Subject Guides: ENGL 366: Information about the Thibodaux Massacre: Databases

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Discovery Database

This is the "Google of the Library," in that it searches the most resources of all our databases. It's the best place to start your searching!

Databases

Other Databases

These last databases cover different ground and provide images, law information, and other materials about Louisiana History

HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
HeinOnline is the world's largest fully searchable, image-based government document and legal research database. It contains comprehensive coverage from inception of both U.S. statutory materials, U.S. Congressional Documents and the US Congressional Serial Set and more than 2,600 scholarly journals, all of the world's constitutions, all U.S. treaties, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and access to the full text of state and federal case law powered by Fastcase. This HeinOnline Academic database package includes, among other things, special collections on Criminal Justice, History, Foreign Relations, Religion and the Law and Women and the Law.
LOUISana Digital Library This link opens in a new window
The LOUISiana Digital Library (LDL) is an online library of Louisiana institutions that provides over 144,000 digital materials. Its purpose is to make unique historical treasures from the Louisiana institution’s archives, libraries, museums, and other repositories in the state electronically accessible to Louisiana residents and to students, researchers, and the general public in other states and countries. The LOUISiana Digital Library contains photographs, maps, manuscript materials, books, oral histories, and more that document history and culture.
Louisiana Biography and Obituary Index This link opens in a new window
The Louisiana Biography and Obituary Index references obituaries and death notices published in New Orleans newspapers from 1804-1972 and biographical information published in older Louisiana collective biographies.
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law This link opens in a new window
This HeinOnline collection brings together a multitude of essential legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery. Within this library is a section containing all modern law review articles on the subject. This library will continue to grow, not only from new scholarship but also from historical material that we continue to locate and add to the collection.

Databases

Databases with Scholarly Sources & More

Each of these databases has something to offer about the Thibodaux Massacre or other related historical events, people, and organizations in Louisiana during the late 1800s. And in each one you can find Scholarly or Peer-Reviewed Sources.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete is the world’s most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 7,000 full-text periodicals, including nearly 6,000 peer-reviewed journals.
JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collection This link opens in a new window
JSTOR’s Arts and Sciences Collections offer full-text access to hundred of titles in many disciplines of the arts, humanities, sciences, social sciences, business and education.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Project MUSE is your trusted source for the highest quality books and journals in the humanities and social sciences from over 200 of the world’s most distinguished university presses and scholarly societies.

Databases

Newspaper Databases

Newspaper databases are great because they can give insight into primary texts and differing viewpoints from the day. Although not considered scholarly, Newspapers are irreplaceable sources of knowledge and perspective.

African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 This link opens in a new window
African American Newspapers, 1827-1998, provides online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection, which includes papers from more than 35 states, features many rare and historically significant 19th-century titles.
America's Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
The electronic editions of record for valuable local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers–all in one easy-to-search database. Each paper provides unique coverage of local and regional news, including companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community.
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
A full-text digital collection of the world's major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers, newswires and news magazines. In addition, it offers television and radio transcripts and ongoing daily updates from popular news sources.
Nexis Uni (formerly Lexis Nexis Academic) This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni contains over 15,000 sources useful for General News, Business, and Law research. It provides access to legal publications, including cases, statues, law reviews and legal journals.