History

Search current and archived coverage of issues, events, people, government, sports and more with the largest collection of full-text U.S. newspapers. Includes staff-written articles, obituaries, editorials, announcements, real estate and other sections.

The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media.  This collection offers “suggested searches” to guide patrons and students to pertinent topics from social justice, politics, arts, literature, key people, etc.

Hispanic Life in America

The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.

A comprehensive full text history reference database. Features full text for more than 2,400 reference books, encyclopedias, and non-fiction books from leading history publishers as well as full text for more than 130 leading history periodicals. The database also contains more than 61,100 historical documents, 66,000 biographies of historical figures, 110,200 historical photos and maps and more than 80 hours of historical video.

ONLY ACCESSIBLE IN THE LIBRARY - Search Vital Records, Cemetery and Military databases from throughout New England.

Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of The Valley Breeze. This includes all editions of the newspaper.

Find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and much more from current and archived issues of The Woonsocket Call.

The Timelines feature allows learners to view timelines focusing on world history, geographic regions, people, the arts, and more. Learners can also build their own timelines, helping to give historical events more context.