Turning Point in US History- Jami Forrester
Newspaper and Magazine Sources
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New York Times Historical This link opens in a new window
Use this to: explore important historical events, cultural shifts, and societal changes through the original pages of The New York Times.
Find: digitized full pages and articles from every issue published between 1851 and 2015—including headlines, photos, advertisements, obituaries, comics, and political cartoons.
Great for: completing projects on U.S. history, journalism, and media studies, and conducting archival research. -
New York TimesMachine This link opens in a new window
Use this to: explore historical issues of The New York Times in their original print format.
Find: full page images from 1851–2002, including headlines, photos, advertisements, and complete layouts.
Great for: conducting archival research, analyzing primary sources, and completing projects in U.S. history, journalism, or cultural analysis. -
Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
Use this to: read reliable, full-text news and transcripts from around the world.
Find: articles from major news sources such as The Boston Globe, USA Today, The Washington Post, as well as broadcast news transcripts, and wire updates.
Great for: researching any current events topic, staying informed on regional and national news, comparing media coverage, and analyzing journalistic reporting styles. -
American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
Use this to: explore American history and culture through digitized periodicals from the late 17th to early 20th centuries.
Find: full-page digitized images of original periodicals published between 1684 and 1912, providing first-hand accounts of historical events on topics such as social life, industry, politics, religion, literature, science, agriculture, women's issues, and more.
Great for: analyzing primary sources for U.S. history papers, researching American culture and society through original publications, exploring specific historical events, or studying various aspects of American life through original advertisements, essays, and news.
Research Databases which include Academic Journals
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Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Use this to: explore multiple sides of today’s pressing social, political, and cultural issues.
Find: academic and reference articles, opinion pieces, videos, infographics, images, and statistics – curated to present differing viewpoints on controversial topics.
Great for: building strong arguments in argumentative, persuasive, or pro/con papers, and completing current events or social issue assignments with credible sources. -
SIRS Issues Researcher This link opens in a new window
Use this to: explore today's most important social issues and controversial topics from multiple perspectives.
Find: carefully selected articles, graphics, and primary sources, pro/con arguments, historical timelines, and statistics on topics like climate change, social justice, gun control, healthcare, and more.
Great for: starting debate research, understanding perspectives of complex issues for essays and presentations, developing critical thinking skills by analyzing various viewpoints, and finding credible sources for current events assignments. -
HeritageQuest Online This link opens in a new window
Use this to: conduct genealogical and historical research with a vast collection of American government records.
Find: federal census records (1790-1940), digitized local and family histories, Revolutionary War records, city directories, Freedman's Bank records, wills and probate records, immigration and vital records, and the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) for genealogy articles.
Great for: tracing family lineage and building family trees, locating primary source documents for genealogy projects, finding historical information for U.S. history assignments, exploring local and Arkansas history through original records, or discovering details about ancestors' lives and occupations. -
U.S. History (Gale in Context) This link opens in a new window
Use this to: explore key events, eras, and figures in U.S. history with curated background and primary source materials.
Find: articles, essays, speeches, letters, historical images, videos, and statistics—covering U.S. history from early colonization to today, all presented with overviews to give you background information.
Great for: researching history paper topics, analyzing primary sources for civics assignments, or understanding different perspectives on historical events. -
American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
Use this to: explore American history and culture through digitized periodicals from the late 17th to early 20th centuries.
Find: full-page digitized images of original periodicals published between 1684 and 1912, providing first-hand accounts of historical events on topics such as social life, industry, politics, religion, literature, science, agriculture, women's issues, and more.
Great for: analyzing primary sources for U.S. history papers, researching American culture and society through original publications, exploring specific historical events, or studying various aspects of American life through original advertisements, essays, and news.
Books
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The Transplanted
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ISBN: 0253313473Publication Date: 1985-12-12..". an excellent broad overview... " --Journal of Social History ..". powerfully argued... " --Moses Rischin ..". imaginative and soundly based... " --Choice "Highly recommended... " --Library Journal ..". an outstanding major contribution to the literature on immigration history." --History ..". a very important new synthesis of American immigration history... " --Journal of American Ethnic History ..". a state of the art discussion, impressively encyclopaedic... The Transplanted is a tour de force, and a fitting summation to Bodnar's own prolific, creative, and insightful writings on immigrants." --Journal of Interdisciplinary History A major survey of the immigrant experience between 1830 and 1930, this book has implications for all students and scholars of American social history. -
Facts about American Immigration
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ISBN: 0824209591Publication Date: 2002-03-01The massive, worldwide emigration to the United States has been a major feature of world history for more than five centuries and into the present day. Facts About American Immigration explores this extraordinary saga, focusing on who came to the U.S. and from where, their reasons for coming, the nature of their journey, and where they settled, starting with the earliest Americans, who crossed the Bering Land Bridge into Alaska between 12,000 and 15,000 B.C. The volume is a practical resource for historians and sociologists, as well as a boon to genealogical researchers. The work opens with an overview, including extensive statistical materials, to place the process of immigration in a wide historical context. This section also includes: A survey of the efforts to restrict immigration A portrait of the immigrant journey over the centuries A discussion of Native Americans and immigration A chronology of immigration The main section of the book delves into immigration experiences, numbers, and motives, by region of emigration: Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania. Each section begins with a brief introduction to the region, followed by a series of articles focusing on specific countries or groups of countries. Articles include tables and graphs that summarise and portray statistical information relating to immigration, as well as related Internet and print resources. Each regional section ends with tables and graphs summarising the pattern of immigration from the region, plus general Internet and print resources.
