American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection

Alternate Title(s): AAS Historical Periodicals Collection, AASHPC

Platform: EBSCOhost

Summary:

US periodicals from the 1600s, 1700s and 1800s, on a wide variety of topics.

Description:

This collection includes thousands of periodical titles from 1691 through 1877 from the American Antiquarian Society. Subject coverage is broad in scope covering many aspects of American life during this time period, such as agriculture, entertainment, politics, literature, fashion, and family life.

Access to the content of this material is through the regular EBSCOhost interface, allowing basic keyword searching and advanced searching of multiple fields (such as author, title, subject, source, etc.) combined with Boolean operators, with limits such as publication type, published date, document type, number of pages, whether it has illustrations, and publication title.

Laurier Library has provided access to series 1 through 5 since April 2016:

Series 1: 1691-1820
Series 2: 1821-1837
Series 3: 1838-1852
Series 4: 1853-1865
Series 5: 1866-1877

Subjects Covered:

Communication Studies, Cultural Analysis and Social Theory, Cultural Studies, Digital Media and Journalism, Film Studies, Global Studies, Health Studies, History, Languages and Literatures, Law and Society, North American Studies, Political Science, Religion and Culture, Social Work, Social and Environmental Justice, Sociology, Women and Gender Studies, Youth and Children's Studies

Authorized Users:

Laurier Library visitors, Laurier staff students and faculty

Types:

Full text ejournal collection, News resources, Primary source

Access:

Online

Coverage:

1691 to 1877

Resource Accessibility Statements:

Ebsco Support: Accessibility

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection

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