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Current Databases on Trial

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ProQuest Congressional Full-text access to Congressional Record 1789-2001, Congressional Hearings 1824-present, and Serial Set (including maps) 1789-present. Trial runs until May 26, 2013. Please send comments to Megan Brooks.

Oxford Handbooks Online - Review essays by leading scholars that evaluate the current thinking on a field or topic within 14 subject areas, and make an original argument about the future direction of the debate. Trial runs until May 10, 2013.  Please send comments to Deborah Lenares

American West *- The Graff Collection from the Newberry Library, Chicago - Original manuscripts, ephemeral material (trade cards, wanted posters, photos, claim certificates, news-sheets etc), maps, and rare printed works. Trial runs for the month of April 2013. Please send comments to Laura Reiner 
 
Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966 *- "the United Kingdom’s Colonial, Dominion and Foreign Offices’ confidential correspondence relating to Africa between 1834 and 1966. A searchable collection of scores of official documents covering almost the entire period of European conquest and colonisation of Africa.” Trial runs for the month of April 2013. Please send comments to Laura Reiner 
 
Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration & Cultural Exchange  *manuscript, printed and visual primary source materials for the study of global commodities in world history. Includes data visualization/mapping features. Trial runs for the month of April 2013. Please send comments to Laura Reiner 
* Please note that download options are not available during this trial

The Vogue Archive contains the entire run of Vogue magazine (US edition) from 1892 to the present day, reproduced in high-resolution color page images. More than 400,000 pages are included, constituting a treasure trove of the work from the greatest designers, photographers, stylists and illustrators of the 20th and 21st centuries. Vogue is a unique record of American and international popular culture that extends beyond fashion. The Vogue Archive is an essential primary source for the study of fashion, gender and modern social history – past, present and future. Trial access extends from Feb 22 - April 30, 2013. Please send your comments about this resource to Brooke Henderson.

      
     
     

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