History: Global History

Contains all Arabic Koran editions printed in Europe before 1850, as well as all complete translations directly from the Arabic (until about 1860).

CMS was founded in 1799 with aims including social reform in England and world evangelisation. The first overseas mission was in Sierra Leone in 1804, but soon the societies were working in other African countries, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Asia, Oceania and the Americas. The periodicals include news, journals and reports offering a unique perspective on global history and cultural encounters.

Covering major topics, and events from the late 1890s to the present including border and migration, atrocities and human rights violations, peacekeeping, climate change, terrorism, revolutions, and human trafficking.

Legal treatises comprising over 21,000 works from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries on British Commonwealth and American law. Terms & Conditions

Explores the movement of peoples from Great Britain, Ireland, mainland Europe and Asia to the New World and Australasia; access primary documents ranging letters and diaries to government documents.
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An archive of original materials for the study of popular entertainment in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Mainly 20th century primary sources for queer history and activism, cultural studies, psychology, sociology, health, political science, policy studies, human rights, gender studies and more. It includes the Herstory archives, LGBTQ newspapers & magazines, government reports and personal papers.

Wide ranging primary archival sources from all parts of the world.

The original mission of the FBIS was to monitor, record, transcribe and translate intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, and clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories for the US Government. This database provides a wealth of information from all countries outside of the U.S.—from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

Contains human rights documents from 483 non-governmental human rights organizations (NGOs) worldwide, some of which have a universal scope, whilst others focus on the attainment of human rights in a specific area of the world, covering the period from 1980 up to 2007.

LGBT Studies in Video and LGBT Thought and Culture provide a multi-content perspective on the LGBT political, cultural and social movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day.

Provides primary source material from both sides of Far-Right and Left Political Groups in the US and Europe, with some Australian material.

Popular Culture explores the dynamic period of social, political and cultural change between 1950 and 1975. Includes colour images of manuscript and rare printed material as well as photographs, ephemera and memorabilia.

An archive of primary materials and research which profiles the work and lives of women activists, and reveals how women's social movements have shaped modern attitudes about poverty, child labour, literacy, disease prevention, and global inequality.

An amazing collection of primary source material spanning continents and centuries. The specialised search interface to also analyze the content of the Library's historical collections hosted by Gale, using frequency and term-relationship tools

Covering the histories of fifteen key commodities( such as chocolate, opium, tea and tobacco), this database contains manuscript sources, rare books, maps, advertising, paintings, photographs and ephemera from the 15th to the 20th centuries.

Covering major topics, and events from the late 1890s to the present including border and migration, atrocities and human rights violations, peacekeeping, climate change, terrorism, revolutions, and human trafficking.

Full text primary sources and images on the art, culture, literature, racism, religion and imperialism of empire from 1492 - 2007. The creators have endeavoured to find sources from all continents.
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Books, pamphlets and periodicals published between 1543-1945 reflecting women's history, and the movement for women's rights in many countries. Primarily in English, but also German, French, and other languages. Individual titles are also searchable in our catalogue.

Primary source documents from the Atlantic world, essays and other secondary resources, relating to the complex subjects of slavery, abolition and social justice.

Brings together hundreds of accounts by women of their travels across the globe from the early 19th century to the late 20th century. Includes manuscripts, diaries and correspondence, drawings, guidebooks,postcards and photographs.

DescriptionCrime, 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. Collections include UK National Archives criminal justice system records, QLD Police Gazette and Pinkerton Detective Agency Records 1853-1999.

The Wiley Digital Archives program enables the digital preservation of unique and rare primary source materials.
Access to 4 Archive Collections: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, The New York Academy of Sciences, Royal College of Physicians, Royal Geographical Society

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Full text of academic encyclopedias. It includes the Encyclopedia of Islam and Publications of the Hague Academy of International Law

Full text of academic encyclopedias. It includes the Dictionary of American History, Dictionary of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Encyclopedia of Black Studies, Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World and the Encyclopaedia Judaica

HathiTrust brings together collections of partner institutions. The repository supports both preservation and access, with a range of access services encompassing permitted uses of books digitized by Google and access to public domain content.

Cover nearly every aspect of American and British law and legal traditions of Europe, Latin America, Asia and other jurisdictions, both classic and contemporary.
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Cover nearly every aspect of American and British law and legal traditions of Europe, Latin America, Asia and other jurisdictions, both classic and contemporary.
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Based on holdings of the law libraries of Harvard and Yale, and the Library of the Bar of the City of New York, the product offers online access to these important collections.

Track the development of the modern, western world through the lens of trade and wealth. Provides access to a vast collection of primary sources for research in the areas of history, political science, social conditions, technology and industry, economics, area studies and more.

Reference books on everything from architecture to zoology, as well as access to guides on English grammar and usage and over 130 dictionaries, plus maps, timelines, and encyclopedias.

Brings together an extensive range of influential writings representing the most important trends of sociological thought from the eighteenth century to the present day.