Tools to Try: 5 New Ways to Explore the Past and Present Online

 

You now have even more ways to find factual information online! With these online tools, you can explore news coverage from the past and present and even explore your family’s history. You can find all of these on the research section of our website. Happy exploring!
 

Understanding history in context can help us better understand the present. You can now explore two new tools that specifically focus on the experience of Hispanic Americans and African Americans as recorded by the news media.

 

Hispanic Life in America is an online archive of news media spanning from 1704 to present day, including over 700 Spanish-language or bilingual publications. You can use this online archive to better understand the experience and impact of Hispanic Americans throughout our country’s history.

 

 

 

 

 

Like Hispanic Life in America, you can use Black Life in America to explore African American history through news coverage that dates from 1704 to present day. You can also use Black Life in America to quickly find resources that explore critical points in African American history, such as the Civil War, the Jim Crow era, and the Civil Rights Movement.

 

 

Stay informed on what’s happening around the state, country, and the world with Access World News Research Collection 2022 Edition, a database filled with reliable news sources that cover a wide range of topics. For example, you can look for the latest news in business, health, education, political and social issues, and more. 

 

Looking for local news? Search Addison Suburban Life to find full-text articles on local news, issues, events, people and more from current and archived issues of Addison Suburban Life dating back to 2007.
 

HeritageHub is the latest addition to our online genealogy resources. With HeritageHub, you can learn more about your ancestors by searching their collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices from 1704 to today. This genealogy tool even has obituaries from a lot of small town newspapers across the country, which are usually hard to find. When you use HeritageHub, you can easily identify relatives, uncover new information about your family, and even find previously-unknown family members.