The Harrison Libraries recently acquired a robust suite of primary document collections from Readex, a division of NewsBank. We’re excited to share these for your teaching and research, and they are all full-text PDF.
You can find each collection individually on our A-Z databases list on the Harrison Libraries’ homepage, or you can find the suite listed comprehensively here. Off-campus access will prompt login with UHart credentials.
- African Americans and Revolutionary America: Freedom and Oppression, 1772-1804. Crucial documents covering the lives of African Americans in Revolutionary America.
- American State Papers. The essential record of the first decades of the United States, 1789-1838.
- Antisemitic Historical Literature from the American Jewish Historical Society.
- Defining a Nation: The Literature of Early America, 1645-1819. More than 6,000 works by American and non-American authors, featuring text-analysis tools and suggested search paths for browsing and discovery.
- Native American Documents: The Federal Record, 1789-1994. Crucial documents covering the history of Native Americans.
- Native American Indians, 1645-1819. Every major book printed in North America about Native Peoples. More than 1,600 publications about the relationship between Native Americans and European settlers, featuring text exploration tools, author biographies, and suggested search paths for easy browsing and discovery.
- Native American Tribal Histories. Explore essential nineteenth-century primary source documents on dozens of Native American tribes.
- The Shaping of America: The Rise of American Politics. More than 7,000 works about the rise of American politics from 1655-1819, featuring text and data analysis tools, author biographies, and suggested search paths for easy browsing and discovery.