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Learn all about the people who believed they could transform lead into gold!
The Chemical Choir: A History of Alchemy - P.G. Maxwell-Stuart
Call Number: 540.112 M465
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General History Databases
These databases contain useful information for most historical topics and time periods.
Newspaper Databases
- ProQuest Newspapers Includes the Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers Contains the New York Times from 1851 and the Wall Street Journal from 1889
- Accessible Archives Newspapers Searches the Civil War, African American Newspapers: the 19th Century, the PA Gazette, the PA Geneological Catalog, and the PA Newspaper Record collections
- America's Historical Newspapers, 1690-1922 Full text newspapers representing all 50 U.S. States.
- Lexis-Nexis (Academic) Includes major and regional newspapers, news networks, National Public Radio, Associated Press and news wires, news transcripts, and more.
- Newspaper Source Provides select full text coverage for newspapers and other sources. Includes USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, The Times (London), regional papers, transcripts from Face the Nation, CBS Evening News, 60 Minutes, O'Reilly Factor, Hannity & Colmes, NPR
- The Philadelphia Inquirer Complete full-text content of local and regional news, including community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. From 1981-present.
- Times Digital Archive, 1785-1985 Complete digital edition of The Times (London), Includes all articles as well as advertisements and illustrations/photos.
- Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980
Full-text for more than 300 United States newspapers in Spanish or English. - African American Newspapers, 1827-1998 Full-text for selected dates ranges of over 60 United States African-American newspapers.
West Chester University Special Collections & Archives
You can check out elements of local history and WCU's history by visiting the Special Collections & Archives page.
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Jamie (Peretich) KohlerHistory Dept.
Click here for more information, including Faculty information, program information, and class descriptions for both undergraduate and graduate programs at West Chester University.
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