Prescott Library: Topics in World History (2025-2026): Topics in World History Resources

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World History in Context
US History in Context
JStor
JSTOR is a not-for-profit, journal storage service created to help libraries and publishers access academic articles and documents from the past.

It provides full-text and images of over 150 scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines.

For home access, contact the library staff.
Historical Newspapers
Access archived articles from ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times with Index, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
African American Studies Center
"The online authority on the African American Experience" from Oxford UP.
Black Freedom Struggle in the United States
Expertly selected open primary source documents of historical newspaper articles, pamphlets, diaries, correspondence and more from specific time periods in U.S. history marked by the opposition African Americans have faced on the road to freedom.
Milestone Documents in World History
Primary texts from documents related to key events in world history are included in this resource as well as document analysis. This site also makes Milestone Documents in American History available.
Milestone Documents in American History
Primary texts from documents related to key events in US history are included in this resource as well as document analysis. This site also makes Milestone Documents in World History available.

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