Partial Open Access. Search engine specifically for scholarly publications. You can access the full-text of articles from open access and preprint publications, but you must be logged in to your UDel email account in order to access subscriptions provided by the UD Library.
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A collection of databases that can be searched individually or in various combinations. WoS indexs the world’s leading scholarly literature in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities, as published in journals, conference proceedings, symposia, seminars, colloquia, and workshops across the globe.
Full text of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences
Index of scholarly literature covering the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada, from prehistory to the present.
Provides indexing of academic journals dating back to 1954, with some coverage for titles back to the early 20th century.
Compilation of the Anthropological Index Online and Anthropological Literature databases. An extensive index of bibliographic materials covering the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and related interdisciplinary research. (Coverage: late 19th c. --)
Full-text journals from the American Anthropological Association, with links to backfile issues in JSTOR. (Coverage: varies by journal)
A resource for religious and theological studies. Provides bibliographic records for topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues. (Coverage: 1949 --)
Resources for researching the past, present, and future of African Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself. Comprised of several cross-searchable component databases.
Content from international scholarly and popular periodicals in Black Studies and contains full-text coverage of core Black Studies titles. (Coverage:varies, some as far back as 1902; full text 1998 to the present))
Covers a wide array of humanities-related disciplines including art, cultural criticism, economics, education, health, history, language and literature, law, philosophy, politics, religion, and sociology.
Can also be searched as part of Black Studies Center.
Provides insight into each of the world’s nearly 7,500 known languages — whether used daily by over a billion people or existing only as a memory of cultural heritage.
Full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings devoted to womens and gender issues. (Coverage: mid-1970s --)
Contains a significant body of archival material dating back to the mid-1970s. Additional archival material continues to be added.
Index of literature covering world history (excluding the U.S. and Canada) from the 15th century to the present. Subjects include world history, military history, womens history, history of education and more. Indexes 2,300+ academic journals in over 40 languages. (Coverage: 1952 --)
Explore the political, social and cultural history of Native peoples from the 16th - 20th centuries. Covers American Indian tribes and supporting organizations. Sourced from American and Canadian institutions, newspapers from various tribes and Indian-related organizations, manuscripts, drawings and sketches, photographs, maps, periodicals, monographs and more. Includes indigenous-language materials such as dictionaries, bibles, and primers. (Coverage: 1500-present)
A sampling of tribes and communities covered: Algonquin, Apache, Arapaho, Assinboine, Bannock, Blackfeet, Blood, Caddo, Chemawa, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Chocktaw, Colville, Couer D’Alene, Cree, Creek, Crow, Gros Ventre, Havasupai, Hoopa Valley, Hopi, Ingalik, Inuit, Iowa, Iroquois, Kalispel, Kansa, Kickapoo, Kootenai, Koyukon, Lemhi, Métis, and more.
This collection can also be searched on Gale Primary Sources, an integrated platform that combines Gales digital archives into a single cross-searchable interface.
Citations to publications on race relations, including ethnic studies, discrimination, immigration studies, and other areas
Indexes the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. (Coverage: 1952 --)
Can also be searched as part Social Services Abstracts.
Comprehensive reporting and analysis on “hot topics” in the news. Each single-themed report is researched and written by a seasoned journalist, footnoted and professionally fact checked. (Coverage: 1923 --)
Focuses on the study of sustainability and the environment. Topics include ecosystems, global warming, food safety, and introductions to environmental disasters.
Covers the worlds literature in geology and the geosciences. GeoRef covers the geology of North America since 1785 and the geology of the rest of the world since 1933. Citations to articles, some with abstracts, in 40 languages. Also includes books, maps, reports, most U.S. Geological Survey publications and U.S. and Canadian masters theses and doctoral dissertations. (Coverage: North America 1785 -- ; other areas of the world 1933 --)
Covers all aspects of human impact to the environment, including content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
International literature on meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry and physics, astrophysics, hydrology, glaciology, physical oceanography, and environmental sciences. (Coverage: 1974 --)
Indexing and abstracting for journals within the natural sciences. Brings together ProQuests 6 natural sciences collections: Agriculture Science, Aquatic Science, Atmospheric Science, Biological Science, Earth Science and Environmental Science. (Coverage: 1962 --)
Traces the progress of American History. Covers the major themes of the period from colonization and settlement through the revolution, expansion, politics, slavery, the Civil War and reconstruction, to World War II. (Coverage: 1493-1945)
A multidisciplinary database that includes a comprehensive range of content for the region, both for current issues and events in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as for historical perspective back to the colonial period. (Coverage: 15th -20th c.)
Multidisciplinary resource providing topically focused digital collections from archives and institutional repositories around the world.
This collection can also be searched on Gale Primary Sources, an integrated platform that combines Gales digital archives into a single cross-searchable interface.
Spanning 4 centuries and covering North and Central America, this database provides access to material from the Newberry Library’s extensive Edward E. Ayer Collection; one of the strongest archival collections on American Indian history in the world.
Researchers will discover insight into interactions between American Indian Peoples and Europeans from their earliest contact, continuing through the American Civil War, the ongoing repercussions of government legislation, up to the civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth century.
Explore the political, social and cultural history of Native peoples from the 16th - 20th centuries. Covers American Indian tribes and supporting organizations. Sourced from American and Canadian institutions, newspapers from various tribes and Indian-related organizations, manuscripts, drawings and sketches, photographs, maps, periodicals, monographs and more. Includes indigenous-language materials such as dictionaries, bibles, and primers. (Coverage: 1500-present)
A sampling of tribes and communities covered: Algonquin, Apache, Arapaho, Assinboine, Bannock, Blackfeet, Blood, Caddo, Chemawa, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Chocktaw, Colville, Couer D’Alene, Cree, Creek, Crow, Gros Ventre, Havasupai, Hoopa Valley, Hopi, Ingalik, Inuit, Iowa, Iroquois, Kalispel, Kansa, Kickapoo, Kootenai, Koyukon, Lemhi, Métis, and more.
This collection can also be searched on Gale Primary Sources, an integrated platform that combines Gales digital archives into a single cross-searchable interface.
A variety of original manuscript collections from the American Jewish Historical Society in New York. Offers insights into the everyday lives of the American Jewish population over 3 centuries. (Coverage: c1654-1954)
A multi-sourced collection that considers the global scope of the forced migration and refugee crisis leading up to, during, and after World War II. Chronicles the plight of refugees and displaced persons across Europe, North Africa and Asia. (Coverage: 1935-1950)
This collection can also be searched on Gale Primary Sources, an integrated platform that combines Gales digital archives into a single cross-searchable interface.
Follows the development of U.S. religions/religious movements from 1820 to 1990 via manuscripts, pamphlets, newsletters, ephemera and visuals. (Coverage: 1820-1990)
This collection can also be searched on Gale Primary Sources, an integrated platform that combines Gales digital archives into a single cross-searchable interface.
An online gateway to the Library of Congress's vast collection of primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the U.S.
Complete text of the major African American newspapers published in the U.S and Canada during the 19th c. (Coverage: 19th c. with limited early 20th c.)
The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media. (Coverage: 1704-1975)
Part of the World Newspaper Archive, which can be found on the A-Z Databases page.
This collection can also be searched on Readex AllSearch, an integrated platform that combines Readex’s primary sources into a single cross-searchable interface.
Access to Black Life in America made possible by a grant from the Unidel Fund.
Search America's historic newspapers or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published from 1690-present.
(Coverage: 1770-1963)
A comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. Each section of CIAO is updated with new material regularly.
CIAO is divided into the following categories: working papers, conference proceedings, journals (i.e., abstracts of journal articles), books, policy briefs, economic indicators, links and resources, schedule of events, and maps and country data.
Full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press, providing access to often overlooked perspectives. Includes unique community publications not found in any other database, as well as top scholarly journals on ethnicities and ethnic studies. Nearly a quarter of the articles are presented in Spanish. Dozens of major Latino publications are featured, (Coverage: 1959 --)
The database also contains Ethnic NewsWatch: A History, which provides historical coverage of Native American, African American, and Hispanic American periodicals.
Ethnic NewsWatch™ comprehensively covers these ethnic categories:
Recent global news content, as well as archives. Content from newspapers, newswires and news sites in full-text format. Provides large collections of news from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and Australia. (Coverage: 1980 --)
Publications of a range of indigenous communities, with an extensive list of periodicals produced in the U.S. and Canada. (Coverage: 1828-2016 - majority of material from 1970-2016)
Explore Latin American history and culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries via 35 Latin American newspapers. Features titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and elsewhere. (Coverage: 1805-1922)
Part of the World Newspaper Archive, which can be found on the A-Z Databases page.
This collection can also be searched on Readex AllSearch, an integrated platform that combines Readex’s primary sources into a single cross-searchable interface.
Full-text access to select major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, international newspaper and Black newspapers from the U.S. (Coverage: 19th and 20th centuries)
Every issue of each title includes the complete paper with full-page and article images in downloadable PDF format. Researchers can study the progression of issues over time through these historical newspaper pages, including articles, photos, advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, editorial cartoons, and more.
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Contains an extensive range of both rare and well-known wartime publications for soldiers serving in major theatres around the world. Publications are included from many key nations involved in the conflict, such as the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, India and the countries of Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Allied and Axis publications are presented, offering a broad view of the war and the experiences of those on its front lines. (Coverage: 1939-1948)
Explore South Asian history and culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries via hundreds of thousands of fully searchable newspaper pages. Features titles published in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Languages include English, Bengali, Gujarati, and others. (Coverage: 1864-1922)
Part of the World Newspaper Archive, which can be found on the A-Z Databases page.
This collection can also be searched on Readex AllSearch, an integrated platform that combines Readex’s primary sources into a single cross-searchable interface.
A multidisciplinary collection of tens of thousands of videos spanning a wide range of subject areas such as anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, and music. More
Streaming video in a wide variety of subject areas, including documentaries and feature films. Instructors may request content not currently made available to the UD community.
A collection of 1000+ classic and current feature films. Instructors may request content not currently made available to the UD community. Please note: Films provided by Swank are not viewable with the Safari browser.
Cloud based Geographic Information System (GIS). Provides access to thousands of demographic indicators across a wide range of geographies, as well as school districts, HUD neighborhoods, and political boundaries. Facilitates the analyses of large amounts of data and quickly displays the data through maps, tables, charts, and reports.
PolicyMap includes both publicly-available and proprietary data. Refer to the detailed Data Directory for sources, years of data available, and geographic coverage.
A PolicyMap Tutorial is available.
Data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest and markets.
A collection of online resources related to art history, archaeology, art conservation, history, museum studies, intellectual property, and the natural sciences. Resources in the following areas are included: