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Primary Online Sources

Historical US newspapers online

• Historical newspapers
  Full-text and images of several historical newspapers.  See a full paper from a specific date!   
  
  • The Atlanta Constitution  (1868 to 1929)
  • The Baltimore Sun (1837-1985)
  • The Chicago Tribune (1849 - 1986)
  • The Los Angeles Times (1881-1986)
  • The New York Times (1851 to 2 or 3 years ago)
  • The Wall Street Journal  (1889-1992)
  • The Washington Post (1877 to 1990)
  • The Pittsburgh Courier (1911-2002)
  • Search all of these at the same time!

• African-American Newspapers
  Full text and images of historical African-American newspapers from 35 states. (1827-1998)
  
  
• Historic NC newspapers
  Full text and images of historic NC newspapers (1824-1913)
  
  
• Out-of-state Historic Newspapers
  Full text and images of some historic California newspapers.  Click on "browse by date."  Full text and images of historic newspapers from various states at the Library of Congress.  Click on "Advanced Search" tab to search by date! 
  
  
• The Economist Archive
  Full text and images of this weekly newspaper with business focus. (1843-2003)

Historical US Magazines

• Reader's Guide Retrospective
  Citations for articles in popular, general-interest magazines. (1890-1982). Use the "Find @ UNC" button to help locate articles!

Historical British Newspapers Online

• Times (London) Digital Archive
  Full-text and images of The London Times. (1785-2006)
  
  
• Sunday Times (London) Digital Archive
  Full-text and images of the Sunday Times. (1822-2006)
  
  
• Financial Times Historic Archive
  Articles, advertisements and market listings of the Financial Times. Special supplements and the FT Magazine are included. (1888-2006)

Other Historical Resources

• AP Images
  Current and historic images from the Associated Press.  At top of page, under Editorial Images, click on "Historical Photos" to get to the good stuff.  (Mid-19th century to 15 minutes ago)

Secondary Sources

Articles

• America, History and Life
  Full-text scholarly articles on US & Canadian history from pre-history to present day
  
  
• Historical Abstracts
  Full-text scholarly world history articles (except US & Canada) from 1450 to present day
• Search both at the same time!

Books

Browse library books on the following subjects:

• Non-fiction books related to theTitanic
• Titanic: Biographies and Witness Accounts
• Press coverage of disasters & the Titanic
• Press coverage of disasters