Digital Collections

Internet Archive
A digital library that offers free universal access to books, movies & music, and over 150 billion archived web pages. The Archive contains over 15,000 titles related to Illinois and over 13,000 items related to the Civil War.
Hathi Trust
A partnership of major research libraries working to preserve and provide access to the cultural record. Some titles in Hathi are also available in the Internet Archive.
Making of America (University of Michigan)
A digital collection of primary sources on American social history from Antebellum period through Reconstruction.
Making of America Collection (Cornell University)
A digital collection of primary sources on American social history from Antebellum period through Reconstruction.
American Memory, Library of Congress
A digital collection of materials from the Library of Congress and other institutions that documents the American experience and chronicles historical events, people, places, and ideas that have shaped America. It includes written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music.
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
A printed (now online) catalog of archival and manuscript materials in US repositories that meet eligibility guidelines. Print volumes available in Malpass Library Reference Z6620.U5 N3 can be requested by students in the Quad Cities. (See Tom Finley to request volumes).
Harper's Weekly
An American political magazine published from 1857-1916, which included coverage of many political events as well as the Civil War.

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a multi-disciplinary journal archive that includes full-text. It currently includes more than 2,000 academic journals, dating back to the first volume ever published, along with thousands of monographs and other materials relevant for education. We have digitized more than 50 million pages and continue to digitize approximately 3 million pages annually. Our activities, our fee structure, and the way we manage the service and its resources reflect our historical commitment to serve colleges and universities as a trusted digital archive, and our responsibility to publishers as stewards of their content.

HIST 420G-Illinois History Research: Digital Collections - U.S.

Digital Collections