Middle School/Upper School Research: Class IX HIstory
Helpful Digital Resources from Brearley
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window
- Infobase Modern World History This link opens in a new window
Modern World History offers a comprehensive look at world history from the mid-15th century to the present. Thousands of subject entries, biographies, images, videos and slideshows, maps and graphs, primary sources, and timelines combine to provide a detailed and comparative view of the people, places, events, and ideas that have defined modern world history.
Historic Periodicals
- British Library Newspapers (NYPL)
NYPL database with full-text, searchable newspapers from the British Isles (1800-1950) - Chronicling America- Historic American Newspapers
Digitized newspapers from the Library of Congress - NYS Historic Newspapers
Historic newspapers from New York state, searchable by county or topic - Time Magazine Vault
Contains articles from 1923- present, arranged by theme or year- excellent for browsing. (Note: best for finding articles that correlate with major events or trends, does not contain full archive of more niche material) - Ebony Magazine Archive
Digitized archive from 1959-2008 - Jet Magazine ArchivesDigitized archive from 1951-2005.
- American Periodicals (NYPL)
Contains more than 1,800 American periodicals (1740-1940), from journals to general interest magazines - 19th Century UK Periodicals (NYPL)
An online collection of British magazines, journals and specialty newspapers from the collections of the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, the National Library of South Africa, and others. - Times of London Digital Archive (NYPL)
Historical archive of The Times from 1785-2010. - Historical Worldwide Newspapers OnlineHosted by Bowling Green State University, a treasure trove of historical newspapers from all over the world, by country. within continent tabs.
- New York Times Article ArchiveThe complete archive of The New York Times can now be searched from NYTimes.com — more than 13 million articles total.
Students have access via our school's NY Times Group Pass. Set up your subscription at nytimes.com/grouppass
Destiny Catalog
Catalog Keywords for Primary Sources!
Voices
Sources
Documentary
Perspectives
NYPL Resources
- E-journalsTrack down that elusive article by using these subscriptions!
- NYPL Scan & DeliverGet access to hard-to-find articles and shared collections!
- Project MUSE (NYPL) This link opens in a new window
- 19th Century UK Periodicals (NYPL)An online collection of British magazines, journals and specialty newspapers from the collections of the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, the National Library of South Africa, and others.
- British Library Newspapers (NYPL)NYPL database with full-text, searchable newspapers from the British Isles (1800-1950)
- University Press Scholarship (NYPL)University Press Scholarship Online offers full text of over 7,000 academic monographs in 21 subject areas covering the humanities, social sciences, medicine, and law from six leading university presses.
- Times of London Digital Archive (NYPL)Historical archive of The Times from 1785-2010.
- Very Short Introductions (NYPL)The full text of the entire catalog of Oxford University Press's Very Short Introductions series. The books in this platform offer concise overviews to a range of academic subjects in the arts & humanities, law, medicine & health, science & mathematics, and social sciences.
