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New electronic primary sources: 19th century newspapers and the history of indigenous peoples in North America

The Helsinki University Library has purchased Gale’s 19th Century U.S. Newspapers and Indigenous Peoples: North America.

19th Century U.S. Newspapers – a full-text searchable, facsimile-image database – provides an as-it-happened window on events, culture, and daily life in nineteenth-century America that is of interest to both professional and general researchers. The collection features publications of all kinds, from the political party newspapers at the beginning of the nineteenth century to the mammoth dailies that shaped the nation at the century’s end. Every aspect of society and every region of the nation is found in the archive – rural and urban, large cities and small towns, coast to coast, etc. Includes major newspapers as well as those published by African Americans, Native Americans, women’s rights groups, labor groups, the Confederacy, and other groups and interests. Also included are illustrated papers that bring the nineteenth century to life through the drawings of many artists.

Newspapers included are:

New York Herald (NY)

Lynchburg Virginian (VA)

Pacific Commercial Advertiser (HI)

Rocky Mountain News (CO)

Southern Illustrated News (VA)

Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago), Milwaukee Sentinel (WI)

The Bee (OH), The Mountaineer (SC)

Indigenous Peoples: North America is a comprehensive collection on the experience of the indigenous peoples of North America. Enabling exploration of the political, social, and cultural history of native peoples from the sixteenth century well into the twentieth century, Indigenous Peoples: North America illustrates the fabric of the North American story with unprecedented depth and breadth. Comprehensive yet personal, the collection covers the history of American Indian tribes and supporting organizations, meeting a need for historical researchers. Indigenous Peoples: North America provides a robust, diverse, and appealing search experience and enable intelligent inquiry into the culture and heritage of indigenous people.

Indigenous Peoples: North America is sourced from both American and Canadian institutions, as well as direct-from-source from newspapers from various tribes and Indian-related organizations. The collection also features indigenous-language materials, including dictionaries, bibles, and primers.

 

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On trial until 31.1.2018: Oxford Scholarly Editions Online – English literature and Classical texts

Explore old texts in new ways: Oxford’s scholarly editions provide trustworthy, annotated primary texts for scholars and students.

Oxford Scholarly Editions Online provides access to authoritative poetry, drama, and fiction texts from all periods of English literature, as well as other important writings from across the humanities.

OSEO currently includes writers active between 1485 and 1901, plus Classical Latin and Greek authors — from Aeschylus, Austen, Bentham, Catullus, Dickens, and Donne through to Virgil and Wordsworth. It contains over 1,100 scholarly editions — the equivalent of more than 595,000 print pages.

Feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

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On trial: 19th century newspapers and the history of indigenous peoples in North America until 27.12.2017

Now you can study Gale’s American 19th century newspapers and the history of indigenous peoples in North America even at Christmas time.

19th Century U.S. Newspapers – a full-text searchable, facsimile-image database – provides an as-it-happened window on events, culture, and daily life in nineteenth-century America that is of interest to both professional and general researchers. The collection features publications of all kinds, from the political party newspapers at the beginning of the nineteenth century to the mammoth dailies that shaped the nation at the century’s end. Every aspect of society and every region of the nation is found in the archive – rural and urban, large cities and small towns, coast to coast, etc. Includes major newspapers as well as those published by African Americans, Native Americans, women’s rights groups, labor groups, the Confederacy, and other groups and interests. Also included are illustrated papers that bring the nineteenth century to life through the drawings of many artists.

Newspapers included are:

New York Herald (NY)

Lynchburg Virginian (VA)

Pacific Commercial Advertiser (HI)

Rocky Mountain News (CO)

Southern Illustrated News (VA)

Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago), Milwaukee Sentinel (WI)

The Bee (OH), The Mountaineer (SC)

Indigenous Peoples: North America is a comprehensive collection on the experience of the indigenous peoples of North America. Enabling exploration of the political, social, and cultural history of native peoples from the sixteenth century well into the twentieth century, Indigenous Peoples: North America illustrates the fabric of the North American story with unprecedented depth and breadth. Comprehensive yet personal, the collection covers the history of American Indian tribes and supporting organizations, meeting a need for historical researchers. Indigenous Peoples: North America provides a robust, diverse, and appealing search experience and enable intelligent inquiry into the culture and heritage of indigenous people.

Indigenous Peoples: North America is sourced from both American and Canadian institutions, as well as direct-from-source from newspapers from various tribes and Indian-related organizations. The collection also features indigenous-language materials, including dictionaries, bibles, and primers.

Feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi