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Biography and Genealogy Master Index This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing for more than 13.7 million biographical sketches contained in 3,400 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering contemporary and historical figures world wide.
19th Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window
A collection of 500 U.S. newspapers from the 19th century. Full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S.
American Periodicals This link opens in a new window
This collection contains digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals that originated between 1740-1900. Titles range from America's first scientific journal, Medical Repository, to popular magazines like Vanity Fair and Ladies' Home Journal.