Databases
Daily Life Through History
Exploring everyday life, past and present. Browse by time period, region or subject.
Historical Chicago Tribune
Articles in the Chicago Tribune from 1849-1986
Historical New York Times
Text of the newspaper from 1851 to 2001
Access Newspaper Archive
Tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages, including Illinois newspapers, published between 1759 and 2006. Enter search terms or browse newspapers by country, city, state and year.
Historical Newspapers Extra Edition
A quick and easy way to search for historical information in the New York Times and Chicago Tribune. Search by keyword, topic or timeline. See the headlines on your birthday or other important dates.
Salem History
Events, movements, people and trends in popular culture, literature, art, sports, science, technology, economics and politics
in the United States and Canada from 1901 to 2000.
This is the online version of books by Salem Press. The books may be checked out.
Decades in America series The Sixties /
The Seventies /
The Eighties /
The Nineties
Great Events from History series 1901-1940 /
1941-1970 /
1971-2000
Facts on File
Historic Documents, Top News Stories 1940-
OAIster
A union catalog of more than 19 million digital resources from over 1,000 organizations
ArchiveGrid
Descriptions of archival collections (historical documents, personal papers and family histories) owned by libraries, museums, historical societies and archives worldwide.
World Book Primary Documents
Original books and source documents on topics in U.S. History and Political Science and Law
Sanborn Maps of Illinois
Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1870, chart the growth and development of towns and cities. They are large scale plans of a city or town drawn at a scale of 50 feet to an inch.
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