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Primary Sources: Primary Sources by Format

Newspapers

Chronicling America
Search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published from 1690-present.

New Jersey Digitized Historic Newspapers

This guide indexes all known digitized newspapers published in New Jersey, including links and other access information.

The NYS Historic Newspapers
The NYS Historic Newspapers project provides free online access to a wide range of newspapers chosen to reflect New York's unique history. To search the entire collection, use the Search Tab. Or, click on a county to search or browse geographically.

New York Times Newspaper online 

The Library subscribes to the New York Times online and you can register for a digital subscription and add the NYT app.

NewsBank 

NewsBank provides access to a large range of news articles including access to World News, Newark Star-ledger, Black Life in America, Hispanic Life in America, Asian Life in America and more.

Newspaper Source Plus 

Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles. In addition, the database features more than 857,000 television and radio news transcripts.

Nexis Uni 

Nexis Uni features more than 17,000 news, business, and legal sources-- including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.

Images & Audio

America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894-1915  Work, school, and leisure activities in the United States from 1894 to 1915 are featured in this presentation of 150 motion pictures.

American Memory - Historical Collections for the National Digital Library Primary source and archival materials covering topics such as art and architecture, performing arts, technology and applied sciences.

Granger - Historical Picture Archive Images from prehistoric times through the recent past, including millions of engravings, photographs, lithographs, and many other forms of illustration. 

History Channel Speech Archives Online audio recordings of speeches and other addresses by international political leaders; on-site recordings of notable historic events.

Life Photo Archive  Searchable collection of classic pictures from Life Magazine's archives.

New York Public Library Digital Collections  Over 800,000 images digitized from the New York Public Library's collections, including historical maps, vintage posters, photographs, and more.

Primary Source Set  Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Primary Source Sets explore topics in history, literature, and culture through primary sources. From libraries, archives, and museums, the sets use letters, photographs, posters, oral histories, video clips, sheet music, and more.

Recorded Sound Reference Center  ​The Library of Congress provides access to a portion of its audio collections through the Recorded Sound Reference Center's web page, the American Memory site, The Performing Arts Encyclopedia and the American Folklife Center pages.

Old Magazines

Documentaries

UCNJ LibGuides at Union College