20th Century Legal History: History Sources
BACKGROUND SOURCES
These are nice sources for beginning your research. Includes encyclopedia and biographical sources. ACCESS REQUIRES LOG-IN WITH UBIT USER-NAME AND PASSWORD
- Gale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) This link opens in a new windowFull-text entries from encyclopedias and reference works published by Gale Group More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- American National Biography This link opens in a new windowOffers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- Archive Finder This link opens in a new windowRepositories located in the United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland. More InfoUB ONLY
- Legal Databases by Subject (UB Law Library Research Guide)The "By Subject" tabs list specific databases and selected websites according to broad legal subject or type of resource.
JOURNALS & NEWSPAPERS
- AMERICA: HISTORY AND LIFEIndex to history Journals. Focus on American history
- JSTORFull text (PDF) of journals in wide range of disciplines. You can limit searches, e.g. to history and law journals.
- PERIODICALS INDEX ONLINEHistorical Index to popular and academic periodicals
- PERIODICALS ARCHIVE ONLINEFull text of historical periodicals - popular and academic
- African American Newspapers, Series 1 & 2 This link opens in a new windowFull-text access to more than 350 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African-American experience. More InfoFull-Text UB ONLY
- JOURNALS by TITLETo find out if UB has access to a particular journal in full text ONLINE or in PRINT
- NewspapersLinks to various historic newspaper collections