The History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library is pleased to announce the launch of the Farm, Field and Fireside collection. This freely-available locally developed project contains digitized versions of historically significant U.S. farm newspapers published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Illinois Digital Magazine and Yearbook Collection
The University of Illinois Library announces the availability of the Illinois Digital Magazine and Yearbook Collection featuring digital versions of UIUC’s yearbook, the Illio for the years of 1970-1989. Other titles include Arts for America (1894-1900), the Illinois Chemist (1915-1921), and the Illinois Society of Architects Monthly Bulletin (1916-1932).
African Module of World Newspaper Archive Released
The Center for Research Libraries has announced the launch of African Newspapers, as part of the World Newspaper Archive available through Readex. In addition to 30 historical Latin American titles, 13 historical African titles are now included, with more titles slated to be added later this year.
New Online Resource: 19th Century UK Periodicals
Contains over 2 million digitized pages of periodicals from 19th Century UK.
Audio Recordings of Digital Humanities Scholarship Symposium Now Available
Sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources, the University Library, the Illinois Informatics Institute, the Department of History, and the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, the “New Directions in Digital Humanities Scholarship” symposium was held on February 26-27, 2009, in 126 GSLIS. This symposium was designed to explore how information technology is reshaping humanities scholarship. View program and access the audio recordings.
More New Databases
UIUC Library recently purchased British Periodicals I & II as well as the Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals (1824-1900) . Enjoy!
Introducing the ScanPro 1000 Microform Scanners
Viewing and scanning microforms at the library just got easier with the recent addition of two ScanPro 1000 microform scanners. Both devices feature lightning fast high resolution scanning for all types of microforms including microfilm, microcards, and microfiche. To further enhance the viewing experience, the scanners are also outfitted with 24 inch wide screen monitors. Check out our user guide (no longer available) or contact us for more information.
Updates to the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection
We are pleased to announce the addition of 50,916 pages of digital newspaper content to the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection. The latest update adds the years 1903-1915 of the Urbana Daily Courier and the years 1936-1945 of the Daily Illini.
More info (no longer available).
Introducing Latin American Newspapers and the World News Archive
Through our consortium membership with the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), UIUC affiliates now have access to Latin American Newspapers—a World Newspaper Archive collection. This preliminary release provides more than 60,000 pages, including 3,000 issues printed between 1914 and 1922, of El Mercurio , an important Spanish-language paper published in Santiago.
More info from CRL (no longer available).
New Historical Databases
UIUC Library now has access to several new historical databases including the Historical Washington Post, British Newspapers from 1600-1900, and back issues of the Economist magazine.
More details on our featured resources page.