KU Common Book 2012: Other Resources

Featured Books

Databases and Other Resources

African American Newspapers 1827-1998 - African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 provides online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers.

African American Newspapers: the 19th Century - Contains a wealth of information about African American cultural life and history during the 19th century, and is rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day, including the Mexican War, Presidential and Congressional addresses, Congressional abstracts, business and commodity markets, the humanities, world travel and religion. Also contains large numbers of early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements.

America: History and Life - indexes and abstracts the world's scholarly literature in the history of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. Includes journals of state and local historical societies, the social sciences and humanities generally, and leading journals in related fields of knowledge.

Black Thought and Culture - includes approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major African American leaders , teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers and other figures covering 250 years of history.

Films on Demand - a web-based digital video delivery service that allows users to view streaming videos from Films Media Group 24/7. Choose from more than 5,500 educational titles in dozens of subject areas.

New York Times Historical - provides access to full page and article images with searchable full-text from 1851 to 4 years ago.

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