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ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Archives and Special Collections
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University of La Verne Digital Collections This link opens in a new window
The University of La Verne Digital Collections provides access to historical and visual resources created both by and for The University of La Verne community.

ULV Wilson Library Archives and Special Collections Playlist
ULV's Wilson Library has its own YouTube Channel. This excellent resource contains a playlist titled Archives and Special Collections that contains links to historic videos of La Verne.

La Verne Historical Society
A website concerning the history of La Verne, including historical photographs and resources.
Huntington Library
Digitized selections from the collections of the Huntington Library. Contains historical documents from California during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.
Los Angeles Public Library Visual Collections
An excellent selection of primary sources on Los Angeles and Southern California.
USC Digital Library
The USC Digital Library offers digital images of drawings, illuminated manuscripts, maps, photographs, posters, prints, rare illustrated books, as well as audio and video recordings. Particular emphasis has been placed on materials related to Los Angeles and the Southern California Region, the Western United States and the Pacific Rim.
Pomona Public Library Digital Images Collection
Digitized archival sources from the Pomona Public Library, including historic citrus industry materials and early photographs of Pomona Valley.

California Digital Newspaper Project
A database of historical California newspapers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Calisphere - A World of Primary Sources
A portal to themed historical collections, such as 1780-1880 California in Transition; 1848-1865 Gold Rush Era; and more.
Online Archive of California
An exhaustive list of manuscript repositories and special collections across California.

OneSearch for Books (Library Catalog) This link opens in a new window
Search for books and ebooks in the Wilson Library.

Education Source This link opens in a new window
Includes full text for more than 1,700 journals, 550 books and monographs, and education-related conference papers. Coverage spans all levels of education from early childhood to higher education and includes educational specialties such as multilingual education, health education and testing.
America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Selective indexing for over 1,700 journals from 1955 to present.
Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Provides full text for nearly 4,000 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,100 peer-reviewed journals in a wide variety of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a 'high-quality, interdisciplinary archive of scholarship, is actively preserving over one thousand academic journals in both digital and print formats' in the areas of language, literature, mathematics, music, anthropology, sociology, art, education, sciences, business, and political science.

Los Angeles Times Historical (1881-1994) This link opens in a new window The Los Angeles Times (1881-1994) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
Los Angeles Times (1986 - current) This link opens in a new window The Los Angeles Times (1985-current) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back from 1986 - present. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
New York Times This link opens in a new window To access the New York Times you will need to Create Your Own Account. Get step by step instructions for setting up your account! NOTE: must re-activate account through the above library link to continue access each year. With an account you can: *Save articles for later. *Receive custom newsletters. *Email stories, videos and multimedia.
Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times This link opens in a new window Search historical issues of the Los Angeles Times (1881-2012).

Education in Video This link opens in a new window Education in Video provides resources for both new and experienced teachers tools to increase their knowledge and skills and for education faculty to link abstract theories of education to real-world students and classrooms.
American History in Video This link opens in a new window Experience tens of thousands of historical moments with American History in Video. The early newsreels, including the complete series of United Newsreel and Universal Newsreel capture history as it was made and reported to viewers of the time. The collection also contains award-winning documentaries, featuring dramatic reenactments and engaging analysis from prominent scholars and experts, that bring history alive.
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window Streaming educational videos in the humanities, social sciences, education, business and the arts from publishers such as Films for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Cambridge, and Meridian.