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War Department and Indian Affairs, 1800-1824
Until the Bureau of Indian Affairs was established in 1824, Indian affairs were under the control of the Secretary of War. This collection includes letters to and from the War Department, including correspondence from Indian superintendents, territorial & state governors, military commanders, Indians, missionaries, and other public and private individuals. Additional attachments include vouchers, receipts, depositions, contracts, newspapers, copies of speeches, passports for travel in the Indian country, etc. Source Library: U.S. National Archives. Coverage: 1800-1824. Format: Primary Sources--Documents & Manuscripts Subject(s): Primary Sources, American History, Politics & Government
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We Were Prepared for the Possibility of Death: Freedom Riders in the South, 1961
Freedom Riders rode interstate buses into the segregated South to test the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Boynton v. Virginia, which outlawed racial segregation in terminals serving buses that crossed state lines. The Freedom Rides bolstered the credibility of the Civil Rights Movement and called national attention to violent disregard for the law in the southern United States. Source Library: Federal Bureau of Investigation Library. Coverage: 1961. Format: Primary Sources--Documents & Manuscripts Subject(s): Primary Sources, American History, Ethnic & Area Studies
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Web of Science
Contains three ISI Citation Databases (Science Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index), which together index over 8,000 peer-reviewed journals. Provides bibliographic data, author abstracts, and cited references. Useful for searching databases for articles that cite a known author or work. Citation searching also allows a researcher to use a given work as a subject term in order to identify more recent articles about the same topic. Coverage: 1974-. Format: Articles: Journals or Newspapers Subject(s): A & H - General, Sci/Tech - General, Environment/Ecology, Soc Sci - General, Psychology
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Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
Webster's Unabridged is America's premier lexicographical work. This electronic version comprises the text of Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, published in 1961, and subsequent updates which take account of current usage. Coverage: 1993 edition. Format: Encyclopedias, Reference Subject(s): Dictionaries
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Wiley Online Library
Access to journals published by Wiley-Blackwell. Many topics are included, but Science, Technology, & Business are emphasized. Coverage: varies. Format: Articles: Journals or Newspapers Subject(s): Sci/Tech - General, Business - General
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Women Writers Online
"Women Writers Online contains the full text of hundreds of pre-Victorian English-language works written by women. Works are both fiction and non-fiction. The text of each work is fully searchable. A special subset, Renaissance Women Online, contains 100 works from this period as well as critical commentary." Coverage: 1400-1850. Format: Literary Texts Subject(s): Literary Texts, Primary Sources, Gender Studies
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World Bank - GDF
Global Development Finance Coverage: varies. Format: Statistics & Data Subject(s): Economics & Statistics
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World Bank - WDI
World Development Indicators Coverage: varies. Format: Statistics & Data Subject(s): Economics & Statistics, Facts & Stats
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World Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean
Includes a wide variety of sources about Latin America and the Caribbean: reference articles and commentary; academic journals and news-feeds; primary-source documents; maps and statistics; audio and video; and more. Covers topics such as politics, economics, religion, culture, international affairs, the environment, science, and technology. Format: Encyclopedias, Reference Subject(s): Ethnic & Area Studies, Politics & Government, World History, Primary Sources
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WorldCat
The world's most comprehensive bibliography, with millions of bibliographic records representing 400 languages and covering information from 4,000 years of knowledge. Includes holdings information from the world's libraries. Coverage: 1200-. Format: Books, E-books Subject(s): Multi Subject Databases, Reference, A & H - General, Business - General, Education - General, Sci/Tech - General, Soc Sci - General
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Contains abstracts and indexing from professional journals, major news magazines and books covering law, politics, political science, and public administration. Coverage: 1975-. Format: Articles: Journals or Newspapers Subject(s): Politics & Government, Ethnic & Area Studies