UCR Library has made the Frontier Life database available on a trial basis until December 15, 2016.

Frontier Life contains digital documents including letters, diaries, maps, newspaper articles, and other primary sources. These would be excellent resources for students, faculty, and researchers of history, women’s studies, gender and sexuality studies, and more.

The Library’s Electronic Resources and Journals Committee will track database usage and gather user feedback during the trial to determine whether a subscription to Frontier Life would be a worthwhile investment to support research, teaching, and study here at UC Riverside.

“We have America History, 1493-1945 and American West,” explained Carla Arbagey, E-Resources Librarian. “Frontier Life would be a nice complement to have, along with those two databases.”

Nine campuses in the University of California system are currently testing Frontier Life.

Use this link to access the Frontier Life database. Please send any comments, suggestions, or other feedback to carla.arbagey@ucr.edu.