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Category: Trials
New Database Trial: Le Monde diplomatique archive
Le Monde diplomatique archive (French edition) Le Monde diplomatique archive (English edition) It is a monthly newspaper offering analysis and opinion on politics, culture, and current affairs. The online archives provide quick and easy access to all articles published in the original French edition back to the first issue in 1954 and to the English […]
New Database Trials from Adam Matthew Digital
New Trials from Adam Matthew Digital The American West China: Culture and Society Defining Gender, 1450-1910 Empire Online The First World War: Personal Experiences Foreign Office Files for China, 1919-1928 Global Commodities Literary Manuscripts Macmillan Cabinet Papers, 1957-1963 Mass Observation Online III Meiji Japan The Nixon Years, 1969-1974 Popular Culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975 […]
New Database Trial: Retrospective Government Gazettes of South Africa, 1910-1993
Retrospective Government Gazettes of South Africa, 1910-1993 This database is a searchable archive of Government of the Republic of South Africadocuments in downloadable PDF format ; Adobe Acrobat reader required. Directions for trial access: (1) Log in by going to discover.sabinet.co.za and clicking on the login button ; (2) Click on “Login using IP” button […]
New Database Trial: Dictionary of Irish Biography
Dictionary of Irish Biography It is a collaborative project between Cambridge University Press and the Royal Irish Academy and is the most comprehensive and authoritative biographical dictionary yet published for Ireland. It contains over 9,000 signed biographical articles which describe and assess the careers of subjects in all fields of endeavour, including politics, law, religion, […]
New Database Trial: BrowZine
BrowZine From April 15th to May 15th Columbia University will have trial access to an app that delivers thousands of academic journals to your iPad (Android and iPhone support planned for the future). BrowZine presents journals that the library already subscribes to formatted appropriately for the iPad. Articles accessed through BrowZine may be synced up […]
New Database Trial: Fuzoku Gaho
Fuzoku Gaho Fūzoku Gahō (風俗画報）, the first graphic magazine published in Japan from Meiji 22 (1889) to Taisho 5 (1916) and 517 issues in total, is now added to Japan Knowledge database and available online for Columbia Community as trial. To access, first, go to Japan Knowledge address for Columbia : https://resolver.library.columbia.edu/clio5998333 after login Japan […]
New Database Trial: Encyclopaedia Islamica Online
Encyclopaedia Islamica Online Encyclopaedia Islamica Online is based on the abridged and edited translation of the Persian Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif-i Buzurg-i Islāmī, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world. A unique feature of the encyclopaedia Islamica Online lies in the attention given to Shiʿi Islam and its rich and diverse heritage. […]
New Database Trial: ProQuest History Vault NAACP Papers
ProQuest History Vault NAACP Papers ProQuest History Vault NAACP Papers cover such issues as lynching, school desegregation, and discrimination in the military, the criminal justice system, employment, and housing, among others. It provides a comprehensive view of the NAACP's evolution, policies, and achievements. Access: IP Selector: John Tofanelli The trial will run through April 14, […]
New Database Trial: ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century
ProQuest History Vault: Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century It offers all levels of researchers the opportunity to study the most well-known and also unheralded events of The Black Freedom Struggle in the 20th Century from the perspective of the men, women, and sometimes even children, who waged one of the most inspiring social […]