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American Civil War:
Letters and Diaries
A database of letters
written by and to
soldiers in the Civil
War. The resource
consists of material
from over 100,000 pages
and 1,000 authors. |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book
collection
HEB is an online
collection of quality
books in the humanities.
These are works of major
importance that remain
vital to both scholars
and advanced students,
and are frequently cited
in the literature.
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CQ Encyclopedia
of American Government
Congressional Quarterly
Electronic Encyclopedia
of American Government
is a reference source on
Congress, the
Presidency, Supreme
Court, and the U.S.
Election process. |
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CQ Public Affairs
Collection
The Congressional
Quarterly Public Affairs
Collection is a
reference tool that
brings together reports
on vital issues,
statistical and
historical analyses,
historic documents and
primary source
materials, as well as a
directory of key
government, nonprofit,
and private
organizations in each of
the major policy areas. |
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CQ Supreme Court
Collection
Congressional Quarterly
Supreme Court Collection
blends historical
analysis with timely
updates and expert
commentary of Supreme
Court justices, Supreme
Court institutional
history, and the U.S.
Constitution. |
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Current History Online
1922 - present
The oldest United States
publication devoted
exclusively to world
affairs, Current History
was founded by The New
York Times in 1914 in
order to provide
detailed coverage of
what was then known as
the Great War. As a
privately owned
publication, Current
History has made
available their archives
online. |
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Digital Library of
Appalachia
The Digital Library of
Appalachia provides
online access to
archival and historical
materials related to the
culture of the southern
and central Appalachian
region. The database
includes reproductions
of photographs, typed
pages, books,
manuscripts, diaries and
correspondence, journal
and newspaper articles,
musical recordings, and
oral history recordings
and transcripts. The
online collection is
compiled by libraries,
archives, and museums
associated with the
Appalachian College
Association. |
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Digital Library of
Classic Protestant Texts
This collection contains
the texts of works
written by Protestant
writers of the 16th and
17th centuries. Included
are biblical
commentaries,
catechisms, treatises,
pastoral writing,
sermons, church
histories, disputations,
and personal letters.
Almost all works are
period editions which
have been presented in
their original languages
of Latin, English,
French, and German. |
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Early encounters in
North America
A database of
information focusing on
native peoples and
cultures in North
America. |
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Evans Early American
Imprints
This database of full
text documents, books,
and images covers life
in 17th- and
18th-century America. It
includes a wide variety
of topics, such as
history, literature,
music (i.e. hymnals),
religion (i.e. prayer
and liturgical books),
philosophy, and foreign
affairs. The content of
this digital collection
is based on the renowned
American Bibliography
by Charles Evans. |
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North American Women's
Letters and Diaries
Colonial to 1950
Includes the immediate
experiences of 1,017
women, as revealed in
approximately 120,000
pages of diaries and
letters. Also includes
biographies and an
extensive annotated
bibliography of the
sources in the database. |
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Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile
provides access to
peer-reviewed, full-text
articles from journals
and reference sources.
It also offers full text
of the New York Times
from 1995 to the
present and includes
transcripts and audio
files from National
Public Radio (NPR). |
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Academic Search Premier
(ASP)
1965 - present
The world’s largest
academic
multi-disciplinary
database, Academic
Search Premier
provides full text for
nearly 4,700
publications, including
full text for more than
3,600 peer-reviewed
journals. PDF back-files
to 1975 or further are
available for well over
one hundred journals,
and searchable cited
references are provided
for more than 1,000
titles. |
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America's Newspapers
(Newsbank)
A database of the
complete electronic
editions of more than
750 U.S. newspapers,
including major
newspapers such as
The New York Times,
The Washington Post,
The Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
and regional newspapers
such as The Knoxville
News-Sentinel and
The Tennessean.
Paid advertisements
are excluded. |
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ARTstor
ARTstor is a searchable
repository of hundreds
of thousands of digital
images and related
descriptive data. The
database contains
paintings, photographs,
architecture, drawings,
sculpture, and design
work from a wide variety
of cultures,
civilizations, and time
periods. Note that
cookies and pop-ups must
be enabled in your
browser and the
Java
plug-in must be
installed to use all
ARTstor features. |
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Expanded Academic ASAP
1980 - present
Coverage in the social
sciences, humanities,
sciences, and
technology, national
news, and general
interest, with a
concentration on
scholarly journals. |
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Hispanic American
Periodicals Index
1970-present
Index to articles, book
reviews and other
material on Central and
South America, Mexico,
the Caribbean basin, the
U.S.-Mexico border
region, and Hispanics in
the United States.
Covers more than 400
social science and
humanities journals
published throughout the
world. |
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JSTOR
1800 to 3 years
before present date
A digital archive
collection of scholarly
journals starting with
the first issues (many
of which date from the
1800s).
NOTE: the
Adobe Acrobat Reader
is required to print
articles. |
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Library of Congress
Prints & Photographs
Online Catalog
This database provides
access to catalog
records of visual
materials housed in the
Library of Congress.
Many of the catalog
records are accompanied
by digital images. |
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Project Muse
The full text from over
100 scholarly journals
in arts and humanities,
the social sciences, and
mathematics. |
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Southern
Life
Articles on topics
related to Southern
living, including
culture, people, places,
and historical events.
Articles are taken from
Gale's Academic
OneFile and
General OneFile. |
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eResources - History
