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About American Periodicals Series Online
Contents
APS Title List [June
2006]
APS Online spans over 1,500 titles and 7 million pages of content,
from the first American magazines, published in 1741, to the World
War II period-200 years of American history as recorded in magazines,
journals, and newspapers. A complete title list is available for downloading
in Excel format with dates of coverage and OpenURLs: APS
Title List.
APS MARC Records [March
2006]
MARC records are now available for all titles complete in APS by early 2005.
An upgrade of records for the remaining titles that were added to APS throughout
2005 will become available later this year. Download APS
MARC records
American Periodicals Series
Online, 1740-1900
This unique and valuable collection contains digitized images of the pages
of American magazines and journals that originated between 1741, when Andrew
Bradford's American Magazine and Benjamin Franklin's General Magazine were
launched, and 1900. Deriving from the acclaimed American Periodicals Series microform
collection, APS Online features over 1,100 periodicals spanning nearly
200 years-from colonial times to the advent of American involvement in World
War II. Titles range from America's first scientific journal, Medical Repository,
to popular magazines like Vanity Fair and Ladies' Home Journal.
American Periodicals Series Online chronicles the development
of America across 200 years. The journals in this collection cover three
broad periods:
- 89 journals published between 1740 and 1800 offer insights into America's
transition from a British colony to an independent nation. The journals
support research for a range of academic fields. Titles include Massachusetts
Magazine, which published America's first short stories, and Thomas
Paine's Pennsylvania Magazine, which reported on inventions. One of
the first mass printings of the Declaration of Independence, a letter
by George Washington on the crucial Battle of Trenton, and the thoughts
of Benjamin Franklin are among the highlights of content from this
period.
- More than 900 titles from the first 60 years of the nineteenth century
showcase "the golden age of American periodicals." General
interest magazines, children's publications, and more than 20 journals
for women are among the historically-significant content that also
includes the serialization of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
in National Era. Like most great literary works of the nineteenth century,
this piece first appeared in a magazine. Also available are hard-to-find
materials, such as Edgar Allan Poe's contributions to the Southern
Literary Messenger, as well as the first appearances of Nathaniel Hawthorne's
stories in New England Magazine, and Margaret Fuller's contributions
to the Dial.
- 118 periodicals published during the Civil War (1861-1865) and Reconstruction
(1865-1877) eras reflect the nation in turmoil and growth, and titles
from the 1880s through 1900 capture the settling of the West and the
emergence of modern America. Early professional journals, including
Publications of the American Economic Association and American Academy
of Arts and Sciences, Proceedings, popular titles such as Scribner's
Monthly and Lippincott's issued by publishing houses, celebrations
of Americana in Ladies' Home Journal, thoroughly-researched investigative
journalism in McClure's, and the incisive political and social commentary
of Puck illustrate the variety of the American experience. Titles like
Forum (1886-1930) and Forum and Century (1930-1940), and Littell's
Living Age (1844-1896) and Living Age (1897-1941), expand the range
of primary source material in APS across 200 years.
Because the database contains digitized images of periodical pages,
researchers can see all of the original typography, drawings, graphic
elements, and article layouts exactly as they were originally published.
In addition, a Search for Periodicals function in APS Online leads
to bibliographic information and a summary of the historical significance
of all the periodicals represented in the database. Extensive primary
source content in its original context and a history of American magazine
publishing are made available in APS Online.
The American Periodical Series Microform
Collection
Description of the original microform
collection.
Digitizing the American Periodicals
Series (APS) Microform Collections
Description of the APS Online digitization
process.
Using APS
Online
Whatever your interests are, APS Online has something for you:
The arts
Search Author: Poe
Results: Over 30 fiction, poetry, and non-fiction pieces by Poe, including
- The Raven; Edgar Allen Poe; Southern Literary
Messenger (1834-1845), Richmond; Mar 1845; Vol. 11; pg. 186,
3
- The philosophy of furniture; Edgar A Poe; Burton's
Gentleman's Magazine and American Monthly Review (1839-1840),
Philadelphia; May 1840; Vol. 6, Iss. 5; pg. 243, 3 pgs
Search Keyword: Poe
Results: Pieces by and about Poe, including
- The late Edgar A. Poe; J R T; Southern Literary
Messenger; Devoted to Every Department of Literature, and the
Fine Arts (1848-1864), Richmond; Nov 1849; Vol. 15, Iss. 11; pg.
694, 4 pgs
Adventure
Search Keyword: piracy
Results:
- Art. IV.--The piracy of Captain Kidd; Anonymous; The
Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review (1839-1870), New York;
Jan 1846; Vol. 14, Iss. 1; pg. 39, 13 pgs
- Daring act of piracy on the coast of Cuba; Anonymous; Army
and Navy Chronicle (1835-1842), Washington; Jun 11, 1840; Vol.
10, Iss. 24; pg. 384, 1 pgs
- Privateering--and piracy; Anonymous; Niles'
Weekly Register (1814-1837), Baltimore; Apr 17, 1819; Vol. 4,
Iss. 8; pg. 129, 2 pgs
Search Author: Peary
Results:
- MOVING ON THE NORTH POLE.--OUTLINES OF MY ARCTIC
CAMPAIGN.; By LIEUTENANT ROBERT E. PEARY, U.S.N.; McClure's
Magazine (1893-1926), New York; Mar 1899; Vol. VOL.XII., Iss.
0; pg. 417, 10 pgs
War
Search Keyword: Battle of Trenton
Results:
- General Washington's account of the battle of Trenton,
dated Headquarters, Newtown, December 26, 1776; G Washington; The
American Museum; or, Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces & c.
Prose and Poetical (1787-1788), Philadelphia; Apr, 1789; Vol.
5; pg. 403, 2 pgs
- The Columbian Parnassiad. Addressed to General Washington,
in the year 1777, after the battles of Trenton and Princeton;
Emelia; The Columbian Magazine (1786-1790), Philadelphia;
Jan 1787; Vol. 1, Iss. 5; pg. 245, 1 pgs
Weird Science
Search Keyword: Phrenology
Results:
- Phreno-Geology: The Progressive Creation of Man
indicated by Natural History, and confirmed by discoveries which
connect the organization of the brain with the successive geological
periods; Anonymous; Medical Examiner (1854-1856), Philadelphia;
Jan 1855; Vol. 18, Iss. 121; pg. 29, 8 pgs Art. XXVII.
- Phrenology examined; P Flourens; The American
Journal of the Medical Sciences (1827-1924), Philadelphia; Apr
1846, Iss. 22; pg. 437, 1 pgs
- An Examination of Phrenology. In two lectures /
Letter of John Quincy Adams to Dr. Thomas Sewall; Anonymous; Literary
Examiner and Western Monthly Review (1839-1839), Pittsburgh;
Aug 1839; Vol. 1, Iss. 4; pg. 289, 12 pgs
Hard Science
.
Search Keyword: Earthquake
Results:
- Art. I.--On earthquakes--their causes and effects;
Isaac Lea; American Journal of Science and Arts (1820-1879),
New Haven; 1825; Vol. 9, Iss. 2; pg. 209, 7 pgs
- Information concerning the earthquakes which have
prevailed in the United States since December, 1811; particularly
in the States and Territories; Stanley Griswold; The Medical
Repository of Original Essays and Intelligence, Relative to Physic,
Surgery, Chemistry, and, New York; 1813; Vol. 16, Iss. 3; pg.
304, 6 pgs
Food and Medicine
Search Keyword: Rhubarb; Article Type: Recipe
Results:
- Rhubarb pie; Anonymous; Plough, the Loom
and the Anvil (1848-1857), Philadelphia; Jun 1852; Vol. 4, Iss.
12; pg. 762, 1 pgs
- Rhubarb Pies; Anonymous; The Farmers Cabinet
and American Herd Book, Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, and
Rural and Domestic Affairs (1836-1848), Philadelphia; Aug 1,
1836; Vol. 1, Iss. 2; pg. 27, 1 pgs
Statistics
Search Keyword: Population Article Type: Statistics
Results:
- Population of Chicago; Anonymous; The Merchants'
Magazine and Commercial Review (1839-1870), New York; Feb 1863;
Vol. 48, Iss. 2; pg. 189, 1 pgs
- Ratio per cent of population and certain products
in the states to the total of the United States; Anonymous; Plough,
the Loom and the Anvil (1848-1857), Philadelphia; Dec 1854; Vol.
7, Iss. 6; pg. 327, 1 pgs
Fashion
Search Keywords: Fashion and clothes
Results:
- WILL SKIRTS DISAPPEAR?; A Thirty-year Prophecy by
the Paris Arbiter of Fashion; PAUL POIRET; Forum (1886-1930),
New York; Jan 1927; Vol. Vol. LXXVII, Iss. 0, pg. 30, 13 pgs
- Fashions for March 1864; Anonymous; The Southern
Literary Messenger; Devoted to Every Department of Literature, and
the Fine Arts (1848-1864), Richmond; Mar 1864; Vol. 38, Iss.
3; pg. 192, 1 pgs
- The Rule of Fashion; M A Spafard; The Columbian
Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, Embracing Literature in Every Department:
Embellished with the Finest Steel and Mezzotint Engravings, Music,
and Colored Fashions (1844-1849), New York; Feb 1849; Vol. 10,
Iss. 2; pg. 74, 4 pgs
Updated: June 2006
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