InfoGuides: RIT Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Research Resources Spring 2025

Last Updated: Mar 17, 2025 11:38 AM

Finding content to add to Wikipedia

This page contains useful resources for locating content to add to Wikipedia.

These resources require affiliation with RIT.

WorldCat
WorldCat is a great place to look up books to add as further reading entries to Wikipedia pages

CREDO Reference
Credo Reference provides access to a variety of relevant resources including Marquis Who Was Who in America (list of abbreviations) and Notable American Women.
American National Biography
Biographies of more than 19,000 significant, influential or notorious figures from American History.
New York Times (1851-present)
In addition to providing access to articles written on an individual, The New York Times (1851-present) provides detailed obituaries, which can be a valuable resource.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers -- U.S. Northeast Collection
This collection covers 19 northeast regional newspapers including the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle from 1871 - 2011, the newspaper of record for the Rochester region.
Academic Search Elite
Multi-disciplinary database of articles from scholarly journals, magazines, newsletters, and newspapers.
JSTOR
JSTOR features full-text articles, ebooks, primary source collections, and image collections.
Proquest Complete
All-in-one database that provides coverage for nearly all academic areas of study including arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, sciences and current affairs.

These resources are open and available to everyone - no affiliation required.

HathiTrust (How to Search and Access)
HathiTrust offers a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries worldwide.
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural materials like books, videos, and images.
Open Resources: list from Wikipedia
Directories and Repositories of Open Resources, compiled by Wikipedia.
Biographical Dictionaries (open)
List of open and accessible biographical resources, compiled by Wikipedia.
Free English newspapers
Links to open and publicly accessible newspaper sources in English, compiled by Wikipedia.