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Primary source materials documenting civil rights activism by the everyday citizens of Black, Latine, Indigenous, and Asian American/Pacific Islander communities. Includes letters, correspondence, demonstration plan outlines, transportation logs and plans, meeting minutes, programs from worship services, and photographs, primarily from the 1950s and 1960s.
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With coverage back to 1915, this database contains more than 120,000 abstracts of articles and books published in the primary professional literature of the communication(s) field as well as bibliographic records.

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A platform for learning and performing text analysis, building datasets, and sharing analytics course materials. Users can teach and learn text analytics, build datasets from across multiple content sources, and visualize and analyze their datasets. 

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Engineering Case Studies Online This link opens in a new window
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Provides a single, comprehensive source for a wide range of video and text material focusing on engineering failures and successes. Includes documentaries, accident reports, experiments, visualizations, case studies, lectures and interviews from leading engineering institutions around the world. Database available through at least May 31, 2025, as part of ProQuest's Evidence-Based Acquisition Program.

Religious Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
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A searchable archive of magazines devoted to religious topics, spanning 19th-21st centuries. The publications were originally written by/for a wider populace rather than academic/cultural elites and offer insights into, for example, the influence of belief systems on public life, the history of popular religious movements and the means used by religions to gain adherents and communicate their ideologies. A wide variety of religions and denominations are represented, allowing for comparative studies of religions during this period.
Socialist and Radical Periodicals This link opens in a new window
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The backfiles of more than 25 periodicals reflecting the 20th/21st–century history of a variety of movements and ideologies on the political left. These titles include Marxist, socialist, communist, social democratic, and Fabianist publications, addressing key topics and events such as labour history / workers' rights, international socialism, anti-Nazi movements, Red Scares, class struggles, campaigns / legislation, and youth radicalism. Database available through at least May 31, 2025, as part of ProQuest's Evidence-Based Acquisition Program.

Soviet-Era Ukrainian Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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A collection of five newspapers, including national newspapers from three cities, covering the early Soviet era of Ukraine’s history. Includes newspapers in both Ukrainian and Russian.

Trade and Globalization Studies Online This link opens in a new window
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Examines the history of trade, trade policies, financial crises, emerging markets and technological innovations that unite the world in an ever-changing system of trade. The collection gathers books, case studies, archival materials and documentaries to provide historical context and insights. Database available through at least May 31, 2025, as part of ProQuest's Evidence-Based Acquisition Program.

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