oaFindr indexes Open Access peer reviewed scholarly and research papers in all fields, all languages, and from all over the world. Only 1Science customers are permitted to activate this A&I database. For more information: http://www.1science.com/oafindr.html

This collection offers encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and guides from ABC-CLIO, Greenwood Press, Libraries Unlimited, and Praeger on many subjects: American History; Business; Current Events & Issues; Economics; Health & Medicine; Literature; Military History; Politics, Law & Government; Psychology; Religion & Mythology; Science, Technology & Environment; Women’s Studies; and more. For more information: http://ebooks.abc-clio.com/main.aspx

This collection contains information about cultural life and history in the United States during the 1800s and is rich with first-hand reports of the major events and issues of the day, including the Mexican War, Presidential and Congressional addresses, Congressional abstracts, business and commodity markets, the humanities, world travel and religion. It also provides early biographies, vital statistics, essays and editorials, poetry and prose, and advertisements. For more information: http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/african-american-newspap…

County volumes are a key component of local historical and genealogical research in the United States. The detailed coverage of local history, geology, geography, weather, transportation, lists of all local participants in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, government, the medical and legal professions, churches and ministers, industry and manufacturing, banking and insurance, schools and teachers, noted celebrations, fire departments and associations, cemeteries, family histories, health and vital statistics, roads and bridges, public officials and legislators, and many additional subject areas. For more information: http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/american-county-histories

Frank Leslie’s Weekly, later often known as Leslie’s Weekly, actually began life as Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. Founded in 1852 and continued until 1922, it was an American illustrated literary and news publication, and one of several started by publisher and illustrator Frank Leslie. While only 30 copies of the first edition were printed, by 1897 its circulation had grown to an estimated 65,000 copies. For more information: http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/frank-leslies-weekly/

In Philadelphia in 1830 Louis Antoine Godey (1804-1878) commenced the publication of Godey’s Lady’s Book designed specifically to attract the growing audience of American women. The magazine was intended to entertain, inform and educate the women of America. In addition to extensive fashion descriptions and plates, the early issues included biographical sketches, articles about mineralogy, handcrafts, female costume, the dance, equestrienne procedures, health and hygiene, recipes and remedies and the like. Each issue also contained two pages of sheet music, written essentially for the pianoforte. Gradually the periodical matured into an important literary magazine containing extensive book reviews and works by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Edgar Allen Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and many other celebrated 19th century authors who regularly furnished the magazine with essays, poetry and short stories. For more information: http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/godeys-ladys-book/

National Anti-Slavery Standard was the official weekly newspaper of the American Anti-Slavery Society, an abolitionist society founded in 1833 by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan to spread their movement across the nation with printed materials. Frederick Douglass was a key leader of this society and often addressed meetings at its New York City headquarters. National Anti-Slavery Standard was established in 1840 by a husband and wife team who both were affirmed abolitionists as well as recognized successful writers . The Standard sought to extend the rights of slaves across the United States. It implied not only suffrage rights for colored males, but also advocated suffrage for women. The newspapre was one of the most influential voices for abolition leading up to the American Civil War. For more Information: http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/national-anti-slavery-st…

The National Citizen and Ballot Box was a monthly journal deeply involved in the roots of the American feminist movement. Its editor Matilda Joslyn Gage, along with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was a founding member of the National Woman Suffrage Association. For more information: http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/national-citizen-and-bal…

Harriet Tubman was to born slave parents in 1820. In 1849, she escaped from her owners, and made it to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she became a leading abolitionist and used the Underground Railroad to bring more than 70 slaves to freedom. During the Civil War, she worked as a cook, nurse and spy, and in the post-war era struggled for women’s suffrage. She died in 1913 in Auburn, New York. For more information: http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/scenes-in-the-life-of-ha…

This collection provides a glimpse of life in South Carolina and America, with additional coverage of events in Europe, during the early days of the United States. It contains information on colonial and early American History and genealogy. For more information: http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/south-carolina-newspapers

This collection offers in-depth articles discussing U.S. trade with other countries, and how foreign governments viewed the United States in light of the Civil War. It includes information on specific industries of the time. Slavery is also an important topic, and countless editorials discuss pre- and post-war attitudes from both sides, as well as troop movements during the war.There is coverage of events occurring in various states, analysis of the trans-continental railroad and its effect on the region, and general news articles from around the world, and much more. For more information: http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/the-civil-war

The Liberator was a weekly newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison in Boston, Massachusetts. Garrison was a journalistic crusader who advocated the immediate emancipation of all slaves and gained a national reputation for being one of the most radical of American abolitionists. The Liberator became the most influential newspaper in the antebellum antislavery crusade. For more information: http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/the-liberator

The Lily, the first newspaper for women, was issued from 1849 until 1853. It began as a temperance journal for distribution among members of the Seneca Falls (New York) Ladies Temperance Society. Women’s exclusion from membership in temperance societies and other reform activities was the main force behind the initial publication of The Lily. For more information: http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/the-lily

The Pennsylvania Gazette was one of the United States’ most prominent newspapers before the time period of the American Revolution until 1800. Published in Philadelphia from 1728 through 1800, The Pennsylvania Gazette is considered The New York Times of the 18th century. In 1729, Benjamin Franklin and Hugh Meredith bought the paper which ceased publication in 1800, ten years after Franklin’s death. For more information: http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/the-pennsylvania-gazette

This collection documents the move to industrialization from a predominantly agrarian culture established by Quaker farmers in the 18th century. It contains full-text transcriptions of articles, advertisements and vital statistics, providing insight into technology, business activity and material culture in a down-river milling and manufacturing community at the height of the Industrial Revolution. For more informatoin at: http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/the-pennsylvania-newspap…

This collection is primarily a listing of marriages, deaths and obituaries from The Village Record, published in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It also includes information about emigration patterns, customs and traditions, important events, medical history, biographical data, and more. For more information: http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/the-pennsylvania-genealo…

The Revolution was the official publication of the National Woman Suffrage Association formed by feminists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony to secure women’s enfranchisement through a federal constitutional amendment. Published weekly between January 8, 1868 and February, 1872. For more information: http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/the-revolution

The Virginia Gazette was the first newspaper published in Virginia and the first to be published in the area south of the Potomac River in the colonial period of the United States. It contained news covering all of Virginia and also included information from other colonies, Scotland, England and additional countries. For more infomation: http://www.accessible-archives.com/collections/the-virginia-gazette

The ACI Scholarly Blog Index provides access to blog articles written by academic researchers and organizations across a wide variety of disciplines. ACI subscribers can access full text on the ACI platform. For more information: http://aci.info/scholarly-blogs/

African American Communities showcases a diverse range of primary source material focusing on race relations across social, political, cultural and religious arenas. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/african-american-communit… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

American History, 1493-1859, documents Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform from the earliest settlers up to the Civil War. It is sourced from the Gilder Lehrman Collection. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/american-history-1493-194… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

American History, 1860-1945, documents the Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era. It is sourced from the Gilder Lehrman Collection. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/american-history-1493-194… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

American Indian Histories and Cultures explores the political, social and cultural effect of European colonization on American Indian life, from the early colonial period and the expanding western frontier right through to the civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth century. It includes a variety or written and visual resources from the Edward E. Ayer Collection at the Newberry Library. It complements The American West also available from Adam Matthew Digital. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/american-indian-histories… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

This collection includes original manuscripts, maps, ephemeral material and rare printed sources offering a window on tales of frontier life, of Native Americans and of vigilantes and outlaws are of constant interest, and are matched by more recent interest in the growth of urban centres, the environmental impact of westward expansion and of life in the borderlands. The material is housed in the Everett D. Graff Collection at The Newbery Library in Chicago. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-collections/collection/american-west The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.

Apartheid South Africa, 1948-1980, provides comprehensive coverage of the British files on the apartheid Governments of South Africa from 1948 onward. These formerly restricted documents, sourced from The National Archives, UK, provide an in-depth analysis of events, international reaction and policy dilemmas, accompanied by numerous first-hand accounts and reports. For more information: http://www.amdigital.co.uk/m-products/product/apartheid-south-africa-19… The availability status for all records in this collection is set to "Full text available". We recommend that only subscribers activate this collection.