Thursday 26 June 2008

New electronic resource - 19th Century US Newspapers

We are pleased to announce access to our latest acquisition, the 19th Century US Newspapers by Cengage.

This database provides access to approximately 1.7 million pages (over 28 million articles) of historical newspaper content from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images from c 500 newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. The collection encompasses the entire 19th century, with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration, economic development, the Antebellum-era and many other subjects.

Available via OxLIP; off campus access is with VPN.

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