American Political Thought

Historical Context

• Immigration to the United States: 1789-1930  (Harvard University Library)
• American Memory Timeline  (Library of Congress)
• AnimatedAtlas.com 
• 100 Milestone Documents (National Archives)
• American Experience  (PBS) provides a chronological list of historical topics with links to online resources
• Internet Modern History Sourcebook  (Fordham University)
  
• Encyclopedia of American Political History Call number: Ref E183 .E48 2001, Gleeson Library Reference Room, 1st Floor.
  

Statistics

• Historical Census Browser, 1790-1960  (University of Virginia Library)
• Statistical Abstracts 
• Proquest Statistical Insight
• American FactFinder

Databases for Newspaper, Magazine and Journal Articles

• Political Science Complete  Citations and abstracts to political science literature, 1975 to present.
• America: History and Life Citations and abstracts for publications covering all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history, culture, and current affairs.
• New York Times Historical Collection Full page and article images of the historical New York Times from 1851-2001.
• Proquest Current articles on nearly every topic.
• Academic Search Premier Current articles on nearly every topic.
• JSTOR Collection of 119 scholarly journals.
• Project Muse Collection of over 100 scholarly journals.
• Ethnic News Watch Full-text articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press
• LexisNexis Academic Excellent source for articles from newspapers around the country and the world.