New Database Trial:ProQuest Library PressDisplay

  ProQuest Library PressDisplay Library PressDisplay provides instant online access to today’s newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format.  The ever-expanding collection currently includes nearly 1,000 U.S. and international titles, from 84 countries and in 40 languages. Just like reading the familiar print edition, viewers can browse articles and other key content, such as pictures, […]

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New Database Trial:Yomidasu Rekishikan

Yomidasu Rekishikan (The Yomiuri Shinbun historical) Founded in 1874, the Yomiuri Shimbun is one of the five most important national newspapers in Japan. The Yomiuri Shimbun is a Japanese newspaper of the highest quality with a daily circulation of  more than 14 million  (morning and evening editions combined), which is the largest newspaper circulation in […]

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New Trial Database:Kokushi Daijiten

  Kokushi Daijiten   The  Kokushi Daijiten is the most authoritative Dictionary of Japanese History, which printed version consists of 14 volumes and published by the Tokyo-based company Yoshikawa Kobunkan, a respected publisher specialized in Japanese history.  The electronic version of the  Kokushi Daijiten is an additional database to Japan Knowledge and it is available […]

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New Database Trial: Eighteenth Century Journals Portal

                              Eighteenth Century Journals Portal This Portal brings together rare journals printed between c1685 and 1815, illuminating all aspects of eighteenth-century social, political and literary life.  Many are ephemeral, lasting only for a handful of issues, others run for several years. Topics covered are extremely wide-ranging and include: colonial life; provincial and rural affairs; the […]

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New Database Trial: The Romantic Era Redefined

                                       The Romantic Era Redefined A searchable collection of works focusing in the period between 1800 and 1830, that will bring academic research libraries a new, genre-redefining electronic collection of Romantic-era literature. In partnership with Pickering & Chatto Publishers, Alexander Street Press will publish in this collection canonical and previously unrecognized writers from Britain, the […]

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New Database Trial: Asia-Studies

ASIA-STUDIES Full-Text   Asia-Studies Full-Text Online is the premier database for the study of modern Asia Pacific. As the exclusive licensee for many of the region’s most prestigious research institutions, Asia-Studies.com brings together thousands of full-text reports covering 55 countries* on a multitude of business, government, economic, and social issues. ASIA-STUDIES–HUMANITIES Humanities represents an important part […]

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New Trial Database:MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)

MLA International Bibliography MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains over 2.2 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series, and 1,000 book publishers. The indexed materials coverage is […]

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New Database:Ethnographic Video Online

  Ethnographic Video Online Ethnographic Video Online provides the largest, most comprehensive resource for the study of human culture and behavior – more than 750 hours and 1,000 films at completion. The collection covers every region of the world and features the work of many of the most influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, […]

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New Database Trial: Statesman’s Yearbook

Statesman’s Yearbook The Statesman’s Yearbook is a reference guide on key political, demographic and social information on every country in the world and includes a wide array of facts and historical reference data.  In 2010 the Stateman’s Yearbook has also come to include the 1864 archive which compiles all passed editions (145 total) dating back […]

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