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Biography in Context
This database combines biographies from several authoritative reference sources as well as full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.

CountryWatch

Get information about a country's government, economy, trade, environment, population, current events, geography, and business.

Daily Life Through History

Learn about daily life throughout history and across many world cultures. Organized by time period, region and topic, Daily Life Online combines information from numerous reference works, monographs, and primary documents and is a great resource for students from middle school all the way through college.

Newsbank - access from outside of library 
Full text articles from nearly 2000 U.S. local, regional, national and international newspapers, newswires, video feeds, and business journals, some from 1970-present. Includes full coverage (except advertising) of the Nashua Telegraph from 1998 to the present, the Union Leader from 1989 to the present, the Boston Globe from 1980 to the present and the Concord Monitor from 10/2002 to the present. Due to copyright limitations, newspapers published by Knight-Ridder, Inc. are only accessible within the library.

Newsbank - access from within the library  
Full text articles from over 2000 U.S. local, regional, national and international newspapers, newswires, video feeds and business journals, some from 1970-present. Includes full coverage (except advertising) of the Nashua Telegraph from 1998 to the present, the Union Leader from 1989 to the present, the Boston Globe from 1980 to the present and the Concord Monitor from 10/2002 to the present.

Newspaper Archive   
Access.NewspaperArchive.com is a gateway to searching and reading historical newspapers online. Containing tens of millions of searchable newspaper pages dating as far back as the 1700s, the archive is an excellent source of primary source documents. Use the archive to view, save and print full-page newspapers from around the world.

Newspaper Source
Provides cover-to-cover full text for 35 national & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 375 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.

Points of View Reference Center  
This is the place to go for information about controversial issues, like the death penalty or cloning or gambling. It has articles, essays, statistics, and primary sources.

Proquest News  

Full text articles from more than 1300 U.S. local, regional, national, and international newspapers, news blogs, newswires, trade journals, and a small number of scholarly journals. Includes full coverage (except advertising) of the Boston Globe from 1/1/1980 to the present, the New York Times from 6/1/1980 to the present, the Washington Post 1/1/1987 to the present, the Concord Monitor from 1/1/2004 to the present, and the Union Leader from 1/7/2010 to the present. This database does not include the Nashua Telegraph, however. Use Newsbank for access to the Nashua Telegraph.

Worldbook Online
Find articles, pictures, video, audio, an atlas, a dictionary, and current events. It also has information to help you with research.

American Family Immigration History Center
Database of millions of people who passed through Ellis Ilsand between 1892 and 1924.

EyeWitness to History 

History from the Ancient World to present.

History of the City of Nashua, N.H.
Edited by Edward Everett Parker and one of the major histories of Nashua, this book contains biographies and historical information about Nashua from its settlement as Dunstable through the late 1890s. Download the entire book or select individual chapters, and then browse or search.

Library of Congress: American Memory

"American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience."

Nashua Historical Photographs
View historical photos of Nashua, NH.

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Searchable database of presidential papers from 1991-2005.

US Supreme Court Decisions Issued Between 1937-1975 (full text)

Search for US Supreme Court Decisions by case name or keyword.