Database Trials

ABC CLIO trials - Modern Genocide and World Religions (pick any listed library to access the trial)

Expires: July 11, 2013

Modern Genocide: Understanding Causes and Consequences is an invaluable online resource that presents comprehensive information and unique insights into modern genocide, focusing on the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. Includes text, images, and video.

World Religions: Belief, Culture, and Controversy covers religion around the globe, from prehistory to the present.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers - Black Newspapers

Expires: June 20, 2013

Format: Abstract and Index, Full Text Image
Coverage: 1893-2005 (varies by newspaper title)
Total Sources Covered: 9

• Examine the diversity of stances during the civil rights movement, including: endorsements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. or Malcolm X, and the debate about integration and the Negro Baseball Leagues.

• Follow the crusade against racially restrictive housing covenants.

• Find obituaries and coverage of community events.

• Access thorough coverage of international events, such as apartheid in South Africa and Stephen Biko's Nobel Peace prize nomination, often overlooked by other newspapers.
  
  ProQuest Historical Newspapers-Black Newspapers offers primary source material essential to the study of American history and African-American culture, history, politics, and the arts. Examine major movements from the Harlem Renaissance to Civil Rights, and explore everyday life as written in the Chicago Defender, The Baltimore Afro-American, New York Amsterdam News, Pittsburgh Courier, Los Angeles Sentinel, Atlanta Daily World, The Norfolk Journal and Guide, The Philadelphia Tribune, and Cleveland Call and Post.

 

Please send feedback about trial databases to Deb Rollins unless there is a librarian's name noted for feedback under the trial description.

 

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Created by: Deborah Rollins | Revised: 06/17/2013