A source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles that covers the physical and social sciences, technology, medicine, engineering, the arts, literature, and many other subjects
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.
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The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
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Africa and the Atlantic, 500-1500 to New Millennium, 2001- present
WPA Slave Narrative Center
Interviews of more than 2,000 formerly enslaved peoples from 17 states
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Indigenous Americas, Precontact -1600’s to Modern Native Nations, 1988- Present
WPA Narrative Collection on Removal to Oklahoma
WPA oral history project collection, 86 narratives about Indian Removal and aftermath, organized by tribe with reference entries
Research diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with areas of study such as Business, Health, Criminal Justice, Science, Humanities, Political Science and more. Features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of local, regional ,and national news sources. Includes access to the Bakersfield Californian Collection, Indigenous Life in America, Asian Life in America, Hispanic Life in America, and Black Life in America. Coverage is from 1980 to current, updated daily.
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Indigenous Americas, Precontact – 1500’s to New Millennium, 2000 to Present
Bracero Program Collection
1942-1964, First-person narratives, photos, and audio clips
Aztec Codices Collection
Imagery from Aztec codices, 16th century, with scholarly commentary