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Find high definition, color fire insurance maps, real estate atlases, plat books, and other historical maps for Missouri and Illinois.

Provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos and personal documents of the men and women who served. Library card required to use.

Covers people and events of historical significance in American history from Pre-Columbian America forward.

Provides live access to federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than five million federal land title records issued between 1820 and the present.

The online GNIS Database provides information about geographic place names in the United States as is commonly found in a printed gazetteer. [United States Geologic Survey]

Explore your family history with the premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today.

Access U.S. Census records from 1790 to 1940, full text of local and family history books, Revolutionary War Pension & Bounty-Land Warrant applications, and Freedman's Bank records.

Includes more than 17,000 global news sources and over 700 Spanish-language or bilingual publications dating from 1704 to today.

Access to historical issues of the New York Times can be found in Historical Newspapers: U.S. Major Dailies. [ProQuest]

Full text coverage of several national daily newspapers, including Chicago Daily Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. [Proquest]