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A collection of video available online for the study of American history. This collection allows students and researchers to analyze historical events, and their presentation over time, through commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries.
A historical daily newspaper paper from Baltimore, Maryland (1837-1995) which is part of the ProQuest Historical Newspapers digital archive offering full-text and full-image articles for significant newspapers dating back to the 18th Century.
Provides access to high-quality, comprehensive information Including access to the Britannica encyclopedia, atlas, world data, the Classics, biographies, news, multimedia, and more.
An archive of unique manuscripts chronicling the American Civil War as it was experienced. Providing both Northern and Southern perspectives, it covers all aspects of the war, including reactions and impressions from the home front.
The DOD MWR Libraries digital collection includes e-books, audiobooks, movies, academic support (tutors), professional development, career transition and a vast array of learning resources and online content for all ages and interests.
The collection covers a wide range of educational topics, from general titles, to subject-specific publications, titles aimed at educational leaders, and material devoted to women and ethnic minorities in education. Many education sectors are represented, from early learning to higher education, vocational education, independent schools and distance learning.
The comprehensive database is curated around specific environmental issues and events from the 20th and 21st centuries, and brings together multimedia materials (text, archival, primary sources, video and audio) around key environmental challenges, including climate change, water/air pollution, biodiversity, conservation, agriculture, deforestation and more, enabling students to build a critical understanding of the relationship between people and the environment.
A searchable bibliographic index to books, manuscripts, broadsides and other materials printed in Europe relating to the Americas, 1493-1750. It includes primary source records covering the history of the slave trade, piracy, commerce, exploration, and navigation among others.
A comprehensive database of biographical information on more than one million people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines over 600,000 biographies from over 170 sources, with over one million entries from the Complete Marquis Who's Who®. The database also includes full-text articles from nearly 250 periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death years and places, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search path.
Covers astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth and environmental sciences, health & medicine, math, physics with academic journal articles, statistics, experiments, news, images, videos and more.
Provides access to authoritative periodical content covering topics such as 21st-century skills, organizational dynamics and leadership, adult learning and continuing education, and more. Updated daily, this library resource is useful for researchers or any professional interested in career development.
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines covering the latest scientific developments in subject areas such as particle physics, advanced mathematics, nanotechnology, geology, biological sciences, computing, engineering, and technology.
Contains scholarly journals and magazines that can be used by novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. Updated daily, U.S. History offers balanced coverage of events in U.S. history and scholarly work being established in the field.
Provides access to academic journals and magazines that help researchers, analysts, risk management professionals, and students of military science, history, and social science gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale. The database offers balanced coverage of both historic and contemporary topics in the fields of war and terrorism.
Covers a comprehensive collection of scholarly journals and magazines in world history and offers balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field.
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Click the link above, then click US Naval Academy 14118 Group Credential in the upper right corner, then click Log In, and log in with the organizational account. You will be given instructions to create your own account with your @usna.edu email.
A digital collection of primary source materials related to the liberation of Southern African and the dismantling of the Apartheid regime. The materials include periodicals, pamphlets, personal papers, correspondence books, photographs, speeches and interviews with an emphasis on Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
A versatile collection of more than 86,000 objects of visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage and rock art sites. The materials in the collection serve researchers in African studies, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art history, Diaspora studies, folklore and literature, geography, and history, as well as those focused on geomatics, advanced visual and spatial technologies, historic preservation, and urban planning.
This resource abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. The database covers all aspects of the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. Documents indexed include journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations and working papers.
Consists of hundreds of thousands of pages of personal writings of women from the collection of the American Antiquarian Society. The writings date from approximately 1750-1950, and the collection is particularly strong in 19th century material. The highlights include the letters written by Ellen Tucker Emerson, eldest daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson; the letters of Annie Sullivan, teacher of Helen Keller; and the papers of Abby Kelley Foster, noted women's rights advocate and abolitionist, which depict the activities of the antislavery movement in New England, New York, and Ohio.
Offers digital access to the backfiles of 15 major magazines of the 20th century (including the Newsweek archive), relating to political history, current events, international relations, and public policy. This collection provides unique primary source insights into 20th-century political history, delivering valuable material for researchers in fields ranging from modern history and politics, through to economics, law and many more
A growing open-access database that assists researchers in locating both historic and contemporary dissertations and theses from the early 20th century to the present.
Provides streaming videos to selected documentaries and programs produced by the Public Broadcasting Service with coverage spanning over a wide range of topics including history, art, literature, science and technology, diversity studies, business, current events, and biographies.
The first comprehensive, international collection that covers all aspects of theater production design, from the 17th century through to the present day, including scenic and set design, lighting design, sound design, costume design, and makeup. Bringing together essential books and periodicals, archival material, and specially commissioned instructional videos, the collection covers design concepts for a broad range of performance types, including dance, theatre, opera, and music.
Offers high-definition recordings of William Shakespeare’s plays featuring the world’s best Shakespearean actors, like David Tennant, Sir Antony Sher and Simon Russell Beale, and directors like Robin Lough and Dewi Humphrey, including famous performances such as The Tempest, King Lear, Hamlet, along with supplemental teaching materials to help students engage more deeply with the material and enhance the overall learning experience.
Provides access to licensed movies from major motion picture studios to non-theatrical markets such as schools, college and universities. Chrome and Firefox are recommended browsers for viewing films from the Swank database.
This digital archive includes 150,000 pages of conference proceedings, reports of international women's organizations, publications and web pages of women's non-governmental organizations, and letters, diaries, and memoirs of women active internationally since the mid-nineteenth century
