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From canonical English-language dramatists such as Ben Jonson, Aphra Behn, and Oscar Wilde, to the diverse cast of ethnicities who contributed unique sensibilities to the dramatic canon of the U.S. from Lynn Riggs to Jeannie Barroga, users can now study the length and breadth of English-language drama from the late thirteenth century through to the early twenty-first century.

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Oral History Online provides in-depth indexing to more than 2,700 collections of Oral History in English from around the world. The collection also provides keyword searching of more than 329,400 pages of full-text by close to 10,000 individuals from all walks of life. It also contains pointers to over 4,200 audio and video files and almost 19,000 bibliographic records.

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Alt-PressWatch is a full text database comprised of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. A&I coverage starts in 1970; Full text coverage begins in 1986.

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The Alternative Press Archive is an interdisciplinary bibliographic database (with links to full-text) of more than 474,000 journal, newspaper, and magazine articles in over 700 international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. Born of the New Left, it was launched in 1969 to provide access to the emerging theories and practices of radical social change. The Archive covers 1969-1990.

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A digital library containing scholarly resources from and about Africa.The USC Libraries is among the contributors of materials in this database from one of our archival collections relating to the former Portuguese colonies of Mozambique and Angola.

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  • Political Science & International Relations
Comprising extensive collections sourced from The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, this digital resource shows how World War Two changed American society and the economy, how it impacted individuals and their families, and the legacy of the war in human terms. From enlistment and training to deployment on the US Home Front or on campaigns overseas, the personal stories of these men and women demonstrate the broad spectrum of American involvement in the conflict.

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Index to articles and other literature (books, dissertations, book reviews, etc.) covering the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada, from the 15th century to the present. Indexes nearly 1,800 journals from 1860s to present, including all key journals in the discipline, state and local history publications, and selected articles from scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities. Provided by EBSCO.

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America’s Historical Imprints includes over 150,000 books, pamphlets, broadsides, and other printed material illuminating centuries of American history, literature, and culture. The core of the archive is Early American Imprints, Series I and II – derived from the collections of Charles Evans and Roger Bristol and of Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker. The essential complement is Afro-Americana Imprints, which includes African History and Culture, 1540-1921, Black Authors, 1556-1922, and Caribbean History and Culture, 1535-1920. Also available are American Broadsides and Ephemera, American Pamphlets Series 1, 182-1922, Civil War Broadsides and Ephemera, The American Civil War Collection, 1860-1922, and The American Slavery Collection, 1820-1922. Provided by Readex.

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Series 1 includes over 500 titles from 1691 through 1820
Series 2 includes over 1000 titles dating from 1821 through 1837
Series 3 includes over 1,800 titles dating from 1838 through 1852
Series 4 includes over 1,100 titles dating from 1853 through 1865
Series 5 includes over 2,500 titles dating from 1866 through 1877

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County histories have long been the cornerstone of historical and genealogical research.These digitized collections cover the history of 22 states and include: local history, geology, geography, weather,transportation, lists of all local participants in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, banking and insurance, schools and teachers, cemeteries, health and vital statistics, public officials and legislators, and much more.

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