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19th Century UK Periodicals It provides resource for the study of British life in the 19th century - from art to business, and from children to politics.
American Civil Liberties Union Papers gives researchers access to the more than 2 million documents contained in the records of the American Civil Liberties Union at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript library at Princeton University.
American Fiction, 1774-1920 encompasses more than 17,500 works of prose fiction written by Americans from the political beginnings of the United States through World War I.
Archives of Sexuality and Gender covers subjects such as queer history and activism, cultural studies, psychology, sociology, health, political science, policy studies, human rights, gender studies and more.
The Associated Press Collections Online Archive contains the history of world major events. Includes news coverage, imagery and behind-the-scenes context.
Book Review Index Plus includes more than 5 million book reviews, in numerous disciplines, including literature, history, education, psychology, and more.
Brazilian-Portuguese History and Culture contains topics on colonialism, the Brazilian independence period, slavery and abolition, the Catholic Church, indigenous peoples, immigration, ecology, agriculture, economic development, medicine and public health, international relations, and Brazilian and Portuguese literature.
British Library Newspapers contains comprehensive range of regional and local newspapers in Britain between the mid eighteenth and mid twentieth centuries.
China from Empire to Republic is a collection of 17 English-language periodicals published in or about China during a period of over 130 years, extending from 1817 until the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.
Crime, Punishment and Popular Culture contains trials transcripts, police and forensic reports, detective novels, newspaper accounts and true crime litarature. Between the period if 1790-1920
Provides information on specific diseases, conditions, treatments and drugs pertaining to emergency medicine, cardiology, ancology, paediatrics and more.
Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library includes examples from over 400 years of books printed in Arabic script as well as translations into European and Asian languages from the period.
The weekly magazine which is essential reading for anyone interested in politics, current affairs and all aspects of business and trade worldwide.
Also cross-searchable with other historical databases via Gale Primary Sources
References to scholarly works on all aspects of ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. Includes antiquities, culture, history, law, language & literature, philosophy, science and society.
Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG) is an encyclopedia of music. It offers articles on every aspect of music as well as many related areas such as literature, philosophy, and visual arts. MGG Online contains the second print edition of MGG, published from 1994 to 2008, as well as current, continuous online updates and additions.
Includes books and monographs, newspapers and periodicals, diaries and personal letters, manuscripts, photographs, pamphlets, maps, sheet music and more.
Covers areas of World War I and World War II; Wars and Conflicts; Colonialism, Imperialism and End of Empire; Impact of New Technology and Modernity; Public Health, Conservation and Environmentalism; Social Change; and The Role of Women.
Features the newspapers and periodicals, as well as pamphlets and broadsheets, that form the Nichols newspaper collection held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, UK.
BBC periodical published from 1929 1991. The online archive consists of the complete 62 years run of the paper, digitised from originals in full colour.
Cover nearly every aspect of American and British law and legal traditions of Europe, Latin America, Asia and other jurisdictions, both classic and contemporary.
Cover nearly every aspect of American and British law and legal traditions of Europe, Latin America, Asia and other jurisdictions, both classic and contemporary.
Cover nearly every aspect of American and British law and legal traditions of Europe, Latin America, Asia and other jurisdictions, both classic and contemporary.
U.S. Declassified Documents Online contains materials from the State Department political analyses, White House confidential file materials, National Security Council policy statements, CIA intelligence memoranda, and much more.
Covers primarily the 19th and 20th centuries women’s history and issues that have affected women, and the many contributions they have made to society.
