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- Gale Primary Sources Added 21 Sep 2023.
- Frontier Life Added 3 Aug 2023. Discover the various European and colonial frontier regions of North America, Africa and Australasia through documents that reveal the lives of settlers and indigenous peoples in these areas.
- Index Religiosus (Brepolis) Added 31 Jul 2023. The Index Religiosus (IR) begins from the basis of two existing bibliographies: the bibliography of the Revue d’histoire ecclésiastique and the Elenchus Bibliographicus from the journal Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses. These two tools are internationally recognized as essential working instruments for Theology and Religious Studies.
- RMA eStatement Studies Added 12 Jul 2023. Risk Management Association eMentor & eStatement Studies Industry Resource Center contains composite financial data on manufacturing, wholesaling, retailing, service, and contracting lines of business. Arranged by SIC code, this work makes it possible to compare one company’s performance relative to other companies in the same line of business.
- MLA Handbook Plus Added 7 Jun 2023. MLA Handbook Plus includes the full text of the ninth edition of the handbook, the second edition of the MLA Guide to Digital Literacy, and the MLA Guide to Undergraduate Research in Literature, as well as a video course that teaches the principles of MLA documentation style through a series of short videos.
- Sezgin Online II: The Frankfurt Volumes (Brill) Added 2 Jun 2023. Sezgin Online II offers bio-bibliographical information about renowned figures (writers, poets, philosophers, physicians, scientists, linguists etc.) from the Islamic world in the subjects of geography and cartography, anthropogeography, literature.
- Sezgin - Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (Brill) Added 2 Jun 2023. Sezgin Online offers bio-bibliographical information about renowned figures (writers, poets, philosophers, physicians, scientists, linguists etc.) from the Islamic world for the Arabic literary tradition in general and the history of science and technology in the Islamic world in particular.
- Philosophy in the Islamic World (Brill) Added 2 Jun 2023. Philosophy in the Islamic World Online: 8th - 10th Centuries is a comprehensive and unprecedented reference work devoted to the history of philosophy in the realms of Islam in its formative period: from its beginnings in the eighth century up to the tenth century AD. Both major and minor figures are covered, giving details of biography and doctrine, as well as detailed lists and summaries of each author’s works. It covers the period when philosophy began to blossom thanks to the translation of Greek scientific works into Arabic and the emergence of autochthonous intellectual traditions within Islam.
- Christian Muslim Relations 600-1500 (Brill) Added 2 Jun 2023. Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History Online (CMR Online) is a general online history of relations between the faiths. It covers the period from 600 to 1500 CE, when encounters took place through the extended Mediterranean basin and are recorded in Syriac, Arabic, Greek, Latin and other languages. It comprises introductory essays on the treatment of Christians in the Qur’an, Qur’an commentaries, biographies of the Prophet, Hadith and Sunni law, and of Muslims in canon law, and the main body of more than two hundred detailed entries on all the works recorded, whether surviving or lost.
- Christian Muslim Relations 1500 – 1900 (Brill) Added 2 Jun 2023. Christian-Muslim Relations Online 2 (CMRO2) is a bibliographical history of relations between the two faiths as they are reflected in works written by Christians and Muslims about the other and against the other. It covers all parts of the world from the year 1500 to 1914, including the ages of European expansion and colonialism. CMRO2 comprises thousands of comprehensive entries on individual works and their authors, together with introductory essays to the periods and areas covered
- Brockelmann in German (Brill) Added 2 Jun 2023.
- Brockelmann in English: The History of Arabic Literary Culture (Brill) Added 2 Jun 2023. Bio-bibliographic information about works written in Arabic and their authors, with an emphasis on the classical period. It is divided in chronologically organized sections, which are subdivided by literary genre.
- Arabic Literature in Africa (Brill) Added 2 Jun 2023. Arabic Literature of Africa Online (ALA) is a bio-bibliography on the Arabic manuscript tradition in the African continent, which continued well into the 20th century CE. It offers authoritative information about African authors, the texts they wrote in Arabic, the manuscripts in which these texts are found, and the locations of these manuscripts, together with bibliographical references to the literature.
- Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum (Brill) Added 30 May 2023. SEG collects newly published Greek inscriptions and studies on previously known documents (from archaic Greek texts up to the 8th century A.D.) and presents the complete Greek text and critical apparatus of new inscriptions. Additionally, it summarizes new readings, interpretations, and studies of known inscriptions, occasionally also mentioning their original text.
- Online Egyptological Bibliography (OEB) Added 11 May 2023. The Online Egyptological Bibliography (OEB) holds the largest available collection of references in Egyptological literature and is updated nearly every day. It includes the records and abstracts from Annual Egyptological Bibliography (AEB, 1947-2001), combined with Bibliographie Altägypten (BA, 1822-1946), the Aigyptos database with keywords, and more than 50,000 further items. Coverage is from 1822 to the present.
- Phase Online Added 10 May 2023. Phase Equilibria Diagrams Online
- American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society (GALE) Added 12 Apr 2023. American Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society provides a history of the American people and a testament to the growth of the nation from the colonial period through to the twentieth century. The periodicals focused on American concerns and were predominantly published in the United States or Canada, though some were published overseas by Americans living abroad. The collection offers multiple perspectives on the thought, culture, and society of North America through the eyes of those who lived it, showing how history affected citizens from all walks of life.
- Organ Cinema Added 12 Apr 2023. Films about the pipe organ’s history and music from Fugue State Films and the Royal College of Organists.
- MarketResearch.com Academic Added 12 Apr 2023. Our comprehensive research report database puts valuable business information right into students’ hands. You’ll get market intelligence on consumer demographics, market size and growth trends, industry forces and structure, product trends, competitive environment analysis, and company profiles.
- Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Social Work Added 6 Apr 2023.
- Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics Added 6 Apr 2023. ORE Politics contains current, peer-reviewed, trustworthy research and in depth background on global politics, government policies, and political science theories.
- Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education Added 6 Apr 2023.
- History Vault (ProQuest) Added 6 Apr 2023. Researchers can access digitized letters, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, financial records, diaries, and many more primary source materials taken from the University Publications of America (UPA) Collections.
- SEG Library Added 8 Mar 2023. The Society of Exploration Geophysicists offers a premier collection of applied-geophysics content through its SEG Library, including SEG eBooks, all SEG-hosted journal and meetings content.
- British Literary Manuscripts (Gale) Added 27 Feb 2023. Explore a digitized collection of manuscripts of British authors that includes poems, plays, novels, diaries, and more.
- Global Issues in Context (GALE) Added 27 Feb 2023. Analyze important global issues and events through topic overviews, international viewpoints, news, and multimedia content.
- ProQuest TDM Studio Visualization Dashboard Added 9 Feb 2023. Find content from BYU’s ProQuest database subscriptions and use data visualizations to analyze without coding. You must create an account. Learn more at https://proquest.libguides.com/tdmstudio/visualization
- Asian Theatre Video Collection Added 7 Feb 2023. Asian Theater video collection from Drama Online offers interviews with leading performers and practitioners, and houses a tranche of filmed performances, documentaries, rehearsal footage, and training videos. From Butoh to Bollywood, Bunraku to Topeng, this collection is a vital repository for students and academics interested in Asia’s rich theatrical traditions.
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Art Song Transpositions
Added 19 Jan 2023. Music for voice and piano notated in the tradition of classical art music (mainly art songs and arias from operas and oratorios)
Musical Theatre solos (pending copyright clearance)
Music for vocal duet and piano
Music for vocal trio and piano
Music for voice, piano, and one auxiliary instrument - ProQuest Historical Black Newspapers Added 12 Jan 2023. Primary source content and editorial perspectives of the most distinguished African American newspapers in the U.S. Each of the eleven Historical Black Newspapers provides researchers with unprecedented access to perspectives and information that was excluded or marginalized in mainstream sources. The content, including articles, obituaries, photos, editorials, and more, is easily accessible for scholars in the study of the history of race relations, journalism, local and national politics, education, African American studies, and many multidisciplinary subjects.
- News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive (PQ) Added 11 Jan 2023. An archival collection comprising the backfiles of 15 major magazines (including the Newsweek archive), spanning areas including current events, international relations, and public policy. These titles offer multiple perspectives on the contemporary contexts of the major events, trends, and interests in these fields throughout the twentieth century.
- Harper's Bazaar Archive (PQ) Added 11 Jan 2023. A searchable archive of the US (1867 to present) and UK (1930-2015) editions of Harper’s Bazaar. The issues are reproduced as high-resolution color page images and supported by fully searchable text and article-level indexing. This resource chronicles over 150 years of American, British, and international fashion, culture, and society, supporting researchers by offering unique insights into the events, attitudes, and interests of the modern era.
- Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive (PQ) Added 11 Jan 2023. Video Gaming Magazine Archive consists of the backfiles of more than 40 gaming magazines from the 1980s through to 2020. These titles cover a wide variety of consoles / platforms and aspects of the industry.
- Education Magazine Archive (PQ) Added 11 Jan 2023. An archive of magazines in the field of education, ranging from the early 20th to 21st centuries. The publications are aimed at teachers and other educational professionals and constitute valuable primary sources through which the evolution of educational policy, practice, and theory during this period may be delineated and interpreted. This content also pertains strongly to several related fields such as social history, psychology, and childhood studies.
- British Periodicals (PQ) Added 11 Jan 2023. Hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth.
- Artforum Archive (PQ) Added 11 Jan 2023. Spanning six decades of reporting on art in all media, Artforum offers features, reviews, and interviews relating to artists, exhibitions, publications, and other art world events / trends.
- The Jewish Question: Records from the Berlin Document Center (Gale) Added 11 Jan 2023. This collection comprises documents from a wide variety of sources, including the Gestapo, local police and government offices, Reich ministries, businesses, etc., pertaining to Jewish communities.
- Records of the Deutsche Ausland-Institut, Stuttgart: Records on Resettlement (Gale) Added 11 Jan 2023. This collection includes Nazi records on resettlement kept or collected by the Deutsches Ausland-Institut (German Foreign Institute, DAI), Stuttgart, seized from the Axis Powers during and after WWII. These records are most valuable in documenting the implementation and modification of National Socialist race doctrine. Included are records of resettlement negotiations and agreements with the Russians, Rumanians, and Italians and records describing the treatment and attitudes of all kinds of resettlers. In addition the collection throws light on the conflict between diverse SS agencies as well as between the SS and other agencies of Party and State.
- Oral Histories Collection on the Civil Rights Movement (Gale) Added 11 Jan 2023. The Ralph J. Bunche Oral History Collection from the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center is a unique resource for the study of the era of the American civil rights movement. Included here are transcriptions of more than 500 interviews with those who made history in the struggles for voting rights, against discrimination in housing, for the desegregation of the schools, to expose racism in hiring, in defiance of police brutality, and to address poverty in the African American communities.
- Local and Regional US History (Gale) Added 11 Jan 2023. City and Business Directories and County and Regional Histories & Atlases
- Correspondence from German Concentration Camps and Prisons (Gale) Added 11 Jan 2023. Collection consists of items originating from prisoners held in German concentration camps, internment and transit camps, Gestapo prisons, and POW camps, during and just prior to World War II. Most of the collection consists of letters written or received by prisoners, but also includes receipts for parcels, money orders and personal effects; paper currency; and realia, including Star of David badges that Jews were forced to wear.
- Confederate Newspapers (Gale) Added 11 Jan 2023. This collection is a mixture of issues and papers from Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and Alabama ranging from 1861-1865. These newspapers “recorded the real and true history of public opinion during the war. In their columns is to be found the only really correct and indicative ‘map of busy life, its fluctuations and its vast concerns’ in the South, during her days of darkness and of trial.”
- Asian American Relocation Centers (Gale) Added 11 Jan 2023. Final Accountability Rosters of Japanese-American Relocation Centers, 1944-1946; Japanese-American Relocation Camp Newspapers: Perspectives on Day-to-Day Life; Personal Justice Denied: Public Hearings of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment, 1981
- Native American Studies (Gale) Added 11 Jan 2023. American Indian Correspondence: Presbyterian Historical Society Collection of Missionaries’ Letters, 1833-1893; American Indian Movement and Native American Radicalism; Meriam Report on Indian Administration and the Survey of Conditions of the Indians in the U.S.; The Indian Trade in the Southeastern Spanish Borderlands: Papers of Panton, Leslie and Company; The War Department and Indian Affairs, 1800-1824
- Public Health Archive (Gale) Added 11 Jan 2023. Public Health in Modern America, 1890-1970. Understand the impact of public health legislation, policies, and campaigns at the local, national, and federal levels.
- Smithsonian Collections Online (Gale) Added 11 Jan 2023. Gale and the Smithsonian have collaborated to give libraries a unique opportunity to provide students, faculty, and researchers the chance to look behind the glass of the Smithsonian exhibits and collections. Search rare nineteenth and twentieth-century archives on the evolving modes of flight and the World’s Fairs.
- Religions of America (Gale) Added 11 Jan 2023. Discover the history and unique character of religious movements that originated in the United States and Canada.
- Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Nichols Newspapers Collection (Gale) Added 11 Jan 2023. Search London newspapers and pamphlets gathered by antiquarian and printer John Nichols, held at the Bodleian library in Oxford, UK.
- Gale Digital Scholar Lab Added 11 Jan 2023. Gale Digital Scholar Lab equips students and scholars with text and data mining resources, visualization tools, and methodology suggestions. The incremental process of Build, Clean, and Analyze supports newcomers and experienced users alike as they interpret both Gale Primary Sources and their own documents.
- Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary Added 5 Jan 2023. The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary remains the gold standard reference for Biblical Studies. It is an unprecedented interfaith exploration of the Bible that is interdisciplinary in scope.
- KRpia Added 12 Dec 2022. Primary sources and full-text archival material on Korean history, literature, medicine, religion, etc. and reference works and such as dictionaries and encyclopedias.
- DBpia Added 12 Dec 2022. Full-text journal articles published by major South Korean research institutions. There are over 1900 journal titles and more than 1.9 million Korean articles included. Some resources are available in English.
- Encyclopaedia Islamica Added 12 Dec 2022. In addition to providing entries on important themes, subjects and personages in Islam generally, Encyclopaedia Islamica Online offers the Western reader an opportunity to appreciate the various dimensions of Shiʿi Islam, the Persian contribution to Islamic civilization, and the spiritual dimensions of the Islamic tradition.
- Art & Architecture ePortal Added 20 Oct 2022. Discover important art and architectural history scholarship from some of the world’s finest publishers and museums.
- IPA Source Added 18 Oct 2022. The web’s largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions & literal translations of aria and art song texts.