From early topographical sketches and pioneers’ accounts, to photographs of Buffalo Bill and his ‘Wild West’ stars, explore the fact and the fiction of westward expansion in America from the early eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Browse a wide range of rare and original documents including printed books, journals, historic maps, broadsides, periodicals, advertisements, photographs, artwork and more.

Black Abolitionist Papers details the extensive work of African Americans to abolish slavery in the United States prior to the Civil War. The collection covers the period 1830-1865 and contains articles, documents, letters, literary works.

Colonial America provides access to historical documents on North America from 1606-1822.

Heritage Quest Online Contents: U.S. Federal Census, books, PERSI, Revolutionary War, Freedmans Bank, and the U.S. Serial Set. Search other publications (books, serials, city directories, etc.) by name, places, or other keywords. Search PERSI for local history and genealogical journal articles. Dates of Coverage: Federal census, 1790 -- 1930; Searchable name indexes are available for the 1790 through 1820, 1860, 1870, and 1900 through 1930 censuses.

Key Business Ratios (KBR) provides provides data about the solvency, efficiency, and profitability of public and private companies.

The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection contains a collection of of seventeenth and eighteenth century English news media available from the British Library and includes more than 1,000 pamphlets, proclamations, newsbooks and newspapers from the period.

Women’s Studies Archive: Female Forerunners Worldwide focuses on individual women and organizations around the world who have broken new paths in society through business, social reform, popular culture, health care, and more. Covers 1759 - 2002