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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)
Full-text entries from encyclopedias and reference works published by Gale Group More Info

Full-Text UB ONLY
American National Biography
Offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women. More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY
Archive Finder
Repositories located in the United States, the United Kingdom and Ireland. More Info
UB 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 LIFE
Index to history Journals. Focus on American history
JSTOR
Full text (PDF) of journals in wide range of disciplines. You can limit searches, e.g. to history and law journals.
PERIODICALS INDEX ONLINE
Historical Index to popular and academic periodicals
PERIODICALS ARCHIVE ONLINE
Full text of historical periodicals - popular and academic

African American Newspapers, Series 1 & 2
Full-text access to more than 350 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African-American experience. More Info
Full-Text UB ONLY

Newspapers
Links to various historic newspaper collections