Digital library containing over 10 million academic, full text online resources.
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The JSTOR Archive is a digital collection of eBooks and academic journals, which extend back to the first volume published. This digital library is particularly strong in the humanities, but covers all subject areas. The database itself supports data and text mining as well. For additional information, visit the JSTOR Research Guides.
Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage: Vary by title
Update Schedule: Annual
Database Distributor: JSTOR
Kanopy is an online, streaming video service, which provides access to over 26,000 films each year. Kanopy includes titles from PBS, BBC, Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation and more.
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Subjects: All
Kanopy is a streaming video service that works like Netflix for educational institutions. Every year, Kanopy offers access to over 26,000 films and documentaries for educational and classroom use. Films may be browsed by subject or searched by title.
Format: Streaming Media
Update Schedule: Annually
Database Distributor: Kanopy
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The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
This database shows how World War II changed American society and the economy, how it impacted individuals and their families, and the legacy of the war.
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Subjects: US History, World War II
Alongside the archival collections and artifacts, the oral history video interviews conducted by The National WWII Museum provide opportunities to learn about the personal experiences of veterans in their own words.
Format: Full Text, image, videos
Database Distributor: Adam Matthew Digital
Arcadian Library Online enables easy exploration of the rich holdings of the Arcadian Library, revealing the shared cultural heritage of Europe and the Middle East across the course of a millennium
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Available for free until May 21 2020 due to publisher responses to the COVID19 pandemic.
World’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives.
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Subject Areas: Biology, Biodiversity
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. BHL is revolutionizing global research by providing free, worldwide access to knowledge about life on Earth.
Format: full text
Database Distributor: Biodiversity Heritage Library
The platform offers access to a carefully curated collection of fully-searchable text and image content, incorporating the new edition of Sir Banister Fletcher’s Global History of Architecture, exclusive to the platform and produced in partnership with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the University of London. The all new Banister Fletcher is global in focus and sits alongside peer-reviewed cutting-edge academic research and a wealth of images.
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Available until May 29, 2020 due to publisher responses to the COVID19 pandemic.
This database consists of the original correspondence between the British government and the governments of the American colonies.
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Colonial America consists of three distinct collections, moving from early settlement in the colonies to the political protests leading to revolution, and continues through the American Revolution.
Module I: Early Settlement, Expansion and Rivalries
Covering the period from 1606 to 1822, Colonial America consists of the original correspondence between the Board of Trade and Secretaries of State and the English, later British, colonies in North America and the Caribbean. It is a vital resource for scholars of the early-modern Atlantic world. Topics covered include the expansion of English settlements, relationships with Native Americans, trade, war, piracy, religious matters, slavery, tobacco, sugar and other commodities.
Module II: Towards Revolution
Focusing on the 1760s and 1770s, this module documents the social and political protest that led to the Declaration of Independence, and is also particularly rich in material relating to military affairs and Native Americans. Made up of letters, charters and commissions, instructions to officials, military documents, newspapers, printed pamphlets, public notices, maps and many other material types, this resource sheds light on all aspects of American life in the colonial period.
Module III: The American Revolution
Complete CO5 Files from The National Archives, UK Introducing Module III of V which charts the upheavals of the 1770s and 1780s, including the throwing of British rule in the Thirteen Colonies. Contents within this module includes volumes of intercepted letters between colonists, the military correspondence of the British commanders in the field and material produced by the Ordnance Office and the office of the Secretary at War, along with copies of the Dunlap edition of the Declaration of Independence printed on the night of the 4th-5th July 1776.
Module IV: Legislation and Politics in the Colonies
Traces the Colonies' political and legal evolution from 1636-1782. Includes details about Britain's war with Spain and expeditions in Canada against the French. Includes court journals, correspondences and revisions of acts.
Module V: Growth, Trade and Development (2019)
The preponderant part of this module consists of correspondence with the Board of Trade. There are also details of land grants, financial accounts and documents focusing on American Indian relations, as well as George Vancouver’s despatches to London from his 1791 expedition to the Pacific Northwest. The module contains a number of shipping returns, accompanied by a video interview with Hannah Knox Tucker (PhD candidate, University of Virginia), who discusses these documents and their value for researchers in detail.
Format: Full Text
Database Producer: Adam Matthew Digital
Containing royal charters, correspondence, trading diaries, minutes of council meetings and reports of expeditions, this resource charts the history of British trade and rule in the Indian subcontinent and beyond from 1599 to 1947.
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Subject: East Asian Studies, Economics, Global Commerce, History, International Studies, Political Science
A weekly newspaper covering global topics including politics and business.
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The paper has sections devoted to Europe, Asia, Latin America, China, and science and technology. It has also coverage of books, arts and culture, and columns on financial markets, business, Asian politics, and Latin America.
For older issues, see Economist Historical Archive
Format: Full text
Dates of Coverage: 1997 - Present
Update Schedule: Weekly
Database Distributor: Economist
Includes audio recordings, videos, field notebooks and journals documenting musical traditions and how music interacts with different societies and cultures all over the globe.
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Subjects: Music, Ethnography, Ethnomusicology
Produced in collaboration with the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive Ethnomusicology: Global Field Recordings is comprised of over 60 field collections from ethnomusicologists dating from the mid-twentieth century to the early twenty-first century. This resource also features material from the University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archive relating to prominent ethnomusicologist Robert Garfias.
Format: Audio, videos, full text
Dates of Coverage: mid-twentieth century to the early twenty-first century
Database Distributor: Adam Matthew Digital
Includes printed and manuscript cookbooks, advertising ephemera, government reports, films, and illustrated content of food and drink.
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Subjects: Food History
This resource aims to represent a range of key food and drink history stories from the evolution of food within everyday life to haute cuisine, charting key issues around agriculture and food production, and looking into advertising histories of key food and drink brands. The materials in this collection illustrate the deep links between food and identity, politics, power, gender, race, and socio-economic status.
Format: Full Text, audio, videos
Dates of Coverage:
Database Distributor: Adam Matthew Digital
This collection provides insight into the events between First World War victory and Second World War defeat, crucial to understanding the political journey of Japan during this period.
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Subjects: Japanese History, World War I
Through extensive runs of Foreign Office Files from the National Archives, UK, this collection documents Anglo-Japanese diplomatic relations during an era of rapid Japanese progression and expansion.
Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage: 1919-1952
Database Distributor: Adam Matthew Digital
HeinOnline is a comprehensive law research database that contains more than 2,200 law journals.
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Subject Areas: Law
HeinOnline includes more than 2,200 law journals, entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, and entire databases dedicated to treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents.
Our current subscriptions in this database:
Law Journal Library
Brennan Center for Justice Publications at NYU School of Law
Code of Federal Regulations
Criminal Justice in America: U.S. Attorney General Opinions, Reports, and Publications
Federal Register Library
Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS)
GAO Reports and Comptroller General Decisions
Gun Regulation and Legislation in America
History of International Law
Description of History of Supreme Court Nominations
History of Supreme Court Nominations
John F. Kennedy Assassination Collection
Legal Classics
Pentagon Papers
Religion and the Law
Reports of U.S. Presidential Commissions and Other Advisory Bodies
Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
U.S. Code
U.S. Congressional Documents
U.S. Congressional Serial Set
U.S. Federal Agency Documents, Decisions, and Appeals
U.S. Federal Legislative History Library
U.S. Presidential Library
U.S. Statutes at Large
U.S. Supreme Court Library
U.S. Treaties and Agreements Library
Women and the Law (Peggy)
World Constitutions Illustrated
Format: full text
Database Distributor: William S. Hein
The collections include images and descriptive data related to the iconography of works of art produced between early apostolic times and the sixteenth century.
This collection complement the print Index at Princeton University, which is currently being integrated into the database. The collections include images and descriptive data related to the iconography of works of art produced between early apostolic times and the sixteenth century. Although the Index of Medieval Art was formerly known as the Index of Christian Art, the collection now includes secular subjects as well as a growing number of subjects from medieval Jewish and Islamic culture.
This collection is available fore free through June 1, 2020, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Journal titles include: Angelicum, Carmina Philosophiae, Celestinesca, Le Cygne, Lectura Dantis, Petrarchesca, Bulletin d’informations proustiennes, Faulkner Journal, Langston Hughes Review, Thomas Mann Jahrbuch, Woolf Studies Annual, Yearbook of Conrad Studies. See the full journal title list here
Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage: 1924-2017
Database Distributor: JSTOR
Ebsco's largest collection of popular full-text magazines, reference books and other highly-regarded sources. Over 2,500 active full-text journals and magazines.
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Available for free due to publisher responses to COVID19
An archival collection comprising the back files of 15 major magazines (including the Newsweek archive).
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Subject Areas: Political Science
An archival collection comprising the back files of 15 major magazines (including the Newsweek archive), spanning areas including current events, international relations, and public policy.
Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage: 1918 - 2015
Database Producer: Proquest
This database provides access to primary source content for the development of religions and religious movements born in the U.S. from 1820 to 1990.
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Collections include: The American Religions Collection, Utah and the Mormons, The Shaker Collection, Christian Identity Materials from The Hall-Hoag Collection of Extremist Propaganda, FBI Files on Jonestown, on Waco/Branch Davidians and on the Moorish Science Temple of America.
This collection consists of newspapers published during the war and its immediate aftermath (1939-1948).
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Subjects: Journalism, History
The collection consists of newspapers published during the war and its immediate aftermath (1939-1948). Titles from all the key theatres are featured, including some non-English material in German, Czech, Hindi, Russian, French, Italian, Polish, Hebrew, Afrikaans, Swahili, and African dialects.
Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage: 1939-1948
Database Distributor: Adam Matthew Digital
Sourced solely from the renowned Kinsey Institute Library & Special Collections, Sex & Sexuality provides access to collections from prominent sex researchers and sexologists.
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Subjects: Sexology, Gender Studies
Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage:
Database Distributor: Adam Matthew Digital
Documenting over 300 productions from 1997-2016, this digital collection provides resources for the study of Shakespeare, theatre, cultural history and early-modern literature.
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Subjects: English, Theater
This collection of documents offers insights into the performance practice in the particular space of the reconstructed Globe Theatre.
Format: Full Text, image, videos
Dates of Coverage: 1997-2006
Database Distributor: Adam Matthew Digital
A comprehensive archive of Womens Wear Daily, from the first issue in 1910 to recent issues (6-month embargo on new issues). Every page, article, advertisement and cover has been included, with searchable text and indexing.
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Subject Areas: Retail business, Fashion history, Popular culture, Gender studies, Marketing and advertising
Format: Archival Materials, Full Text Journals
Dates of Coverage: 1910- 6 months embargo on the current issues
Database Producer: Proquest
World War II Collection includes U.S. Documents on Planning, Operations, Intelligence, Axis War Crimes, and Refugees.
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Subject Areas: History, Political Science
This module includes President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Map Room Files, Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Records of the War Department Operations Division, U.S. Navy Action and Operational Reports, Records of the Office of War Information, Papers of the War Refugee Board, George C. Marshall Papers, and numerous other collections.
Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage: 1920-1983
Database Producer: ProQuest
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