Collection Development and Strategies Department
You can use databases to easily find organized collections of articles, journals, news, streaming videos, primary sources, data, and more!
- This month, we highlight one of our unique history databases: North American Women’s Letters and Diaries.
What’s in it?
- This database contains a fascinating collection of the written experiences of girls and women through over 150,000 pages of letters and diaries as well as biographies and images. You can search the database by author, historical events, content time, or even people and places discussed in the writing.
Why should you use it?
- North American Women’s Letters and Diaries catalogs the experiences, thoughts, and feelings of 1,325 women from 1666 up to the early 21st century. These documents are primary sources and shine an intimate light on lives lived and perspectives on cultural and historical events.
Who should use it?
- Anybody interested in American history, women and gender studies, or anthropology!
Why use a database?
When you use a specific database, rather than a search engine or discovery tool, you often can find more relevant sources. For example, subject databases include sources about that subject only, rather than a general search engine or discovery tool that includes information about everything. This way you don’t have to wade through thousands of irrelevant results!
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If you have questions about this database or others, Ask Us!
