The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. It strives to contain the full breadth of human expression, from the written word, to works of art and culture, to records of America’s heritage, to the efforts and data of science.

Sabin Americana: History of the
Americas, 1500–1926 is based on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography, containing approximately 29,000 works about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's. Included are books, pamphlets, serials and other documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, military actions and much more.

Accessible Archives contains 19th and 20th century primary material found in leading historic periodicals and books. Eyewitness accounts of historical events, descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, commerce as seen through advertisements. Some resources and collections available for access are Godey's Lady's Book (Parts 1-9); The Civil War collection (Parts 1-6), Virginia Gazette (Parts 1-5), African American Newspapers collection, Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue, Pennsylvania Newspaper Record, the Lily, Frank Leslie's Weekly, National Citizen and Ballot Box and the Revolution.

ABC-CLIO Solutions (formerly American Mosaic) is a full text database of reference sources and primary documents focusing on the history and culture of African Americans, Latino Americans and American Indians.

ArchiveGrid is a catalog of primary sources, archival finding aids, and special collections worldwide. Contains about two million archival material descriptions. Many of the historical records are available online.

Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, and the Environment provides full text documents on the relationships among peoples and the environment in North America.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)is a comprehensive digital edition of The Eighteenth Century, the world's largest library of the printed book on microfilm. Access includes the original base collection of 135,000 volumes (ECCO I) plus a 45,000 volume supplement (ECCO II).

The European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 database is a valuable index for libraries, scholars and individuals interested in European works that relate to the Americas. This resource has been created from the European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed In Europe Relating to The Americas, 1493-1750. The database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750.

HeritageQuest Online is a comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources -- rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. The collection consists of six core data sets: U.S. Federal Censuses, Genealogy and Local History Books, Periodical Source Index (PERSI), Revolutionary War Records, Freedman's Bank Records, and the Lexis Nexis U.S. Serial Set. Due to licensing agreements, the U.S. Serial Set is not available to academic libraries, so will not be searchable from our link. Milwaukee city directors from 1861-1960 are also available online.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online unites multiple, distinct archives into a single resource, including a wide variety of previously unavailable primary sources ranging from books and monographs, newspapers and periodicals, diaries and personal letters, manuscripts, photographs, pamphlets, and maps. Archival modules 1-12 include: Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange; British Politics and Society; British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture; Children’s Literature and Childhood; Europe and Africa: Commerce, Christianity, Civilization, and Conquest; European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection; Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature; Photography: The World through the Lens; Religion, Society, Spirituality, and Reform; Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925 Part I and II; and Women: Transnational Networks.

North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories includes 2,162 authors and approximately 100,000 pages of information. It includes letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews and other personal narratives.

North American Women's Letters and Diaries includes 150,000 pages of diaries and letters from over 1,325 women.

The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives, 1960 to 1974 documents the key events, trends, and movements in 1960s America vividly conveying the zeitgeist of the decade and its effects into the middle of the next. Alongside 70,000 pages of letters, diaries, and oral histories, there are more than 30,000 pages of posters, broadsides, pamphlets, advertisements, and rare audio and video materials. The collection is further enhanced by dozens of scholarly document projects, featuring richly annotated primary-source content that is analyzed and contextualized through interpretive essays by leading historians.

Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000 provides full text coverage of a wide range of primary and secondary documents, a dictionary of social movements and organizations, a chronology of U.S. Women's History, as well as images and links to other websites. Online access is to the Basic Edition.

British Library Newspapers contains full runs of influential national and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of British society.

African American Newspapers, 1827-1998, provides online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection, which includes papers from more than 35 states, features many rare and historically significant 19th-century titles.

African American Periodicals, 1825-1995, features more than 170 periodicals by and about African Americans. Published in 26 states, the publications include academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations bulletins, annual reports and other genres.

American Periodicals contains periodicals published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines and many other historically-significant periodicals.

The Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers collection contains digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers and advanced searching capabilities. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.

The Chicago Defender (1909-1975) offers full page and article images with searchable full text. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

The Chicago Tribune (1849-1996) offers full page and article images with searchable full text. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

The Los Angeles Times (1881-1995) offers full page and article images with searchable full text. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

The New York Times (1851-2014) offers full page and article images with searchable full text. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

The Wall Street Journal (1889-2002) offers full page and article images with searchable full text. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.

The Washington Post (1877-2002) offers full page and article images with searchable full text. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.