and Shaw-Shoemaker) and Early American Newspapers series 1-7 and African American Newspapers 1827-1998.
Americas Historical Imprints. Series I, Evans 1639-1800
Coverage: 1639-1800. Digitized from one of the most important collections ever produced on microform, this has been hailed as a definitive resource for researching every aspect of 17th- and 18th-century America.
Americas Historical Imprints. Series II, Shaw-Shoemaker 1801-1819
Provides a comprehensive set of American imprints published in the early part of the 19th century, including many state papers and early government materials which chronicle the political and geographic growth of the developing American nation.
Rotunda`s American Founding Era · The Adams Papers Digital Edition · The Dolley Madison Digital Edition · The Papers of Thomas Jefferson Digital Edition · The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition · The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution
These newly prepared digital editions of the papers of many of the major figures of the early republic are presented in a fully searchable and interoperable online environment. Currently included are:
HarpWeek
Coverage: 1857-1912. Electronic access to Harper`s Weekly, America`s leading 19th century illustrated newspaper. Includes the ability to search for a wide variety of articles, ads, illustrations, fiction.
Slavery and Anti-slavery: a Transnational Archive Part 1: Debates over Slavery and Abolition
Slavery and Anti-Slavery is devoted to the transatlantic history of slavery. It includes books, manuscripts, court records, and serials. The first part documents the debates surrounding slavery and its abolition in the U.S. but also in the UK and other European countries, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Africa.
The Nation Digital Archive
Coverage: 1865- 1 month ago. Contains indexing, abstracting, and full text for the complete archive of The Nation, is America's oldest weekly magazine and one of its premier journals of opinion.
In the First Person: Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and other Personal Narratives
Coverage: varies. An index to personal narratives of diverse groups and ordinary people as well as those of the well-published and famous.
Personal perspectives : World War I
2005 ed. A collection of first-hand accounts bringing to life the "War to End All Wars."
Personal perspectives : World War II
2005 ed. An account of the personal experiences of groups who were affected by World War II, both on and off the battlefields.
Pre-1800 periodicals available from Colgate
Pre-1800 periodicals available from Colgate University Libraries
by date of initial availability.
Early English Books Online (EEBO)
covers: 1478-1700. Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Use Eighteenth Century Collections Online to access the digital images of every page of books published during the 18th Century. With full-text searching of millions of pages, the product allows researchers new methods of access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more. . It delivers every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in Great Britain during the eighteenth century, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
American Foreign Relations since 1600: a guide to the literature
2008 ed. An update of the standard bibliography of American foreign relations literature from colonial times to the present day.
Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition
Coverage: varies. Data on social, behavioral, humanistic, and natural sciences including history, economics, government, finance, sociology, demography, education, law, natural resources, climate, religion, international migration, and trade - quantitative facts of American History.
Social Explorer
1790 - present. A premier U.S. demographics website with online tools help you visually analyze and understand the demography of the United States through the use of interactive maps and data reports.
Chicago Manual of Style Online
15th ed. The complete contents of the Chicago Manual of Style.
United States History: Resources selected by Colgate Librarians
Web sites selected by librarians.
Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications, 1895-1976
The comprehensive index to historical information published by the United States federal government. Describing over 1.2 million items published between January 1895 and June 1976, the Monthly Catalog helps you identify important and useful information on all subjects.
The online Monthly Catalog makes it much easier to locate government documents. Researchers can search for keywords across all issues or during a specific period, find documents by individual or corporate author, or search any of the other fields included in the records. Each issue can be browsed chronologically from the Browse tab, and many of the fields including Title, Author and SuDoc number can be browsed from the Search screen.
LexisNexis Congressional
Coverage: varies. Includes the online version of CIS Index to Publications of the United States Congress, including abstracts and legislative histories as well as stories from the Washington Post, Roll Call, and The Hill; and links to hot bills/topics and other websites.
LexisNexis Congressional Record Permanent Digital Collection
covers: 1787-1997. Includes the full text of the Congressional Record and its three predecessors. These four titles, the Congressional Record (1873-to date), the Annals of Congress (1789-1824), the Register of Debates (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873) provide researchers with a unique perspective on American history, and are considered key primary resources for research in American history, public policy, business and economics, politics, international relations, and the law.
Digital National Security Archive 
1940`s to present. A collection of declassified government documents, arranged into collections. Each collection, compiled by top scholars and experts, covers the most critical world events, countries, and U.S. policy decisions from post World War II through the 21st century.
Foreign relations of the United States : diplomatic papers. Washington : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1948- Call Number: CASE Ref Document S 1.1:
Official record of U.S. Foreign policy with correspondence and papers on major policies and decisions.
Guide to American foreign relations since 1700 Call Number: CASE Ref. - E183.7 .G839 1983
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-Clio, c1983
U.S. Government Websites of note
Sources selected by Colgate`s Head of Government Documents
GPO Monthly Catalog
Coverage: 1976-present. A database of U.S. government publications.
American Memory Project
These still and moving images, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.
Ad*Access
Ad*Access presents images and the related data for over 7,000 advertisements printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Ad*Access concentrates on five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II, providing a coherent view of a number of major campaigns and companies through images preserved in a collection available at Duke University.
AP Images
Coverage: 1840-present. The photo archive for the Associated Press has over 500, 000 images dating from 1844 to the present and covering a wide range of events and locations.
ARTstor
Coverage: varies. A repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related data, with unique tools to actively use those images for teaching, learning and research.
HarpWeek
Coverage: 1857-1912. Electronic access to Harper`s Weekly, America`s leading 19th century illustrated newspaper. Includes the ability to search for a wide variety of articles, ads, illustrations, fiction.
Ohio State University Cartoon Image Database
The Cartoon Library and Museum`s digital image database contains scanned images from their collection. The collection documents American printed cartoon art, including editorial cartoons and comic strips. Some images are scanned from the original art while others are
scanned from newspaper tear sheets or other printed sources.
Vanderbilt Television News Archive
The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world`s most extensive and complete archive of television news. They have been recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968. The core of the collection consists of regularly scheduled newscasts from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News. Content from CNN (1995- )and NBC News (Aug. 5th 1968- ) are available as streaming video. No current material will be made available until at least 72 hours after it was originally broadcast. Compilations of other media are expensive to obtain, but may be requested by faculty and Colgate students completing a senior thesis.
American National Biography
Coverage: 900-present. This is the authoritative biographical source for Americans who died prior to 1996.
Women in the American Civil War
2007 ed. The story of the role of women in the Civil War, from battlefield to home front.
America: History and Life
Coverage: 1964-present. A resource for studying the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
Book Review Digest Call Number: Case Ref Z1219.C95
Coverage: 1905-- . Indexes and excerpts reviews of books written in English and published in the U.S. and Canada. More selective than Book Review Index. Arranged alphabetically by author; subject and title indexes. Search year of publication and the year following publication.
Book Review Index Online
Coverage: 1965-present. Indexes reviews in journals, general interest magazines, and scholarly journals.
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