Selected database collections. These are GSU subscription resources requiring a campus ID and password for off-campus access.
(Unfortunately, you will not have access to these after you graduate <sad trombone>)
For a full list of our subscription databases (including primary-source digital collections) see our Databases A-Z list.
For historical periodical databases, see the Historical Periodicals tab.
For historical newspaper databases, see the Historical Newspapers tab/guide.
An encyclopedia of history, this database is a collection of videos providing footage of seminal historic events and hundreds of profiles of great American leaders and personalities.
Provides topically focused digital collections from archives and institutional repositories around the world. GSU's records of the National Domestic Workers Union (NDWU) and selected portions of the United Garment Workers of America Union (UGWAU) digitized by Gale/Cengage Learning.
The collection, which also includes biographic details, is designed for research in black studies, political science, American history, music, literature, and art.
British History Online is a digital library of key printed primary and secondary sources for the history of Britain and Ireland, with a primary focus on the period between 1300 and 1800 .
Represents the largest single collection of seventeenth and eighteenth century English news media available from the British Library.
History Vault's Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century is a collection of primary sources, including government records, organizational papers, speeches, and other documents. It also includes ProQuest's University Publications of America (UPA) and Black Freedom Struggle I and II.
Provides U.S. public opinion poll data through a full-text retrieval system organized at the question level
The material in this resources includes the material included focuses on the varieties of slavery, the legacies of slavery, the social justice perspective and the continued existence of slavery in the twentieth century. Offers primary source documents and secondary sources allowing for exploration and comparison of material related to slavery, abolition, and social justice.
A resource for US and US women's history, specifically organized around the history of women in social movements in the US from 1600 - 2000.
These databases contain the archives of a single periodical title:
These databases are searchable collections of historical magazines and periodicals:
This database contains digitized content from periodicals published during the colonial period to the early 20th century, chronicling the development of America.
This is a selection of major historical newspapers available to GSU affiliates by subscription.
See the Newspaper Holdings research guide for more detailed information about the GSU Library's current and historical newspaper holdings.
This guide will include information not just about our newspaper databases but also about our newspaper microfilm holdings.
While you will not have access to these databases after you graduate, anyone is allowed to come to the GSU Library to use our microfilm collections.
We have microfilm readers that will let you print or scan images/text to PDF.
After you have graduated, you will need to check in at the circulation desk before using microfilm
in order to get assistance with logging in to the microfilm readers.
Founded in 1928 by W. A. Scott, the Atlanta Daily World became the first successful African American daily newspaper in the United States.
AS THE ONLY major daily newspaper in the Atlanta area, The AC provides a glimpse into the political, economic, cultural, and social life of the southeastern United States. Content ranging from Reconstruction through the late 20th century.
The digitized Chicago Defender served as the de facto national black newspaper in the U.S., and was the most influential African-American newspaper of the 20th century. Coverage: 1910 to 1975.
This long-running daily afternoon paper served as the newspaper of record for the nation's capital, covering national politics and the daily activities of every branch of government.
