Databases
Databases
English Historical Documents is a comprehensive, annotated collection of documents on British history from 500 to 1914.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries that cooperate to digitize the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections and to make that literature available for open access and responsible use as a part of a global “biodiversity commons.” The BHL consortium works with the international taxonomic community, rights holders, and other interested parties to ensure that this biodiversity heritage is made available to a global audience through open access principles. In partnership with the Internet Archive and through local digitization efforts, the BHL has digitized millions of pages of taxonomic literature, representing over 120,000 titles and over 200,000 volumes.
Primary sources on social, political, health, and legal issues affecting LGBTQ communities around the world, such as the gay rights movement, activism, and the HIV/AIDS crisis.
Queen's University faculty, students, and staff have access to a digital archive of 3 million+ items from research libraries around the world.
Publication coverage: 1945-1955
The U.S. State Department’s Office of Chinese Affairs, charged with operational control of American policy toward China, amassed information on virtually all aspects of life there immediately before, during, and after the revolution. Declassified by the State Department, the Records of the Office of Chinese Affairs, 1945-1955, provide valuable insight into numerous domestic issues in Communist and Nationalist China, U.S. containment policy as it was extended to Asia, and Sino-American relations during the post-war period. This product comprises all 41 reels of the former Scholarly Resources microfilm product entitled Records of the Office of Chinese Affairs, 1945-1955.
Cross-search multiple Gale collections for monographs, manuscripts, newspapers, photographs, maps, and other primary sources.
Publication coverage: 1600-1947.
East India Company is a collection of the digitized India Office Records held by the British Library in London.
Provides access to historical primary sources focused on natural history, sciences & technology, geography, and anthropology.
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive
Publication coverage: 1880 - 2015
Full text of entertainment industry trade magazines from the U.S. and Britain, covering film, music, broadcasting, and theatre plus film fan magazines and music press titles.African Diaspora, 1860-present
Publication coverage: 1860-present
Primary source documents covering migrations, communities, and ideologies of the African Diaspora through the voices of people of African descent, with a focus on communities in the Caribbean, Brazil, India, United Kingdom, and France.Publication coverage: 1919-1923
The AMAROC News was a daily American military newspaper published in Germany during WWI. Its name is taken from the initials of the AMerican ARmy of OCcupation. It included articles on politics, events in the warzone, sports, and daily life of soldiers written by American journalists.America and World War I: American Military Camp Newspapers,
Publication coverage: 1916-1919
Collection of newspapers published for and by American military camps during World War I. They include both news and entertainment for soldiers in military camps.Publication coverage: 18th-19th centuries
Collection of historical records from counties across the United States. American County Histories is currently divided into nine groupings: Central, Mid-Atlantic Part 1, Mid-Atlantic Part 2, Midwest, New England Part 1, New England Part 2, Southeastern, The Southwest, and The West.Publication coverage: 1853
Digitized version of Solomon Northrup's account of slavery.Publication coverage: 1832-1901
Digitized collection of Queen Victoria's diaries, written between 1832-1901.