Primary Resources - Periodicals - American Literature

Online Periodicals

The library subscribes to many online periodicals that will be of interest to scholars of American literature. The resources on this page are devoted to older periodicals. For information on current journals, magazines and newspapers, see the English Literature Guide.

Making of America (Cornell)
Digitized collection of 19th century American magazine articles & books that covers American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. Provides access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles. Search entire collection or limit to journals only.
Making of America (Michigan)
Digitized collection of 19th century American imprints. Contains approximately 8,500 books and 50,000 journal articles. Search entire collection or limit to journals only.

Online Newspapers

Chicago Defender
Full-text articles from this important African-American paper, 1999 - present day
Los Angeles Times
Full text of paper from 1996 - present day.
New York Times
Full text of paper from 1851 to present day.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Nineteenth Century Collections Online is a digital archive of primary source documents from the 19th century (1800-1899). The content is sourced from the world's preeminent libraries and archives, and consists of monographs, newspapers, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, photographs, statistics, and other kinds of documents in both Western and non-Western languages. Also searchable in Gale Primary Sources.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to over 500 journals from university presses and scholarly publishers. Covers the fields of literature, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics and others.