Databases

African American Newspapers Series 1: 1827-1998 chronicles a century and a half of the African American experience. African American Newspapers, Series 1, features 280 newspapers from 35 states. These titles, published for or by African Americans constitute primary sources for researchers exploring disciplines as cultural, literary and social history; ethnic studies and more. Included are Freedom’s Journal (NY)—the first African American newspaper published in the United States—and The Colored Citizen (KS), Arkansas State Press, Rights of All (NY), Wisconsin Afro-American, New York Age, L'Union (LA), Northern Star and Freeman’s Advocate (NY), Richmond Planet, Cleveland Gazette, The Appeal (MN) and hundreds of others titles from every region of the U.S.

African American Newspapers, Series 2, 1835-1956 complements and expands on African American Newspapers, Series 1. Published in 22 states and the District of Columbia, there are more than 75 newly available newspapers in Series 2. Content will be of interest to African and African American studies; political science; ethnic studies; diaspora studies; women’s studies; and cultural, literary and social history. Key titles include Frederick Douglass’s New National Era (Washington, DC), Washington Tribune (Washington, DC), Chicago Bee (Chicago, IL), The Louisianian (New Orleans, LA), The Pine and Palm (Boston, MA), National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY), New York Age (New York, NY), Harlem Liberator (New York, NY), North Carolina Republican and Civil Rights Advocate (Weldon, NC), Southern News (Richmond, VA)

This database contains more than five hundred Latin works by over a hundred known and unknown authors, spanning the fields of theology, liturgy, computistics, grammar, hagiography, poetry and historiography, and including legal texts, charters, inscriptions, etc.

Consists of six modules: Slavery and the Law; Slavery in Antebellum Southern Industries; two modules of Southern Life and African American History, 1775-1915, Plantations Records; a module on the Civil War entitled "Confederate Military Manuscripts and Records of Union Generals and the Union Army"; and Reconstruction and Military Government after the Civil War. Slavery and the Law features petitions on race, slavery, and free blacks that were submitted to state legislatures and county courthouses between 1775 and 1867. Southern Plantation Records document the far-reaching impact of plantations on both the American South and the nation. Plantation records are both business records and personal papers because the plantation was both the business and the home for plantation owners. The Confederate Military Manuscripts module brings together unique collections that are being digitized for the first time. Reconstruction and Military Government after the Civil War features correspondence of the U.S. Army's Office of Civil Affairs.

Oxford Bibliographies Online helps researchers quickly find reliable sources of information by directing them to specific chapters, books, websites, archives, or data. OBO is a springboard for new research that allows for quick movement between texts and databases within our subscribed library content and beyond. It is a starting point for organizing a research plan, or for preparing a writing assignment or syllabus. The style and approach is accessible to students, and the depth of coverage makes it of great use to academic staff. This trial of the British and Irish Literature module supplements our existing subscriptions to the African Studies, Art History, Atlantic History, Biblical Studies, Classics, Medieval Studies, Military History, Political Science, Renaissance and Reformation, Victorian Literature modules. In each subject module, leading scholars have produced a guide to the most significant sources in an area of study they know best. The guides feature a selective list of bibliographic citations supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult. Each topic has an editorial commentary to show how the cited sources are interrelated. All articles receive multiple peer reviews and editorial board vetting to provide reliable and balanced coverage. Articles are regularly updated by their authors so that information in this resource is always current and accurate. In addition to updating existing articles, new topic guides are added on a regular schedule to expand the scope and extent of each subject module in the library.

War, State and Society provides access to thousands of documents from the collections of eleven U.K. government departments, each responsible for dealing with and reporting on the domestic situation in Britain during the Second World War and its aftermath. Sourced from The National Archives U.K. and the History of Advertising Trust, its files provide a comprehensive insight into the social, economic, political and cultural affairs of wartime Britain, and a valuable snapshot of day to day life in every corner of the country and beyond.

Resources and features include :
• Wartime collections of central government, including the Home Affairs papers of Churchill’s War Cabinet and Foreign Office policy papers on refugees and internment

• Records of local wartime organizations and surveys from across the U.K., including histories and organizational records of Home Guard units, and recruitment and welfare records of local Women’s Land Army headquarters

• Collections of government propaganda, including wartime film production documents from the Ministry of Information and Crown Film Unit
• Features a wide array of document types, including advertisements, film and broadcast transcripts, official correspondence, maps, press summaries and publications, memoranda, statistical analyses, and more

• Offers users the ability to browse, filter and search the files by themes such as: Preparations for War and Peace; Rationing and Supply; Domestic Life; Military Activity and Home Defence; Evacuation, and others

• Files have been indexed according to a detailed set of thematic metadata and indexing terms, allowing users to trace a variety of topics across a range of departmental collections