


This rich collection also allows students with an instinct for discovery to replicate the experience of combing through diverse types of primary-source materials, including advertisements of slave sales, shipping news, editorials, poetry, or public notices of local governments. Images of the newspapers are of high quality, allowing researchers a highly satisfactory experience interacting with the text, much as it must have appeared over 200 years ago. Most newspapers included in this resource are in English French, Spanish, and Dutch publications make up a smaller portion of the database. This recently launched Readex collection brings together the digital representations of more than 140 newspapers from 22 islands in the Caribbean. For academic libraries, Readex offers a one-time tiered purchase price with an annual maintenance fee contact publisher for pricing. Posted on Decemin Internet Resources Love the Internet Resources? Try our other newsletters.Ĭaribbean Newspapers, Series 1, 1718–1876: From the American Antiquarian Society. Internet Resources: December 2017 Edition Selected reviews of digital reference resources from the December issue of Choice.
