The Rolling Stone Archive contains the backfile of Rolling Stone magazine from its launch in 1967 to the present. An influential consumer magazines of the 20th-21st centuries, it initially sought to reflect the cultural, social, and political outlook of a generation of students and young adults, covering rock and popular music as well as widerContinue reading “Rolling Stone Archive – Trial ended 24 July 2021”
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USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive (VHA) – Trial ended 31 October 2019
USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive allows users to search through and view more than 54,000 video testimonies of survivors and witnesses of genocide. Initially a repository of Holocaust testimony, the Visual History Archive has expanded to include testimonies from the Armenian Genocide that coincided with World War I, the 1937 Nanjing Massacre in China,Continue reading “USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive (VHA) – Trial ended 31 October 2019”
Ethnic NewsWatch INCLUDING HISTORY COLLECTION – Trial ended 23 September 2016
Ethnic NewsWatch includes journals, magazines, and newspapers from ethnic and minority presses. The current collection, Ethnic NewsWatch™, covers 1990-present, and the historical collection, Ethnic NewsWatch: A History™, spans 1959-1989. Ethnicities include: African American/Caribbean/African; Arab/Middle Eastern; Asian/Pacific Islander; European/Eastern European; Hispanic; Jewish; Native People. Please send additional comments to Janalyn Moss. (NB: The UI Libraries currentlyContinue reading “Ethnic NewsWatch INCLUDING HISTORY COLLECTION – Trial ended 23 September 2016”
Newspapers.com – Trial ended 20 August 2016
Newspapers.com Library Edition offers full page newspaper images with searchable full-text for millions of pages of newspapers, including many Iowa newspapers. Please send additional comments to Janalyn Moss.
Safari Tech Books Online – Trial ended 17 August 2016
Safari Books Online is the premier on-demand digital library providing over 41,717 technology, digital media, and business books and videos online to academic and library users. Please send additional comments to Ericka Raber.
Indian Claims Insight – Trial ended 1 Jan 2016
Indian Claims Insight allows users to research the history of U.S. Indian claims from 1789-present. Unique compiled docket histories provide legal researchers with the ability to quickly search the full text of all content related to each claim, which can be narrowed on-the-fly to pinpoint a topic. The compilation includes not only court documents, butContinue reading “Indian Claims Insight – Trial ended 1 Jan 2016”
The Cecil Papers – Trial ended 13 June 2014
The Cecil Papers are a privately held archive, consisting principally of the correspondence of William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598) and his son, Robert, the 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563-1612). The database offers full-colour images digitised directly from the original Cecil Papers manuscripts at Hatfield House Archives. Please send additional comments to Stephen Sturgeon.
ProQuest Statistical Abstracts of the World – Trial ended 13 November 2013
The Statistical Abstracts of the World is a collection of the statistical abstracts of approximately 40 countries. These will be both individually searchable, and cross searchable. Please send additional comments to Rob Van Rennes.
Statistical Abstract of the United States – Trial ended 29 March 2013
The Statistical Abstract of the United States is a comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States 2013 online edition is a significant enhancement over the Census Bureau’s online version: Line-item access to tables Updated monthly instead of annually Table-specific capabilitiesContinue reading “Statistical Abstract of the United States – Trial ended 29 March 2013”
Black Abolitionist Papers – Trial ended 22 November 2012
Black Abolitionist Papers is the first primary source collection to comprehensively detail the extensive work of African Americans to abolish slavery in the United States prior to the Civil War. Covering the period 1830-1865, the collection presents the massive, international impact of African American activism against slavery, in the writings and publications of the activistsContinue reading “Black Abolitionist Papers – Trial ended 22 November 2012”