The Yocum Library Online Databases
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| ProQuest's Ethnic News Watch | √ | √ | Full-text multicultural articles |  |
| Reading Eagle Archives | √ | Full-text newspaper articles | |
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| Accessible Archives Funded by the James H. Yocum Library Endowment Fund |
√ | √ | 18th & 19th century newspapers & magazines |
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| √ | √ | Full text history reference database | |
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Photographs, audio sound bites, graphics |
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Full text biographical information | |
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| American National Biography | √ | √ | 18,000+ biographies | |
| HeritageQuest Online Funded by the James K. Overstreet Library Endowment Fund |
√ | U.S. Census records plus genealogy and local history sources | |
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| Ancestry Library Funded by the James K. Overstreet Library Endowment Fund |
√ | U.S. & U.K. census and immigration records plus genealogy and local history sources | |
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| P4A Prices4antiques Funded by the Rolf & Renate Schmidt Library Endowment Fund |
√ | Learn about and value antiques & collectibles | |
Search hundreds of full text ethnic magazines, journals, and newspapers. including Arab American News, Cherokee Advocate, Irish Voice, The Italian Voice, Jewish Press, Korea Times, La Prensa, Navajo Times, Polish American Journals, The Ukranian Weekly, Black Issues in Higher Education, Cultural Survival Quarterly, Race, Gender, & Class, Biracial Child, Filipinas Magazine, German Life, Hinduism Today, Hispanic Times, etc.
Search the full-text of the Reading Eagle by date or subject for news, features, advertisements, etc. from the last 10 years.
Search primary sources including The Pennsylvania Gazette (1728-1880) and The History of Berks County in Pennsylvania (1886)..
World's most comprehensive full text history reference database designed for secondary schools, public libraries, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. The database features cover-to-cover full text for more than 750 historical encyclopedias and other non-fiction books. The database also includes full text for nearly 60 leading history periodicals. Further, the database contains 58,000 historical documents; 43,000 biographies of historical figures; more than 12,000 historical photos and maps; and 87 hours of historical film and video.
Over one million photographs dating back to 1826 and as current as a few moments ago, tens of thousands of graphics, audio files dating from the 1920's, and news stories dating from 1997. Search by keyword or by concept, color, and category. The Archive links the content to Pennsylvania State Learning Standards as well as the National Standards for Learning.
Contains biographical information on over 1/2 million people from antiquity to the present day. Sources include reference books and magazines. Search the database by many fields including name, dates, country, occupation, and images.
Search 17,000 biographies of deceased historical figures.
Includes 25,000+ family and local history books, every word searchable including material from all 50 states and Canada; the complete U.S. Federal Census, 1790-1930 and census indexes; PERSI? - The PERiodical Source Index is a comprehensive subject index covering more than 6,500 genealogy and local history periodicals written in English and French (Canada) since 1800; Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files; and the Freedman's Bank Records (Forthcoming) the Freedman's Savings & Trust Company was the primary bank for America's freed slaves and others from 1865-1874 and is considered one of the most important resources for African-American genealogical research.
Includes U.S. and U.K. census records, immigration records, military records, city directories, Social Security indexes, and many more genealogy and local history sources.
Every record in the database has at least one picture. You can really tell if this is similar to the item you are researching. Each record is presented in a standardized format with description, provenance, condition, dimensions, pre-sale estimates, price realized, date of sale and auction house information as provided in the original sale catalogue. The information in the database is drawn from about fifty leading regional auction houses located throughout the United States (including PA) plus other selected specialist auctions. P4A records are routinely annotated with relevant post-sale information appearing in the trade press.