Research Guides: U.S. History: Westward Expansion: Overview

Background & Reference

America: History & Life (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Any topic regarding U.S. or Canadian history
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Fulltext of the entire back issues of scholarly journals
Library Search - Advanced This link opens in a new window
Articles, books, & media among SMU Libraries' collections & databases

American West This link opens in a new window
Primary sources on westward expansion in America from the 1700s-1900s
History Vault: American Indians and American West This link opens in a new window
Covers Native Americans & the westward migration of White settlers from 1809-1971, includes primary sources
Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement and Colonial Encounters This link opens in a new window
Lives from the edges of the Anglophone world from 1650-1920
American Periodicals Series This link opens in a new window
American serials from 1741-1900
Early American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Newspapers published from 1690-1922
American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new window
American periodicals published from 1684-1912 on a range of topics
American History, 1493-1945 This link opens in a new window
Documents American History from the earliest settlers to the mid-twentieth century
Migration to New Worlds This link opens in a new window
Depictions by emigrants from Europe & Asia about their moves to the Americas & Australasia, 1800-1900s
Leisure, Travel and Mass Culture This link opens in a new window
Documents British & American working class tourism from 1850-1980
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers This link opens in a new window