History: Websites

Search American newspapers before 1922 through this Library of Congress website.

Journal content in JSTOR published prior to 1923 in the United States, and prior to 1870 elsewhere in the world, is freely available. Searches at JSTOR.org for “only content I can access” will search the Early Journal Content as well as other content that may be free for promotional or other reasons. A “FREE” badge will show next to the Early Journal Content, as well as other content that may be free, in the list of search results.

Search scans of out-of-copyright books

Includes Internet Archive books and newspapers

JURN is a search tool which helps you find free academic articles and books in the arts and humanities, the natural world and ecology.

The Social Welfare History Image Portal brings together photographs, pamphlets, artifacts and documents chronicling the history of the nation's response to human need. This history includes the work of volunteer organizations, reform movements, social workers, and government legislation and systems.