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- Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection Open Access
Historic Illinois Newspapers | 1831-1975 | Urbana Daily Courier | Sangamo Journal | University of Illinois collegiate newspaper The Daily Illini | And More - Illinois General Assembly Open Access
Current Information | Bill Status | Full Text of Current and Pending Legislation | Voting Records | Public Acts | Illinois Compiled Statutes | Illinois Constitution | Members & Committees | Transcripts for Senate & House | Legislative Reports and More - Illinois Sanborn Insurance Maps
Insurance Maps of Illinois Towns and Cities from 1867 to 1970 | Placement of Homes and Businesses | Building Sizes and Addresses | Property Boundaries, etc. - Illinois.gov Open Access
Official State of Illinois Web Portal | Find State Agency Information by Topic and Agency | Programs | Services | Contact Information - IMF eLibrary Open Access
Digital library from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with over 21,000 online publications. As of January 1, 2020, the IMF eLibrary became available to the public at no charge. - In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience Open Access
The Web site is organized around thirteen defining migrations in America | Illustrations | Maps | Lesson Plans | Related Web Sites - International Monetary Fund eLibrary Data Open Access
Data and Statistics | International Finance | Domestic Finance | Economics | International Payments | Inflation | Exchange Rates | Interest rates | Banking | Prices | Production - IPA Source
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts. - IsisCB Explore Open Access
A research tool for the history of science, whose core dataset comes from bibliographical citations in the Isis Bibliography of the History of Science. The IsisCB currently contains 40 years of citation data from 1974 to 2014. - Issues and Controversies On File
This database combines analysis and explanations of opposing points of view for current and historical events. It includes chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, bibliographies and contact information.
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- Chicago Defender (Historical)
Fulltext articles | 1910-1975 - Communication & Mass Media Complete Includes Peer Reviewed Content
Indexing for journals in all areas related to communication studies and mass media. CMMC offers full text for 350 titles and contains citation coverage for additional 660 sources. - Global Newsstream
Newspapers | US, Canadian, and Other International News | Includes current New York Times & Wall Street Journal | Newswires and News Blogs | Business, Political, Social, Entertainment Topics | 1980 to present for some titles - Wall Street Journal (via Global Newsstream)
Search six Wall Street Journal publications | Eastern Edition | Europe, Brussels | Americas, New York | Asia, Hong Kong | Online Edition | WSJ Magazine | subset of Global Newsstream
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- Academic Search Complete Includes Peer Reviewed Content
Topics: Broad Subject Coverage | Area Studies | Ethnic & Multicultural Studies | General Sciences | Social Sciences | Law | Politics & Government | Women`s Studies | Popular Culture | Search Multiple Databases - African American Newspapers: The 19th Century
Topics: Fulltext Articles | African-American Newspapers | 1800`s - American Periodicals Series Online
Topics: American Magazines | 1740`s - Early 1900`s - American Popular Entertainment Collection Open Access
Historic newspapers and trade journals published for the entertainment industry in the US between 1853 and 1929. These works include trade perspectives, features, and travel information on vaudeville, music performance, burlesque, and other popular forms of entertainment of the period. - Charleston Times-Courier Open Access
Archive of the Charleston Times-Courier and the Mattoon Journal Gazette. - Chicago Tribune
Fulltext Articles | 1985 to the present - Chicago Tribune (Historical)
Fulltext Articles | 1849-1990 - Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective
Topics: Fulltext Articles | New York Herald | Charleston Mercury | Richmond Enquirer | November 1, 1860 to April 15, 1865 - Collegiate Chronicle Collection Open Access
Selected Historical College Newspapers | Eagle from American University | Hoya from Georgetown University |F&M College Reporter from Lancaster | Lincolnian from Oxford | Weekly Gettysburgian from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania | Ithacan from Ithaca College in New York - Daily Eastern News Archive Open Access
Fulltext Articles | 1960-Present | Citations Indexed From 1914 to Present - Digital Image Collections Open Access
Various digital photograph resources either created by or licensed to Booth Library. - Farm, Field and Fireside Collection Open Access
Historically significant U.S. farm weeklies published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - Google Scholar with EIU Electronic JournalsResearch Help
Search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Use the Get Full Text @ EIU link to access Booth Library`s electronic journals. View this tutorial http://booth.eiu.edu/gscholarsettings to learn how to set Google Scholar preferences for EIU journals in the generic Google Scholar. - Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection Open Access
Historic Illinois Newspapers | 1831-1975 | Urbana Daily Courier | Sangamo Journal | University of Illinois collegiate newspaper The Daily Illini | And More - JSTOR Includes Peer Reviewed Content
Scholarly Journal Articles and Book Chapters | Broad Range of Disciplines in the Humanities, Social Sciences & Field Sciences - New York Times (1980-present)
Search five New York Times publications | Late Edition (East Coast) | International Edition | Book Review | NYT Magazine | Online Edition | subset of Global Newsstream - New York Times (Historical)
Full text articles | 1851-2014 - Newspaper Library, University of Illinois Open Access
Search for newspaper holdings at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the "World`s Largest University Newspaper Library." - Newspaper Source/EBSCO
Fulltext Articles | U. S and International Newspapers - Nineteenth Century U. S. Newspapers (Gale)
Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century America | American Civil War | African American Culture and History | Westward Migration | Antebellum-Era Life | Political Party Newspapers - Pennsylvania Gazette, 1728-1800
Published in Philadelphia from 1728 through the early 1800`s | Benjamin Franklin`s Newspaper | Firsthand View of Colonial America - Public Agenda Online Open Access
Nonprofit Public Opinion Research Organization | Summaries of Current Social Issues | Education | Health Care | Economy | Environment - RAND Online Publications Open Access
Nonprofit Think Tank | Summaries of Research | Arts | Child Policy | Civil Justice | Education | Energy and Environment | Health and Health Care | International Affairs | National Security | Population and Aging | Public Safety | Science and Technology | Substance Abuse | Terrorism and Homeland Security | Transportation and Infrastructure | Workforce and Workplace Issues - Readers' Guide Retrospective
Index to Popular Magazines | 1890 to 1982 | Some Linked to Fulltext Articles - Scopus
Peer-reviewed research | Citations and abstracts | Science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities | Search for cited references and author and affiliation profiles | Data from over 22,000 journals and over 150,000 books | Track, analyze, and visualize scholarly research | Create an account to save searches and set up email alerts - Times (London) Digital Archive
Fulltext Articles | 1785-1985 - Wiley Online Library eBooks
Over 3000 ebooks from Wiley from 2017-2021 across 60+ subject areas | May be used as course materials or for course reserves | Unlimited access through June 30, 2021 | Provided through Booth Library's CARLI consortium membership - World Newspapers Open Access
Fulltext Articles | Current Newspapers from Around the World