Arts (9)

• Artstor

  The Artstor Digital Library provides images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences, with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. Comprises contributions from outstanding international museums, photographers, libraries, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates. Images form ARTstor are for noncommercial educational or scholarly use only. Images may be used in educational or scholarly presentations, including printed handouts, but may not be otherwise distributed or publicly displayed. Subject(s): Art & Architecture, Art History, Humanities - General

• Cambridge Histories

  Cambridge Histories is the essential reference collection spanning 350 volumes in 10 subject areas. Subject(s): Area Studies, Arts - General, Classics, English Literature, History - General, World History

• Eighteenth Century Drama

  Explore the Larpent Collection from the Huntington Library – a unique archive of almost every play submitted for licence between 1737 and 1824. Larpent preserved the original submissions, over 2,500 of which are presented here. Subject(s): History - General, Music & Performing Arts, World History

• Getty Open Content

  Hosted by the Getty Research Institute. Search across several of the Getty repositories, including collections databases, library catalogs, collection inventories, and archival finding aids. This link initially limits your search to images available for free download under the Getty's Open Content Program. Subject(s): Art & Architecture, Art History

• JSTOR

  A full-text database of archived issues of academic journals. Since JSTOR is a backfiles project, a typical coverage range is the beginning of a journal until three or five years ago. Supported in part by the Dail Endowment Fund. Coverage: Varies. Subject(s): American History, Arts - General, Biology, History - General, Humanities - General, Science & Mathematics - General, Social Sciences - General

• Performance Design Archive

  Performance Design Archive Online is the first comprehensive, international collection that covers all aspects of theater production design, from the 17th century through to the present day, including, scenic and set design, lighting design, sound design, costume design, makeup, and more. It includes 100,000 pages of primary and secondary resources, including sketches, photographs, technical drawings, monographs, articles, and dissertations. Subject(s): Art & Architecture, Art History, Music & Performing Arts

• ProQuest Historical Newspapers

  Contains seven newspapers back to their first issues: New York Times (1851-three years ago), Chicago Tribune (1849-1985), and Wall Street Journal (1889-1989), Christian Science Monitor (1908-2002), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), Pittsburgh Courier (1950-2002) , Washington Post (1877-1997). More recent issues are available through other databases, such as ProQuest. Includes advertisements, illustrations, etc. as they were laid out on the original page. Coverage: 1849-three years ago. Subject(s): American History, Music & Performing Arts, Political Science

• RIPM

  This database includes RIPM Online Archive of Music Periodicals, RIPM e-Library of Music Periodicals, and RIPM Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals (1760-1966). Subject(s): Music & Performing Arts

• Shakespeare in Performance

  This resource features the world-famous prompt book collection at the Folger Shakespeare Library. These prompt books tell the story of Shakespeare’s plays as they were performed in theatres throughout Great Britain, the United States and internationally, between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries. Subject(s): English Literature, History - General, Music & Performing Arts

Business & Economics (7)

• Accounting Research Manager

  Only 2 concurrent users allowed. Please log out when ending your session. Contains analytical accounting, auditing, governmental, and SEC information as well as primary source data. Subject(s): Accounting

• China, America and the Pacific

  A collecetion of archival material, including manuscript sources, rare printed texts, visual images, objects, and maps, connected to the trading and cultural relationships that emerged between China, America and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Subject(s): Area Studies, Economics, History - General, World History

• China: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980

  With documents encompassing events from the earliest English embassy to the birth and early years of the People’s Republic, this resource collects sources from nine archives to give insight into the changes in China during this period. Coverage: 1793-1980. Subject(s): Area Studies, Economics, History - General, World History

• Global Commodities

  This resource focuses on the following fifteen significant commodities whose stories are often intertwined: chocolate, coffee, cotton, fur, oil, opium, porcelain, silver and gold, spices, sugar, tea, timber, tobacco, wheat, and wine and spirits. Subject(s): Economics, History - General, World History

• Leisure, Travel and Mass Culture

  This collection charts the development of one of the world’s largest and most culturally significant industries. Material is sourced from international archives, including the archives of Thomas Cook, the world’s best known travel agency and a pioneer of tourism for the masses. Coverage: 1850-1980. Subject(s): Economics, History - General

• Market Research and American Business Reports, 1935-1965

  An insight into the American consumer boom of the mid-20th century through access to the complete market research reports of Ernest Dichter, the era’s foremost consumer analyst and market research pioneer. Coverage: 1935-1965. Subject(s): Business & Economics - General, History - General, Sociology

• RIA Checkpoint

  Includes the Federal Tax Coordinator 2d and other Editorial Materials, Tax News, Primary Source Materials, and Legislation. Subject(s): Accounting

Ethnic & Area Studies (5)

• Cambridge Histories

  Cambridge Histories is the essential reference collection spanning 350 volumes in 10 subject areas. Subject(s): Area Studies, Arts - General, Classics, English Literature, History - General, World History

• China, America and the Pacific

  A collecetion of archival material, including manuscript sources, rare printed texts, visual images, objects, and maps, connected to the trading and cultural relationships that emerged between China, America and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Subject(s): Area Studies, Economics, History - General, World History

• China: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980

  With documents encompassing events from the earliest English embassy to the birth and early years of the People’s Republic, this resource collects sources from nine archives to give insight into the changes in China during this period. Coverage: 1793-1980. Subject(s): Area Studies, Economics, History - General, World History

• 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. Subject(s): American History, Area Studies, English Literature, World History

• 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. Subject(s): Area Studies, Political Science, World History

History (57)

• African American Communities

  Focusing predominantly on Atlanta, Chicago, New York, and towns and cities in North Carolina, this resource presents multiple aspects of the African American community through a range of primary sources. Coverage: 1863-1986. Subject(s): American History, Sociology

• American History, 1493-1945

  This collection traces the progress of American History and covers the major themes of the period from colonization and settlement through the revolution, expansion, politics, slavery, the Civil War and reconstruction, to World War II. Coverage: 1493-1945. Subject(s): American History, History - General

• American Indian Histories and Cultures

  Explore manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from the earliest contact with European settlers right up to photographs and newspapers from the mid-twentieth century. Browse through a wide range of rare and original documents from treaties, speeches and diaries, to historic maps and travel journals. Subject(s): American History, Anthropology, History - General

• American West

  Comprised of original manuscripts, rare printed books, maps and ephemeral material from the Everett D.Graff Collection of Western Americana at the Newberry Library, Chicago, American West covers topics including tales of frontier life, Indigenous Peoples, vigilantes and outlaws. Subject(s): American History, Anthropology, History - General

• Apartheid South Africa

  Apartheid South Africa makes available British government files from the Foreign, Colonial, Dominion and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices. These previously restricted letters, diplomatic dispatches, reports, trial papers, activists’ biographies and first-hand accounts of events give unprecedented access to the history of South Africa’s apartheid regime. Coverage: 1948-1980. Subject(s): Anthropology, History - General, World History

• New! Archives of Sexuality and Gender

  The Archives of Sexuality and Gender program provides a collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender. With material dating back to the sixteenth century, researchers and scholars can examine how sexual norms have changed over time, health and hygiene, the development of sex education, the rise of sexology, changing gender roles, social movements and activism, erotica, and many other interesting topical areas. This growing archival program offers rich research opportunities across a wide span of human history. Coverage: 1600-Current. Subject(s): History - General, Political Science, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

• BiblioBoard Web

  This is a trial version of BiblioBoard Web. BiblioBoard contains anthologies of books, images, documents, sounds and video around specific themes. BiblioBoard is also available as an app for the iPad and will soon be available for Kindle Fire HD and Nexus tablets. Subject(s): History - General

• British Library Newspapers (1800-1900)

  The British Library Newspapers collections feature London national newspapers, English regional papers, home country newspapers from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, and titles in specialist areas such as Victorian radicalism and Chartism. Coverage: 1800-1900. Subject(s): English Literature, World History

• Cambridge Histories

  Cambridge Histories is the essential reference collection spanning 350 volumes in 10 subject areas. Subject(s): Area Studies, Arts - General, Classics, English Literature, History - General, World History

• China, America and the Pacific

  A collecetion of archival material, including manuscript sources, rare printed texts, visual images, objects, and maps, connected to the trading and cultural relationships that emerged between China, America and the Pacific region between the 18th and early 20th centuries. Subject(s): Area Studies, Economics, History - General, World History

• China: Culture and Society

  China: Culture and Society features primary resources and secondary resources, including scholarly essays, an interactive chronology, mini guides, and editors’ choices from the collection. Coverage: 1750-1929. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• China: Trade, Politics and Culture 1793-1980

  With documents encompassing events from the earliest English embassy to the birth and early years of the People’s Republic, this resource collects sources from nine archives to give insight into the changes in China during this period. Coverage: 1793-1980. Subject(s): Area Studies, Economics, History - General, World History

• Chronicling America

  Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. Coverage: 1690-present. Subject(s): American History

• Church Missionary Society Periodicals

  This resource encompasses publications from the CMS, the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society and the latterly integrated South American Missionary Society. Documenting missionary work, periodicals include news, journals and reports offering a unique perspective on global history and cultural encounters. Coverage: 1804-2009. Subject(s): History - General, Religion, Sociology, World History

• Colonial America

  Colonial America includes Modules I-V .  Sourced from The National Archives UK, Colonial America offers access to thousands of documents on North America from the 1600s and 1700's. Subject(s): American History, History - General

• Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966

  Complete volumes of all British Government Confidential Print for Africa, from the Colonial, Dominion, Foreign and War Offices. Coverage: 1834-1966. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• Confidential Print: Latin America, 1833-1969

  Complete runs of all British Government Confidential Print volumes relating to the nations of South and Central America. Coverage: 1833-1969. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969

  Complete volumes of all British Colonial Office and Foreign Office Confidential Print for the Middle East. Coverage: 1839-1969. Subject(s): World History

• Confidential Print: North America, 1824-1961

  This collection consists of the Confidential Print for the United States, Canada and the English-speaking Caribbean, with some coverage of Central and South America, and covers such topics as slavery, Prohibition, the First and Second World Wars, racial segregation, territorial disputes, the League of Nations, McCarthyism and the nuclear bomb. Coverage: 1834-1961. Subject(s): American History, History - General

• Defining Gender

  Provides access to original British source material to enrich the teaching and research experience of those studying history, literature, sociology and education from a gendered perspective. Subject(s): History - General, Sociology, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

• 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. Subject(s): American History, Area Studies, English Literature, World History

• Eighteenth Century Collections Online - ECCO

  Full text--including page images--of books, pamphlets and broadsides published in England or in English between 1701 and 1800. Includes many of the items indexed in the English Short Title Catalogue. Includes ECCO parts I and II. Coverage: 1701-1800. Subject(s): American History, English Literature, World History

• Eighteenth Century Drama

  Explore the Larpent Collection from the Huntington Library – a unique archive of almost every play submitted for licence between 1737 and 1824. Larpent preserved the original submissions, over 2,500 of which are presented here. Subject(s): History - General, Music & Performing Arts, World History

• European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750

  Bibliography only, no full text. This database is derived from the seminal reference work "European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to the Americas, 1493-1750," commonly known as the Alden-Landis bibliography (after the co-editors John Alden and Dennis Landis). Features works produced in Europe that make some mention of the discovery and emerging awareness of the Americas. A wide range of subject areas are covered, from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery. Subject(s): American History, World History

• Everyday Life and Women in America, c1800-1920

  Comprises thousands of fully searchable images of rare books, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides addressing political, social and gender issues, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health, and pastimes. Subject(s): American History, History - General, Sociology, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

• First World War

  Includes Modules I, II, and III. From personal collections and rare printed material, to military files, ephemera and artwork, The First World War highlights the experiences of soldiers, civilians and governments on both sides of the conflict and in multiple theatres of war. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• Foreign Office Files for China

  Featuring diplomatic dispatches, letters, newspaper cuttings, political pamphlets, reports of court cases and other materials, this collection represents a constant exchange of information between London and the British embassies and consulates. Coverage: 1919-1980. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan

  This is a resource for the political and social history of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan in this period, featuring essential content on Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Kashmir, as well as other frontier regions. Coverage: 1947-1980. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• Foreign Office Files for the Middle East

  Includes Section I. A resource for researchers and students seeking to understand the modern Middle East, this collection contains complete runs of Foreign Office files, providing an expansive view of key events and their global political impact. Coverage: 1971-1974. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• Frontier Life

  This multi-archive collection captures the lives, experiences and colonial encounters of people living at the edges of the Anglophone world from 1650-1920. Coverage: 1650-1920. Subject(s): American History, History - General

• Global Commodities

  This resource focuses on the following fifteen significant commodities whose stories are often intertwined: chocolate, coffee, cotton, fur, oil, opium, porcelain, silver and gold, spices, sugar, tea, timber, tobacco, wheat, and wine and spirits. Subject(s): Economics, History - General, World History

• Grand Tour

  This digital collection of manuscript, visual and printed works explores the relationship between Britain and Europe from c.1550 to 1850, exploring the Anglo-European response to continental travel for pleasure, business and diplomacy. Coverage: 1550-1850. Subject(s): World History

• JSTOR

  A full-text database of archived issues of academic journals. Since JSTOR is a backfiles project, a typical coverage range is the beginning of a journal until three or five years ago. Supported in part by the Dail Endowment Fund. Coverage: Varies. Subject(s): American History, Arts - General, Biology, History - General, Humanities - General, Science & Mathematics - General, Social Sciences - General

• Leisure, Travel and Mass Culture

  This collection charts the development of one of the world’s largest and most culturally significant industries. Material is sourced from international archives, including the archives of Thomas Cook, the world’s best known travel agency and a pioneer of tourism for the masses. Coverage: 1850-1980. Subject(s): Economics, History - General

• London Low Life

  Drawn from the holdings of the Lilly Library, this resource contains full colour maps, cartoons, sketches and Tallis’ Street Views of London, and George Gissing's famous London scrapbooks from the Pforzheimer Collection. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• Macmillan Cabinet Papers, 1957-1963

  Provides complete coverage of the Cabinet conclusions (minutes) and memoranda of Harold Macmillan’s government, plus selected minutes and memoranda of policy committees. Coverage: 1957-1963. Subject(s): History - General, Political Science, World History

• Market Research and American Business Reports, 1935-1965

  An insight into the American consumer boom of the mid-20th century through access to the complete market research reports of Ernest Dichter, the era’s foremost consumer analyst and market research pioneer. Coverage: 1935-1965. Subject(s): Business & Economics - General, History - General, Sociology

• Medieval Travel Writing

  The project combines multiple manuscript sources, detailing the journeys of famous travellers from Marco Polo to John Capgrave, and the stories of legendary figures such as Prester John and Sir John Mandeville, with translations, route maps and introductory essays. Subject(s): History - General, Medieval Studies, World History

• Meiji Japan

  Manuscripts for the study of Meiji society, culture, ethnology and education from the papers of Edward Sylvester Morse. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• Migration to New Worlds

  Module I. This module covers all aspects of the migration experience, from motives and departures to arrival and permanent settlement. Significant material on the movement of Indian and Chinese indentured labourers is included from The National Archives. Coverage: 1800-1924. Subject(s): History - General, Political Science, World History

• Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers

  Includes hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration. Coverage: 1801-1899. Subject(s): American History

• Nixon Years, 1969-1974

  Nixon’s handling of numerous Cold War crises, his administration’s notable achievements, as well as his increasingly controversial activities and unorthodox use of executive powers culminating in Watergate and resignation, from a British, European and Commonwealth perspective. Coverage: 1969-1974. Subject(s): American History, History - General, Political Science

• Perdita Manuscripts

  This resource is produced in association with the Perdita Project based at the University of Warwick and Nottingham Trent University. Their goal was to identify and describe all manner of writing by early modern women from diaries to works of drama. Coverage: 1500-1700. Subject(s): English Literature, History - General, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

• Popular Culture in Britain and America

  From the collections of original archival material from key libraries in Britain and America, discover the 1950's to the 1970's through a wealth of printed and manuscript sources, visual material, ephemera and video clips. Coverage: 1950-1975. Subject(s): Anthropology, World History

• Popular Medicine in America, 1800-1900

  Uncover the history of ‘popular’ remedies and treatments in nineteenth century America, through primary source materials from the extensive collections at the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Coverage: 1800-1900. Subject(s): American History, Science & Mathematics - General

• ProQuest Historical Newspapers

  Contains seven newspapers back to their first issues: New York Times (1851-three years ago), Chicago Tribune (1849-1985), and Wall Street Journal (1889-1989), Christian Science Monitor (1908-2002), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), Pittsburgh Courier (1950-2002) , Washington Post (1877-1997). More recent issues are available through other databases, such as ProQuest. Includes advertisements, illustrations, etc. as they were laid out on the original page. Coverage: 1849-three years ago. Subject(s): American History, Music & Performing Arts, Political Science

• Readers' Guide Retrospective

  Indexes general interest magazines covering most of the 20th century. Coverage: 1890-1982. Subject(s): American History

• Romanticism: Life, Literature and Landscape

  Presents the manuscript collections of the Wordsworth Trust, researchers unique access to the working notebooks, verse manuscripts and correspondence of William Wordsworth and his fellow writers. Authors and artists represented include Wordsworth, Coleridge, Lamb, Ruskin, Gainsborough, and others. Also includes over 2,500 fine art pieces from the Wordsworth Trust's fine art collection. Subject(s): English Literature, History - General, World History

• Rotunda

  Rotunda was created for the publication of original digital scholarship along with newly digitized critical and documentary editions in the humanities and social sciences. Subject(s): American History

• Shakespeare in Performance

  This resource features the world-famous prompt book collection at the Folger Shakespeare Library. These prompt books tell the story of Shakespeare’s plays as they were performed in theatres throughout Great Britain, the United States and internationally, between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries. Subject(s): English Literature, History - General, Music & Performing Arts

• Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice

  The resource offers in-depth case studies in America, the Caribbean, Brazil and Cuba along with important material examining European, Islamic and African involvement in the slave trade. Coverage: 1490-2007. Subject(s): American History, History - General, Political Science, World History

• Travel Writing, Spectacle and World History

  This world history resource includes rare diaries and the supporting correspondence from the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University. These personal accounts describe the travel experiences, destinations and desires of nineteenth and twentieth century American women. Coverage: 1835-1976. Subject(s): Anthropology, History - General, World History

• Victorian Popular Culture

  The Victorian Popular Culture portal is a resource for the study of popular entertainment in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It 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 interconnected these worlds were. Coverage: 1779-1930. Subject(s): History - General, World History

• Virginia Company Archives

  This resource documents the founding and economic development of Virginia as seen through the papers of the Virginia Company of London, 1606-1624. Coverage: 1590-1790. Subject(s): American History, History - General

• Women in The National Archives

  A finding aid for women's studies resources in The National Archives, UK is presented alongside original documents on the suffrage question in Britain, the Empire and colonial territories. Coverage: 1559-1995. Subject(s): History - General, Political Science, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, World History

• 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. Subject(s): Area Studies, Political Science, World History

• World’s Fairs

  This resource digitises primary source material from hundreds of internation fairs and expositions spanning 1829-2015. Coverage: 1851-2015. Subject(s): American History, Anthropology, History - General, World History

Humanities (11)

• Artstor

  The Artstor Digital Library provides images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences, with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. Comprises contributions from outstanding international museums, photographers, libraries, photo archives, and artists and artists' estates. Images form ARTstor are for noncommercial educational or scholarly use only. Images may be used in educational or scholarly presentations, including printed handouts, but may not be otherwise distributed or publicly displayed. Subject(s): Art & Architecture, Art History, Humanities - General

• British Library Newspapers (1800-1900)

  The British Library Newspapers collections feature London national newspapers, English regional papers, home country newspapers from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, and titles in specialist areas such as Victorian radicalism and Chartism. Coverage: 1800-1900. Subject(s): English Literature, World History

• Cambridge Histories

  Cambridge Histories is the essential reference collection spanning 350 volumes in 10 subject areas. Subject(s): Area Studies, Arts - General, Classics, English Literature, History - General, World History

• Church Missionary Society Periodicals

  This resource encompasses publications from the CMS, the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society and the latterly integrated South American Missionary Society. Documenting missionary work, periodicals include news, journals and reports offering a unique perspective on global history and cultural encounters. Coverage: 1804-2009. Subject(s): History - General, Religion, Sociology, World History

• 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. Subject(s): American History, Area Studies, English Literature, World History

• Eighteenth Century Collections Online - ECCO

  Full text--including page images--of books, pamphlets and broadsides published in England or in English between 1701 and 1800. Includes many of the items indexed in the English Short Title Catalogue. Includes ECCO parts I and II. Coverage: 1701-1800. Subject(s): American History, English Literature, World History

• JSTOR

  A full-text database of archived issues of academic journals. Since JSTOR is a backfiles project, a typical coverage range is the beginning of a journal until three or five years ago. Supported in part by the Dail Endowment Fund. Coverage: Varies. Subject(s): American History, Arts - General, Biology, History - General, Humanities - General, Science & Mathematics - General, Social Sciences - General

• Perdita Manuscripts

  This resource is produced in association with the Perdita Project based at the University of Warwick and Nottingham Trent University. Their goal was to identify and describe all manner of writing by early modern women from diaries to works of drama. Coverage: 1500-1700. Subject(s): English Literature, History - General, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

• Romanticism: Life, Literature and Landscape

  Presents the manuscript collections of the Wordsworth Trust, researchers unique access to the working notebooks, verse manuscripts and correspondence of William Wordsworth and his fellow writers. Authors and artists represented include Wordsworth, Coleridge, Lamb, Ruskin, Gainsborough, and others. Also includes over 2,500 fine art pieces from the Wordsworth Trust's fine art collection. Subject(s): English Literature, History - General, World History

• Shakespeare in Performance

  This resource features the world-famous prompt book collection at the Folger Shakespeare Library. These prompt books tell the story of Shakespeare’s plays as they were performed in theatres throughout Great Britain, the United States and internationally, between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries. Subject(s): English Literature, History - General, Music & Performing Arts

• 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. Subject(s): English Literature, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

Science & Mathematics (2)

• JSTOR

  A full-text database of archived issues of academic journals. Since JSTOR is a backfiles project, a typical coverage range is the beginning of a journal until three or five years ago. Supported in part by the Dail Endowment Fund. Coverage: Varies. Subject(s): American History, Arts - General, Biology, History - General, Humanities - General, Science & Mathematics - General, Social Sciences - General

• Popular Medicine in America, 1800-1900

  Uncover the history of ‘popular’ remedies and treatments in nineteenth century America, through primary source materials from the extensive collections at the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Coverage: 1800-1900. Subject(s): American History, Science & Mathematics - General

Social Sciences (23)

• African American Communities

  Focusing predominantly on Atlanta, Chicago, New York, and towns and cities in North Carolina, this resource presents multiple aspects of the African American community through a range of primary sources. Coverage: 1863-1986. Subject(s): American History, Sociology

• American Indian Histories and Cultures

  Explore manuscripts, artwork and rare printed books dating from the earliest contact with European settlers right up to photographs and newspapers from the mid-twentieth century. Browse through a wide range of rare and original documents from treaties, speeches and diaries, to historic maps and travel journals. Subject(s): American History, Anthropology, History - General

• American West

  Comprised of original manuscripts, rare printed books, maps and ephemeral material from the Everett D.Graff Collection of Western Americana at the Newberry Library, Chicago, American West covers topics including tales of frontier life, Indigenous Peoples, vigilantes and outlaws. Subject(s): American History, Anthropology, History - General

• Apartheid South Africa

  Apartheid South Africa makes available British government files from the Foreign, Colonial, Dominion and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices. These previously restricted letters, diplomatic dispatches, reports, trial papers, activists’ biographies and first-hand accounts of events give unprecedented access to the history of South Africa’s apartheid regime. Coverage: 1948-1980. Subject(s): Anthropology, History - General, World History

• New! Archives of Sexuality and Gender

  The Archives of Sexuality and Gender program provides a collection of primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender. With material dating back to the sixteenth century, researchers and scholars can examine how sexual norms have changed over time, health and hygiene, the development of sex education, the rise of sexology, changing gender roles, social movements and activism, erotica, and many other interesting topical areas. This growing archival program offers rich research opportunities across a wide span of human history. Coverage: 1600-Current. Subject(s): History - General, Political Science, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

• Church Missionary Society Periodicals

  This resource encompasses publications from the CMS, the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society and the latterly integrated South American Missionary Society. Documenting missionary work, periodicals include news, journals and reports offering a unique perspective on global history and cultural encounters. Coverage: 1804-2009. Subject(s): History - General, Religion, Sociology, World History

• Defining Gender

  Provides access to original British source material to enrich the teaching and research experience of those studying history, literature, sociology and education from a gendered perspective. Subject(s): History - General, Sociology, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

• Everyday Life and Women in America, c1800-1920

  Comprises thousands of fully searchable images of rare books, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides addressing political, social and gender issues, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health, and pastimes. Subject(s): American History, History - General, Sociology, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

• JSTOR

  A full-text database of archived issues of academic journals. Since JSTOR is a backfiles project, a typical coverage range is the beginning of a journal until three or five years ago. Supported in part by the Dail Endowment Fund. Coverage: Varies. Subject(s): American History, Arts - General, Biology, History - General, Humanities - General, Science & Mathematics - General, Social Sciences - General

• Macmillan Cabinet Papers, 1957-1963

  Provides complete coverage of the Cabinet conclusions (minutes) and memoranda of Harold Macmillan’s government, plus selected minutes and memoranda of policy committees. Coverage: 1957-1963. Subject(s): History - General, Political Science, World History

• Market Research and American Business Reports, 1935-1965

  An insight into the American consumer boom of the mid-20th century through access to the complete market research reports of Ernest Dichter, the era’s foremost consumer analyst and market research pioneer. Coverage: 1935-1965. Subject(s): Business & Economics - General, History - General, Sociology

• Migration to New Worlds

  Module I. This module covers all aspects of the migration experience, from motives and departures to arrival and permanent settlement. Significant material on the movement of Indian and Chinese indentured labourers is included from The National Archives. Coverage: 1800-1924. Subject(s): History - General, Political Science, World History

• Nixon Years, 1969-1974

  Nixon’s handling of numerous Cold War crises, his administration’s notable achievements, as well as his increasingly controversial activities and unorthodox use of executive powers culminating in Watergate and resignation, from a British, European and Commonwealth perspective. Coverage: 1969-1974. Subject(s): American History, History - General, Political Science

• Perdita Manuscripts

  This resource is produced in association with the Perdita Project based at the University of Warwick and Nottingham Trent University. Their goal was to identify and describe all manner of writing by early modern women from diaries to works of drama. Coverage: 1500-1700. Subject(s): English Literature, History - General, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

• Popular Culture in Britain and America

  From the collections of original archival material from key libraries in Britain and America, discover the 1950's to the 1970's through a wealth of printed and manuscript sources, visual material, ephemera and video clips. Coverage: 1950-1975. Subject(s): Anthropology, World History

• ProQuest Historical Newspapers

  Contains seven newspapers back to their first issues: New York Times (1851-three years ago), Chicago Tribune (1849-1985), and Wall Street Journal (1889-1989), Christian Science Monitor (1908-2002), New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), Pittsburgh Courier (1950-2002) , Washington Post (1877-1997). More recent issues are available through other databases, such as ProQuest. Includes advertisements, illustrations, etc. as they were laid out on the original page. Coverage: 1849-three years ago. Subject(s): American History, Music & Performing Arts, Political Science

• Psychological Experiments Online

  A multimedia resource that synthesizes the most important psychological experiments of the 20th and 21st centuries. The collection pairs audio and video recordings of original experiments (when existent) with primary-source documents. Includes exclusive and hard-to-find materials such as notes from experiment participants, journal articles, books, field notes, letters penned by the lead psychologist, videos of modern-day replications, and modifications to the original experiments. Subject(s): Counseling & Human Services, Education, Psychology, Social Sciences - General

• Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice

  The resource offers in-depth case studies in America, the Caribbean, Brazil and Cuba along with important material examining European, Islamic and African involvement in the slave trade. Coverage: 1490-2007. Subject(s): American History, History - General, Political Science, World History

• Travel Writing, Spectacle and World History

  This world history resource includes rare diaries and the supporting correspondence from the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University. These personal accounts describe the travel experiences, destinations and desires of nineteenth and twentieth century American women. Coverage: 1835-1976. Subject(s): Anthropology, History - General, World History

• Women in The National Archives

  A finding aid for women's studies resources in The National Archives, UK is presented alongside original documents on the suffrage question in Britain, the Empire and colonial territories. Coverage: 1559-1995. Subject(s): History - General, Political Science, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, World History

• 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. Subject(s): English Literature, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

• 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. Subject(s): Area Studies, Political Science, World History

• World’s Fairs

  This resource digitises primary source material from hundreds of internation fairs and expositions spanning 1829-2015. Coverage: 1851-2015. Subject(s): American History, Anthropology, History - General, World History