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Literature, Newspapers, Magazines, etc.
Please check the Theater subject guide for theater-specific collections.
Anglo-Saxon--1500
Literature (novels, poetry, theater, etc.)
1500--1700
Literature (novels, poetry, theater, etc.)
The [British] National Archives has a good online Paleography tutorial.
- Early English Books Online (EEBO)
- British Literary Manuscripts
- Sabin's Bibliotheca Americana
-- books, pamphlets, etc. from 1500-1926
-- based on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography. - ProQuest One Literature
- Black Women Writers
- UbuWeb
- Early European Books
-- printed in Europe prior to 1701
Newspapers & Journals
- Burney Collection 17th-18th Century Newspapers
-- 1600-1900
18th-Century
Literature (novels, poetry, theater, etc.)
Newspapers & Journals
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
- Burney Collection 17th-18th Century Newspapers
-- 1600-1900 - British Newspapers
-- 1600-1950
- British Periodicals
-- 1690-1930
- America's Historical Newspapers
-- 1690-1922
19th-Century
Literature (novels, poetry, theater, etc.)
Newspapers & Journals
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO)
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Can be searched individually or together ("Select Multiple Databases").
* Boston Globe (1872-1924)
* New York Times (1851-2004)
* The Washington Post (1877-1991) - British Newspapers
-- 1600-1900
- British Periodicals
-- 1690-1930
- America's Historical Newspapers
-- 1690-1922
- [London] Times
-- 1785-1985
- Sunday Times Digital Archive, 1822-2006
- Illustrated London News Historical Archive
-- 1842-2003
- Guardian & Observer
-- Guardian 1821-2003
-- Observer 1791-2003 -
-- 1838-2003
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Punch
-- 1841-1992 -
Telegraph
-- 1855-2000 -
Daily Mail
-- 1896-2004 - 19th Century Index
-- Index to American & British journals, newspapers, etc., from 1790-1919
20th- & 21st-Centuries
Literature (novels, poetry, theater, etc.)
Newspapers & Journals
For newspapers updated daily, please see the "How do I find Newspapers" guide.
- [London] Times (1785-1985)
- Sunday Times Digital Archive, 1822-2006
- Illustrated London News (1842-2003)
- Guardian (1821-2003) & Observer (1791-2003)
- Spectator (1828-2008)
- Times of India (1838-2003)
- Punch (1841-1992)
- Telegraph (1855-2000)
- Daily Mail (1896-2004)
- Independent (1986-2012)
- Digital Comic Museum
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Can be searched individually or together ("Select Multiple Databases").
- Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003)
- Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988)
- Boston Globe (1872-1924)
- Chicago Defender (1905 - 2010)
- Chicago Tribune (1890-1986)
- The Irish Times (1859-2012) and The Weekly Irish Times (1876-1958)
- Los Angeles Sentinel (1934-2005)
- Los Angeles Times (1881-1986)
- Michigan Chronicle (1939-2010)
- New York Amsterdam News (1922-1933)
- New York Times (1851-2010)
- Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)
- San Francisco Chronicle (1865-1922)
- The Wall Street Journal (1889-1990)
- The Washington Post (1877-1991)
Electronic Literature
- Electronic Literature DirectoryUpdated through 2011
- "Avenues of Access: An Exhibit & Online Archive of New 'Born Digital' Literature" at the MLA 2013 ConventionCurated by Dene Grigar & Kathi Inman Berens
- Electronic Literature Exhibit @ the MLA 2012 ConventionCurated by Dene Grigar, Lori Emerson & Kathi Inman Berens
- ELMCIP Anthology of European Electronic Literature This link opens in a new window
- Electronic Literature Knowledge BaseCross-referenced, contextualized information about authors, creative works, critical writing, and practices.
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