America's Historical Newspapers: Early American Newspapers, Series 2-7, 1741-1922

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Early American Newspapers

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Description

Early American Newspapers is a fulltext database of over 1,500 newspapers published between 1741 and 1922. It includes the entire text of each issue, including advertisements, classified advertisements, editorials, letters to the editor, poetry, fiction and obituaries. It allows keyword searching within article title as well as fulltext. Searches may be limited by date, place of publication, article type, and newspaper title.

Help

There is a "Help" link in the top right of every screen. For additional help, contact Tom Glynn (glynn@libraries.rutgers.edu), American history librarian.

Dates covered

1741-1922.

Updating frequency

The database is complete.

Sources

Newspapers.

Type of coverage

Full-text facsimiles of articles, editorials, advertisements, reviews, fiction, classified ads, obituaries, illustrations, etc.

Print counterpart or
related resources

Some titles are available in Alexander Library in microfilm.

Producer/content provider

Readex