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Subject Guide for History
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Archiv
First published on November 1, 1949, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung is one of the major daily newspapers in Germany. Its intended scope covers a comprehensive range of topics in Germany and internationally. Aside from the current news website, F.A.Z. offers two archival products that cover the entire previous history of the publication: F.A.Z.-BiblioNet, which contains more than 2 million text-searchable articles of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspapers (daily edition, Sunday edition) from 1993 to the present; and F.A.Z. 49-92, which contains more than 2.8 million text-searchable articles from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from the founding of the newspaper in 1949 until 1992. Trial until: 1 August 2011. CU
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
The House of Commons Parliamentary Papers are vital to the historical record of Britain, its former Colonies and the wider world. They are among the richest and most detailed primary sources for the history of the past two centuries, and are fundamental to an understanding of current legislation, policy making and the political environment. HCPP online, with searchable full text, and detailed subject indexing, makes it possible to fully exploit the enormous potential of this resource for the first time. Coverage: 18th-20th Centuries. CU
The Cecil Papers
Almost 30,000 documents gathered by William Cecil (1520-1598), Lord Burghley and his son Robert Cecil (1563-1612), First Earl of Salisbury. This important collection includes many 16th- and 17th-century English state papers, grants from the Crown, legal documents, treaties, correspondences and political memoranda. Complements the State Papers Online. CU
State Papers Online, 1509-1714
SPO is a groundbreaking resource for the study of Early Modern Britain and Europe. By reuniting State Papers Domestic and Foreign with the Registers of the Privy Council and State Papers in the British Library, the collection creates a new backbone for research and teaching in politics, government, social economic and religious history. SPO reproduces the original historical manuscripts in facsimile linking each manuscript to its corresponding fully-searchable Calendar entry. CU
Independence, Partition and the Nehru Era, 1947-1964 is a comprehensive survey of the politics following the independence of India until the death of India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. The documents focus on a variety of subjects and topics including the politics of Kashmir, India’s relationship with the US, as well as Pakistan and India’s regional neighbours, economic development policies, and the relationship between Hindus and Muslims after independence. Scholars and students of Indian history, political science, international relations and economics will find in this publication a rich source of materials to explore and understand a critical period in India’s postcolonial history. CU
VD18: Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 18. Jahrhunderts
The VD18 project aims to digitize all works published from 1701 to 1800 in German or German-speaking areas. The intention is to create a complete virtual national library of the 18th century. The titles are not only in German but a variety of languages. In the two-year pilot phase of the project (2010-2012), 75,000 titles comprising 18 million pages will be digitized before the main project phase to digitize 600,000 titles begins.
Confidential Print: The Middle East, 1839-1969
This collection is a fundamental resource for study of the modern Middle East and inform the volatile situation in the region today. It includes British Colonial Office and Foreign Office Confidential Print for Afghanistan, Egypt, Sudan, Persia, Suez Canal, Turkey, Jordan, Arabia, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, and Syria. Historical documents such as reports, dispatches, correspondence, political summaries and economic analyses marked ‘Confidential Print’ were printed and circulated immediately to leading officials in the Foreign Office, to the Cabinet and to heads of British missions abroad. CU
Eighteenth Century Journals (Series III and IV)
This collection is a critical resource for the study of all aspects of the eighteenth century, including the American and French revolutions, British and European literature, theatre and popular entertainment, politics and religion, popular morality and social life, and exoticism and imperialism. It offers a wide variety of fully searchable newspapers and periodicals not available elsewhere and has no overlap with ECCO, EEBO, or Early English Newspapers. For more information about new titles available in series III and IV, see this detailed description. CU
Primary-Source Microform/Print Sets
Iraq, 1990-2006: A Diplomatic History through Documents
Currently no new journals.
Records for individual titles in the following primary-source collections have been loaded into Chinook:
Eighteenth Century Journals III
Renaissance Man: The Reconstructed Libraries of European Scholars, 1450-1700, parts 1-6
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