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Historical magazines & periodicals: United States

American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society
Magazines focus on colonial life and the growing tensions between colonists and their oversea rulers leading up to the American Revolution.
Part of Gale Primary Sources
Eight Centuries
Scholarly database for finding published material, with the scope of the bulk of searchable material extending from the 12th century through 1960.
Accessible Archives
Search Nineteenth Century newspapers across the following collections:
African American Newspapers: The 19th Century, The Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective, The Liberator, and Godey's Lady's Book.
African American Periodicals, 1825-1995
Periodicals by and about African Americans; includes magazines, academic and political journals, institutional newsletters, organizations' bulletins, and more.
Part of the Archive of Americana.
Library of Congress Digital Collections
A rich collection of primary sources related to U.S. history and culture; materials are drawn from the Library of Congress and other research libraries.
This collection is public domain and are not protected by copyright.
American Periodicals
This database contains 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.
Making of America
Digital library of 19th century primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
PAIS Index
This resource covers issues in the public debate through selective coverage of a wide variety of international source. Includes PAIS International and PAIS Archive. The original, historical subject headings have been retained.
Periodicals Index Online
Periodicals Index Online is a database of citations for articles published in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Readers' Guide Index Retrospective: 1890 to present
Index of subjects in the popular press and all information from 44 Readers’ Guide annuals.
Time Magazine Archive 1923-2000
The Time Magazine Archive consists of cover to cover processing dating back to issue number one in 1923 of the American popular magazine Time, published by Time Inc. It includes full page images, with searchable text and indexing of all content (including advertisements).
Life Magazine Archive 1936-2000
The Life Magazine Archive consists of cover to cover processing dating back to issue number one in 1936 of the American variety magazine Life, published by Time Inc.
People Magazine Archive 1974-2000
The People Magazine Archive consists of cover to cover processing dating back to issue number one in 1974 of the American popular magazine People, published by Time Inc.

Historical magazines & periodicals: International

Eight Centuries
Scholarly database for finding published material, with the scope of the bulk of searchable material extending from the 12th century through 1960.
Church Missionary Society Periodicals
Documenting missionary work from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, the periodicals include news, journals and reports on global missions and cultural encounters.
Note: This collection is owned in perpetuity by Davidson College.
Gale NewsVault
Search or browse all Gale newspaper and periodical archives simultaneously.
Includes the following collections:
17th & 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers,
17th and 18th Century Nichols Newspapers Collection,
19th Century British Library Newspapers,
19th Century U.S. Newspapers,
Daily Mail,
Financial Times,
Illustrated London News, Sunday Times, and Times.
Also includes archives of the following periodicals:
19th Century U.K. Periodicals, The Economist, Liberty Magazine, Listener, and Times Literary Supplement.
Periodicals Index Online
Periodicals Index Online is a database of citations for articles published in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992
Fully searchable digital facsimiles of the complete run of this British weekly humor magazine; Punch was known for its cartoons and for comic writing by Thackeray and P.G. Wodehouse, among others.
Part of Gale Primary Sources

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