History Librarian
Finding Primary Sources
News & Opinion
- Access World News [NewsBank] This link opens in a new windowFull text of 600+ U.S. newspapers and 260+ English-language newspapers from other countries worldwide.
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new windowCustom ProQuest cross-search of full-text backfiles of 30 U.S. and 32 international English-language newspapers.
- Hispanic American Newspapers This link opens in a new windowRepresents the single largest compilation of Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries.
- Latinx Thought and Culture: The NPR Archive, 1979-1990Two radio programs: the weekly Spanish-language Enfoque Nacional (1979-1988) and the daily English-language Latin File (1988-1990).
- Ethnicity & Culture Magazine ArchiveMagazines are still being added
Legal Sources - Legislation & Policy
- ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new windowCongressional and Executive materials, including the the Congressional Record, CRS reports, hearings
- Policy Commons This link opens in a new windowPolicy reports, briefs, and analyses from IGOs, NGOs, and think tanks
Activism & Advocacy
- Independent Voices This link opens in a new windowAlternative newspapers and magazines; covers up to the mid-2000s
- Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama, and Fiction This link opens in a new windowPoetry, short stories, novels, and plays
Public Opinion & Polling
- iPoll This link opens in a new windowThe most comprehensive source for US nationwide public opinion polls archived from surveys going back to 1935.
- Pew Research Hispanic Center This link opens in a new windowChronicles the diverse and changing lives of the U.S. Latino population and their impact on the nation.
Useful for Many Things
Finding Scholarly Sources
- U-M Library Catalog Search This link opens in a new window
Catalog Search results will include everything in the University of Michigan Library physical collection (books, audio, video, maps, musical scores, archival materials, and more), as well as materials available online such as electronic books, streaming audio and video, and online journals.
- America: History & Life with Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowCovers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
- U-M Library Articles Search This link opens in a new windowUse Articles Search to locate scholarly and popular articles, as well as reference works and materials from open access archives.
- Hispanic American Periodicals Index This link opens in a new window(HAPI) Provides citations drawn from more than 400 journals, primarily in Spanish or English, which cover Latin America, the Caribbean, and Hispanics in the United States.
- Google Scholar @ U-M (with U-M Ann Arbor MGet It Links) This link opens in a new windowSearches for scholarly documents on the web, with the added feature of "Availability at UMichigan" links.
Background Resources
Citations
***Most databases have a citation feature that will allow you to generate a citation. You will have to clean it up, but it usually grabs the information you'll need.***
Last Updated: Apr 28, 2025 1:35 PM