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Databases
Publication coverage: 1943-1970
Primary source documents related to prejudice, segregation and racial tensions in America.RAMBI: The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies
Publication coverage: 1966-
A selective bibliography of articles in the field of Judaica and in the study of the State of Israel.
Rare Book Hub is designed to assist collectors, booksellers, libraries, auction houses, appraisers, educators, researchers, and prospective collectors. It is a resource for information pertaining to rare, antiquarian, and collectible books and related ephemeral material – manuscripts, letters, maps, posters, broadsides, photographs, and prints (works on paper). The service was created to provide information and clarity to the field, particularly with respect to values. Services include a unified search of upcoming auctions in the books and paper field at over 150 international auction houses and a database of more than 13 million transaction records documenting the sale of books and related material.
Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982
Publication coverage: 1890-1982
Provides indexing of over three million articles from more than 550 popular and general interest magazines published in the U.S. from 1890 to 1982, including full coverage of the original print volumes of Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature. .Reconstruction of Southern States: Pamphlets
Publication coverage: 1865-1877
Pamphlets from the collection by the US State Department Library, showing various aspects of Reconstruction in the Southern states.Publication coverage: Coverage varies with publication. Some coverage starts in the early 90s.
Publication coverage: 1956 - present
REHABDATA, produced by the National Rehabilitation Information Center, is the leading literature database on disability and rehabilitation. The database describes over 80,000 documents covering physical, mental, and psychiatric disabilities, independent living, vocational rehabilitation, special education, assistive technology, law, employment, and other issues as they relate to people with disabilities.
Online version of the updated English translation of the 4th edition of the well-known German encyclopedia Religion in Geschichte und Gegenwart (RGG), which has been a standard reference work since the publication of the first edition in 1908. Strongly international, cross-cultural and ecumenical, written by over 3,000 authors from 88 countries, the articles cover a wide range of topics from history, archaeology, liturgy, law, bible, music, visual arts, politics, social sciences, natural sciences, ethics, and philosophy.
Publication coverage: 1980 - present
Repère is an index to articles from the most widely read French-language periodicals distributed in Quebec.RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Publication coverage: 1967 - present (updated monthly)
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New / Trial Databases
Adam Matthew Digital Colonial Caribbean Module III (trial ends October 17, 2023)
- The third and final module of the expansive Colonial Caribbean collection studies a turbulent period of economic decline and uprising across the region. The documents, drawn from The National Archives, UK, explore the rise of indentured labour of Chinese and Indian workers against a backdrop of injustice and poverty in previously enslaved communities leading to widespread rebellion across the Caribbean. Covering 1850-1870.
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Focal Press Theatre Books (trial ends September 30th)
- The Focal Press Theatre Books collection contains 72 practical and vocational stagecraft titles from renowned theatre studies imprint Focal Press. Through an array of guides, handbooks, toolkits, and masterclasses, this collection supports practical courses relating to the theatre industry, whether in front of the curtain or behind the scenes. The library already offers the core toolkit books (e.g. for the director, technical director, production, design, properties, manager, lighting). Please search Omni for specific titles.
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