Proquest Civil War Era Proquest Civil War Era illuminates the cultural, regional, ethical and economic viewpoints from the American Civil War period (1840-1865). Available together digitally for the first time, eight regionally balanced cover-to-cover newspapers and nearly 2,000 pamphlets offer comprehensive coverage of a vast range of Civil War era related research topics. Password: colonial […]
Month: October 2007
New Database Trial: Colonial State Papers
Colonial State Papers This growing collection offers insight into the colonial history of North America and the West Indies. It includes the National Archives collection CO1 – papers that were presented to the Privy Council and the Board of Trade during 1574-1757. More than 7,0000 hand-written documents and more than 45,000 bibliographic records give fascinating […]
New Database Trial: Illustrated Civil War Newspapers and Magazines
Illustrated Civil War Newspapers and Magazines Illustrated Civil War Newspapers and Magazines is the definitive online Civil War media resource. The database contains 65,000 pages drawn from 49 periodicals, including 15 campaign newspapers, most of them illustrated-3,720 issues published from 1860 to 1865. Originally printed in 16 different cities, many of the publications are now […]
New Database Trial: LGBT Life with Full Text
LGBT Life with Full Text LGBT Life with Full Text is the definitive resource for the world’s literature covering Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender issues. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 400 magazines, journals books and news sources, and also provides coverage for gray literature such as case studies and important speeches. […]
New Database Trial: Theatre in Video
Theatre in Video Theatre in Video contains more than 250 definitive performances of the world’s leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video – more than 500 hours in all. This release contains over 180 titles, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors. Students, instructors and researchers can bookmark […]
New Database Trial: North American Women’s Drama
North American Women’s Drama This edition of North American Women’s Drama contains 1,517 plays by 330 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays. Access: IP ERC: Nancy Friedland Dates: 10.08.07-12.06.07 […]
New Database Trial: Social Theory
Social Theory Offers an extensive selection of documents that explore the complexities and interpret the nature of social behavior and organization.The current release features more than 60,000 pages of content by such major theorists as Jean Baudrillard, Ulrich Beck, Howard Becker, Nancy Chodorow, Ralf Dahrendorf, Erving Goffman, Robert Merton, and Talcott Parsons. Access: IP ERC: […]
New Database Trial: Cambridge Collections Online
Cambridge Collections Online Cambridge Collections Online includes full access to Econometric Society Monographs, Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics, and Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture. Econometric Society Monographs are high-quality research works in the fields of economic theory, econometrics, and quantitative economics. Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics offers over 1500 comprehensive and […]
New Database Trial: Credo Reference
Credo Reference Credo Reference enables users to find authoritative answers fast. It features content from hundreds of reference books in a broad range of subjects. Topics covered include technology, art, business, bilingual dictionaries, biographical encyclopedias, geography, science, history and more. New reference works are added frequently. Access:IP ERC: Ree DeDonato Dates: 09.28.07 – 10.28.07 […]
E-Resource Platform Changes
The following resources are now available through FirstSearch: Index to 19th Century American Art Periodicals Francis Chicano Database Bibliography of the History of Art Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Hand Press Book Database […]