American Studies

Good Databases for This Subject

America: History and Life 
US and Canadian history.

MLA International Bibliography 1920s -
Literature, language and linguistics, folklore.

Ethnic NewsWatch  News, culture, and history from publications of the ethnic, minority, and native press

Alt-Press Watch Newspapers & journals of the alternative press

JSTOR  Full text backfiles of scholarly journals from the 1800s.

Historical Abstracts  World History from 1450 to the present, excluding the U.S. and Canada.

Primary Source Databases

American Periodical Series, 1740-1900
American Civil War Letters & Diaries, 1861-1865
Baltimore Afro-American, 1893-1988
Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective
Early Encounters in North America: Peoples, Culture, and the Environment
Harp Week
Historical Newspapers (New York Times)1851-1999
Historical Statistics of the United States
In the First Person: Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Other Personal Narratives.
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories
North American Women's Letters and Diaries, Colonial-1950