This LibGuide provides resources for assignments in CL220. Course Description: This course examines reactions to new diseases in various cultures across history, considering medical writings alongside works of literature, film, and other artistic media.
A wide range of local and regional British newspapers that reflect the social, political, and cultural events of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. This collection illuminates diverse and distinct regional attitudes, cultures, and vernaculars, providing an alternative viewpoint to the London-centric national press over a period of more than 200 years.
Hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers, monographs, pamphlets, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, photographs, statistics, and other kinds of documents in both Western and non-Western languages.
All faculty, students, and staff can access the New York Times website directly by setting up their access via the Eckerd Library subscription. Requires an initial one-time registration from ON-CAMPUS. See our First Time Account Setup Instructions for more information.
The TimesMachine contains digital replicas of New York Times papers from 1851 - 2002. You will need to login with your Eckerd-linked New York Times account to access this resource.
The Times Digital Archive is an online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of the Times, one of the most highly regarded resources for eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century news coverage, with every page of every issue from 1785 to 2012.
The Times Digital Archive is an online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of the Times, one of the most highly regarded resources for eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century news coverage, with every page of every issue from 1785 to 2012. This historical newspaper archive allows researchers an unparalleled opportunity to search and view the best-known and most cited newspaper in the world online in its original published context.
Full access to the Wall Street Journal online. Requires an initial one-time registration. See our First Time Account Setup Instructionsfor more information about the process.
Unlimited digital access to the WashingtonPost.com from on- and off-campus iTo sign in, use the Log in with Google option and sign in with your Eckerd email account. See our First Time Account Setup Instructions for more information about the process.
A collection of 29 short stories from acclaimed contemporary authors drawing inspiration the COVID-19 pandemic and from Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th century work, 'The Decameron' (featuring an introduction to that text and its historical context).