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Institution of Civil Engineers' Virtual Library, a large repository of full text civil engineering papers. Includes searchable archive of technical papers from 1836 to the present. (2008-05-09)

GreenFILE, focuses on the relationship between human beings and the environment. (2008-05-02)

Census of Antique Art and Architecture Known to the Renaissance, a database of texts and images which documents the links between the art and architecture of classical antiquity and the Renaissance. The "Census" includes drawings, sketches, treatises etc. as recorded in Renaissance documents illustrating the knowledge and study of classical antiquity by Renaissance artists. (2008-04-28)

Urban Studies Abstracts, includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Studies, and Canadian Journal of Urban Research. (2008-04-28)

Attic Grave Reliefs of the Late 5th and the 4th Century B.C. = Datenbank der attischen Grabreliefs des 5. und 4. Jahrhunderts v. Chr., a database of images, texts, and information about this important source for the study of ancient Greece. (2008-04-28)

Travel and tourism analyst, contains reports on various areas of the travel and tourism industry. You must create a free registration to view the reports. (2008-04-28)

TBRC digital library. Core text collection 5, each collection contains multiple works on Tibetan literature which have been assembled specifically to be incorporated into institutional libraries. Each collection comprises roughly 1000 volumes from the TBRC holdings selected by E. Gene Smith, Executive Director of the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center. Within each Core Text Collection, each work is provided in both Adobe Acrobat PDF and TIFF formats. (2008-04-28)

Literature Criticism Online, a database of encyclopedias of literary criticism: Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400–1800, Shakespearean Criticism, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Drama Criticism, Children's Literature Review. (2008-04-28)

Scriptores possessoresque codicum medii aevi : Datenbank von Schreibern und Besitzern mittelalterlicher Handschriften = Database of mediaeval manuscripts' scribes and owners, Sigrid Kramer's database provides information on owners and writers of medieval manuscripts, including: name; short biography with city of origin and life dates (as available); libraries holding manuscript(s); as well as short references to secondary literature. Coverage: 4th to 20th century. (2008-04-28)

Historical Black Newspapers, full text and full-image articles from African American newspapers: Atlanta daily world, Los Angeles sentinel, New York Amsterdam news, Pittsburgh courier, and The Chicago defender. (2008-04-28)

Foreign Broadcast Information Service, "The United States' principal record of political and historical open source intelligence"--Readex. (2008-04-28)

Peace Research Abstracts, includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to peace research, including conflict resolution, international affairs, peace psychology, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline. Records are selected from many of the top titles within the discipline, including International Journal of Peace Studies, International Journal on World Peace, and Conflict Management & Peace Science. Coverage from 1964. (2008-04-28)

Cambridge Collections Online, offers subject or theme based cross-searchable collections, including Cambridge Companions Complete Collection with its two sub-collections: Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics, and: Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture. Each collection is updated with new Companions on publication. Cambridge Collections Online also includes: Shakespeare Survey, an online version of the print series, from 1948 to the present. (2008-02-01)

NANOnetBASE, online collection of nanoscience and nanotechnology references. Bringing together experts from academic, industrial, and government institutions, NANOnetBASE offers researchers, students, and professionals an authoritative and convenient source for both introductory and specialized information. (2008-02-01)

WATERnetBASE, comprehensive multidiscipline resource providing access to reference works on drinking water, ground water, hydrogeology, hydrology, storm water, surface water, waste water, water pollution and wetlands. Also includes the current edition of Water encyclopedia. (2008-02-01)

Reagent Chemicals, provides specifications and analytical procedures to ensure the quality of your chemicals. Developed by the ACS Committee on Analytical Reagents, it includes general physical properties and analytical uses for all reagent chemicals, over 500 in all as well as thirty-two new reagents and three new classes of standard grade reference materials. I (2008-02-01)

ENVIROnetBASE, provides access to environmental handbooks published by CRC Press. (2008-02-01)

POLYMERSnetBASE, provides access to three databases of polymer information: Polymeric Materials Encyclopedia, Polymers: A Property Database, and polymer books from Taylor and Francis. (2008-02-01)

ITknowledgeBASE, covers topics ranging from computing to networking. Includes databases and books which can be search and browsed online. (2008-02-01)

MATERIALSnetBASE, online library of materials science texts, references, and handbooks. (2008-02-01)

CQ Almanac, brings together over sixty years of authoritative congressional reporting in one, easy-to-use resource. The site pairs all of the content from the print volumes with a number of exciting electronic features and functions that make navigating this immense amount of content fast and easy. (2008-02-01)

Colonial State Papers, provides access to thousands of papers concerning English activities in the American, Canadian, and West Indian colonies between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Colonial State Papers integrates two important research tools as one service: Collection CO 1 from The National Archives, full name: Privy Council and related bodies: America and West Indies, Colonial Papers and Calendar of State Papers, Colonial: North America and the West Indies 1574-1739. (2008-01-17)

House of Commons parliamentary papers (1688-1834), encompasses all areas of social, political, economic and foreign policy, "showing how issues were explored and legislation was formed. Many contributors to the papers were found outside the official world, providing evidence or supplying memoranda to committees and commissions." (2008-01-17)

Oxford Islamic studies online, brings together the best current scholarship in the field and promotes accurate and informed understanding of the Islamic world. This fully integrated resource features reference content and commentary by renowned scholars in areas such as global Islamic history, concepts, people, practices, politics, and culture. (2008-01-17)

The Garland encyclopedia of world music online, is a comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. Each volume contains an overview of a geographic region, a survey of its musical heritage, and a description of specific musical genres, practices, and performances. Articles include detailed photographs that show musicians, musical instruments, and the cultural context of dances, rituals, and ceremonies. Other images include drawings, maps, and musical examples for further study. Contains the full text of the 10 volume print encyclopedia (originally published in 1997), which is searchable all together for the first time. (2008-01-11)

Aristoteles Latinus database, the complete corpus of medieval Greek-Latin translations of the works of Aristotle as published in the printed work, Aristoteles Latinus. (2008-01-11)

Zephyr, contains M&A, IPO and venture capital deals with links to detailed financial company information. (2008-01-10)

17th-18th century Burney Collection newspapers, searchable full-text access to the British Library's collection of the newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817)--the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media. More than twelve hundred titles and almost one million pages are included. (2008-01-10)

Orbis, Integrates data from all of Bureau van Dijk databases. ORBIS includes full searching facilities and global standard report format for in-depth international searching and analysis. (2008-01-10)

Archive of Celtic-Latin literature, contains the texts processed thus far from the corpus of Celtic-Latin literature from the period 400-1200 as part of the Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources project. (2008-01-10)

Monumenta Germaniae historica, a collection of primary sources which document the history of the Germanic regions of medieval Europe. Includes a selection of texts from all five divisions of Monumenta Germaniae Historica (Scriptores, Leges, Diplomata, Epistolae, Antiquitates). (2008-01-10)

19th century British Library newspapers, searchable full text of full runs of newspapers specially selected by the British Library to best represent nineteenth-century Britain. This new collection includes national and regional newspapers, as well as newspapers from: established country or university towns; the new industrial powerhouses of the manufacturing Midlands; and Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Special attention was paid to include newspapers that helped lead particular political or social movements such as Reform, Chartism, and Home Rule. Penny papers aimed at the working and clerical classes are also included (2008-01-01)

Latin American newsstand, full-text of Latin-American newspapers and newswires covering international and Latin-American regional topics. (2008-01-01)

LatinNews.com, database of current news sources consisting of daily reports, weekly reports, regional reports, and more. (2008-01-01)


 
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