History, Philosophy & Newspaper Library (HPNL)

What's New?

Historical Newspapers on Trial for a Limited Time

Several databases of historical newspapers are on trial from October 1-November 30 courtesy of the Illinois State Library.  To search these newspapers, go to http://www.finditillinois.org/tryit/.  Stop by HPNL (246 Main Library) or contact us for the login information. Title list and more information.

New Online Resource: 19th Century UK Periodicals

Contains over 2 million digitized pages of periodicals from 19th Century UK. Connect to this resource.

Volunteer at HPNL

The History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library (HPNL) is seeking graduate student volunteers to provide support for our projects and services.  More info

The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives 1960-1974

This new resource brings the 1960s alive through diaries, letters, autobiographies and other memoirs, written and oral histories, manifestos, government documents, memorabilia, and scholarly commentary. Connect to this resource.

National Digital Newspaper Program Grant Award

The Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received a $397,000 two-year grant from the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) for its Illinois Digital Newspaper Project. The award will support the digitization of 100,000 pages of historically significant Illinois newspapers dating from 1860 to 1922. More.

Farm, Field and Fireside Agricultural Newspapers Collection

The History, Philosophy and Newspaper Library is pleased to announce the launch of the Farm, Field and Fireside collection.  This freely-available locally developed project contains digitized versions of historically significant U.S. farm newspapers published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Connect to Farm, Field and Fireside.

Oxford Islamic Studies Online on Trial

Over 3,500 reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Qur'anic materials, primary sources, images, maps, and timelines.  Send us feedback.

UI's effort to digitize books surpasses 15,000 volumes

Read a recent article from the Champaign News-Gazette highlighting ongoing book and newspaper digitization projects conducted at UIUC Library. Read the article.

Illinois Digital Magazine and Yearbook Collection

The University of Illinois Library announces the availability of the Illinois Digital Magazine and Yearbook Collection featuring digital versions of UIUC's yearbook, the Illio for the years of 1970-1989.  Other titles include Arts for America (1894-1900), the Illinois Chemist (1915-1921), and the Illinois Society of Architects Monthly Bulletin (1916-1932). Connect to the collection. 

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