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Academic Video Online (AVON)
Videos in a broad range of subject areas from over 1,500 leading distributors, producers, and filmmakers.
About Academic Video Online (AVON)Access World News
*Best Bet for SubjectThousands of North American and international newspapers, news magazines, wire services, broadcast news transcripts.
About Access World NewsAfrica and the New Imperialism: European Borders on the African Continent, 1870-1914
Digitized primary sources documenting European colonization across Africa.
About Africa and the New Imperialism: European Borders on the African Continent, 1870-1914Africa Commons
Platform for discovering African historical and cultural materials held by organizations around the world.
About Africa CommonsAfrica-Wide Information
*Best Bet for SubjectNews stories, scholarly articles, books, reports, and theses on Africa and South Africa.
About Africa-Wide InformationAM Search
Searches across all of Rutgers' primary source collections from AM (Adam Matthew).
About AM SearchAmerican Committee on Africa
Digitized primary source materials documenting the work of the American Committee on Africa (ACOA) from 1953 through 1981.
About American Committee on AfricaAnthropological Fieldwork Online
Digitized collection of the fieldwork and ethnographies created by prominent anthropologists.
About Anthropological Fieldwork OnlineAnthropology Plus
*Best Bet for SubjectJournal articles, reports, and commentaries in the fields of anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, and material culture.
About Anthropology PlusAnthroSource
A collection of all past and current publications of the American Anthropological Association, including journals, newsletters, bulletins, and conference proceedings.
About AnthroSourceApartheid South Africa: 1948-1988
Digitized British government files from the Foreign, Colonial, Dominion and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices documenting the apartheid era.
About Apartheid South Africa: 1948-1988B
Border and Migration Studies Online
Border and Migration Studies Online is a collection of digitized government documents, letters, a
About Border and Migration Studies OnlineC
CAB Abstracts
Covers the applied life sciences including agriculture, environment, veterinary sciences, applied economics, food science and nutrition.
About CAB AbstractsChurch Missionary Society Periodicals
Digitized collection of periodicals and other documents produced by the Church Missionary Society, a major Protestant mission organization, from 1804-2009.
About Church Missionary Society PeriodicalsConfidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966
Digitized collection of formerly confidential British government documents about Africa. The original documents were produced by the Foreign and Colonial Offices.
About Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966D
Digital National Security Archive
Digitized declassified U.S. government documents from post-World War II through the 21st century.
About Digital National Security ArchiveDrama Texts Collection
Drama Texts Collection contains the scripts of over 13,000 plays from around the world.
About Drama Texts CollectionE
East India Company
Digitized archives of the London administration of the East India Company and the pre-1947 government of India.
About East India CompanyEBSCOhost (Academic Search Premier)
A multi-disciplinary database covering nearly every area of academic study.
About EBSCOhost (Academic Search Premier)The Economist Intelligence Unit
Data and analysis related to the commercial and financial operations of 68 countries.
About The Economist Intelligence UniteHRAF World Cultures (Human Relations Area Files)
Contains ethnographic collections covering all aspects of cultural and social life from all regions of the world.
About eHRAF World Cultures (Human Relations Area Files)Empire Online
Digitized primary sources on the history of empires and empire building in the modern era, with primary emphasis on the British Empire. There are also materials on American imperialism.
About Empire OnlineEmpire Studies
Digitized primary sources documenting the British Empire and colonialism.
About Empire StudiesEthnographic Sound Archives Online
Over 6,000 previously unpublished historical audio field recordings of music from around the world with accompanying materials.
About Ethnographic Sound Archives OnlineEthnographic Video Online
Ethnographic videos from many regions of the world.
About Ethnographic Video OnlineEthnologue: Languages of the World
Extensive information about the world’s 7000 living languages, which can be browsed by country, language name, and language family.
About Ethnologue: Languages of the WorldF
Factiva
Major national and regional newspapers, magazines, and other publications, plus company/market information.
About FactivaFirstSearch
A shared catalog of library collections worldwide.
About FirstSearchFrontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial Encounters
Digitized primary sources documenting European migration to and colonization of Africa, Australasia, and North America.
About Frontier Life: Borderlands, Settlement & Colonial EncountersG
Global & International Studies Collection
Mainstream and niche magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals covering global studies topics, regional history, and ethnic perspectives.
About Global & International Studies CollectionGlobal & International Studies Collection (Alexander Street)
Digitized primary sources that illuminate global issues.
About Global & International Studies Collection (Alexander Street)Global Press Archive
Digitized historical news sources from around the world.
About Global Press ArchiveH
Historical Abstracts
*Best Bet for SubjectCovers the history of the world from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada.
About Historical AbstractsHuman Rights Studies Online
Digitized materials that provide documentation, analysis, and interpretation of major human rights violations and atrocities worldwide from 1900 to 2010.
About Human Rights Studies OnlineHumanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson)
Citations to articles covering a wide range of humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary fields.
About Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (H.W. Wilson)J
JSTOR
Journals, books, and primary sources in a wide variety of subject areas in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
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Missionary Studies
A digitized collection of primary sources from a global range of Christian missions, churches, and denominations produced throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
About Missionary StudiesMLA International Bibliography
*Best Bet for SubjectCritical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, folklore, and film.
About MLA International BibliographyMusic Online: Listening Collection
Streaming audio tracks in a wide variety of musical genres, including classical, jazz, world, folk, rock, blues, gospel, R&B, the Great American Songbook, and more.
About Music Online: Listening CollectionN
Newspaper Source Plus
Newspapers from around the world, plus hundreds of newswires, news magazines, and television and radio transcripts.
About Newspaper Source PlusO
The Olympic Movement: Sport, Global Politics and Identity
Digitized primary sources covering the history of the modern Olympic and Paralympic games from 1896 to 1992.
About The Olympic Movement: Sport, Global Politics and IdentityP
Politics Collection (ProQuest)
*Best Bet for SubjectScholarship and research in political science, public policy, and international relations from 1914 to present.
About Politics Collection (ProQuest)ProQuest Digital Collections
Digitized primary and secondary sources from a wide variety of subject areas organized into many subcollections.
About ProQuest Digital CollectionsProQuest Dissertations & Theses Citation Index (Web of Science)
Search ProQuest Dissertations & Theses on the Web of Science platform, complete with citation indexing.
About ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Citation Index (Web of Science)ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global
Database of dissertations and theses from institutions around the world, including records for international dissertations beginning in 1637 and U.S. dissertations beginning in 1861 (the year the first doctoral dissertation was accepted at a U.S. institution).
About ProQuest Dissertations & Theses GlobalProQuest One Anthropology (Alexander Street)
ProQuest One Anthropology, located on the Alexander Street platform, is a colle
About ProQuest One Anthropology (Alexander Street)ProQuest One Black Studies
Primary source content for teaching and research in black history and culture, with a primary focus on the U.S.
About ProQuest One Black StudiesProQuest One Global Studies & International Relations
Digitized primary and secondary sources, including many declassified U.S. government documents, news sources, and academic journals, that illuminate global issues in historical and contemporary contexts.
About ProQuest One Global Studies & International RelationsProQuest One Literature
Extensive global collection of primary source literary texts, criticism, analysis, and secondary sources.
About ProQuest One LiteratureProQuest One Social Sciences
Extensive scholarship & research materials in all social sciences disciplines, including anthropology, criminology, international relations, library science, linguistics, political science, social work, and sociology.
About ProQuest One Social SciencesR
Refugees, Relief, and Resettlement
Digitized primary sources covering refugee crises, forced migrations, relief efforts, and resettlement after World War II.
About Refugees, Relief, and ResettlementRevolution and Protest Online
Digitized primary source materials from global protests, revolutions, and independence movements from the 18th - 21st centuries.
About Revolution and Protest OnlineS
Sabinet African Journals
Academic journals published in Africa in a variety of subject areas.
About Sabinet African JournalsSecurity Issues Online
Digitized primary source materials on threats to global security in the 20th & 21st centuries.
About Security Issues OnlineSlavery, Abolition & Social Justice
Digitized primary sources from archives around the world documenting the history of slavery, slaves' experiences and testimonies, and abolitionist and social justice movements.
About Slavery, Abolition & Social JusticeSociology & Social Sciences Collection (ProQuest)
Scholarship in sociology, social work, and related social sciences fields.
About Sociology & Social Sciences Collection (ProQuest)T
Trade and Globalization Studies Online
Digitized primary and secondary sources on global trade.
About Trade and Globalization Studies OnlineU
UNdata
(Open Access) Official statistics, estimates, and projections compiled by the United Nations Statistics and Population Divisions and other UN agencies.
About UNdataUSC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive
Contains 53,000 video testimonies in 32 languages from 56 countries recorded by the USC Shoah Foundation Institute.
About USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History ArchiveV
Visual History Archive (VHA)
Contains 53,000 video testimonies in 32 languages from 56 countries recorded by the USC Shoah Foundation Institute.
About Visual History Archive (VHA)W
Web of Science (Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science Citation Indexes)
Index of the world's leading scholarly journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
About Web of Science (Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science Citation Indexes)Women and Social Movements, International
Digitized primary source materials drawn from more than 300 repositories documenting women's activism in social movements globally.
About Women and Social Movements, InternationalWomen's Studies International
An index of scholarship in women's studies and feminist research.
About Women's Studies InternationalWorld Development Indicators
(Open Access) A complete and authoritative collection of statistics on countries, regions, and economic groupings of the world, collected and presented by the World Bank.
About World Development IndicatorsWorldCat
A shared catalog of library collections worldwide.
About WorldCat