The library subscribes to many digital collections of primary source material, including early American publications, regional maps, letters and diaries, image collections, and much, much more.
Historical newspapers and magazines, or periodicals, can give you a sense of a particular time in history. Find out what was written about people and events during the time you're studying.
From historic pressings to contemporary periodicals, explore nearly 200 years of Indigenous print journalism from the US and Canada. With newspapers representing a huge variety in publisher, audience and era, discover how events were reported by and for Indigenous communities.
We subscribe to several digital collections of diaries and letters. Some of these are scanned images and some are typed transcripts from the original source material.
These collections of images include photographs, videos, sound recordings, maps, and art. Images can give you a great sense of a particular time in history. You may even find recordings of authors reading their works.
As of August 2024, the Artstor platform will no longer be available. All Artstor content will be accessible on JSTOR. Artstor includes over 500,000 images embracing architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture.