Research Guides: INT 301: Rainwater: Library Resources

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Recommended Scholarly Databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Journals, magazines, and newspapers in almost every subject area.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Journal articles and books, primarily in the humanities and social sciences.
Research Library (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Text, abstracts, and indexing for journals and general magazines on a wide variety of subjects.
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, and history of education.
America: History and Life (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Citation search of publications about the history and culture of the United States and Canada
Sociological Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Sociology information, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.
Sociology (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Literature on sociology and social work, including culture and social structure, history and theory of sociology, social psychology, substance abuse and addiction.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Broad search for scholarly information

Newspaper Resources

Newspaper Databases

US Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
U.S. news content from the 1980s to now.
Newspaper Source Plus (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
News articles from U.S. and international newspapers, and TV and radio transcripts.
International Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Recent news content outside of the US and Canada. Includes The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.

Historical Newspaper Databases

New York Times (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Newspaper articles and full page images.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 1 (1691-1820) This link opens in a new window
Print culture ranging from early works imported by colonists to later titles published on American soil on the eve of the Revolution and during the early republic. Almost every seventeenth- and eighteenth-century American title is represented. Subject strengths include Afro-Americana, agriculture, children's literature, education, eighteenth-century imprints, leisure and hobbies, Masonic works, medicine, religion, science and technology, the trades, and women's literature.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 2 (1821 - 1837) This link opens in a new window
Titles documenting the growth and expansion of the United States during the Jacksonian era, from the aftermath of the Panic of 1819 through the Panic of 1837. Covers agriculture, entertainment, literary criticism, domestic arts, technology, medicine (both traditional and alternative), and politics.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 3 (1838 - 1852) This link opens in a new window
Titles reveal a rapidly growing young nation where industrialization, the railroads, regional political differences, and life on the western frontier were daily realities. Subjects covered in the collection reach into every facet of American life, including science, literature, medicine, agriculture, women’s fashion, family life, and religion.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 4 (1853 - 1865) This link opens in a new window
While the Civil War is a focal point, the collection also offers a diverse record of the continuance of daily life for many Americans—both leading up to and during the war. More detailed subject matter includes psychiatry, gardening, freed African Americans, temperance, the Irish question, Freemasonry, the U.S. Postal Service, and dentistry.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection: Series 5 (1866 - 1912) This link opens in a new window
Themes presented in this database reflect a nation that persevered through a most difficult set of circumstances: a bloody civil war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, the incorporation of the recently freed African Americans into American life, and a population that rapidly expanded into the Western territories. Broad subject areas covered in the collection reach into every facet of American life, including science, literature, medicine, agriculture, women’s fashion, family life, and religion.

Online Primary Source Resources

This is a selected list of online resources that either contain primary sources or can point you to more primary sources related to Ireland and Irish-American relations. This list is not comprehensive, and if you need help finding other resources, feel free to Ask a Librarian for help.

Ancestry Library Edition This link opens in a new window
Ancestor search and genealogical information from census records, historical maps, and more. Can be used to find Irish immigration records and historical census data. Note: Available on-campus only

Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930 (Harvard University)
Contains digitized books related to immigrants (includin Irish immigrants) during the time-period.
Irish in the American Civil War
Digital project to document the Irish influence during the American Civil War. Contains primary source documents as well as interpretive materials.
Guide to Irish American Resources at the Library of Congress
Contains descriptions and links to other resources within the Library of Congress relevant to the Irish-American experience.
Oral History Podcasts (Glucksman Ireland House Oral History Collection)
The podcasts listed on this page are part of a collection of audio documentaries produced by Glucksman Ireland House NYU.
Chronicling America (Library of Congress)
Chronicling America provides access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). This includes historical newspapers that reported news on Ireland as well as Irish-run newspapers in American. The digitized news content ranges from 1789-1963.
Pilot 1858-1908 (Boston College Libraries)
Digitized issues of the longest running Catholic newspaper in the United States.
National Archives of Ireland
Contains collectiosn of select digitized documents related to Ireland.
Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland
Contains a complete set of British Parliamentary Papers relating to Ireland and Irish affairs published during the period of the Act of Union (1801-1922).
The Irish Archives Resource
Online resource that links to other resources related to Ireland and Irish history and culture. Note that not all linked projects will be authoratitive, but it can help with finding more primary sources.