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American medical and philosophical register
Browsable by discipline and full-textElectronic Journals 1810-1814. Availability: Restricted to UC campuses

American periodicals series online, 1740-1900
American Periodicals Series Online features the digitized images of the pages of over 1,100 American magazines and journals. Published between 1741 and 1900, these periodicals include special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and many other historically significant periodicals. Users can trace America's transition from colony to world power, or conduct in-depth research. Topics include: Revolution and independence; Slavery, emancipation, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow; Opening and settling the frontier; The changing role of women; The short story as an emerging genre; Advances in medicine and technology; Trends in politics, science, and religion UC Only

Archive of Americana
Search the comprehensive historical collections, containing books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, government documents and ephemera. Collections include: American broadsides and ephemera, Early American imprints, series I: Evans, 1639-1800; Early American imprints, series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819; Early American newspapers, series I, 1690-1876, and government publications including American state papers, 1789-1838, House and Senate journals, series I, 1789-1817, Senate executive journals, series I, 1789-1866 and U.S. Congressional serial set, 1817-1980

British Library - Online Gallery - Turning the Pages
Leaf through 15 great works and magnifiy the details. The site includes Elizabeth Blackwells, Curious Herbal, 1739 and Vesalius' Fabrica, 1543. Please note: Biomed's History & Special Collections has a copy of both of these works.

CogNet library
The CogNet Library is a growing, searchable collection of books, journals, reference works, OpenCourseWare links and conference materials. Content and resources are provided by The MIT Press and other publishers, professional associations, institutions, and individuals who are willing to share public access to online work. New materials are added on a regular basis, and these additions are announced in the CogNet News service.

Early English Books Online
Citations from early English texts from 1475 to 1700, presented as digital images. Includes works by Malory, Bacon, More, Erasmus, Boyle, Newton, Galileo; musical exercises by Henry Purcell and Restricted to UC campuses UC Only

Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Digitization of The Eighteenth Century, a print library covering 150,000 titles and editions published in the United Kingdom

Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
Electronic texts relating to foklore and mythology.

HarpWeek - The Civil War Era, Reconstruction I & II, and Gilded Age I
Full-image reproductions of Harper's Weekly from its beginning in 1857 to 1883

Historical Newspapers
Includes Palmer's Index to the (London) Times, 1790-1905, with Palmer's Full Text Online, 1785-1870 (currently available: 1800-1870); The Official Index to the Times, 1906-1980; and The Historical Palmer's index to the Times, 1790-1905 (with Palmer's full text, 1785-1870). Restricted to UC campuses Official index to the Times, 1906-1980. Restricted to UC campuses Historical index to the New York Times, 1851-1922 [i.e. 1851-1905 and 1913-1922]. Restricted to UC campuses Combined indexes (with Palmer's full text, 1785-1870). Restricted to UC campuses

Historical Newspapers
Historical Newspapers is a website for historians that provides valuable reference material for students of nineteenth- and twentieth-century history.You can find the full text of articles illustrating British attitudes towards the United States in the early 1800's and then find references to articles dealing with American reactions to British events in the early twentieth century.Includes: Palmers full text online 1785-1870, Official Index to The Times 1906-1980, Historical Index to N. Y. Times 1851-1922

JSTOR
Full text of core scholarly journals from their beginning to approximately five years ago. Disciplines include botany, business, ecology, general science, humanities, mathematics, social sciences UC Only

New York Times (historical)
The New York Times historical (1851-2003) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. For current issues see this resource: New York Times [1980-].

Scientific American
Covers the impact of science on life and society, including current research, trends and historical issues. v.2(1846)-v.14(1859);new ser.:v.1(1859)-v.21(1869). via Making of America Making of America v.1(1845)-v.2(1846).