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America: History and Life – Indexes and abstracts articles from scholarly journals, book reviews and dissertations
covering the history of the United States and Canada. Includes links to full-text
articles in JSTOR, Project Muse and the History Cooperative.
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American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection – Indexes and provides images of historic American magazine and journal pages and
articles. Includes nine collections (Agriculture, Applied Science & Technology, Art,
Business, Education, History, Music, Religion, and Women’s Studies) encompassing fifty
thematic databases.
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America's Historical Newspapers – Provides full-text of African American newspapers and selected historical newspapers
from Louisiana, including the Times-Picayune (1837-1936).
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America's News – Provides full-text of almost 1200 U.S. news sources and newspapers including the
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index® – Indexes and provides abstracts for the world’s leading arts and humanities journals
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Black Freedom Struggle in the U.S. – A website centered on the experience and perspectives of African Americans, including
input from Black history scholars and advisors. Contains approximately 2,000 primary
source documents spanning different phases of Black Freedom from 1790 - 2000.
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Black Life in America – Sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400
current and historical Black publications. Covers from pre-Revolution America (early
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Books at JSTOR – Books at JSTOR contains over 32,000 ebooks published prior to 2016 from a number
of academic publishers with subject strengths in the humanities and social sciences.
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Books on Project MUSE – Books on Project MUSE provides access to ebooks published by university presses
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BibHistArt – Indexes and abstracts over 4,300 journal articles, art-related books, conference proceedings
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Digital Sanborn Maps–Louisiana– (formerly called Sanborn Maps–Louisiana) Sanborn fire insurance maps provide historical information on the growth and development
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Dissertations & Theses Global (ProQuest) – Indexes all doctoral dissertations completed at U.S. accredited institutions since
1861. Provides abstracts of doctoral dissertations since 1981. Includes some master's
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Fashion Studies Online: The Videofashion Library – Provides access to over 904 online videos on fashion, textiles, merchandising,
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Films on Demand: Digital Educational Video – Provides streaming videos from a broad range of academic subjects and production
companies.
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European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750 – Provides more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records
about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. Covers the history of European exploration
as well as portrayals of Native American peoples.
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Historical Abstracts – Indexes and abstracts journals, books, and dissertations covering modern world
history from 1450 to the present. Links are available to the full-text articles in
JSTOR, Project Muse and the History Cooperative.
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History Reference Center – Provides full-text of reference books, encyclopedias and non-fiction books, history
magazines, historical documents,biographies of historical figures, historical photos,
maps, and historical video.
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International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) – The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) focuses on four primary
subject areas: anthropology, economics, political science and sociology.
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JSTOR – Provides full-text of scholarly journals in the fields of ecology, economics, education,
finance, history, mathematics, political science and population studies. Southeastern
users have access to JSTOR Arts and Sciences I, II, III, IV, V and Complement Collections
and JSTOR Biology Collection.
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Mango Languages – An online language-learning program for over 70 languages including English. Lessons
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conversations, films, and specialty courses in culture. Users can create a profile to track their language learning progress.
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New York Times (1851 to current) – New York Times (1980 to current) and ProQuest Historical Newspapers:
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York Times newspaper from 1851 to present.
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Politics Collection – Includes PAIS Index, Policy File Index, Political Science Database, and Worldwide
Political Science Abstracts (WPSA) with full text of many documents.
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Project MUSE (Journals) – Provides full-text articles from scholarly journals in the humanities
and social sciences.
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Religion & Philosophy Collection – Indexes, abstracts and provides full text coverage of journals, including peer-reviewed
titles, in the fields of world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious
history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy
and the history of philosophy.
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Sage Knowledge – Provides access to ebooks in the social sciences, including scholarly monographs,
reference works, handbooks, series, and professional development titles.
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Sanborn Maps–Louisiana – (now called Digital Sanborn Maps–Louisiana) Sanborn fire insurance maps provide historical information on the growth and development
of cities, towns, and neighborhoods. They are large-scale plans containing data that
can be used to estimate the potential risk for urban structures.
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Social Science Premium Collection – Provides access to Criminology Collection, including National Criminal Justice
Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database; Education Collection, including ERIC
and Education Database; the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, IBSS;
Library & Information Science Collection (LISA); Linguistics Collection, including
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts; Politics Collection, including PAIS and
WPSA; Social Science Database; and Sociology Collection, including Sociological Abstracts.
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Statistical Abstract of the United States, Online Edition – The Statistical Abstract of the United States, Online Edition is a comprehensive
summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the U.S.
with over 1400 browseable and searchable tables.
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Statistical Abstracts of the World, Online Edition – The Statistical Abstracts of the World provide summaries of statistics on the social,
political, and economic organization of many different countries.
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Tangipahoa Parish Newspapers – Tangipahoa Parish Newspapers Collection: A selection of various newspapers from
Amite City (1867-1907), Hammond (1903-1909), and Independence (1926) available at
the Louisiana Digital Library
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Web of Science™ – Consists of three databases, Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation
Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index, and indexes and provides abstracts for
more recent articles.
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