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Academic Search Complete (ASC)
A scholarly, multi-disciplinary database that offers more than 6,100 full-text periodicals. In addition to full-text articles, Academic Search Complete provides indexing and abstracts for many more resources, including indexing for more than 10,100 journals, scholarly books, reports, conference proceedings, etc. It includes some searchable PDF content going back as far as 1887.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book collection
is an online collection of quality books in the humanities. These are works of major importance that remain vital to both scholars and advanced students, and are frequently cited in the literature.
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American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
A database of letters written by and to soldiers in the Civil War. The resource consists of material from over 100,000 pages and 1,000 authors
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CQ Encyclopedia of American Government
Congressional Quarterly Electronic Encyclopedia of American Government is a reference source on Congress, the Presidency, Supreme Court, and the U.S. Election process.
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CQ Public Affairs Collection
The Congressional Quarterly Public Affairs Collection is a reference tool that brings together reports on vital issues, statistical and historical analyses, historic documents and primary source materials, as well as a directory of key government, nonprofit, and private organizations in each of the major policy areas.

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CQ Supreme Court Collection
Congressional Quarterly Supreme Court Collection blends historical analysis with timely updates and expert commentary of Supreme Court justices, Supreme Court institutional history, and the U.S. Constitution.
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Credo
An online reference library of hundreds of reference titles with the capability of searching through Squires Library's online catalog and databases. Credo includes general and subject-specific reference tools, as well as images, sound files, animations, and videos.
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Digital Library of Appalachia
The Digital Library of Appalachia provides online access to archival and historical materials related to the culture of the southern and central Appalachian region. The database includes reproductions of photographs, typed pages, books, manuscripts, diaries and correspondence, journal and newspaper articles, musical recordings, and oral history recordings and transcripts. The online collection is compiled by libraries, archives, and museums associated with the Appalachian College Association.
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Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts
This collection contains the texts of works written by Protestant writers of the 16th and 17th centuries. Included are biblical commentaries, catechisms, treatises, pastoral writing, sermons, church histories, disputations, and personal letters. Almost all works are period editions which have been presented in their original languages of Latin, English, French, and German.
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Early Encounters in North America
A database of information focusing on native peoples and cultures in North America.
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European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750
This bibliographic database is a valuable index for libraries, scholars and individuals interested in European works that relate to the Americas. The database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of native American peoples. A wide range of subject areas are covered; from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery.
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Evans Early American Imprints
This database of full text documents, books, and images covers life in 17th- and 18th-century America. It includes a wide variety of topics, such as history, literature, music (i.e. hymnals), religion (i.e. prayer and liturgical books), philosophy, and foreign affairs. The content of this digital collection is based on the renowned American Bibliography by Charles Evans.

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North American Women's Letters and Diaries
Colonial to 1950
Includes the immediate experiences of 1,017 women, as revealed in approximately 120,000 pages of diaries and letters. Also includes biographies and an extensive annotated bibliography of the sources in the database.

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Academic OneFile
Academic OneFile provides access to peer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals and reference sources. It also offers full text of the New York Times from 1995 to the present and includes transcripts and audio files from National Public Radio (NPR).
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Aluka Database
Aluka is an online digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa. Coverage includes African geography, plants, and freedom information. The online library contains archival documents, periodicals, books, reports, manuscripts, and reference works, three-dimensional models, maps, oral histories, plant specimens, photographs, and slides.
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America's Newspapers (Newsbank)
A database of the complete electronic editions of more than 750 U.S. newspapers, including major newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and regional newspapers such as The Knoxville News-Sentinel and The Tennessean.
Paid advertisements are excluded.
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ARTstor
ARTstor is a searchable repository of hundreds of thousands of digital images and related descriptive data. The database contains paintings, photographs, architecture, drawings, sculpture, and design work from a wide variety of cultures, civilizations, and time periods. Note that cookies and pop-ups must be enabled in your browser and the Java plug-in must be installed to use all ARTstor features.
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Expanded Academic ASAP
1980 - present
Coverage in the social sciences, humanities, sciences, and technology, national news, and general interest, with a concentration on scholarly journals.

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Hispanic American Periodicals Index
1970-present
Index to articles, book reviews and other material on Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean basin, the U.S.-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States. Covers more than 400 social science and humanities journals published throughout the world.

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JSTOR
1800 to 3 years before present date.
A digital archive collection of scholarly journals starting with the first issues (many of which date from the 1800s).
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Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
This database provides access to catalog records of visual materials housed in the Library of Congress. Many of the catalog records are accompanied by digital images.
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Project Muse
The full text from over 100 scholarly journals in arts and humanities, the social sciences, and mathematics.
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Southern Life
Articles on topics related to Southern living, including culture, people, places, and historical events. Articles are taken from Gale's Academic OneFile and General OneFile.

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