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- Famous First Facts
- Entries on thousands of inventions, discoveries, and events in American history—from the date of the earliest human artifacts found in America, 10,000 B.C., through 1997.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Search the full-text of hundreds of electronic reference books on a wide range of subjects, including: the arts, business, education, history, law, medicine, and science.
- History Resource Center: U.S.
- Thousands of primary source documents (including letters, speeches, and legislative acts); full-text magazine and journal articles; digitized maps, photographs, and illustrations.
- Humanities Full Text
- This database indexes, abstracts and delivers the full text of feature articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, drama, and poetry, book reviews, and reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, radio and television programs, and more.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers
- Full-text and full-image articles for the complete backfile (1851–2000) of the New York Times. Digital reproductions include news stories, editorials, photographs, graphics, obituaries, legal notices, and advertisements.
- Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
- Large scale street plans—including building outlines, property boundaries, and building use - produced by the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company from 1867 to 1970
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