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19th Century U.S. Newspapers (Gale):
This resource provides access to approximately 1.7 million pages of
primary source newspaper content from 19th century U.S. newspapers.
Full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range
of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. The collection
encompasses the entire 19th century, with an emphasis on such topics
as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history,
Western migration and Antebellum-era life among other subjects.
Note:
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index
(Web of Science):
A multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature
in the arts and humanities. Coverage: 1987 to present. Updated: weekly.
Guides:
Tutorial
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Note: To search only the Arts &
Humanities Citation Index, click the change limits
link towards
the bottom of the screen and uncheck the boxes for
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Alternative
Press Index (FirstSearch):
Indexes nearly 290 newspapers and magazines that report
and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic,
political and social change. Provides additional viewpoints on
internationally significant subjects. Coverage: 1991 to present. Updated:
quarterly.
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Alternative
Press Index Archive (FirstSearch):
Indexes nearly 290 newspapers and magazines that report
and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic,
political and social change. Provides additional viewpoints on
internationally significant subjects. Coverage: 1969 to 1990. Updated:
quarterly.
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British & Irish Women's Letters and Diaries: 1500 - 1900 (Alexander
Street Press):
Spanning more than 300 years, this collection will bring the
personal experiences of more than 1,000 women to researchers,
students, and general readers. Represented are all age groups and life
stages, all ethnicities, many geographical regions, the famous and not
so famous. More than 500 biographies enhance the use of the database. Coverage: 1500 to
1900.
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Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (GPO Access):
The CGP is the finding tool for publications from the legislative,
executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. Contains
more than 500,000 descriptive records for publications and provides
direct links to those that are available online. For Murphy Library
government document holdings, consult the
Library Catalog first.
Coverage: July 1976 to present. Updated: daily.
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ClasePeriódica
(FirstSearch):
is two specialty resources in one: Clase indexes articles from Latin
American journals focusing on humanities and social sciences, while
Periódica indexes articles from science and technology journals. As
one database, ClasePeriódica includes over 300,000 citations from
2,600 scholarly journals that are edited in 24 different Latin
American and Caribbean countries. Resources are from periodicals
that are published in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English
languages. Coverage: Clase - 1975 to present; Periódica - 1978 to
present. Updated: every three months.
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 CQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly):
Full-text articles on the most current and controversial issues of
the day with complete summaries, insight into two sides of the issues, bibliographies and more.
Coverage: Past 15 years to present. Updated: weekly.
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Early
Encounters in North America: Peoples, Cultures, & the Environment (Alexander Street Press):
Assembled from hundreds of primary sources, this database documents
the relationships among peoples and with the environment in North
America from 1534 to 1850. The collection focuses on personal accounts and provides unique
perspectives from all of the protagonists, including traders, slaves,
missionaries, explorers, soldiers, native peoples, and officials, both
men and women.
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Early English Books Online
(ProQuest):
Contains page images of 125,000 books listed in the
Pollard and Redgrave, Wing, and Thomason Tracts catalogs. Substantial
coverage of printed material found in England between 1473 and 1700,
covering a wide variety of topics in early modern studies. Coverage: 1475
A.D. to 1700. Updated:
quarterly.
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eHRAF Archaeology (HRAF)
(formally eHRAF Collection of Archaeology):
Over 50,000 pages in over 690 full-text documents, indexed by subject to
facilitate comparative archaeological studies within and across regions.
Each tradition file consists of a general summary and full-text
sources including books, journal articles, dissertations, and
manuscripts. Coverage: Over 41 major traditions. Updated: annually.
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eHRAF
World Cultures (HRAF) (formally eHRAF Collection of
Ethnography):
A cross-cultural database that contains
over 350,000 pages of information on all aspects of cultural and
social life. eHRAF is the online portion, covering
approximately 150 cultures. Together with the corresponding
microfiche set (Murphy Library basement), over 400 cultures are
covered. Updated: annually.
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Eighteenth
Century Collections Online (Gale):
Though still in
progress, this online resource will contain access to approximately
150,000 entries when complete. Materials include: English-language
titles such books, Bibles, tract books, sermons, and printed
ephemera. Currently available subjects are: history, geography,
social science and fine art. Materials on science, technology, and
medicine will be available in December, with literature, language,
philosophy, religion, and law materials coming in 2004/2005.
Coverage: 1701 - 1800. Updated: materials will be continuously
uploaded over the next 2 years.
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In
the First Person (Alexander Street Press):
This free database is an index to English language
personal narratives, including letters, diaries, memoirs,
autobiographies, and oral histories for more than 300,000 people.
The index covers both free and commercial subscription sites and
contains information about 20,500 months of diary entries, 63,000
letters, and 17,000 oral history entries.
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NewspaperARCHIVE (Heritage
Microfilm):
A digital collection of historic newspapers from more than 2,500
titles primarily in the US, but some Canadian and European titles
too. Includes select coverage from sources like The New
York Times, The Washington Post, The London Times,
The Atlanta Constitution, Indianapolis Star,
Newport Daily News, and The Bridgeport Post.
Coverage: 1759 to present, varies by title. Updated: Approximately 2 million
pages will be added to each month.
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North American
Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories (Alexander Street Press):
This database includes 71 authors and approximately 10,000 pages of
information intended to provide a unique and personal view of what it
meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950.
It is composed of contemporaneous letters and diaries, oral histories,
interviews, and other personal narratives, and some audio voices of
the immigrants. Coverage: 1800s to
1950.
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North American
Women's Letters and Diaries (Alexander Street Press):
North
American Women's Letters and Diaries (NAWLD) includes the immediate
experiences of 632 women, as revealed in approximately 82,000 pages of
diaries and letters. When complete, the collection will include more
than 150,000 pages of primary materials spanning more than 300 years.
The collection also includes biographies and an extensive annotated
bibliography of the sources in the database. Coverage: 1700s to
1950.
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