Research Guides: HIST 152: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Meanings of Equality: News, Opinions, Statistics

Newspapers

Alternative Press Index [Combined]
Publication Dates: 1969-Present
Contains summaries of articles from alternative, radical and left magazines and journals. Use to research topics not covered well in the mainstream press. Searches Alternative Press Archive and Alternative Press Index together.
Chronicling America: Historic American Papers
Publication Dates: 1777-1963
Searchable digitized copies of historical newspapers from throughout the United States.

Harper's Weekly
Publication Dates: 1857-1912
Definitive U.S. newspaper of record for the latter part of the 19th century and early 20th. Includes illustrations.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers (US)
Searches across the full text and images of major U.S. and Black historical newspapers. Includes New York Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Defender, L.A. Times, and more.
ProQuest Newspapers: U.S. Major Dailies
Publication Dates: mostly late 1980s to present
Searches high circulation US newspapers such as The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal.

Readers' Guide [Combined]
Publication Dates: 1890-Present
Contains citations for articles in popular, general interest magazines published in the United States and Canada. Includes magazines such as Time, Life, U.S. News and World Report. Does not contain the full text of articles; use the FindText button to locate online and print copies of the magazines.

Google Books
Contains the full text of popular magazines digitized by Google including Life, Ebony, Jet, and more. Choose "Magazines" and select the publication dates to get more relevant results.

Alternative Press Index [Combined]
Publication Dates: 1969-Present
Indexes articles published in about 250 alternative, radical and left publications.

Think like a journalist. What words would they use?
Use the vocabulary in use at the time. (e.g., Negroes instead of African American)
Combine synonyms with OR to increase results. (e.g., conservatives OR right-wing)
Use the asterisk (*) to get multiple endings of a word. (e.g., integrat* for integrate, integration, integrating, etc.)
To get words closer together, use proximity operators. (See the database's help page for correct syntax.)
Limit your search to "abstract" or "citation and abstract" (if available) to get more precise results.

Roper Public Opinion Archives
Publication Dates: 1935-Present
A database of survey research and public opinion data produced by the Roper Center. Includes data from Gallup polls, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, General Social Surveys and many other major polling organizations.

Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition
Provides summaries of U.S. social, economic, and education statistics from colonial times to 2000.