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Wiley Digital Archives

Wiley Digital Archives is a discovery platform and database that provides access to collections of historical primary resources that have been digitized from societies and archives representing knowledge, learning and scholarship in the sciences. The collections that are available through the resource constitute the study of sciences and medicine through primary resources which include: maps, manuscripts, periodicals, administrative papers, fieldwork, correspondence, books, photographs, illustrations, proceedings, meeting minute books, conference papers, pamphlets, reports, grey literature, and ephemera. 

Wiley has partnered with The New York Academy of Science, the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland...

Provider: Wiley
Updated: Dec 21, 2020 12:05am

Research Source: Business, Economics, and Labour History Collection (Adam Matthew)

Research Source provides digital access to collections selected from the microfilm collection of Adam Matthew Publications. 

Provider: Adam Matthew Digital
Updated: Dec 15, 2020 1:26pm

Research Source: Empire Studies Collection (Adam Matthew)

Research Source provides digital access to collections selected from the microfilm collection of Adam Matthew Publications. Collection modules will be organized by region or theme and will be released over a three-year period (2018-2020).

Provider: Adam Matthew Digital
Updated: Nov 30, 2020 3:28pm

Research Source: Missionary Studies Collection (Adam Matthew)

Research Source provides digital access to collections selected from the microfilm collection of Adam Matthew Publications. Collection modules will be organized by region or theme and will be released over a three-year period (2018-2020).

Provider: Adam Matthew Digital
Updated: Nov 30, 2020 3:20pm

Research Source: Medieval and Early Modern Studies Collection (Adam Matthew)

Research Source provides digital access to collections selected from the microfilm collection of Adam Matthew Publications. Collection modules will be organized by region or theme and will be released over a three-year period (2018-2020).

Provider: Adam Matthew Digital
Updated: Nov 30, 2020 3:13pm

Research Source: Women's Studies Collection (Adam Matthew)

Research Source provides digital access to collections selected from the microfilm collection of Adam Matthew Publications. Collection modules will be organized by region or theme and will be released over a three-year period (2018-2020).

Provider: Adam Matthew Digital
Updated: Nov 30, 2020 3:02pm

Research Source: Literary Studies Collection (Adam Matthew)

Research Source provides digital access to collections selected from the microfilm collection of Adam Matthew Publications. Collection modules will be organized by region or theme and will be released over a three-year period (2018-2020).

Provider: Adam Matthew Digital
Updated: Nov 30, 2020 2:49pm

Research Source: Church Missionary Society Archive (Adam Matthew)

Research Source provides digital access to collections selected from the microfilm collection of Adam Matthew Publications. Collection modules will be organized by region or theme and will be released over a three-year period (2018-2020).

Provider: Adam Matthew Digital
Updated: Nov 30, 2020 2:42pm

Research Source: World War II Collection (Adam Matthew)

Research Source provides digital access to collections selected from the microfilm collection of Adam Matthew Publications. Collection modules will be organized by region or theme and will be released over a three-year period (2018-2020).

Provider: Adam Matthew Digital
Updated: Nov 30, 2020 1:47pm

Research Source: Japan Collection (Adam Matthew)

Research Source provides digital access to collections selected from the microfilm collection of Adam Matthew Publications. The Japan Collection covers a variety of topics, including Japanese history from medieval times to the 20th century, Japanese customs and culture, and global politics.

Provider: Adam Matthew Digital
Updated: Nov 30, 2020 1:38pm

Research Source: China and Southeast Asia Collection (Adam Matthew)

Research Source provides digital access to collections selected from the microfilm collection of Adam Matthew Publications. The China and Southeast Asia collection covers a variety of topics, including Western interactions with the region, diplomacy, foreign policy and religion.  

Provider: Adam Matthew Digital
Updated: Nov 30, 2020 1:29pm

Research Source: India Collection (Adam Matthew)

Research Source provides digital access to collections selected from the microfilm collection of Adam Matthew Publications. The India Collection covers both colonial and post-colonial Indian literature and includes documents that illustrate the social and cultural history of the region.

Provider: Adam Matthew Digital
Updated: Nov 30, 2020 1:16pm

Tillich Online

Tillich Online is a bilingual database that makes the entire work of theologian, Paul Tillich, electronically available. In addition to Tillich's extensive body of German-Language work, Tillich Online also offers his original English material, and translations from German are being added to the database gradually. 

Provider: De Gruyter
Updated: Nov 11, 2020 1:55pm

Archiv Bibliographia Judaica – Deutschsprachiges Judentum Online

Archiv Bibliographia Judaica offers an archive of writings and documents created by German-Jewish authors. In addition, the database includes biographical data on more than 20,000 German-Jewish figures, as well as the complete 21-volume Encyclopedia of German-Jewish Authors along with biographical information about many listed authors. 

Provider: De Gruyter
Updated: Nov 11, 2020 1:05pm

Latin American Census Collection

East View presents the Latin America Census Collection, an assemblage of census data from 20 countries across Latin America addressing a wide range of topics. Available for purchase individually by country, or as a group, the Latin America Census Collection is a source of demographic data for academic research.

When initially acquired, census data is stored in a complex database structure, limiting access to those with significant database management and programming experience. East View has formatted each collection into an accessible geodatabase and provides a comprehensive User Guide. Users can follow instructions of where the data is stored, how to search for specific information, and how to visualize the data using a variety of GIS software. Additionally,...

Provider: East View Information Services
Updated: Nov 6, 2020 9:55am

Soviet Cinema Online - Periodicals and Newspapers 1918-1942

Soviet Cinema Online: Periodicals and Newspapers, 1918-1942 The collection includes Soviet film magazines and newspapers from the 1920s and 1930s, reflecting the most interesting and fertile period in the history of Russian Film

Provider: Brill
Updated: Nov 3, 2020 10:57am

VoxGov

VoxGov, first launched for subscription access in January 2014, is a unique “discovery platform” which aggregates a broad range of official and ephemeral information resources issued by individual representatives and organizations from all branches of the U.S. Federal Government, and links that content to publicly accessible government documentation. It is an online subscription-based service primarily used for Political Science and Public Policy research.

VoxGov's 62M documents come from approximately 8500 sources and located from across 600,000 + website locations, including approximately 45,000 unique government web locations as well as social media sites of government representatives and agencies. The provider...

Provider: voxgov
Updated: Oct 5, 2020 8:16am

Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983 (H.W. Wilson Retrospective Indexes collection)

Education Index Retrospective: 1929-1983, part of the H.W. Wilson Retrospective Indexes collection, is an archive index chronicling over a half a century of education literature covering all levels of education and education specialties.  Many of the indexes are peer-reviewed.

Provider: EBSCO Information Services
Updated: Aug 1, 2020 12:05am

Readers’ Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (H.W. Wilson Retrospective Indexes collection)

Readers’ Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982, part of the H.W. Wilson Retrospective Indexes collection, is a digital archive of the Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature. The archive offers all information from 44 Readers’ Guide annuals.

Provider: EBSCO Information Services
Updated: Aug 1, 2020 12:05am

LIFE Magazine Archive

Digital version of LIFE magazine's backfiles. Life was an American weekly (later monthly) news magazine founded in 1936 with a focus on photojournalism. With a focus on national and international events, politics, and culture, Life featured award winning photographs covering major events and everyday people. The digital archive features more than 2,200 fully indexed and text-searchable issues covering 1936-2000. 

Provider: EBSCO Information Services
Updated: Aug 1, 2020 12:05am

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