Guide for English Graduate Students: Editing/Transcription Project

Search for background information. Don't forget you can order books from ASU and UNCA.

One of your best bets for finding vital statistics, names, dates, family members, etc.

Explore the history and culture of North Carolina through original materials from cultural heritage repositories across the state.

Collections include digitized images of daily life from 3,700 American magazines and journals collected by the American Antiquarian Society from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction.

American Periodical Series Online (APS Online) includes digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals published from colonial days to the dawn of the 20th century.

Contains the full text of these historical newspapers: the Washington Post (1877-2002), Los Angeles Times (1881-1995), New York Times (1851 - 2015), and Chicago Tribune (1849-1996). As well as The Wall Street Journal 1984-Present and other newspapers.

Search or browse the full-text of over 1,000 early American newspapers published between 1690 and 1922. This database includes titles from all fifty states and there are nine titles for North Carolina alone. Also included are several early newspapers in languages such as French and German.

OED Online contains the text of the OED twenty-volume print edition. Each entry provides a definition, etymology, pronunciation, variant spellings, quotations, and a date chart.

A comprehensive dictionary of regional dialect in the United States. Entries provide a definition, word history, and description of where in the U.S. you might hear words like "antymire," "gum band," or "elbedritsch." Great for linguistic researchers and any writer who wants to apply an authentic dialect to a character.