History @ CUL

Notice of Free Trial: Women’s Magazine Archive II

Cornell University Library currently has trial access to the Women’s Magazine Archive II, which includes the full runs of the following magazines: Cosmopolitan (1886 to 2005) Essence (1970 to 2005) Seventeen (1944 to 2005) Town and Country (1846 to 2005) Woman’s Day (1937 to 2005) Women’s International Network News (1975 to 2003) Cornell University Library has already purchased Women’s Magazine Archive […]

New: American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection!

Cornell now has access to American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection, a highly comprehensive digital collection of American periodicals published between 1684 and 1912 which are held by the American Antiquarian Society (AAS).  Subject coverage includes: advertising, health, women’s issues, science, the history of slavery, industry and professions, religious issues, culture and the arts, […]

30 day trial: American History in Video until November 11, 2017

We have a trial to this product until November 11, 2017. Access the collection through this special link:  http://proxy.library.cornell.edu/login?url=http://search.alexanderstreet.com/ahiv American History in Video is a collection of thousands of titles. Semantic indexing makes the entire collection powerfully cross-searchable. New, powerful tools and features let you navigate, access, re-purpose, and share video as never before. Contemporaneous footage American […]

New: American Civil Liberties Union Papers, 1912-1990

The Cornell Library has purchased access to a new digital collection, The American Civil Liberties Union Papers, 1912-1990, one of the collections forming The Making of the Modern Law produced by Gale-Cengage. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has throughout its history consistently stood at the center of controversies involving the rights of Americans. Its […]

Smithsonian Collections Online

  Smithsonian Collections Online offer rich digitized primary source materials from the Smithsonian’s museums, libraries, and archives. Cornell now subscribes to these three collections:   Trade Literature and the Merchandizing of Industry This collection is comprised of items selected from the National Museum of American History Archives Center and Smithsonian Libraries and covers approximately 1820-1926. […]

More Historical Newspapers

Over the summer the Library purchased the digital backfiles of three more historical newspapers: The Baltimore Sun, The New York Tribune/Herald Tribune, and The Globe and Mail.  All three of are available through the collection Proquest Historical Newspapers and can be searched individually or with the other titles in the collection. Cornell now has access […]

Gale’s Slavery & Anti-Slavery digital collection –parts II-IV now available

Gale’s Slavery & Anti-Slavery collection consists of four parts: Slavery and Anti-Slavery Part I: Debates over Slavery and Abolition Part II: Slave Trade in the Atlantic World Part III: Institution of Slavery Part IV: Age of Emancipation From the Gale site: Part II, The Slave Trade in the Atlantic World  covers the inception of slavery […]

Colonial State Papers Online – now available

[Proquest] Colonial State Papers Online Colonial State Papers Online provides access to thousands of papers concerning English activities in the American, Canadian, and West Indian colonies between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Colonial State Papers integrates two important research tools as one service: Collection CO 1 from The National Archives (full name: Privy Council and […]

Two trials to University of Virginia Rotunda Digital Collections

The Papers of John Marshall John Marshall was the longest-serving chief justice on the U.S. Supreme Court and arguably the most influential. Under his direction, the judicial branch achieved equality with the other branches of government and constitutionality was established as the crucial element in court decisions. This digital edition of Marshall’s papers includes the […]

Global Commodities Energy Data Visualization Tool from Adam Matthew –trial

Free 30 day access to the Global Commodities energy data visualization tool. From 15th September to 15th October 2014, Adam Matthew is granting free access to the BP Global Energy data visualization tool from Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange. The tool utilizes the latest Statistical Review of World Energy data to allow users […]

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