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19th Century Masterfile

19th Century Masterfile is the largest resource for historical research prior to 1925.  Types of sources indexed include: Periodicals, Newspapers, Books, US Congressional Record, US and UK Government Documents and US Patents.

19th Century Masterfile is designed to help you begin your historical research.  Containing four collections and covering more than 60 indexes with over 8 million citations, this database provides authoritative subject, author and title indexes published prior to 1925.

The Collections Include:  

  1. Multi-title Periodical Indexes 
    • Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (1802-1906)
    • Index to Periodicals (1890-1906)
    • Index to Periodical Articles in Religion (1890-1899)
    • Cumulative Index to a Selected List of Periodicals (1896-1899)
    • Catalog of Scientific Papers, Fourth Series, 1884-1900, Royal Society of London
    • Index to Legal Periodical Literature (1786-1922)
    • America: History and Life
  2. Book Indexes and Serial Records
    • 19th Century Books
    • 19th Century Periodicals
    • ALA Portrait Index, 1906
  3. Newspaper Indexes
    • New York Times Index (1863-1905)
    • New York Daily Tribune Index (1875-1906)
    • Palmer's Index to the Times (London) (1880-1890)
    • Index to the Oregon Spectator (1846-1854)
    • Historical Newspapers from Accessible Archives
  4. Periodical Indexes with Full Text Links
    • Harper's Magazine Index (1850-1892)
    • North American Review (1815-1877)
    • The Century (1881-1889)
    • The Galaxy (1866-1878)
    • The Living Age (1844-1900)
    • St. Nicholas: an illustrated magazine for young folks

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