HIST 190/WGST 290-US Women's and Gender History & Harriet Tubman, Carroll: Newspaper Archives

This guide will get you started researching primary sources, and supplemental information about Harriet Tubman.
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Full text access to archival newspapers

Tips for searching the New York Times:

Online, easily-searchable, first-hand accounts, and coverage of the politics, society and events of the time. Provides search capability using subject terms and topics for focused and targeted results in combination with searchable full text, full page, and article-level images.

Search Tips

  • By default, the search software will look for documents with all the terms entered.

  • Use "quotation marks" to search for exact phrases.

  • Separate terms with OR to find any of the words entered

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Historic Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

This full-text, pdf collection is offered through RIT's subscription to the database: ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. Northeast Collection. You will automatically be asked to log in with your RIT credentials.

  • advanced search mode available
    • advanced search mode allows you to more easily mix, match and edit search terms, add or remove search bars, and utilize the offered boolean operators of AND, OR, NOT
  • customizable date range searching
  • downloadable PDFs
  • pre-made citations 
  • database search tips (link below the search bar in 'Basic Search,' or above the search bar in 'Advanced Search')

NYS Historic Newspaper: a collection from the Empire State Library Network

The NYS Historic Newspapers project provides free online access to a wide range of newspapers chosen to reflect New York's unique history. To search the entire collection, use the Search Tab. Or, click on a county to search or browse geographically.

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Helpful FAQ! 

Answers to questions such as:

  • I did a search for a name that I know is in the paper but it did not come up. Why?

  • Can I download entire newspaper titles to my computer for personal research?

  • How can I perform an exact search?

  • How can I print only the part of the newspaper page that I want?

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