Amnesty International Archives: A Global Movement for Human Rights Amnesty International Archives: A Global Movement for Human Rights publishes the records of Amnesty International from the second half of the twentieth century. The material contains minutes, reports, correspondence, first-hand accounts, publicity materials and circulars relating to human rights violations of all kinds in all parts
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U.S. Foreign Policy in the Carter Years, 1977-1981: Highest-Level Memos to the President This collection features every declassified daily or weekly memo to President Carter from National Security Advisor Brzezinski and from Secretaries of State Vance and Muskie; as well as every available meeting record of the National Security Council’s two subgroups – the Policy
Northwestern University Libraries now have access to additional content in Newsbank’s America’s Historical Newspapers. Content from other online providers may also be available. See NUsearch for complete access. Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, Ohio) – new content: 1991-2007; full content 1882-1990 Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, Ohio) – new content 2004-2018; full content 1871-2018 Daytona Beach News-Journal (Daytona Beach,
The Selected Papers of John Jay: Digital Edition John Jay’s accomplishments span pre- and post-Revolutionary history and extend into all three branches of government. Jay was a major contributor to the Federalist Papers, negotiated the ultimately controversial 1794 Jay Treaty with Great Britain, and even served two terms as the governor of New York, but
Country of Words: A Transnational Atlas for Palestinian Literature Country of Words: A Transnational Atlas for Palestinian Literature is a digital-born project that retraces and remaps the global story of Palestinian literature in the twentieth century, starting from the Arab world and going through Europe, North America, and Latin America. Sitting at the intersection of
Buddhist Digital Resource Center, core text collections 18 and 19 Northwestern University Libraries has expanded our access to the Buddhist Digital Archives by the Buddhist Digital Resource Center to include core text collections 18 and 19 (19 forthcoming). We previously have purchased 1 through 17. The Buddhist Digital Resource Center is dedicated to preserving and
Zhongguo fang zhi ku = 中國方志庫 / Database of Chinese Local Records In addition to parts 1 and 2, Northwestern University Libraries now have access to part 3 of Zhongguo fang zhi ku / 中國方志庫 / Database of Chinese Local Records. Zhongguo fang zhi ku, also known as Database of Chinese Local Records, contains more
Records of the Kurds: Territory, Revolt and Nationalism, 1831-1979 Records of the Kurds: Territory, Revolt and Nationalism, 1831-1979 includes over 9,000 pages of facsimile documents on the recent history of the Kurdish people, “tracing early insurgencies, inter-relations with neighboring tribes and other ethnic groups, while examining the territories pertaining to the Kurdish homeland. The object
Mideast Wire Mideastwire.com aims offers daily translated briefs covering some of the key political, cultural, economic and opinion pieces appearing in the Arab media. Currently, the service covers news from all twenty-two Arab countries, Iran, and the Arab diaspora generally, with coverage that extends across the North Africa region as well as including the United
中國譜牒庫 / Zhongguo pu die ku / Chinese Genealogy Database The Chinese Genealogy Database contains genealogy works from past dynasties, including genealogy, chronology, official genealogy records, records of officials, daily records (including diaries, daily records, daily records, daily notes, etc.), a total of 10,000 types. The second volume contains 13,000 imperial examination records from past
歷代詩文集總庫 / Database of Collection of Poems and Essays of Past Dynasties (4 parts): before Ming Dynasty / Ming Dynasty / first half of Qing Dynasty / second half of Qing Dynasty 歷代詩文集總庫·別集編 明前 / 歷代詩文集總庫·別集編 清前期 / 歷代詩文集總庫·別集編 清后期 / 歷代詩文集總庫·別集編 明代 For access, click on “Login”, then select the database. 2 simultaneous users
Guo xue bao dian / 国学宝典 / Collection of Chinese Studies Searchable full text of a wide range of Chinese texts, as well as classical, biographical and literary dictionaries and a special module on Tang and Song poetry. Simplified and traditional searching and display is possible. Notations are provided as to the source of the
