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The Alexander Street Press is the perfect research companion for Comparative Studies scholars. Comparative Studies subjects include Africana Studies, Gender Studies, Global Studies, social and cultural history, the performing arts, and emerging research areas. The Alexander Street Press digital media materials (text, audio, image, video) are indexed to reflect important search elements of the subject’s collection, allowing for both general searching and advanced, in-depth searching of specific subjects. These multi-layered database utilities include custom clip making, playlist tools, and course pack compatibility. Users can create playlists of whole videos, film clips, and HTML content for saving and viewing. Alexander Street Press digital media are also accessible via Apple and Android mobile devices.
Anthropological Fieldwork Online
Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection
Border and Migration Studies Online
Caribbean Studies in Video: The Banyan Archive
Counseling and Therapy in Video
The Docuseek2 Complete Collection
Environmental Studies in Video
Music Online: African American Music Reference
Music Online: Classical Music Library
Music Online: Classical Music Reference Library
Music Online: Classical Music in Video
Music Online: Contemporary World Music
Music Online: Jazz Music Library
Music Online: Popular Music Library
New World Cinema: Independent Features and Shorts, 1990–Present
Psychological Experiments Online
Sports Medicine and Exercise Science in Video
The Docuseek2 Complete Collection
The Video Journal of Counseling and Therapy
Women and Social Movements, International
Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
EBSCOhost Databases A multi-interdisciplinary suite of databases covering the arts, humanities, law, life and health sciences, social sciences, science and technology. Databases contain popular magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers, documents, books, digital media, and other information items. Open Cluster Searching Select -- Academic Search Complete, Academic Search Premier, ATLA Religion Database, Bibliography of Asian Studies, Bibliography of Native North Americans, Communication & Mass Media, Complete, LGBT Life with Full Text, Literary Reference Center, MasterFILE Premier, Music Index, Religion and Philosophy Collection, RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, Science Reference Center, and Women's Studies International.
Ethnic NewsWatch The Ethnic NewsWatch resource contains newspapers published by and for United States cultural, ethnic, and racial minority groups. This database provides ethnic perspectives on topics of national interest that may vary from mainstream mass media interpretations.
Historical Newspapers Provides researchers in history, politics, economics, business, and the arts access to primary and secondary sources: Palmer's Index to the Times, 1790 to 1905; The Official Index to the Times, 1906 to 1980; The Historical Index to the New York Times 1851 to September 1922: and Palmer's Full Text Online, 1785-1870.
Opposing Viewpoints Opposing Viewpoints in Context contains Greenhaven Press, Gale, Macmillan Reference USA™, Charles Scribner’s Sons® and U•X•L titles. This database provides access to primary source articles, reference material, newspapers, statistics, and images covering current political and social issues.
Oxford Bibliographies This bibliographic driven database provides access to annotated research guides in African Studies, Childhood Studies, Latino Studies, Music, Public Health and other humanities/social science research areas.
Pop Culture Universe Database is a diverse interdisciplinary resource covering; arts and visual culture, business and advertising, ethnic and group culture, fashion, and appearance, film, food and drink, literature, music, politics, recreation and leisure, religion and spirituality, sports, television and radio, and technology and media.
Readers’ Guide Retrospective Database is the best resource for finding popular magazine articles on a variety of subjects. Provides coverage of United States cultural and historical events, 1890-1982.