History

Primary source documents pertaining to the history of the United States, with commentary.

Full-text issues of National Geographic (1880-present) and  National Geographic Traveler (2010-present).  Hundreds of maps, videos and images.

Pictures, books and magazine articles about animals, science, history, cultures, the environment and more.

Historical access to scanned pages from hundreds of newspapers. Coverage varies by paper. [Note: Newspapers.com and Access Newspaper Archive both cover different sets of newspapers, with some overlap.]

Provides rich pro/con content to help assess and develop persuasive arguments and essays, better understand controversial issues and develop analytical thinking skills. Learn how to create a search alert here.

Search the historical archives of the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Defender, St. Louis Dispatch, Baltimore Sun, and the Irish Times.

Full-page scans of recent Chicago Tribune issues (2008-4 days ago).

Historical index for magazine and journal articles.

NEW: The world's largest archive of music journalism, featuring over 50,000 articles on artists from Aaliyah to ZZ Top from hundreds of published magazines. Also features audio interviews and podcasts.

Preserves US historical documents and manages federal records. Of use to genealogists, historians and legal researchers.