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Historical Abstracts 1955 - present Historical Abstracts indexes and abstracts information in world history and the related social sciences and humanities, excluding the U.S. and Canada. (See America: History and Life for U.S. and Ca... Access Database Historical Abstracts

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Associated Press Collections Online (1848-2009) 1848-2009 The Associated Press Online Archive is a collection of news stories, in various stage of production, covering major local, regional, and national stories from 1848 to 2009. This fully-searchable da... Access Database Associated Press Collections Online (1848-2009)
Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials 1908 - present The Atla Religion Database indexes more than 600 of the leading journals in the field of religion and theology. The index also includes essays from multi-author works and book reviews. Atlas (= Atl... Access Database Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials
Caribbean Newspapers (1718-1876) 1718 - 1876 Online collection of 18th- and 19th-century newspapers published in the Caribbean. This primary resource supports research of colonial history, the Atlantic slave trade, international commerce, New... Access Database Caribbean Newspapers (1718-1876)
Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966 1834-1966 The Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966 is Official British government correspondence concerning Africa from the Foreign Office and the Colonial Office. It was issued by the British Government. I... Access Database Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection 1800's and 1900's The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also... Access Database David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Early European Books (EEB) Pre-1701 Early European Books provides online full-text access to a deep digital archive of rare books on all aspects of life and culture in the early modern period. The content is from the leading national... Access Database Early European Books (EEB)
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports 1941 - 1996 Electronic version of the FBIS (Foreign Broadcast Information Service) Daily Reports. In February 1941, the Roosevelt administration authorized the creation of the Foreign Broadcast Monitoring Serv... Access Database Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports
Historical Abstracts 1955 - present Historical Abstracts indexes and abstracts information in world history and the related social sciences and humanities, excluding the U.S. and Canada. (See America: History and Life for U.S. and Ca... Access Database Historical Abstracts
Index Islamicus 1906 - present The Index Islamicus database indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Records included in the database cover almost a hundred years of publications on the world of Islam. ... Access Database Index Islamicus
JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive Dates Vary JSTOR is a full-text journal database which provides access to more than 1,200 titles in the fields of African-American studies, anthropology, architecture, Asian studies, biological sciences, bota... Access Database JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive
MLA International Bibliography (Ebsco) 1926 - present The Modern Language Association International Bibliography (MLA) is updated ten times per year. The electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1925 and indexes critical materials on liter... Access Database MLA International Bibliography (Ebsco)
Times (London) Digital Archive, The 1785 - 2006 The Times (London) Digital Archive includes page facsimiles of all the issues of the London Times published from 1785 - 6 years back from the present with the years rolling annually. You can search... Access Database Times (London) Digital Archive, The
Web of Science Arts & Humanities, 1975 to present; Science, 1900 to present; 1965 - for Science; Social Sciences, 1900 to present; Conferences, 1990 to present The Web of Science is a combination of three databases: Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Conference Proceedings Citation Index (... Access Database Web of Science
World Biographical Information System Current NOTE: This database will be cancelled effective, October 1, 2020. The WBIS, contains short biographical details on people who either lived in, or were influential in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Austr... Access Database World Biographical Information System
WWW-VL History (World Wide Web Virtual Library) All dates WWW-Virtual Library History is a huge megasite which provides links to freely-available World Wide Web resources covering all aspects and periods of world history. (Updates vary) Access Database WWW-VL History (World Wide Web Virtual Library)

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ABZU: a Guide to Information Related to the Study of the Ancient Near East on the Web Abzu is a guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world. Includes core texts: The civilizations of t... Access Database ABZU: a Guide to Information Related to the Study of the Ancient Near East on the Web
Acta Sanctorum Database 1st through 17th centuries CE The Acta Sanctorum Database is an electronic version of the complete printed text of the Acta Sanctorum [Deeds of the Saints] taken from the edition published in many volumes by the Société des Bol... Access Database Acta Sanctorum Database
Alciato's Book of Emblems: The Memorial Web Edition in Latin and English 1492 - Electronic text-and-image site devoted to a pioneering and highly influential Europeanemblem book, the Emblemata of Andrea Alciato. It includes an edition of the visual images and the Latin text fr... Access Database Alciato's Book of Emblems: The Memorial Web Edition in Latin and English
ALIM: Archivio della Latinità Italiana del Medioevo Eleventh through thirteenth centuries CE ALIM is an ongoing project, sponsored by the Italian Unione Accademica Nazionale and by six Italian universities, to present scholarly electronic texts of all Latin-language works written in Italy ... Access Database ALIM: Archivio della Latinità Italiana del Medioevo
Année Philologique, L' 1928 - L’Année philologique is a specialized bibliographic database of scholarly works in classical studies, covering all aspects of Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. The online database includes all... Access Database Année Philologique, L'
Arachne Dates vary Arachne is the central Object database of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) and the Archaeological Institute of the University of Cologne. Arachne is intended to provide archaeologists and ... Access Database Arachne
Bibliography of the History and Archaeology of Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages The bibliography provides coverage of publications pertaining to this region from about AD 500 to the aftermath of the Mongol invasion of 1241. It contains over 65,000 bibliographical records and i... Access Database Bibliography of the History and Archaeology of Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages
Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina Dates vary A database of all the Latin texts from the Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana since its foundation. (Updates vary) Access Database Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina
Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek Classical Period to Present This English translation of Franco Montanari’s Vocabolario della Lingua Greca is recognized as the most important modern dictionary for Ancient Greek. It brings together 140,000 headwords taken fro... Access Database Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek
Brill's New Pauly Brill´s New Pauly is the English-language version of a major authoritative encyclopedia, originally published in German, on practically all aspects of the ancient Greek and Roman world. The bulk of... Access Database Brill's New Pauly
Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World With its striking range and penetrating depth, Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World traces the enduring history and wide-ranging cultural influence of Neo-Latin, the form of Latin that orig... Access Database Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World
Cambridge Histories Online: Religion 2015 This unique historical reference compendium allows instant access to the renowned texts of the Cambridge Histories series. With access to the most up to date and authoritative scholarly content, Ca... Access Database Cambridge Histories Online: Religion
Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1914) 1907 - 1914 This source is the electronic version of the classic Catholic Encyclopedia, published between 1907-1914. A very few articles have been updated or added, such as ones on the twentieth century Popes,... Access Database Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1914)
Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations 0 - 1500 C.E. The Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilization (DARMC) makes freely available on the internet the best available materials for a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) approach to mapping and s... Access Database Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations
Dyabola (Ancient/Classical Art and Archaeology) 1956 - present Project Dyabola includes the "Archaeological Bibliography" (expanded from the Realkatalog, subject catalog of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome). This is an international index to scholar... Access Database Dyabola (Ancient/Classical Art and Archaeology)
Early church fathers 1st - 8th Centuries CE Early Church Fathers is a database containing virtually all the contents (minus the indexes) of three late nineteenth-century English-language translations of important writings of the early Christ... Access Database Early church fathers
ETANA: Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archives ETANA is a multi-institutional collaborative electronic publishing project providing resources relevant to the study of the history and culture of the ancient Near East. ETENA includes three databa... Access Database ETANA: Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archives
Europa Sacra ca. 300 - 1500 AD. Europa Sacra provides information on medieval Church prelates including information on all 13,00 medieval bishoprics, archdioceses and patriarchates under obedience to Rome, as well as Prosographic... Access Database Europa Sacra
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index 1990 - to date Feminae is a multilingual scholarly index that covers articles about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages (450 CE to 1500 CE) collected from over 500 journals published from 1990 to ... Access Database Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC) 1450-1501 International database of 15th-century European imprints for nearly every item printed from movable type before 1501. Includes some 16th-century items previously assigned incorrectly to the 15th ce... Access Database Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC)
International Medieval Bibliography - Online (IMB) 1967 - to date The International Medieval Bibliography is the major index to medieval studies (c. 400-1500). It includes citations to articles in approximately 4500 journals and "miscellany" volumes (conference p... Access Database International Medieval Bibliography - Online (IMB)
Iter: Gateway to the Renaissance 400 - 1700 AD A bibliography of approximately 225,000 records from the complete runs of more than 300 scholarly journal titles pertaining to the Renaissance (1300-1700) and Middle Ages (400-1299). Also under con... Access Database Iter: Gateway to the Renaissance
Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies Dates Vary The Labyrinth provides free, organized access to resources in Medieval Studies, covering the years ca. 500-ca. 1500 AD. All types of materials are included. (Updates vary) Access Database Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
Lexikon des Mittelalters Online and International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages 300 - 1500 AD Taken together, these two encyclopedias are an important source of information for medieval studies. Lexikon des Mittelalters Online (LexMa) is a major German-language encyclopedia. The Internation... Access Database Lexikon des Mittelalters Online and International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages
MANTIS (Numismatics) 2700 B.C.E. - present The American Numismatic Society database contains images of thousands of objects in the Society's collections. These include, coins, paper money, tokens, primitive money, medals and decorations, fr... Access Database MANTIS (Numismatics)
Manuscripta medievalia Middle ages; 600 - 1500 AD A database of medieval manuscripts (mostly in Greek or Latin) from the German-speaking areas of Europe. (Updated regularly) Access Database Manuscripta medievalia
Mediaevum.de 400 CE - present Mediaevum.de is a German-language Internet portal for students of medieval German language and literature, providing annotated listings of many important or otherwise useful sites in this disciplin... Access Database Mediaevum.de
Medieval Diplomatic and the 'Ars Dictandi' 10th - 13th Centuries Searchable, full-text scholarly editions and translations of medieval Latin dictaminal texts from Alberic of Monte Cassino into the 13th century. Whereas the primary focus is on texts relating to t... Access Database Medieval Diplomatic and the 'Ars Dictandi'
Medieval Travel Writing 13th to 16th centuries Extensive collection medieval manuscripts from archives and libraries around the world, dating from the 13th to the 16th centuries, with a focus on accounts of journeys to the Holy Land, India and ... Access Database Medieval Travel Writing
Mittelalterliche Literatur im Internet 400 CE - present Mittelalterliche Literatur im Internet is the e-texts portion of the German-language Internet portal Mediaevum.de. It provides links to collections of medieval literary texts, and to e-texts of a n... Access Database Mittelalterliche Literatur im Internet
Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH) Early Christian Era and Medieval Period This is the searchable electronic text version of the massive, printed set also called Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH), a collection of primary materials for the study of the European Middle Ages. Access Database Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH)
Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL) Dates Vary A collection of approximately 35 public-domain searchable and downloadable English-language translations of major ancient Greek and Latin and medieval western European literary texts. Most are nine... Access Database Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL)
Oxford Classical Dictionary The Oxford Classical Dictionary (OCD) is a standard one-volume encyclopedia of everything relating to ancient Greece and Rome. Access Database Oxford Classical Dictionary
Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization A smallish encyclopedia of ancient Greek and Roman civilization, its entries are not as extensive as those in the Oxford Classical Dictionary. A handy resource for quick look-ups. Access Database Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization
Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church This is a one-volume reference book covering many aspects of Christianity. Access Database Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome This multivolume reference work is a comprehensive overview of the major cultures of the classical Mediterranean world--Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman--from the Bronze Age to the fifth century CE. I... Access Database Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
Patrologia Latina : The Full Text Database c. AD 200 - 1300 The Patrologia Latina comprises the works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216. The database contains the complete Patrologia Latina, encompassi... Access Database Patrologia Latina : The Full Text Database
Perseus Digital Library The Perseus Project is an evolving digital library of resources for the study of the humanities. It consists of materials, textual and visual, on the Archaic and Classical Greek world. The project ... Access Database Perseus Digital Library
Perspicuitas: Internet-Periodikum fuer mediaevistische Sprach- , Literatur- , und Kulturwissenschaft 6th to 16th centuries CE (updates vary) Perspecuitas is a German-language collection of articles, bibliographies, reviews, project announcements, and other scholarly material dealing with medieval German language, literature, and culture... Access Database Perspicuitas: Internet-Periodikum fuer mediaevistische Sprach- , Literatur- , und Kulturwissenschaft
Selden Society Publications and the History of Early English Law (HeinOnline) Middle Ages - present Primary publications from the Selden Society, including its annual series containing law reports dating back to the Middle Ages, and year books from the Ames Foundation. Also includes other digests... Access Database Selden Society Publications and the History of Early English Law (HeinOnline)
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum Ancient Greek world through the 8th Century CE Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum (SEG) is an annual publication collecting newly published ancient Greek inscriptions and studies on previously known documents. Material later than the 8th century... Access Database Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum
ThEMA: Thesaurus exemplorum medii aevi 10th through 15th centuries The Thesaurus exemplorum medii aevi, also known by its initialism ThEMA, is a multimedia, multilingual database of exemplary stories, known as exempla in Latin, from major collections of medieval c... Access Database ThEMA: Thesaurus exemplorum medii aevi
TOCS-IN (Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists) 1963 - present TOCS-IN provides the tables of contents of a selection of classics, Near Eastern studies, and religion journals, both in text format and through a Web search program. Where possible, links are give... Access Database TOCS-IN (Tables of Contents of Journals of Interest to Classicists)
Ut per litteras apostolicas..Lettres Pontificales / Papal Letters - Online 13th and 14th centuries, AD This is the electronic verision of: Registres et lettres des papes du XIIIe siecle (Rome, 1883) and Registres et lettres des papes du XIVe siecles (Rome, 1899-). These papal letters provide informa... Access Database Ut per litteras apostolicas..Lettres Pontificales / Papal Letters - Online
Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research Dates Vary This is a metasite for research in the humanities; it provides links to authoritative Web sites in a range of humanities-related subjects. (Updates vary) Access Database Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research

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Abbreviationes Online. Campus Edition ca. AD 700 - ca. AD 1600 Abbreviationes is a database of Medieval Latin abbreviations, including more than 70,000 entries. It includes paleography and references to where the abbreviation can be found, as well both the abb... Access Database Abbreviationes Online. Campus Edition
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Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals 1988 - present The Air University Index to Military Periodicals is a subject index to significant articles, news items and editorials appearing in 76 English language military and aeronautical periodicals. (Updat... Access Database Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
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Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive late 1800s - 2000; 19th and 20th centuries An archival research resource containing the essential primary sources for studying the history of the film and entertainment industries, from the era of vaudeville and silent movies through 2000. ... Access Database Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive
Essay and General Literature Index 1985 - present The Essay and General Literature Index cites records contained in collections of essays and anthologies published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada. Topics in the humanities and social... Access Database Essay and General Literature Index
Ethnic NewsWatch 1960 - present Ethnic NewsWatch (ENW) features newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives. With titles dating fr... Access Database Ethnic NewsWatch
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Gerritsen Collection: Women's History Online 1543 - 1945 The Gerritsen Collection contains the full text of over 4,700 publications from around the world documenting the condition of women, the evolution of feminist consciousness, and women's rights. The... Access Database Gerritsen Collection: Women's History Online
Gutenberg-e 1500's - present The Gutenberg-e prizewinning books represent the most distinguished and innovative scholarship delivered with creative and thoughtful use of digital technology. These books have undergone a rigorou... Access Database Gutenberg-e
H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences 1994 - to date H-Net Reviews publishes reviews of books and multimedia materials. While the focus is on history, many reviews of current and contemporary topics are also included. Reviews are written by academic ... Access Database H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Historical Jewish Press 1863 - 1914 The Jewish National and University Library, David and Fela Shapell Family Digitization Project, is pleased to offer access to its Historic Hebrew Newspapers project. The aim of this site is to prov... Access Database Historical Jewish Press
Historical Research in Europe: a Guide to Archives and Libraries This project is intended to assist researchers who are planning to use European libraries and archives. The focus is on materials found in western European repositories from the Atlantic area eastw... Access Database Historical Research in Europe: a Guide to Archives and Libraries
Human Rights Studies Online 20th - 21st centuries This collection of primary and secondary source materials offers access to comparative documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocity crimes worldwide, fr... Access Database Human Rights Studies Online
IBZ: Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur (Intnl Bibliography of Periodic Lit) 1983 - present The IBZ is produced in Germany and indexes more than 11,000 academic journals in 40 languages from around the world. It is particularly strong in European humanities and social sciences. The databa... Access Database IBZ: Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur (Intnl Bibliography of Periodic Lit)
Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003 1842 - 2003 Digital access to the entire run of the Illustrated London News from its first publication on 14 May 1842 to its last in 2003. Each page has been digitally reproduced in full color and every articl... Access Database Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003
Immigrations, Migrations and Refugees: Global Perspectives, 1941-1996 1941 - 1996 Archive of translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents and books providing global insight on immigration in the mid-to-late 20th c... Access Database Immigrations, Migrations and Refugees: Global Perspectives, 1941-1996
Index to Jewish Periodicals 1988 - present The Index to Jewish Periodicals is an index to more than 150 English language Jewish studies periodicals published in the United States, Canada, England, Israel, South Africa, and Australia. It cov... Access Database Index to Jewish Periodicals
International African Bibliography Online 1971 - present The International African Bibliography (IAB) is an essential resource for all those working in the field of African studies, providing a current awareness service of the latest books, articles and ... Access Database International African Bibliography Online
International Historical Statistics 1750-2010 IHS is a collection of historical statistics from over 260 years and more than 200 countries & territories across a multitude of interdisciplinary socio-economic topics. Subjects include population... Access Database International Historical Statistics
International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text (IIBPFT) 1998 - present IIBP Full Text includes current and selective retrospective bibliographic citations and abstracts from more than 150 scholarly and popular journals, newspapers and newsletters from the United State... Access Database International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text (IIBPFT)
J. Willard Hurst Collection 1932 - 1997 [NOTE: As of 9/19/19, this database is temporarily unavailable online. See a Law Library reference librarian for access to physical materials.] The J. Willard Hurst Collection details the career of... Access Database J. Willard Hurst Collection
Jewish Encyclopedia 1901 - 1906 This website contains the complete contents of the 12-volume Jewish Encyclopedia, which was originally published between 1901-1906. The Jewish Encyclopedia, which recently became part of the public... Access Database Jewish Encyclopedia
Joint Publications Research Service Reports (JPRS) 1957 - 1995 The Joint Publications Research Service was a U.S. government organization established in 1957 to supply government agencies with translations of unclassified foreign documents consisting of the fo... Access Database Joint Publications Research Service Reports (JPRS)
JTA Jewish & Israel News (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) 1923 - present JTA Jewish & Israel News is a searchable database chronicling modern Jewish history, as seen through the eyes of journalists. It consists of articles published or disseminated by the JTA (Jewish Te... Access Database JTA Jewish & Israel News (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Kotobarabia Modern Arab Renaissance Collection (EB-KAMAR) 1820 - 1914 Kotobarabia's "Modern Arab Renaissance Collection" is an archive of Arabic language books published from 1820-1914 from across the Islamic world, with a special focus on Egypt and Syria. This colle... Access Database Kotobarabia Modern Arab Renaissance Collection (EB-KAMAR)
Left Index 1982 - present The Left Index provides indexing to "the diversity of literature on the left, with a primary emphasis on politically and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside the academy and a secondar... Access Database Left Index
LGBT Thought and Culture LGBT Thought and Culture is an online resource hosting the key works and archival documentation of LGBT political and social movements throughout the 20th century and into the present day. The coll... Access Database LGBT Thought and Culture
Liberation Journals Index 1931 - 1970 The Liberation Journals Index is an analytic, searchable, online index covering the interwar Pan-African periodicals La Revue du Monde Noir, Légitime Défense, L’Étudiant Noir, the wartime Tropiques... Access Database Liberation Journals Index
Library of Latin Texts Library of Latin Texts contains texts from the beginning of Latin literature (Livius Andronicus, 240 BC) through to the texts of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). The texts have been taken fr... Access Database Library of Latin Texts
London Low Life 19th Century Taking as its subject Victorian London, the content ranges from salacious ‘swell’s guides’ to scandalous broadsides and subversive posters, the material sold and exchanged on London’s bustling thor... Access Database London Low Life
Magazine Stacks: Tables of Contents of Historical Journals, Monographic Series & Occasional Volumes 1827 - to date This growing resource consists of tables of contents of European (including British) historical journals. It is intended to help researchers locate articles by browsing through the tables of conten... Access Database Magazine Stacks: Tables of Contents of Historical Journals, Monographic Series & Occasional Volumes
Making of the Modern World: Parts I, II, III and IV, The 1450 - 1914 This wide-ranging collection looks at history through the lens of wealth and trade with a focus on economics, political science, history, philosophy, sociology, and special collections on banking, ... Access Database Making of the Modern World: Parts I, II, III and IV, The
Mass Observation Online 1937 to 1967 Source Library: Special Collections, University of Sussex. Mass Observation Online makes available original manuscript and typescript papers created and collected by the British Mass Observation or... Access Database Mass Observation Online
Middle East and North Africa: Global Perspectives, 1958-1994 1958 - 1994 Collection of primary source materials drawn from newspapers, journals, and radio and television broadcasts from 19 countries in the Middle East and North Africa as well as other nations with regio... Access Database Middle East and North Africa: Global Perspectives, 1958-1994
Moving Image Archive This is Internet Archive's Moving Images library of free movies, films, and videos. This library contains thousands of digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length ... Access Database Moving Image Archive
Nineteenth Century Collections Online 19th Century Nineteenth Century Collections Online unites multiple, distinct archives into a single resource, including a wide variety of previously unavailable primary sources ranging from books and monographs... Access Database Nineteenth Century Collections Online
North China Herald (1850-1926) 1850-1926 The English North China Herald is the prime English-language source for the history of the foreign presence in China from around 1850 to the 1940s. It was published in Shanghai. As the official jou... Access Database North China Herald (1850-1926)
Nuclear Arms and Weapons of Mass Destruction Global Perspectives, 1945-1996 1945 - 1996 Translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, and books providing global reaction to the world Arms Race. Contains a mix of governm... Access Database Nuclear Arms and Weapons of Mass Destruction Global Perspectives, 1945-1996
Nuclear Energy: Global Origins of Energy Resource Management in the Atomic Age 1957 - 1995 Collection of journal articles and reports covering the development and use of nuclear energy during the second half of the 20th century. Includes articles and reports documenting nuclear energy pr... Access Database Nuclear Energy: Global Origins of Energy Resource Management in the Atomic Age
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Geography The Geography module from Oxford Bibliographies Inline (OBO) provides a means to navigate through the vast amounts of books, publications, and other materials from across the discipline from the la... Access Database Oxford Bibliographies Online: Geography
Oxford Encyclopedia of Women and World History Pre-history to the 2000s Contains some 650 biographies of women and 600 topical entries covering geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies. Scope is worldwide and from pre-his... Access Database Oxford Encyclopedia of Women and World History
Oxford Handbooks Online Current Oxford Handbooks Online provides access to the full text of more than 300 ebook titles published as part of the Oxford Handbooks series, plus specially commissioned keywords and abstracts. They are... Access Database Oxford Handbooks Online
PAIS (Public Affairs) 1972 - present Public Affairs Information Service indexes more than 900 journals; books; government documents; statistical compilations; committee reports; directories; serials; reports of public, intergovernment... Access Database PAIS (Public Affairs)
Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, The 1830 - 1880 Digital edition of Grant's papers, based on the original letterpress edition edited by John Y. Simon. Searchable access to the content of the original thirty-one print volumes, including all editor... Access Database Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, The
Periodicals Archive Online 1802 - 2000 An online archive of digitized, full-image journal articles, Periodicals Archive Online provides access to hundreds of scholarly journals. Coverage is international and includes a wide range of sch... Access Database Periodicals Archive Online
PIO: Periodicals Index Online Late 18th Century - 1996 The PIO database contains citations for more than 3,500 social science and humanities journals published in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, and Germany. There are occasional abs... Access Database PIO: Periodicals Index Online
Post-War Europe: Refugees, Exile and Resettlement, 1945-1950 1945 - 1950 This online archive delivers essential primary sources for the study and understanding of the challenges facing the European peoples in the aftermath of World War II. It covers the politics and adm... Access Database Post-War Europe: Refugees, Exile and Resettlement, 1945-1950
Pravda Archive, 1959-1996 1959 - 1996 Archive of articles published by Pravda, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, between 1959 to 1996. The articles were collected and translated into English by the Fore... Access Database Pravda Archive, 1959-1996
Primeros Libros: Impresos Mexicanos del Siglo XVI 16th Century This is a digital collection of the first books printed in Mexico before 1601. These monographs represent the first printing in the New World and provide primary sources for scholarly studies focus... Access Database Primeros Libros: Impresos Mexicanos del Siglo XVI
Project Muse Project Muse provides full text access to more than 300 humanities and social science journals from various publishers. Disciplines covered include art, anthropology, literature, film, theatre, his... Access Database Project Muse
Propaganda and the Chinese Press Global Perspectives, 1946-1996 1946 - 1996 Archive of articles published by Xinhua, or New China News Agency, from 1946 to 1996. As the official organ of China’s Communist Party, the archive provides a view of the country’s perspective on i... Access Database Propaganda and the Chinese Press Global Perspectives, 1946-1996
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Irish Times and The Weekly Irish Times 1859 - 2016 Ireland's "only independent newspaper," the Irish Times provides comprehensive news reporting, photos, advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, cartoons, and more, spanning nearly 150 years of m... Access Database ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Irish Times and The Weekly Irish Times
Queen Victoria's Journals 1832-1840 Complete online collection of the entire sequence of Queen Victoria's diaries, with full transcriptions and keyword searching of the journal entries covering the period from Queen Victoria's first ... Access Database Queen Victoria's Journals
Readers’ Guide Retrospective 1890 - 1982 Readers' Guide Retrospective is a database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century... Access Database Readers’ Guide Retrospective
Revolution and Protest Online 18th - 21st centuries Searchable, multimedia collection supporting the study of important events and themes related to revolution and protest from the 18th century through the 21st century. The collection provides acces... Access Database Revolution and Protest Online
Robert M. La Follette Papers 1879-1910 Congressman, Governor, and United States Senator, Robert Marion La Follette is one of the crucial figures of the Progressive Movement of the early twentieth century. This collection documents his e... Access Database Robert M. La Follette Papers
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Nichols Newspapers Collection 1672 - 1737 Collection of newspapers, periodicals, pamphlets and broadsheets, that make up the Nichols newspaper collection held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, UK. All 296 volumes of bound material, coveri... Access Database Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Nichols Newspapers Collection
Shen Bao (China, 1872-1949) 1872 - 1949 (full run) Shanghai-based Shen Bao (formerly transliterated as Shun Pao) was the longest-lasting and probably most influential newspaper in modern China. Its history is enmeshed in the major Chinese political... Access Database Shen Bao (China, 1872-1949)
Slavery & Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive 1490 - 1888 Collections of primary source materials that document the transatlantic slave trade, the global movement for the abolition of slavery, the legal, personal, and economic aspects of slavery, and the ... Access Database Slavery & Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive
Smithsonian Open Access Access to 3 million 2D and 3D digital items from the Smithsonian collections, including images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the... Access Database Smithsonian Open Access
State Papers Online: Early Modern Government in Britain and Europe (1509-1782) 1509 - 1782 State Papers Online, 1509-1714 is a collection of English government documents originating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when the King or Queen acted as Prime Minister as well as Mon... Access Database State Papers Online: Early Modern Government in Britain and Europe (1509-1782)
Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive 1902 to (the present minus 5 years) This full text archive of the complete Times Literary Supplement contains every page of every copy of the TLS published from 1902 - (present - 5 years rolling horizon). Reviews of books in many dis... Access Database Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive
Trove: Digitized Newspapers from the National Library of Australia dates of individual journals varies; current range: 1802-1995 (19th and 20th century) Provides searchable and browsable access to full text of Australian newspapers and magazines (1802+). (Updates ongoing) Access Database Trove: Digitized Newspapers from the National Library of Australia
Twentieth Century Advice Literature TWENTIETH CENTURY ADVICE LITERATURE focuses on gender roles and relations, American consumerism, views of democratic citizenship, character development for children, changes in reaction to each maj... Access Database Twentieth Century Advice Literature
UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004 (University of California Press) Dates vary The UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004 are made available through a partnership between the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program. More than 7... Access Database UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004 (University of California Press)
Victorian Popular Culture Module I: Spiritualism, Sensation and Magic 1779 - 1930 The Victorian Popular Culture portal contains a wide range of source material relating to popular entertainment in America, Britain and Europe in the period from 1779 to 1930, and shows how interco... Access Database Victorian Popular Culture Module I: Spiritualism, Sensation and Magic
Victorian Web 19th Century The Victorian Web concentrates on Great Britain in the age of Victoria (1837-1901) and is a multidisciplinary resource for Victorian studies and culture. Included are primary and secondary texts (i... Access Database Victorian Web
Virginia Company Archives 1606 - 1624 The Virginia Company Archives documents the founding and economic development of Virginia as seen through documents of the Virginia Company of London, 1606-1624 that are included in the Ferrar Pape... Access Database Virginia Company Archives
Women's Studies Archive 1780 - 2000 The Women's Studies Archive documents the social, political, and professional aspects of women’s lives, offering resources pertaining to the roles, experiences, and achievements of women in society... Access Database Women's Studies Archive
World Protest and Reform Movements Global Perspectives, 1945-1996 1945 - 1996 Digitized collection of translated and English-language radio and television broadcasts, newspapers, periodicals, government documents, and books covering global reaction to major protest and refor... Access Database World Protest and Reform Movements Global Perspectives, 1945-1996
Yiddish Prints 1550 - 1920 The Collection "Yiddish Prints" contains about 800 very valuable Yiddish books that belong to the Frankfurt University Library. The texts were printed in Hebrew letters in West, Central and East Eu... Access Database Yiddish Prints
Yomidas Rekishikan (Japan) Dates vary, 1874 - present The Yomiuri Shimbun is Japanese newspaper database that contains 3 databases: Rekiahikan--more than 10 million articles since its inaugural issue in 1874. The Yomiuri Shimbun -- about 4.8 million n... Access Database Yomidas Rekishikan (Japan)
ZEFYS: Historische Zeitungen: Zeitungsinformationssystem 1740 - 1944 Developed by the Berlin State Library (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin), ZEFYS is the portal for accessing digitized German historical newspapers, as well as full-text and selected web resources and dat... Access Database ZEFYS: Historische Zeitungen: Zeitungsinformationssystem

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