Research Guides: History of Art 244: Historical & Cultural Context

Historical & Cultural Context

American Decades
Cross-disciplinary source that analyzes periods of contemporary American social history. Organized by decades and topics (Art, education Media etc.). NOTE: might work best in firefox.

Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
Full-text runs of trade magazines covering film, music, broadcasting, theater, and video gaming, from the 19th century to the 21st.

Women's Magazine Archive (1846-2005)
Searchable archive comprising the full backfiles of 13 leading women’s interest consumer magazines including Better Homes and Gardens, Chatelaine, Cosmopolitan, Essence, Good Housekeeping, Ladies' Home Journal, Parents, Redbook, Seventeen, WIN News, Woman's Day.

Vogue Archive This link opens in a new window
Online access to Vogue magazine (US edition) from 1892 to three months ago, in high-resolution color page images.
Black Studies Center This link opens in a new window
Cross-searchable gateway to historical and current material for researching the past, present and future of African-Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself.
Readers Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Indexes older articles from 240 periodicals published in the U.S. & Canada, 1890-1982.
America: History & Life with Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to the complete backfiles of 27 U.S. and 32 international English-language newspapers from Canada, China, India, Ireland, Israel, and the United Kingdom. 1791 - 2015 (Varies by title)
America: History & Life with Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.

Local Newspapers
This page has information on how to locate older issues of the Michigan Daily and other local newspapers.

Black Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to the complete backfiles of nine major African American community newspapers.