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America: History & Life with Full Text
America: History & Life with Full Text is the definitive database of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Full-text coverage of more than 200 journals and nearly 100 books.
Engineering Village
Allows for searching on a broad range of topics within the scientific, applied science, technical and engineering disciplines. It also covers patents, and industry standards. The Ei (Engineering Index) Backfile, going back to 1884, and INSPEC Backfile, going back to 1896, can be particularly helpful for History of Technology projects.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text
Provides full text coverage of over 1,700 journal titles published worldwide and serves as the master index of scholarship on the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life).
JSTOR
Find full text for leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and life sciences, as well as scholarly eBooks. Most journals provide content from the first year of publication through 3 years ago.

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A History of Technology by Trevor I. Williams (Editor)
Call Number: Hagerty 2nd Floor T15 .H582x

ISBN: 0198581556

Publication Date: 1954+

Seven volumes with lengthy topical essays and bibliographies. Coverage from ancient empires to the mid-twentieth century.
Biography in Context
Call Number: Call Number: Electronic

Hundreds of biographies of historical figures from around the world. Search by name or use the “Biographical Facts Search” to browse by nationality, ethnicity, gender, occupation, etc.
Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures by Helaine Selin (Editor)
Call Number: Hagerty 2nd Floor Q124.8 .E53 1997

ISBN: 0792340663

Publication Date: 1997

Challenges the concept of science & technology as a particularly western pursuit handed down from Ancient Greece. Includes biographical entries, bibliographies, and indexes.
Mcgraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology by McGraw-Hill Education Staff
Call Number: Electronic via AccessScience

ISBN: 9780071792738

Publication Date: 2012+

Twenty volumes, with thousands of articles. Includes cross-references, bibliographies, and a comprehensive index all fully searchable and updated online.

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American History in Video (North America)
American History in Video includes approximately 1,000 hours of newsreels from the late 1890s to the 1980s. Beginning with the Spanish American War, the early films provide documentary footage of actual people, places, and events together with interviews and other broadcast content from the period. In addition to the officially received perspectives offered by newsreels, this collection includes some 200 hours of rare, hard-to-find, and diverse perspectives as captured in a wide range of short films.

DPLA: Digital Public Library of America
An ongoing project to develop, “an open, distributed network of comprehensive online resources that would draw on the nation’s living heritage from libraries, universities, archives, and museums in order to educate, inform, and empower everyone in current and future generations.”
Worldcat.org
Search for archival materials in WorldCat by selecting the “Archival Materials” from the “Format” list on the Advanced Search page. Also available as an iPhone/Android app.

Find Primary Sources via Free Library of Philadelphia

Many significant primary source collections are available from the Free Library of Philadelphia. Drexel students and faculty are eligible for library cards from the FLP. Library card number and PIN are needed for remote access. Some resources are only available onsite at the FLP's Central Library.

Archive of Americana
Includes Early American Newspapwers, Series 1 (1690-1876), Early American Newspapers, Pennsylvania (1790-1922), Pennsylvania's Historical Newspapers 1719-1922, American State Papers 1789-1838.
Declassified Documents Reference System
Rich collection of declassified U.S. Government documents.

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New York Times 1980 - Present
Full text of the New York Times from 1980 to present (no images). Full text of New York Times Magazine and New York Time Book Review from 1997 to present.
Philadelphia Inquirer 1983 - Present
Complete full-text content of local and regional news from 1983-present, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Please note, photos and some blog content for the Inquirer may not be available through this service
Previously available through Newsbank, now provided through Proquest Newspapers.
Philadelphia Inquirer: ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Full text access to The Philadelphia Inquirer from 1860 - 2001.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1786 - 2003: ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Full Text access to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper from 1786-2003
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: New York Times 1851 - 3 years Ago
Search historical New York Times content from 1851 to 3 years ago. Articles, editorials, cartoons, and even advertisements are fully searchable.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Washington Post 1877-2000
Includes all the articles published since the first issue of the paper in 1877 through 2001. Provides full text and full image articles with digital reproductions of every page, every article and every issue in PDF format. In addition to news stories, includes editorials, letters to the editor, obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, photos, and advertisements.
Westlaw Campus Research
Contains legal, news, and business-related subjects. Newspapers & legal materials are featured, including cases, statutes, and regulations of the U.S. government and the various state governments; includes the legal encyclopedia American Jurisprudence 2nd and American Law Reports; case law from 1789 to present; current statutes and regulations.

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Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed. (Print Copies)
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