Digital Books and Magazines - History - Primary Documents - University Libraries at Coastal Carolina University

17th Century, c.1600-1690

Early English Books Online This link opens in a new window
Contains scanned images of virtually every work printed in English in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, British North America, and elsewhere from 1473-1700 – starting with the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the English Civil War.

Evans Early American Imprint Collection
Nearly 5000 digitized texts from the 17th and 18th century published in America and covering a wide variety of topics.
Colonial North America
Digital resources from the Harvard Library collections from the 17th and 18th century.

Evans Early American Imprint Collection
Nearly 5000 digitized texts from the 17th and 18th century published in America and covering a wide variety of topics.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) This link opens in a new window
More than 180,000 English-language and foreign-language books, pamphlets and broadsides in all subjects from the United Kingdom and the Americas, between 1701 and 1800.
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals, Series 1-5: 1684-1912 This link opens in a new window
Digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals, documenting the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the early 1910's.
American Periodicals This link opens in a new window
American Periodicals includes digitized images of historic American magazines and journals published from colonial days through the 20th century. Includes scientific journals, Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, literary magazines, children's publications, women's journals, Civil War and Reconstruction era publications, works covering the settling of the American West, early professional journals, popular magazines, and many others. Coverage starts in 1740.

Hathi Trust
E-text of books, many are full-text with no restrictions. Excellent source for books published after conflicts prior to 1950. Largest collection is pre-1923. Search by topic or keyword to locate books. Also includes government reports.

American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals, Series 1-5: 1684-1912 This link opens in a new window
Digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals, documenting the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the early 1910's.
American Periodicals This link opens in a new window
American Periodicals includes digitized images of historic American magazines and journals published from colonial days through the 20th century. Includes scientific journals, Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine, literary magazines, children's publications, women's journals, Civil War and Reconstruction era publications, works covering the settling of the American West, early professional journals, popular magazines, and many others. Coverage starts in 1740.
Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new window
Fulltext of millions of articles published in humanities and social sciences periodicals.

Hathi Trust
E-text of books, many are full-text with no restrictions. Excellent source for books published after conflicts prior to 1950. Largest collection is pre-1923. Search by topic or keyword to locate books. Also includes government reports.
Making of America
Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction, located at the University of Michigan and Cornell University

Women's Magazine Archive I This link opens in a new window
Consumer interest magazines focused on women and domestic issues from the 19th century through 2005. Includes titles like Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Essence, and Ladies Home Journal.

Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new window
Fulltext of millions of articles published in humanities and social sciences periodicals.
Women's Magazine Archive I This link opens in a new window
Consumer interest magazines focused on women and domestic issues from the 19th century through 2005. Includes titles like Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Seventeen, Essence, and Ladies Home Journal.
News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive, featuring Newsweek This link opens in a new window
An archival collection comprising the backfiles of 15 major magazines (including the Newsweek archive), spanning areas including current events, international relations, and public policy. These titles offer multiple perspectives on the contemporary contexts of the major events, trends, and interests in these fields throughout the twentieth century. Dates of coverage: 1918 - 2015

Hathi Trust
E-text of books, many are full-text with no restrictions. Excellent source for books published after conflicts prior to 1950. Largest collection is pre-1923. Search by topic or keyword to locate books. Also includes government reports.
Internet Archive: Wayback Machine
"Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more." Useful for 20th century history research..