Full-text and page images of several hundred American periodicals of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. 1740-1940.

Authoritative bios of more than 19,000 prominent people who lived in what is now the United States from the Colonial Period to the present. Everyone included is deceased. Includes bibliographic data on publications by and about these individuals. Search by name orvarious characteristics including gender, ethnicity, occupation, dates. 17th Century+

Contains the full-text of over 1,100 film scripts, and over 430 original images of previously unpublished screenplays. Search options include subjects, character name, writer, film title, actors, and directors.

Contains 711 plays by American dramatists that chronicle the history and culture of America through its dramatic writing. It includes plays by dramatists such as Thomas Paine, Edward Hitchcock, and James Lawson. 1714-1915

Includes more than 1,000 diaries, letters, and memoirs from both Northern and Southern politicians, generals, slaves, landowners, farmers, seaman, wives, and even spies.

Based on unpublished state rosters, includes information about individual soldiers who fought in the American Civil War.

Indexes books and journal articles on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. 1954+

Full text electronic library from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Includes journals and meeting papers. 1963+

Bibliographic citations to the agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library (NAL) and its cooperators. 1970+

Full-text access to about 10,000 poems from around 70 20th century African American poets.