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- America: History and Life provides abstracts and citations from reviews and dissertations about the history and culture of the United States and Canada from the earliest recorded times to the present. Coverage: 1964-. articles scholarly journals
- Historical Abstracts provides indexing and abstracts for journal articles, books, and dissertations covering the history of the world from 1450– except the U.S. Coverage: 1954-. articles scholarly journals
- A full-text database of archived issues of academic journals. Coverage: Varies. articles scholarly journals multi-subject databases primary sources
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- Formerly called the Greenwood Digital Collection. A collection of reference e-books published by Greenwood. Coverage: Details not available. encyclopedias reference
- Provides abstracts, indexing, and full-text for journals covering the social sciences, humanities, education, and more. Coverage: 1985-. articles newspapers magazines articles scholarly journals multi-subject databases news current events
- 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
- 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
- America’s News features national, regional and local news content that delivers multiple perspectives from more than 3,650 U.S. news sources including the Winston-Salem Journal. Covers a range of popular topics including business, health, politics, careers, entrepreneurship and much more. Coverage: 1980s-. articles newspapers magazines news current events
- America: History and Life provides abstracts and citations from reviews and dissertations about the history and culture of the United States and Canada from the earliest recorded times to the present. See Historical Abstracts for world history. Access is limited to six simultaneous users. Coverage: 1964-. articles scholarly journals
- 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. primary sources primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- 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. artwork images primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- 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. artwork images primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- The world’s largest online family history resource provides instant access to hundreds of years of history in billions of historical documents and millions of historical photos from all over the world. biography primary sources documents manuscripts
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- 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. primary sources primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- Gain access to rare primary source documents with these topically focused digital collections. Broad topic clusters include: African American studies; American Indian studies; Asian studies; British history; Holocaust studies; LGBT studies; Latin American and Caribbean studies; Middle East studies; political science; religious studies; women’s studies; and more. The Archives Unbound program consists of more than 300,000 documents totaling more than 13 million pages. primary sources documents manuscripts
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- 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. literary texts primary sources
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- Cambridge Histories is the essential reference collection spanning 350 volumes in 10 subject areas. encyclopedias reference primary sources
- Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876—the largest online collection of 18th- and 19th-century newspapers published in this region—provides primary resource for studying the development of Western society and international relations within this important group of islands. This resource covers colonial history, the Atlantic slave trade, international commerce, New World slavery and U.S. relations with the region as far back as the early 18th century. Coverage: 1718-1876. primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- Provides recommendations on editorial style and publishing practices for the digital age. Includes the full contents of the 16th and 15th editions. citation style guides encyclopedias reference
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- 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. primary sources primary sources historical newspapers periodicals reports
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- Chinese Civil War And US-China Relations: Records Of US State Dept Office Chinese Affairs, 1945-1955Provides insight into the domestic issues in Communist and Nationalist China, U.S. containment policy as it was extended to Asia, and Sino-American relations during the post-war period. This product comprises all 41 reels of the former Scholarly Resources microfilm product entitled Records of the Office of Chinese Affairs. Coverage: 1945-1955. primary sources documents manuscripts
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- Complete volumes of all British Government Confidential Print for Africa, from the Colonial, Dominion, Foreign and War Offices. Coverage: 1834-1966. primary sources reports
- Complete runs of all British Government Confidential Print volumes relating to the nations of South and Central America. Coverage: 1833-1969. primary sources reports
- 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. primary sources reports
- Credo Reference includes over 650 titles with particular emphasis on subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are over 1,100 short reference videos, nearly 450,000 high-resolution art images, photographs and maps across all subject areas. encyclopedias reference
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- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- A searchable index to peer-reviewed monographs and edited volumes published under an Open Access business model, with links to the full texts of the publications at the publisher’s website or repository. Coverage: 1985-. books e-books multi-subject databases
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- Academic e-books covering a broad range of subjects. Books may be read online in any web browser. WFU user login required. books e-books multi-subject databases
- 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. artwork images primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- Draws together material from selected archives across the UK and the US, with the aim of representing the rich variety of the eighteenth century press. Topics covered include colonial life, provincial and rural affairs, the French and American revolutions, reviews of literature and fashion throughout Europe, political debates, and London coffee house gossip and discussion. primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- The Wake Forest University Electronic Theses and dissertation database consists of PDF versions of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences students’ theses and dissertations. At this time, students have the option of submitting electronic versions; it is not yet a requirement. For a comprehensive listing of WFU theses and dissertations, please consult the online catalog. Coverage: 2002-. books e-books theses dissertations
- 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
- 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
- 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. primary sources primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
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- Streaming video collection of award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum–race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, environment, bioethics, health, political science and current events, psychology, arts, literature, and more. Coverage: Details not available. multi-subject databases video multimedia
- 17,000+ videos in business & economics, health & medicine, humanities & social sciences, and science & mathematics. Includes Oscar, Emmy and Peabody award winning documentaries, interviews, instructional and vocational training videos, historical speeches and newsreels. multi-subject databases video multimedia
- The rosters that form Final Accountability Rosters Of Japanese-American Relocation Centers, 1944-1946, provide demographic information on the “evacuees” resident at the various relocation camps. They consist of alphabetical lists of evacuees resident at the relocation centers during the period of their existence. Final Accountability Rosters Of Japanese-American Relocation Centers, 1944-1946, is part Archives Unbound- American Studies. Coverage: 1944-1946. primary sources documents manuscripts
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals reports
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- The Fortunoff Archive (hosted by Yale) holds more than 4,400 testimonies, which were produced in cooperation with thirty-six affiliated projects across North America, South America, Europe, and Israel. The Fortunoff Archive and its affiliates recorded the testimonies of willing individuals with first-hand experience of the Nazi persecutions, including those who were in hiding, survivors, bystanders, resistants, and liberators. Users must create an account and be on campus or VPN in order to access testimonies. primary sources video multimedia
- 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. artwork images primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
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- A biography database which merges Gale’s authoritative reference content, including Lives & Perspectives, with periodicals and multimedia. Includes more than 600,000 biographical entries covering international figures from all time periods and areas of study. biography encyclopedias reference
- This collection for analysts, risk management professionals, and students of military science, history, and social science is comprised of more than 200 subject-appropriate, full-text periodicals that are updated daily. Coverage: 1980-. articles newspapers magazines
- Combined interface for searching three primary-source databases simultaneously: Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO), Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO), The Making of the Modern World, and British Library Newspapers 1800-1900. primary sources documents manuscripts
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
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- HathiTrust Digital Library is a digital preservation repository and highly functional access platform. It provides long-term preservation and access services for public domain and in-copyright content from a variety of sources, including Google, the Internet Archive, Microsoft, and in-house partner institution initiatives. Log in as a WFU user to get access to downloadable PDFs of public domain items. Coverage: Varies. books e-books multi-subject databases
- Research materials for U.S. genealogy Coverage: varies. biography primary sources documents manuscripts
- Historical Abstracts provides indexing and abstracts for journal articles, books, and dissertations covering the history of the world from 1450– except the U.S. and Canada. For similar coverage of the U.S. and Canada, use America History and Life. Access is limited to six simultaneous users. Coverage: 1954-. articles scholarly journals
- History Study Center is a collection of primary and secondary sources on global history from ancient times to the present day. encyclopedias reference
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- Explore the history of South Asia between the foundation of the East India Company in 1615 and the granting of independence to India and Pakistan in 1947, through the manuscript collections of the National Library of Scotland. literary texts primary sources documents manuscripts
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- Based on a variety of original manuscript collections from the American Jewish Historical Society in New York, this resource offers insights into the everyday lives of the American Jewish population over three centuries. The database includes documents and manuscripts; full-color, searchable images; interactive maps with historical census data; biographies; essays; and an interactive chronology. Materials can be organized and viewed by key themes, such as business & industry, civil rights, politics, everyday life, culture & the arts, etc. Coverage: 1654-1954. primary sources documents manuscripts
- 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. articles scholarly journals multi-subject databases primary sources
- The Global Plants database is a growing collection of nearly three million high-resolution type specimens and related materials from community contributors around the world. This resource also features partner-contributed reference works and primary sources, such as collectors’ correspondence and diaries, illustrations, and photographs. Selected sub-collections include reference works and books such as The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa, illustrations from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, and Kew’s Directors’ Correspondence. artwork images primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
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- 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
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts reports
- Traces the genesis of some of the period’s greatest literary masterpieces through the unique manuscripts of their authors. Each author collection is included in its entirety, allowing users to browse and search the manuscripts as they would in the Berg Reading Room. Authors represented include: Matthew Arnold, The Brontës, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy. literary texts primary sources documents manuscripts
- This resource contant manuscripts of 17th and 18th century verse held in the Brotherton Collection at the University of Leeds. Alongside original compositions are copied verses, translations, songs and riddles. primary sources documents manuscripts
- 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. primary sources primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
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- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts reports
- Digital facsimile images of primary sources that track the development of the modern, western world through the lens of trade and wealth from the period 1450-1914. Full-text searching across works in the areas of history, political science, social conditions, technology and industry, economics, area studies and more. Coverage: 1450-1914. primary sources documents manuscripts
- 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. primary sources reports
- Mass Observation was a social research organization formed in 1937 to study the everyday lives of ordinary people in Britain. This collection includes studies and publications, diaries and personal writings, photographs, and interactive maps. It describes everyday life in the words of ordinary people, with interviews and records of overheard conversations, rather than through polls. Coverage: 1937-1965. primary sources documents manuscripts reports
- Contains full-color images of original medieval manuscripts from five family letter collections. Includes full text searchable transcripts from the printed editions, where available, plus supplementary material such as family trees, chronology, glossary, images, links to related scholarly websites, etc. Coverage: Middle ages. primary sources documents manuscripts
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- Manuscripts for the study of Meiji society, culture, ethnology and education from the papers of Edward Sylvester Morse. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
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- Primary source collections of the “long” nineteenth century. Collections are sourced through partnerships with major world libraries and specialist libraries. Content includes monographs, newspapers, manuscripts, ephemera, maps, and more. Coverage: 1769-1906. literary criticism reference primary sources documents manuscripts
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- This collection includes a selection of student and community newspapers, as well as African-American newspapers, from schools and towns around North Carolina. articles newspapers magazines primary sources primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
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- 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 Handbooks Online includes a collection of the best Handbooks in 14 subject areas. books e-books
- Online access to the Oxford Handbooks series in History. Each handbook takes an aspect of its discipline, explains the key issues, the classic and contemporary debates on those issues, and describes how those debates might evolve. The handbooks offer authoritative and trustworthy guides to the scholarship that defines the field. encyclopedias reference
- In-depth, peer-reviewed summaries of important topics. ZSR subscribes to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Latin American History. encyclopedias reference
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- This collection of more than 1,200 streaming videos provides a range of content with the most valuable video documentaries and series from PBS. Covers subjects from science, history, art, Shakespeare, diversity, business & economics, and more. video multimedia
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- Provides access to the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities and social sciences. Coverage: Varies. articles scholarly journals
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: Global (PQDTGlobal) is a comprehensive collection of full-text dissertations and theses. PQDTGlobal includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works. It also includes PQDT UK & Ireland content. Coverage: 1861-. books e-books theses dissertations
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- 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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- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- 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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- The SHAFR Guide Online: An Annotated Bibliography of U.S. Foreign Relations since 1600 is a near-comprehensive, 2.1 million-word online annotated bibliography of historical work covering the entire span of U.S. foreign relations. It aims to jump-start the research of both students from high school to graduate school as well as the most advanced scholars. encyclopedias reference
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- 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
- Designed specifically for elementary and middle school students, SIRS Discoverer offer articles, nonfiction books, images, activities and websites curated for educational relevance, age appropriateness, and readability. curriculum resources k-12 encyclopedias reference
- Slavery and the Law features petitions on race, slavery, and free blacks that were submitted to state legislatures and county courthouses between 1775 and 1867. Coverage: 1775-1867. primary sources documents manuscripts
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals reports
- This module documents the international and domestic traffic in slaves in Britain’s New World colonies and the United States, providing important primary source material on the business aspect of the slave trade. Coverage: 1636-1880. primary sources documents manuscripts
- State Papers Online is an online resource covering two hundred years of British and European history, from the reign of Henry VIII to the end of the reign of Queen Anne. State Papers Online, 1509-1714 gathers together sixteenth- and seventeenth-century British State Papers and links these rare historical manuscripts to their fully text-searchable calendars. Coverage: 1509-1714. primary sources documents manuscripts
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- As the "world's newspaper of record," The Times (of London) has covered major international events from the French Revolution to the War in Iraq. The Times Digital Archive allows users to search over 200 years of this invaluable historical source. Coverage: 1785 – 5 years ago. articles newspapers magazines news current events primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
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- 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. artwork images primary sources primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
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- Includes primary documents, books, images, scholarly essays, book reviews, Web site reviews, and teaching tools, all documenting the multiplicity of women’s activism in public life. Also includes a searchable online edition of the highly respected research tool “Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary” (5 volumes, 1971–2004), fully integrated into the broader Women & Social Movements database. primary sources documents manuscripts
- This database examines efforts to foster gender equity through expanded economic and social participation of women on a global scale. Covering a century, the database highlights and evaluates activism through individual efforts, organizational initiatives, and socio-cultural projects led by or for women in the Global South. Coverage: 1919-2019. primary sources documents manuscripts
- 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. primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts
- This resource digitizes primary source material from hundreds of international fairs and expositions spanning 1829-2015. Coverage: 1851-2015. artwork images primary sources primary sources documents manuscripts primary sources historical newspapers periodicals
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- Data about the books, journals, films, manuscripts, and other materials owned by the ZSR Library. Coverage: 14th century-. books e-books multi-subject databases