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Business Periodicals Index Retrospective: 1913-1982 (H.W. Wilson Retrospective Indexes collection)

Business Periodicals Index Retrospective: 1913-1982, part of the H.W. Wilson Retrospective Indexes collection, is an archive covering nearly 70 years of business scholarship indexing and citations.  The archive includes indexes and citations of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines and the complete files of Industrial Arts Index (1913-1957).

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

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Colonial America

Colonial America is a five-module resource expected to incorporate all 1,450 files form the CO 5 class at The National Archives, UK.  CO 5 contains the original correspondence between the Board of Trade and Secretaries of State and the English, later British, colonies in North America and the Caribbean from 1606-1822.

This is a five-module resource, with Module 1: Frontier Life, Early Expansion and Rivalries expected to be released in September 2015.

Module 1: Frontier Life, Early Expansion and Rivalries Module 2: Towards Revolution: Disputes and Origins of the Conflict Module 3: The...

Provider: Adam Matthew Digital
Updated: Nov 1, 2017 12:05am

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De Gruyter Book Archive in German Studies

De Gruyter Book Archive provides access to over 50,000 titles.  A select number of the archives are in German studies and related fields.

Provider: De Gruyter
Updated: Jun 1, 2022 12:05am

Donetsk and Luhansk Newspaper Collection

Digital archive of newspapers aggregated from two self-proclaimed independent states, Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic. The archive contains 848 issues dating from 2013 to 2015. The archive is full-image with searchable text.

This is a static archive, hosted on East View's Universal Database platform. 

Provider: East View Information Services
Updated: Jan 31, 2023 7:55am

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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

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Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson Retrospective Indexes collection)

Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984, part of the H.W. Wilson Retrospective Indexes collection, is an archive index covering important humanities and social sciences journals published from 1907 to 1984. Indexing includes articles and book reviews.

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

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ORCID

ORCID provides two core functions: (1) a registry to obtain a unique identifier and manage a record of activities, and (2) APIs that support system-to-system communication and authentication. ORCID makes its code available under an open source license, and will post an annual public data file under a CC0 waiver for free download.

For more information on how a research institution can use ORCID, click here.

Provider: ORCID
Updated: Feb 7, 2020 8:46am

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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

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Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1983 (H.W. Wilson Retrospective Indexes collection)

Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1983, part of the H.W. Wilson Retrospective Indexes collection, is an archive index covering journals in the humanities and social sciences. It includes over a million indexed articles related to social sciences, including book reviews. 

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


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