New York Public Library (NYPL) provides an extensive A-Z Databases list.
- Tip: Try searching this list by subject (examples: African American and African Diaspora Studies; Business; Manuscripts and Rare Books; Latino Studies; LGBTQ Studies; New York City History; Newspapers - Current and Historical; Oral History; United States History; Women's Studies and World History).
Below are databases accessible remotely to NYPL cardholders that might support research of BLS students in Law and Capitalism:
Multiple Types of Primary Source Material:
Gale Primary Sources: 18th Century Collections Online
- NYPL's description states: "Provides full text, digital images of books, pamphlets, broadsides and other materials published in the United Kingdom between 1701-1800."
- Tip: Search and filter search results (by subjects, publication date, source library, author, "person-about").
Gale Primary Sources: 19th Century Collections Online
- From the main screen, researchers can select a specific collection (example: Europe and Africa, Colonialism and Culture).
Gale Primary Sources: Archives of Sexuality and Gender
- Among the 51 archival collections in this digital resource are 3 collections held by NYPL: The Mattachine Society of New York Records, 1951-1976; Gay Activists Alliance, 1970-1983; and ACT UP: The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power.
Historical News Sources:
America's Historical Newspapers
- NYPL's description states this searchable source includes: "early newspapers, 1690-1922; America's Urban Centers Newspaper Collection, 1807-1880; African American Newspapers, 1827-1998; Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection, 1799-1971; Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876; Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980; and Early American Newspapers, Series 15, 1822-1879: Immigrant Communities."
- NYPL cardholders also can search in a specific subscollection. Example:
American Broadsides and Ephemera
- Provides single-sheet broadsides (1820-1900) and ephemera (1760-1900).
Gale Primary Sources: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
Gale Primary Sources: British Library Newspapers
- Provides content from 240+ newspapers (18th century-20th century) held by the British Library.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers (large collection)
- NYPL's description states this collection "include[s] titles related to New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Baltimore, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., the American Jewish Newspaper Series, and the United Kingdom."
- NYPL cardholders also have remote access to these subcollections:
Historical Periodicals:
American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection
- Provides American periodicals published from 1684-1912. The subcollections include:
- African American Historical Serials Collection
- [Enslavement] and Abolition, 1789-1887
- Business, Industrial and Professional Periodicals, 1774-1858
- Foreign Language Periodicals in America, 1684-1904
- Canadian Periodicals, 1790-1877
- Military and Law Enforcement Periodicals, 1691-1877
- Agricultural Periodicals from the Southern, Midwestern, and Western U.S., 1800-1878
- Women's Periodicals of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century, 1733-1844
- Current Events and History Periodicals, 1691-1912
- Advertising Periodicals, 1815-1888
- Scientific Periodicals, 1771-1901
- Periodicals of the American West, 1779-1881
- Popular Educational Periodicals, 1758-1889
- Masons, Odd-Fellows and Other Societal Periodicals, 1794-1877
- Religious Periodicals for Women, Children, and Families, 1804-1878
- Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, and Episcopal Periodicals, 1797-1904
- American Civil War, 1855-1868
- American Political Periodicals, 1715-1891
- Agricultural Periodicals from the Northeastern U.S., 1789-1879
- American Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry Periodicals, 1786-1877
- Baptists, Quakers, and Independent Church Periodicals, 1797-1881
- Business, Industrial and Professional Periodicals, 1859-1870
- Commercial Periodicals from the Southern U.S., 1811-1877
- College and Student Periodicals, 1806-1877
- Periodicals of the British Empire and Its Colonies, 1702-1879
- Story Papers, Dimes and Dollar Periodicals, 1828-1877
- Women's Periodicals of the Nineteenth Century, 1845-1865
- Religious Periodicals from the Southern U.S., 1801-1904
- American Political and Social Movements, 1815-1884
- Congregational, Presbyterian, and Reformed Church Periodicals, 1803-1902
- Business and General Education Periodicals, 1800-1885
- Business, Industrial and Professional Periodicals, 1871-1901
- Cultural Periodicals from the Southern U.S., 1797-1877
- General Interest Christian Periodicals, 1743-1889
- Missionary and Charity Periodicals, 1793-1902
- Periodicals from Around the World, 1691-1880
- Women's Periodicals of the Nineteenth Century, 1866-1891
Oral Histories:
History Makers
- NYPL describes this source as "a video collection of oral histories documenting African American life, history and culture."