America: History & Life is the definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With selective selective indexing for 1,700 journals from 1955 to present, this database is without question the most important bibliographic reference tool for students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history.
Shippensburg subscribes to this vast collection of historical newspapers, including the complete contents of nine national newspapers, such as the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and Wall Street Journal. Use the "Change databases" option to select all historical papers.
This is an extraordinary archive of some 4000 digitized U. S. newspapers from the late 18th Century to the mid -20th century. This freely available resource is produced by the Library of Congress.