New Database Trial: ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003)

ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003) The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003) offer full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Password: welcome ERC: John Tofanelli Dates: 7/25/08 – 8/12/08 […]

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New Database Trial: The John Johnson Collection: An Archive of Printed Ephemera

The John Johnson Collection: An Archive of Printed Ephemera The John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera is the first-ever electronic research collection of its kind. ProQuest has painstakingly scanned in color a portion of the John Johnson collection that resides in the Bodleian Library of Oxford, England. The resulting database provides direct access to rare […]

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New Database Trial: Documents on British Policy Overseas

Documents on British Policy Overseas Documents on British Policy Overseas provides users with access to a wide range of primary source documents from Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, shedding light on diplomatic policy and world history throughout the twentieth century. Selected and edited by the official historians of the FCO, Documents on British Policy Overseas […]

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New Database: Serial Set Digital Collection (via LexisNexis)

Serial Set Digital Collection Contains the bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the reports, documents, and journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives constitute a rich source of primary source material on all aspects of American history. Upon completion, the digital version of the Serial set will consist of approximately 13,800 volumes and […]

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New Database: Serial Set Maps (via LexisNexis)

Serial Set Maps Contains maps within the U.S. Serial Set which represent one of the greatest single collections of cartographic materials of the United States. From the exploration of the American West to the Parisian defenses during the Crimean War, the Serial Set carto-bibliographic records allow unprecedented access to the 52,000+ maps of the Serial […]

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New Database: Twentieth Century Advice Literature

Twentieth Century Advice Literature Allows students and researchers to immerse themselves in the values and behaviors of Americans of the past. The collection provides a window into American social history by bringing together the instructional, prescriptive, behavioral, and etiquette literature that defined standards of personal conduct for millions of Americans and reflected the prevailing social […]

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