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Over 40,000 poems by more than 200 American poets from the colonial period to the early twentieth century.

Includes 50,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 poets.

The early history of African American poetry, from the first recorded poem by an African American to the major poets of the nineteenth century.

A collection of modern and contemporary African American poetry, featuring almost 9,000 poems by 62 of the most important African American poets of the last century.

A collection of women's writings from the Colonial period to 1950, in 150,000 pages of diaries and letters. The collection also contains biographies and an extensive annotated bibliography of the sources in the database. Includes writings by Abigail Adams, Louisa May Alcott, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Dorothea L. Dix, Julia Ward Howe, and more.

HathiTrust is a collaborative of academic and research institutions, offering a collection of over 17 million titles digitized from libraries around the world.

The Times Digital Archive provides full-text access to images and content from the London Times, spanning the years 1785-2014. With over 12 million articles available, the archive supports research across multiple disciplines and areas of interest, including business, humanities, political science, and philosophy, along with coverage of all major international historical events.

Provides a history of the American people from the colonial period through to the twentieth century. The collection features the periodicals of the American Antiquarian Society, a major independent research library. The AAS has the single largest collection of American periodicals of this period.

Current U.S. news content, as well as archives stretching back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format. Includes access to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and the Wall Street Journal. Users can also set up alerts for the latest articles on topics of interest.