Online Collections

New / Trial Databases

The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.

Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Catalog

New

Primary source collections, historical newspapers, foreign dissertations, often on microfilm. Items can be requested using interlibrary loan.

Chicago Tribune (1849-2012)

New

Includes scanned PDFs of pages, articles, images and advertisements.

History Vault

New

Primary source collections on civil rights, American Indian, and antiwar movements. Publication dates: 20th century.

Jet Magazine Archive (1970-2014)

New

Black newsmagazine. Full color PDFs, including advertisements.

Kanopy

New

Selected streaming video.

Sabin Americana

New

Primary sources on American history, including books and pamphlets. Drawn from Joseph Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana. Publication dates: 1500–1926.

Yomidasu Rekishikan (1874-present)

New

Archive of the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun. Meiji, Taisho & Showa Eras (1874-1989) includes scans of print layout, Heisei & Reiwa Eras (1986-) includes transcribed text, and The Japan News (1989-) searches English language version. Limited to 3 simultaneous users.