LibGuides: ENG 400 (Sorisio): Primary Sources

Native American focused primary sources

Indigenous Newspapers in North America This link opens in a new window
Indigenous print journalism from the US and Canada.
Native American Archives This link opens in a new window
This collection includes Ratified Indian Treaties, Indian Census Rolls from 1885-1940, Frank A. Rinehart's 1898 Native American photographs, plus other document sets, including several sets specific to the Cherokee.
Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America This link opens in a new window
Manuscripts, maps, atlases, photographs, and drawings and paintings that cover American Indian history, archaeology, voyages, exploration and accounts of early America, the development of cartography, Philippine, Hawaiian, Central, and South American history.

Newspaper and magazine databases

Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Full-text and full-image articles for newspapers dating back to the 19th century, including the New York Times (1851-2000), Philadelphia Inquirer (1860-2001), Philadelphia Tribune (1912-2001), Pittzburgh Gazette (1786-2003), and Wall Street Journal (1889-2012).
America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922 This link opens in a new window
This newspaper database covers 1690-1922, and has a lot more local/regional papers. Unlike the ProQuest database, the coverage from many papers is short and spotty.
American Periodicals Series Online 1740-1900 This link opens in a new window
Magazines, rather than newspapers. Covers 1740-1900.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collections, Series 1-5 This link opens in a new window
Another very large collection of historical American magazines. Covers 1684-1912.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR includes the full text of scholarly journals going back to the very late 19th century, making it an interesting resource for primary resources on late 19th-early 20th century topics.
British Newspapers Search This link opens in a new window
Combined search for The Times (1785-2007), Sunday Times (1822-2006) and 17th-18th Century Burney Collection.

Book reviews

A) For older works, I would search directly in the applicable historical newspaper and magazine databases listed above.

B) Library Search

Library Search is especially good for reviews of more recent books (and movies, plays, music, and games).

You can limit to reviews on the left.

C) Literature Resource Center

This database is a bit hit and miss on reviews. You are most likely to find some on more modern works, but I've also had luck sometimes finding full-text reviews of 19th century books.

Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
To find reviews, first search for the author, then look for the Reviews and News link near the top of the page, under the search box.

D) Book Review Digest

A place to go to find reviews of books published during the fist three quarters of the 20th century.

Book Review Digest Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Excerpts from and citations to reviews of adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction from 1903 to 1982.