New Resources

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19th Century British Newspapers (Summer 2013)

Includes three distinct collections which can be search separately or together. The 19th Century British Library Newspapers includes 49 newspapers selected to best represent nineteenth century Britain. This new collection includes national and regional newspapers, as well as those from both established country or university towns and the new industrial powerhouses of the manufacturing Midlands, as well as Scotland, Ireland and Wales. 19th Century British Library Newspapers, Part 2 includes 22 titles that offer regional coverage and provide a wider political perspective through the addition of conservative newspapers. Newspapers in the British Newspapers, Part 3: 1780-1950 range from the late eighteenth century to early 20th century.

19th Century UK Periodicals (Summer 2013)

Two of a five-series periodical collection covering British life in the Victorian age. Series 1: New Readerships includes a wide variety of periodicals that reflect the changes and influences in political and rural life, children's literature and leisure. Series II: Empire covers the expansion of the Empire, addressing economic as well as non-mercantile aspects of British expansionism. The two series, which can be searched separately or together, draw from the collections of the British Library, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Australia and National Library of South Africa.

Benezit Dictionary of Artists (Summer 2013)

With nearly 170,000 entries on artists from antiquity to the present day and featuring regular updates, Benezit is one of the most comprehensive and definitive resources on artists in the English language.

Cambridge Histories Online (Summer 2013)

Cambridge Histories Online offers online accessibility to full text titles for any type of historical research or study of a subject that has a historical element. Includes all the latest editions of the print series with automatic updates.

Evening Star (D.C.), 1852-1922 (Summer 2013)

Full-text and fully searchable. Historians have regarded The Evening Star as the newspaper of record for the nation’s capital. Published under such titles as Washington Star-News and The Washington Star, this long-running daily afternoon paper was one of the highest profile publications in the nation.

Gale Business Plans Handbooks (Summer 2013)

A collection of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses.

Gale Immigration eBooks (Summer 2013)

Online full-text reference books on the subject of U.S. immigration.

JSTOR Jewish Studies Collection (Summer 2013)

This collection helps support teaching and research in Jewish Studies and strengthens interdisciplinary research in history, religion, language and literature, and other fields. The collection features titles in English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, and Hebrew. It includes a number of titles with historical depth, including Jewish Quarterly Review (1889), the oldest English-language journal in the field of Jewish Studies, and Jewish Historical Studies (1893), published by one of the oldest Jewish learned societies in Europe. Other notable titles include Mitteilungen des Gesamtarchivs der deutschen Juden, a rare and valuable publication that documented Jewish history and culture in Germany prior to World War II; and Studia Rosenthaliana, published on behalf of the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana, which houses one of the largest collections of Jewish and Hebraic materials in Europe.

LGBT Studies in Video (Summer 2013)

This collection of documentaries, interview, and archival films looks at all aspects of the LGBT community: “LGBT history, gay culture and subcultures, civil rights, marriage equality, LGBT families, AIDS, transgender issues, religious perspectives on homosexuality, global comparative experiences, and other topics.”

LGBT Thought and Culture (Summer 2013)

Provides full-text access to key works and archival documents of LGBT political and social movements throughout the 20th century and into the present day. This immense collection includes materials ranging from texts, letters, periodicals, speeches, interviews, and to memoirs, biographies, poetry, and works of fiction. The latter category includes winners of the Stonewall Book Awards and Lambda Literary Awards. Has an international focus. Is cross-searchable with the LGBT Studies in Video database.

Modern Arab Renaissance Collection - Kotobarabia Arabic eBooks (Summer 2013)

This exclusive electronic archive consists of over 3,000 books published from 1820-1914 across the Islamic World, with special focus on Egypt and Syria. Subject coverage includes sciences and humanities: philosophy, theology, literature, arts, history and politics. Content is in Arabic. Search interface can be switched between English and Arabic, and both include a virtual Arabic keyboard for easy text input.

Modern Egyptian Collection - Kotobarabia Arabic eBooks (Summer 2013)

Over 4,500 titles of publications including banned literature, fiction, non-fiction, scholarly and popular, written by Arab authors and in particular leading authors from Egypt. Over 80% of the titles are unavailable or very hard to acquire even in print form. The e-library is arranged into 31 categories. Content is in Arabic. Search interface can be switched between English and Arabic, and both include a virtual Arabic keyboard for easy text input.

North American Immigrants Letters Diaries and Oral Histories (Summer 2013)

This collection of primary sources, including letters, diaries, autobiographies, and oral histories, documents the experience of immigrants to the United States from 1840 to the present, with special emphasis on the period 1890 to 1920. Immigrants from all over the world are included.

North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Summer 2013)

Electronic collection of women’s diaries and correspondence from Colonial times to 1950.  Coverage includes: all age groups and life stages, a wide range of ethnicities, many geographical regions, the famous, and the not so famous. More than 1,500 biographies are also included.

Schillers Werke (Summer 2013)

Schillers Werke comprises the whole of the Nationalausgabe, the finest and most complete critical edition of his works, letters, and conversations, including all illustrations, notes, variants, and indexes. It currently includes 46 volumes, with further volumes added to the Web edition, and includes notes on sources as well as on the genesis of the works and their subsequent influence on German literature.

Sur, 1931-1992 (Summer 2013)

A full-text searchable, digital archive of SUR, one of the most important and influential literary magazines published in Latin America in the twentieth century. The database contains images of the complete run of the magazine — including covers, photographs and advertisements — with an interface in both Spanish and English. Founded in 1931 by Argentine intellectual Victoria Ocampa, SUR is well known throughout the Americas and Europe for featuring writings from some of the best known figures in literature, philosophy, history and the arts, such as Virginia Woolf, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Jorge Luis Borges.

Films on Demand: Career & Technical Education Master Collection (Spring 2013)

Streaming video service of almost 2,000 full length videos of high-quality educational titles. Subject sets featured are: technical education, families & consumers, careers & jobs, guidance & counseling. This collection also includes thousands of video clips and a collection of archival films & newsreels. Special features allow users the ability to organize and bookmark clips, create and share playlists; most videos available with closed-captioning and interactive transcripts; may be viewed through most mobile devices.

Films on Demand Master Academic Collection (Spring 2013)

Streaming video service of almost 12,000 full length videos of high-quality educational titles. Subject sets featured are: business & economics, humanities & social sciences, science & mathematics, health & medicine. This collection also includes thousands of video clips and a collection of archival films & newsreels. Special features allow users the ability to organize and bookmark clips, create and share playlists; most videos available with closed-captioning and interactive transcripts; may be viewed through most mobile devices

Library and Information Science Source (Spring 2013)

Library & Information Science Source the definitive resource in the field of library and information than 460 high journals nearly 30 full-text monograms thesauri and indexing for hundreds of journals as well as books research reports, and proceedings.

 Health Policy Reference Center (Spring 2013)

Health policy information including access and delivery, administration, financing and economics, planning, quality, reform, health services research, and public health Provides access to journals, books, magazines, and trade publications with emphasis of full-text.

Health and Psychosocial Instruments (Spring 2013)

Database of testing/evaluation instruments. Identifies measures needed for research studies, grant proposals, client/patient assessment, and program evaluation.

Readers Guide to Periodical Literature (H.W. Wilson) (Fall 2012)

Comprehensive indexing of over 460 of the most popular and important current events periodicals published, dating back to 1983.

Project Muse/UPCC Ebooks (Fall 2012)

The book collections offer thousands of peer-reviewed digital books from over 65 major university presses and scholarly publishers and allow books to be discovered and searched in an integrated environment with content from nearly 500 journals currently on MUSE.