American PeriodicalsThis database contains over 1500 full text periodicals published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, children's and women's magazines and many other historically significant periodicals. Because the database contains digitized images of periodical pages, researchers can see all of the original typography, drawings, graphic elements, and article layouts exactly as they were originally published. Subject coverage includes: history ; literature ; history of science and medicine ; law ; news and magazines ; politics ; religion ; education ; women's studies ; art ; American studies.