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  • ABC-CLIO E-book Collection
    Formerly called the Greenwood Digital Collection. A collection of reference e-books published by Greenwood. Coverage: Details not available. encyclopedias reference
  • African American Newspapers, Series 2
    Series 2 contains more than 75 newspapers from 22 states, all written for or by African Americans. Key titles include Frederick Douglass’s New National Era, Washington Tribune, Chicago Bee, The Louisianian, The Pine and Palm, National Anti-Slavery Standard, New York Age, Harlem Liberator, North Carolina Republican and Civil Rights Advocate, Southern News and many others. Coverage: 1835-1956. primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
  • African Newspapers (1800-1922)
    This groundbreaking online collection provides more than 60 searchable African newspapers published in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Featuring English- and foreign-language titles from Angola, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, African Newspapers offers unparalleled coverage of the issues and events that shaped the continent and its peoples between 1800 and 1922. Coverage: 1800-1922. primary sources historical newspapers periodicals

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  • Diaolong Full-text Database of Chinese & Japanese Ancient Books
    A project of collaborations among scholars from China, Japan, and Taiwan. It is one of the most comprehensive collections of Chinese and Japanese ancient books including almost 30,000 volumes of ancient books covering historical, political, economic, religious, philosophic, literary, ethnic and geographic documents. books e-books
  • Digitalia Hispanica
    Simultaneously search or browse Digitalia’s multiple collections including scholarly eBooks and eJournals from Spain, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Dominican Republic, and more. Subject Collections for eBooks and eJournals include Architecture, Art, Caribbean Studies, Historic Periodicals of Spain, Law, Religion and Mythology, Spanish Literature Criticism, and many more. articles scholarly journals books e-books

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  • Early English Books Online – EEBO
    Full text of books, pamphlets and broadsides published in England or in English between 1475 and 1700. Includes many of the items indexed in the English Short Title Catalogue. Corresponds to the Pollard and Redgrave, and Wing Short-Title Catalogues, as well as Thomason Tracts. Coverage: 1473-1700. literary criticism reference primary sources
  • eHRAF World Cultures
    A cross-cultural database containing descriptive information on cultures and ethnic groups from around the world. Includes citations, abstracts, and full text of ethnographic and other materials, indexed by culture and subject. Information is drawn from books, dissertations, conference papers, and journal articles. Coverage: 1991-. books e-books
  • Empire Online
    Includes over 70,000 images of original documents relating to Empire Studies, sourced from libraries and archives around the world. Contains manuscript and printed material, from not only British but also French, Dutch, Spanish, North American and other points of view. Supported by the Presidential Trust for Faculty Excellence. Coverage: 1400s-present. primary sources documents manuscripts reports
  • Encyclopaedia Iranica
    The Encyclopædia Iranica is a comprehensive research tool dedicated to the study of Iranian civilization in the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. encyclopedias reference
  • Encyclopaedia of Islam (Second Edition)
    The Encyclopaedia of Islam (Second Edition) Online sets out the present state of our knowledge of the Islamic World. It is a reference tool and the authoritative source not only for the religion, but also for the believers and the countries in which they live. encyclopedias reference
  • Encyclopaedia of Islam (Three)
    Encyclopaedia of Islam-Three is the third edition of Brill’s Encyclopaedia of Islam which sets out the present state of our knowledge of the Islamic World. EI-Three is an entirely new work, with new articles reflecting the great diversity of current scholarship. It is published in five substantial segments each year. encyclopedias reference
  • Ethnic Diversity Source
    Ethnic Diversity Source is a full-text database that covers the culture, traditions, social treatment and lived experiences of many ethnic populations in North America. articles scholarly journals books e-books
  • Ethnic NewsWatch
    Contains the complete text of more than 250,000 articles, editorials, and reviews published in approximately 150 ethnic and minority newspapers, magazines, and journals published in the U.S. Coverage: 1995-. articles newspapers magazines articles scholarly journals multi-subject databases news current events

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  • Japan Times Archives
    The Japan Times Archives enables users to search for articles from the first English-language newspaper in Japan. Historical content includes domestic and international politics, economy, culture, TV schedules, advertisements, weather forecasts and other useful topics across 120 years. primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
  • New JET Magazine Archive
    JET Magazine Archive covers art, news, politics and other social topics with an African-American focus. It includes over 3,100 issues providing a broad view of culture, fashion and entertainment from its first issue in 1951 through 2014. Coverage: 1951-2014.

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  • Kanopy Video
    Kanopy is a distributor of educational videos for online viewing. Content is available across multiple subject areas. video multimedia

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  • Latin American Newspapers
    Latin American Newspapers, Series 1 and 2, 1805-1922, offer coverage of the people, issues and events that shaped this vital region during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Featuring titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and a dozen other countries, these resources provide viewpoints from diverse Latin American cultures. Latin American Newspapers chronicles the evolution of Latin America over two centuries through eyewitness reporting, editorials, legislative information, letters, poetry, advertisements, obituaries and other items. Coverage: 1805-1922. primary sources historical newspapers periodicals

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  • Mountain People: Life and Culture in Appalachia
    This collection consists of the diaries, journals, and narratives of explorers, emigrants, military men, Native Americans, and travelers. In addition, there are accounts on the development of farming and mining communities, family histories, and folklore. These accounts provide information on the social, political, economic, scientific, religious and agricultural characteristics of the Appalachian region. Coverage: 1700-1950. primary sources documents manuscripts
  • Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound
    Includes the published recordings owned by the non-profit Smithsonian Folkways Recordings label and the archival audio collections of the Folkways Records, Cook, Dyer-Bennet, Fast Folk, Monitor, Paredon and other labels. Also includes music recorded around the African continent by Dr. Hugh Tracey for the International Library of African Music (ILAM) at Rhodes University and material collected on the South Asian subcontinent from the Archive Research Centre for Ethnomusicology (ARCE), sponsored by the American Institute for Indian Studies. video multimedia

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  • North China Herald Online
    From BrillOnline Primary Sources, The North China Herald was published in Shanghai from around 1850 to the 1940s. It was the official journal for British consular notifications and for announcements of the Shanghai Municipal Council. It also features translations of Chinese official notifications and news. Coverage: 1850-1940. primary sources historical newspapers periodicals

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  • Oxford Bibliographies: African Studies
    Oxford Bibliographies are authoritative, scholar-developed research guides covering a variety of subject areas. They combine features of an annotated bibliography and a subject encyclopedia, guiding researchers to the best available scholarship on the topic. encyclopedias reference
  • Oxford Bibliographies: Islamic Studies
    Oxford Bibliographies Online are authoritative, scholar-developed research guides covering a variety of subject areas. They combine features of an annotated bibliography and a subject encyclopedia, guiding researchers to the best available scholarship on the topic. encyclopedias reference
  • Oxford Bibliographies: Latin American Studies
    Oxford Bibliographies Online are authoritative, scholar-developed research guides covering a variety of subject areas. They combine features of an annotated bibliography and a subject encyclopedia, guiding researchers to the best available scholarship on the topic. encyclopedias reference
  • Oxford Bibliographies: Latino Studies
    Oxford Bibliographies are authoritative, scholar-developed research guides covering a variety of subject areas. They combine features of an annotated bibliography and a subject encyclopedia, guiding researchers to the best available scholarship on the topic. encyclopedias reference

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  • ProQuest International Newsstream
    International Newsstream provides the most recent news content from outside of the U.S. and Canada with archives that stretch back decades. The comprehensive collection features newspapers, newswires, transcripts, and digital-only news sites in full-text format. Over 800 of the world's top news sources such as The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications are included in the collection. All titles are cross searchable on the ProQuest platform. articles newspapers magazines articles scholarly journals
  • ProQuest Latin America & Iberia Database
    The Latin America & Iberia Database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in Latin American countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela, and also Spain and Portugal. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, medical, social sciences, education, arts, anthropology, law, and humanities. articles newspapers magazines articles scholarly journals
  • ProQuest Middle East & Africa Database
    This database provides ongoing full-text academic journals that are locally published by scholarly publishing organizations and educational institutions in many Middle Eastern and African countries. Major subject areas of study are represented, including business, science, technology, engineering, social sciences, education, and humanities. articles newspapers magazines articles scholarly journals

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  • New Queer Pasts
    Queer Pasts is a digital queer history project consisting of primary source document collections and curatorial essays. The digital exhibits on this platform are designed for students, teachers, and scholars of queer history. primary sources

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  • Republic of New Afrika: Independence, Reparations, and Citizenship
    This collection provides documentation collected by the FBI and chronicles the activities of the social movement organization The Republic of New Afrika (RNA), including activities of national and local leaders, power struggles within the organization, its growing militancy, and its affiliations with other Black militant organizations. Source Library: Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters Library. Coverage: 1968-1980. primary sources documents manuscripts
  • Routledge Handbooks Online
    Overviews of research and trends in the Social Sciences and Humanities. WFU access includes the following subject collections: Asian Studies; Communication, Journalism, Media & Culture; Environment & Sustainability; Law; Philosophy; Politics; Religion; Security Studies; and Sociology. encyclopedias reference

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  • Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive
    The USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive allows users to search through and view more than 54,000 video testimonies of survivors and witnesses of genocide.Initially a repository of Holocaust testimony, the Visual History Archive has expanded to include testimonies from the Armenian Genocide that coincided with World War I, the 1937 Nanjing Massacre in China, the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, the Guatemalan Genocide of 1978-1996 and the Cambodian Genocide of 1975-1979. video multimedia
  • South Asia Open Archives (SAOA)
    SAOA is a free open-access resource for research and teaching. It is a growing curated collection of key historical and contemporary sources in arts, humanities and social sciences, from and about South Asia, in English and other languages of the region. SAOA's collection currently contains hundreds of thousands of pages of books, journals, newspapers, census data, magazines, and documents, with particular focus on social & economic history, literature, women & gender, and caste & social structure. articles newspapers magazines articles scholarly journals

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  • Tiananmen Square and U.S.-China Relations, 1989-1993
    This digital collection reviews U.S.-China relations in the post-Cold War Era, and analyzes the significance of the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations, China’s human rights issues, and resumption of World Bank loans to China in July 1990. Source Library: George H.W. Bush Presidential Library. Coverage: 1989-1993. primary sources documents manuscripts
  • Trans-Pacific Online
    Launched in Tokyo in 1919 as the flagship of the Japan-America Association by Benjamin Fleisher (1870-1946), publisher of the Japan Advertiser, the Trans-Pacific began with a mission to stimulate US-Japan amity. Sharing editorial and corporate resources with the Japan Advertiser, the Trans-Pacific soon became that newspaper’s de facto weekly edition, serving up a heady mix of political, cultural and commercial news to forward-looking Japanese and western readerships. Coverage: 1919-1940. articles newspapers magazines primary sources historical newspapers periodicals

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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. primary sources documents manuscripts
  • World Constitutions Illustrated
    This collection includes the current constitution for every country in its original language format and an English translation, as well as substantial constitutional histories for countries such as Australia, Brazil, China, France, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and more. It also includes constitutional periodicals, thousands of classic books, other related works such as the World Fact Book, and bibliographic references. primary sources documents manuscripts
  • 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. encyclopedias reference primary sources
  • 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-. articles scholarly journals

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