Smith College Special Collections
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Smith College Finding Aids (ArchivesSpace) This link opens in a new windowFinding aids to over 1,000 Smith College archival and manuscript collections. Provides in-depth information about a collection, and a box listing of the materials.
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Five College Compass: Digital CollectionsSelect digital images from the collections at Smith, Mount Holyoke, and Hampshire colleges.
Primary Source Databases
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Ancestry (Library Edition) This link opens in a new windowCensus, vital, church, court & immigration records for the US & UK, plus material on other areas. Major components: US federal census 1790-1940 (incl. manuscript returns); historical maps; Social Security Death Index; etc.
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Archive Grid This link opens in a new windowDetailed archival collection descriptions & finding aids from libraries, museums, historical societies & archives in the US.
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HathiTrust This link opens in a new windowFull text books & journals digitized by HathiTrust partner libraries, Google, the Internet Archive, etc. Includes searchable access to over 10 million volumes total; 3 million public domain volumes are fully viewable online and allow downloading one page at a time. Complements Google Books.
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HistoryMakers This link opens in a new windowStreaming oral history archive, documenting African American contributions to American life, culture, social movements & organizations. Subject coverage includes the arts, business, civics, education, entertainment, law, media, medicine, the military, politics, religion, science, sports & style.
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Queer Pasts This link opens in a new windowA collection of primary source exhibits for students and scholars of queer history and culture.
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Women and Social Movements in the U.S.,Scholar's Edition [Alexander Street] This link opens in a new windowPrimary documents, books, images, scholarly essays, book reviews & teaching tools relating to US history, as seen through women's eyes.
News Sources
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Access World News [NewsBank] (Coverage varies by title) This link opens in a new window Current and archived news content including local, state, national and international newspapers, broadcast transcripts, news wires, news blogs, video, etc.
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Nexis Uni (Coverage varies by title) This link opens in a new window New Lexis-Nexis interface, with a single search box, plus filters to refine searches; users are encouraged to register for an ID & password, to take advantage of personalization features. Covers a wide range of news, business, legal & reference information; includes federal & state laws & cases.
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Find NewsSmith links to news sites & databases
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Ms. Magazine Archive (1972-present) [ProQuest] This link opens in a new windowDigital access to every issue of the influential feminist magazine, Ms., from its launch in 1972 to the present, including iconic covers, articles, essays, interviews, book reviews, original fiction, and poetry, which document the evolution of feminist thought and social change.
Non-Smith U.S. Archives
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Archive Grid This link opens in a new windowDetailed archival collection descriptions & finding aids from libraries, museums, historical societies & archives in the US.