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Recent local, state, national, and international newspaper articles. Coverage dates: 1980 - present
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Historical ebooks, magazines, newspapers, and more. Coverage dates: 1800 - 1900
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Articles, maps, and primary sources for African American Studies. Coverage dates: 1619 - present
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Historical primary sources from around the world about a variety of subjects. Coverage dates: 1400 - present
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U.S. historical newspapers. Coverage dates: 1690 - 1876
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American magazines and journals documenting the U.S. from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Coverage dates: 1691 - 1877
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Images and information about soldiers, regiments, and battles of the American Civil War. Coverage dates: 1861 - 1865
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Letters and diaries written in the Civil War era. Coverage dates: 1855 - 1875
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Historical documentary videos for eras 1500 - 1999, from PBS, Documentary Educational Resources, BullFrog Films, the History Channel, and others, with original newsreels from 1929 - 1967. Coverage dates: 1894 - present
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Primary sources about U.S. history. Coverage dates: 1493 - 1945
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Primary sources about indigenous people in the U.S. Coverage dates: 1492 - present
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Primary sources about indigenous people in the U.S., focusing on "Indian Removal" and "Indian Wars," from Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Major Council Meetings of American Indian Tribes. Coverage dates: 1809 - 1971
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Significant people in American history with links to associated people. Links to select web sites. Illustrations. Coverage dates: 1500 - present
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Literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines, and more. Coverage dates: 1740 - 1940
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Primary sources about the American West. Coverage dates: 1700 - 1950
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Genealogy resources including U.S. and U.K. census data, ships' logs and passenger indexes, vital records, WWI draft cards, maps, reference ebooks, and more. Basic library subscription. Users will need a personal subscription to create a tree online. Coverage dates: 1400 - 1999
Archival collections of notebooks, images, manuscripts, and recordings from prominent anthropologists. Coverage dates: 1900 - 1960
Archive of photos, graphics, text, and audio from the Associated Press. Coverage: 1840 - present
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Current directory describing collections of primary sources housed in libraries, museums, and other repositories across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Coverage dates: Current
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Images from archives all over the world. Subject areas include art, architecture, music, religion, anthropology, literature, and world history. Coverage dates: 1000 BCE - present
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Prominent newspaper from the South. Coverage dates: 1868 - 1945
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Black newspaper from the South. Coverage dates: 1931-2003, excludes 1965 - 1967
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Prominent Texas newspaper. Coverage dates: 1989 - present
Prominent black newspaper. Contributors included Langston Hughes. Coverage dates: 1893 - 1988
Prominent newspaper. Coverage dates: 1837 - 1990
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Books and articles published about Indigenous peoples in North America. Coverage dates: 1500 - present
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Primary source collection of African Americans' efforts to abolish slavery. Coverage dates: 1830 - 1865
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Histories about worldwide border areas including: U.S. and Mexico; the European Union; Afghanistan; Israel; Turkey; The Congo; Argentina; China; Thailand; etc. Text, video and images. Coverage dates: 1800 - present
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Prominent U.S. newspaper. Coverage dates: 1872 - 1985
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Index of books, periodicals, government documents, and newspaper articles. The acquisition of this database was made possible by a gift from the Friends of the TCU Library. Coverage dates: 1801 - 1900
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Census data from the U.S. census taken in 2020. Coverage dates: 2020
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Prominent black newspaper. Coverage dates: 1910 - 1975
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Latest edition of this important style manual. Browse or search for topic. Tools include quick guides, sample forms, proofreader's marks, and style sheets. Coverage dates: Current
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Prominent newspaper from the Midwest. Coverage dates: 1849 - 1993
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Prominent U.S. newspaper. Known for covering international news and events. Coverage dates: 1908 - 2006
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Newspaper publication information and articles. Coverage dates: 1860 - 1922
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Prominent newspaper. Coverage dates: 1841 - 2009
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Includes the following newspapers: Richmond Dispatch, Charleston Mercury, New Orleans Times Picayune, Boston Herald, New York Herald, Columbus State Journal, the Kentucky Daily Journal, and Memphis Daily Appeal. Coverage dates: 1840 - 1865
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Primary sources including newspapers, government documents, broadsides, and ephemera. Coverage dates: 1840 - 1877
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Prominent African-American newspaper. Coverage dates: 1934-1991
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Published and unpublished Congressional hearings. Coverage dates: 1824 - present
Congressional hearings, public issues, legislation, member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, financial data, and key regulatory and statutory resources. Coverage dates: 1789 - present
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Local Texas newspaper. Coverage dates: 1999 - present
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Historical Texas newspaper. Coverage dates: 1885 - 2016
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Trans-historical and trans-cultural collection of primary sources related to trans-ing gender from around the world. Coverage dates: 1900 - 2000
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Primary source books, pamphlets, and broadsides that describe life in early American history. Coverage dates: 1631 - 1819
Primary sources documenting the relationships among peoples in North America. Personal accounts from traders, slaves, missionaries, explorers, soldiers, indigenous peoples, and officials. Coverage dates: 1534 - 1850
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Works from Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue, Wing's Short-Title Catalogue, the Thomason Tracts, and the Early English Books Tract Supplement. Works are from Great Britain, British North America, and texts in English printed elsewhere. Coverage dates: 1473 - 1700
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Digitized materials for every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom and thousands of American works. Coverage dates: 1701 - 1800
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LGBT newspaper published by the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley, founded at the University of Rochester. Coverage dates: 1971 - present
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Newspapers, magazines, journals, and newsletters from various ethnic, minority, and native presses. Coverage dates: 1959 to present
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Images (alongside transcriptions) of monographs, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides addressing 19th and early 20th century political, social and gender issues, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health, and pastimes. Coverage dates: 1800-1920
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Experiences of soldiers, civilians and governments on both sides of the conflict. Includes personal narratives, wartime propaganda and recruitment material, the global reach of the conflict, and the role of women in war. Coverage dates: 1914 - 1929
Historic military records from the Revolutionary War to the war in Afghanistan. Coverage dates: 1770 - 2013
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Prominent local Texas newspaper. Coverage dates: 1902 - present
Topics include: Immigration and migration, racism and civil rights, labor and industry, women and universal suffrage, American Indians, the environment, and more. Coverage dates: 1843 - 1910
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Primary sources about chocolate, coffee, cotton, fur, opium, oil, porcelain, silver and gold, spices, sugar, tea, timber, tobacco, wheat, and wine and spirits, and their global economic impact through history. Coverage dates: 1500 - present
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Encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture, covering prehistory to present, published by the Texas State Historical Association and University of Texas at Austin. Coverage dates: Current
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Weekly American newspaper. Coverage dates: 1857-1912
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Government information, ebooks, and primary sources from a variety of places, including Google, the Internet Archive, and libraries around the world. Coverage dates: 1850 - present
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Government documents and legal research materials: U.S. statutory materials, law reviews, state and federal case law, all of the world's constitutions, all U.S. treaties, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and more. Coverage dates: 1840 - present
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Spanish-language and bilingual newspapers printed in the U.S. Coverage dates: 1808 - 1980
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Statistical data representing U.S. history. Coverage dates: 1790 - 2000
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Primary sources covering American Politics, Civil Rights, International Relations, Reconstruction, Southern Life and Slavery, Women's Studies, Workers and Labor Unions/Radical Politics. Coverage dates: 1636 - 1975
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Descriptive documents about prehistorical archaeological traditions around the world. Coverage dates: 1900 - present
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Cross-cultural and ethnographic database containing descriptive information on cultural and social life of people from around the world, from prehistory to present. Organized by cultures and ethnic groups. Coverage dates: 1900 - present
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Newspapers, newsletters, and magazines from Confederate, Union, Abolitionist, and British presses. Coverage dates: 1860 - 1865
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Photographs, posters, and ephemera documenting military and civilian life during the American Civil War. Coverage dates: 1860 - 1865
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Alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals. Coverage dates: 1951 - present.
Dataset archive from an international consortium of academic institutions and research organizations. Coverage dates: 1790 - present
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Periodicals that chronicle the evolution of a myriad aspects of LGBT history and culture. Coverage dates: 1957 - 2015
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Primary sources from the Library of Congress and other institutions around the world. Coverage dates: 900 - present
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American magazine focused on story-telling through documentary photographs. Coverage dates: 1936 - 2000
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African-American newspaper from the Los Angeles area. Coverage dates: 1934 - 2005
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Prominent newspaper from the West. Coverage dates: 1881 - 1991
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Primary sources covering topics in American social history. Coverage dates: 1800 - 1900
Primary source showing the NAACP's history and achievements. Includes board minutes, speeches at annual conference, legal files, and campaigns for equality in education, housing, voting rights and much more. Coverage dates: 1909-1970
Prominent American magazine. Coverage dates: 1865 - present
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Magazine providing an in-depth look at American politics, foreign policy, and culture. Coverage dates: 1914 - present
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The nation's leading black newspaper and one of New York’s most influential black-owned institutions. Coverage dates: 1922 - 1993
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Prominent U.S. newspaper. Coverage dates: 1851 - 4 years ago
Prominent U.S. newspaper. Coverage dates: June 1980 - present
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Prominent historical newspaper. Coverage dates: 1841 - 1962
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Historical newspaper articles. Coverage dates: 1759 - 2006
Historical newspapers from the U.S. and U.K. Library subscription does not include as much content as a personal subscription. Coverage dates: 1700 - 2010
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Primary source for news relevant to courtrooms and legislatures. Coverage dates: 1811 - 1849
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Primary sources covering the 19th century. Coverage dates: 1790 - 1900
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Index of historical magazines, pamphlets, newspapers, books, U.S. Congressional Record, U.S. and U.K. government documents, and U.S. patents. Coverage dates: 1786 - 1930
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Primary sources with an emphasis on the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration, and antebellum life. Coverage dates: 1801 - 1900
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Personal narratives, letters, diaries, pamphlets, autobiographies, and oral histories describing the immigrant experience in North America. Coverage dates: 1890 - 1920
Life stories of American Indians and Canadian First Peoples through biographies, autobiographies, oral histories, reference works, manuscripts, and photographs. Coverage dates: 1600 - present
Newspaper noted for Civil War coverage, and works by Charles Dickens and Edgar Allen Poe. Coverage dates: 1860 - 2001
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Prominent newspaper. Coverage dates: 1912 - 2001
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Prominent black newspaper from the East. Coverage dates: 1911 - 2002
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Prominent U.S. newspaper. Coverage dates: 1786 - 2003
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Rare, historical, and primary source materials from or about Texas. Created and maintained by the University of North Texas. Coverage dates: 1700 - present
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All Gale British and American primary source documents. Includes newspaper and magazine archives, as well as pamphlets, letters, books, etc. Use the named links to focus on specific collections. Coverage dates: 1500 - 2012
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Index of books and articles about race relations including ethnic studies, discrimination, and immigration. Some full-text. Coverage dates: 1975 - present
Information about American, French, Cuban, and Russian revolutions, and other independence movements in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Includes labor movements, gender revolutions, student movements, non-violent revolutions, and guerilla movements. Coverage dates: 1700 - present
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Primary source articles (reviews, interviews, features) and audio interviews from music and mainstream press (Rolling Stone, NME, etc.) representing all genres of music. Coverage dates: 1950 - present
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Primary sources about the drafting of the United States Constitution and early presidential papers. Coverage dates: 1770 - 1930
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History, Literature, and Health Encyclopedias. Content is from 2700 B.C. to 2020 A.D. and includes primary source documents. Coverage dates: 2004 - 2022
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Prominent newspaper from the West. Coverage dates: 1865 - 1922
Conflicts, policies, and relationships that have international impact. Themes include Iran (1940s to the Present), 1960 U-2 Incident, World War II and Intelligence, Cold War: The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1961-1962, Primary and secondary sources. Coverage dates: 1900 - present
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Video and textual personal accounts by the people who experienced events, trends, and movements in 1960s America. Coverage dates: 1960 - 1974
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Primary and secondary sources for research and teaching; including an interactive map, scholarly essays, tutorials, a visual sources gallery, chronology, and bibliography. Coverage dates: 1490 - 2007
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Analyze data from the U.S. Census, the American Community Survey, Religious Congregations and Membership Studies, FBI and Uniform Crime Reports, and more. Users can customize, save, print, and email maps and reports and export them to a variety of statistical programs. Coverage dates: 1790 - present
Prominent U.S. newspaper. Includes articles written by Mark Twain. Coverage dates: 1874 - 2003
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Indexes these TCU publications: The Skiff, Image, TCU Magazine and TCU This Week. (The Skiff portion covers issues from 1993 to current.) Coverage dates: 1993 - current.
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Historical maps of Texas towns and cities. These large-scale maps give street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. Coverage dates: 1867 - 1970.
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Collection of newspapers published in Texas. Coverage dates: 1829 - 1922
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Texas state government information. Topics include education, business, economics, geography, government, history, laws and regulations, cities and counties, and more. Coverage dates: 2000 - present
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Prominent American weekly newsmagazine, covering national and international current events, politics, sports, and entertainment. Coverage dates: 1923 - 2000
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Newspaper from India written in English. Coverage dates: 1838 - 2008
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Prominent British newspaper. Coverage dates: 1785 - 6 years ago
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Primary sources from soldiers in World War I. Coverage dates: 1914 - 1918
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Congressional reports, documents, executive agency reports, departmental reports, and legislative reports, all published under the directive of Congress. The acquisition of this database was made possible by a gift from Dr. Paul Boller. Coverage dates: 1789 - 1969; 2004 - present
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Key national newspapers, same day coverage. The New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune. Content available by 8am each day. Images not included. Coverage dates: 1985 - present
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Adult comic books and graphic novels as well as interviews, criticism, and journal articles that document the continual growth and evolution of this art form. Coverage dates: 1960 - present
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Documents from the Virginia Company of London. Includes the Bermudas, trade between Britain and America, the ethnic and gender composition of early Virginia, relations between colonists and Native Americans, and London’s early economic history. Coverage dates: 1590 - 1790
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Prominent U.S. newspaper. Coverage dates: 1987 - present
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Primary and secondary resources about women in the US. It also includes a digital archive of publications of federal, state, and local Commissions on the Status of Women and an edition of the five-volume biographical dictionary Notable American Women. Coverage dates: 1600 - 2000
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An archival research resource comprising the full backfiles of leading women’s interest consumer magazines. Coverage dates: 1846 - 2005

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History, North America Librarian

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Robyn Reid
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Librarian for: Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Communication Studies, Education, Geography, History, Military Science, Political Science, Sociology
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