New Database:Clotel

Clotel The first African American novel, Clotel was published when its author was still legally a slave. This digital edition presents, for the first time together, the full extant texts of the novel’s four versions, published between 1853 and 1867. Imaged and coded, the fully searchable texts may be read individually or in parallel and […]

Read More…

New Database: Anthropology Plus

Anthropology Plus Anthropology Plus combines Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and the Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. Anthropology Plus provides worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. The index […]

Read More…

Cancellations for 2009

This is just a reminder note to selectors that there is a spreadsheet for 2009 subscription cancellations in the Shared Directory under: SHARED==> TSAD 0809 ==>CANCELLATIONS FOR 2009 Please record your decisions to cancel a current subscription on that spreadsheet.  Please enter data into the correct column.  Please provide the information requested.  It speeds the […]

Read More…

New Database: American County Histories to 1900

American County Histories to 1900 These books include chapters with detailed coverage of local history, geology, geography, weather, transportation, lists of all local participants in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, government, the medical and legal professions, churches and ministers, industry and manufacturing, banking and insurance, schools and teachers, noted celebrations, fire departments and associations, cemeteries, […]

Read More…

New Database: Documents on British Policy Overseas: Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century

Documents on British policy overseas: diplomacy in the twentieth century Documents on British Policy Overseas provides users with access to a wide range of primary source documents from Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, shedding light on throughout the twentieth century. Selected and edited by the official historians of the FCO, Documents on British Policy Overseas […]

Read More…

New Database: Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980

Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980 Hispanic American Newspapers, 1808-1980 represents the single largest compilation of Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries. The distinctive collection features hundreds of Hispanic American newspapers, including many long scattered and forgotten titles published in the 19th century. Based on the “Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary […]

Read More…

New Database Trial: ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003)

ProQuest Historical Newspapers The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003) The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003) offer full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. The collection includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue. Password: welcome ERC: John Tofanelli Dates: 7/25/08 – 8/12/08 […]

Read More…

New Database Trial: The John Johnson Collection: An Archive of Printed Ephemera

The John Johnson Collection: An Archive of Printed Ephemera The John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera is the first-ever electronic research collection of its kind. ProQuest has painstakingly scanned in color a portion of the John Johnson collection that resides in the Bodleian Library of Oxford, England. The resulting database provides direct access to rare […]

Read More…