Detailed online texts of major philosophers, including works of the Rationalists (Hobbes- Descartes-Spinoza), the Empiricists (Locke-Berkeley-Hume), American philosophers like Dewey, and more
Contains almost all Greek language works (in original Greek) from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in 1453. Examine just a single text, or search across the database.
Primary Sources: Newspapers
American and British historical newspapers from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
Offers fully searchable, cover-to-cover reproductions of more than one million pages from more than 650 historical American newspapers, focusing on titles published in the 18th century.
Find out a British point-of-view on French Revolution, Bonaparte, War of 1812, American slavery and Civil War, and thousands of other topics up to recent times.
Scholarly journals and popular magazines from the mid 1750's America up to and in some cases beyond 1900. Keep an open mind: these publications did not serve the exact same purpose as they do today.
"British Periodicals traces the development and growth of the periodical press in Britain from its origins in the seventeenth century through to the Victorian 'age of periodicals' and beyond."
Started by Dutch physician Aletta Jacobs Gerritsen, contains "monographs and periodicals reflecting the evolution of a feminist consciousness and women's rights."
"Brings together books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women’s reform activities and examines perspectives on women’s social movements from Colonial times to the present."
