Research Guides: A Guide to American History: ARTICLES

Academic Journals

ARTICLE DATABASES

America: History & Life (1964-)
Bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
Academic Search Complete (1975-)
Thousands of journals and other publications covering most subjects.
JSTOR
Journals, books, images and primary sources.

Periodicals: Journals, Newspapers & Magazines

National Newspapers & Magazines

Historical American Newspapers (ProQuest)
includes The Atlanta Constitution, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post
American Periodicals (1740 - 1940)
Full-text periodicals published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines and many other historically-significant periodicals

Early American Newspapers (1690-1922)
Explore America's past through newspapers. The Libraries subscribe to Series 1, Series 3, Series 10, Series 12, and Series 13.

Nineteenth Century U. S. Newspapers (1800 - 1900)
Digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.

MAS Ultra (1975 - )
Full text for more than 700 popular magazines, plus biographies, primary source documents, pamphlets, and reference books. Complements Academic Search Complete.
PressReader
Full-color, full-page collection of today's newspapers from around the world. For most papers, only the most current 60 days are available.

Harper's Magazine Archives (1850-2016)
The oldest general-interest monthly in America, Harper’s Magazine explores the issues that drive our national conversation, through long-form narrative journalism, fiction, essays, and such celebrated features as the iconic Harper’s Index. Provides readers with a unique perspective on politics, society, the environment, and culture.

Regional Newspapers

Chronicling America
begun in 2005, this website provides access to local and regional U.S. newspapers and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LoC). Its coverage period ranges from 1789 to 1963 and includes over 1,000 newspaper titles available from 46 states & Puerto Rico.
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch (1874 - 2003)
Contains full text of the newspaper St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1874-2003 including its title variants.

St. Louis American (1949 - 2010)
Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue.

African American Newspapers

African American Newspapers (ProQuest)
Includes Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003), Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988), Chicago Defender (1909-1975), Cleveland Call & Post (1934-1991), Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), Norfolk Journal & Guide (1916-2003), Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001), and Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002).

Ethnic, Religious, Political, etc., Newspapers

Amateur Newspapers from the American Antiquarian Society (Archives Unbound)
An amateur journal is a periodical created to afford pleasure to its readers as well as to its editor and its publisher. The rage to publish, rather than profit, is the motive that most often induces people to become amateur journalists; and, throughout the history of the genre, most but not all amateur journalists have been juveniles. The Amateur Newspaper collection at the American Antiquarian Society consists of about 50,000 issues.
American Religion: Denominational Newspapers
Historical newspapers covering religious news, and the role religion played in American life and society. Supports research of early American history, religious history, ethnic studies, abolitionism, Civil War, and gender studies. Contains more than 320 rare newspapers from over 30 states published between 1799 and 1900.
Ethnic NewsWatch
a current resource of full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives, including historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals from 1959-1989.
The First Nations Periodical Index
contains journals of mainly Canadian Native content. This Index is a tool providing access to information about First Nations for students (high school or university), educators, instructors and researchers.
Jewish Exponent (1887-1990)
Covers news of developments in Israel, efforts to rescue Jews the world over from repressive regimes, and the ever-expanding role of Jews in American public life. Honored by the American Jewish Press Association for excellence in Jewish journalism for its news, features, reviews and commentary.
Jewish News Archive & Global Jewish News Source
This is the digital archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), containing all articles published from 1923 onward.
Newspapers.com
extensive online database of historical newspapers from the early 1700s into the early 2000s. It contains a diverse blend of well-known regional and local newspapers in the US and other countries
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Access is through St. Louis Public Library (SLPL). Cards can be made here https://www.slpl.org/slpl-card/ - and electronic collections can be accessed before acquiring a physical card

Leftist Newspapers and Periodicals (1845 - 2015)
Publications covering Communist, Socialist and Marxist thought, theory and practice.