Digitized contents from the comprehensive collections of the National Library of China with the supplements from other Chinese libraries published before 1949.
Interwar Culture showcases popular and lesser-known periodicals published during the interwar period. With articles covering culture, entertainment, fashion, home and family life, world current affairs, class, social and welfare issues, these historically significant and highly visual magazines provide a rich insight into these dynamic yet turbulent decades, as well as allowing examination of a burgeoning media industry that both shaped and reflected society. – Publisher
The documents in both sections predominantly cover Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines. The first section in this collection contains files from DO 169, DO 187 and FO 371. The dates covered in these files range from 1954-1971, with the bulk of the documents relating to the period 1963-1966.
The second section comprises files from FCO 15 and FCO 24 classes. The documents in this section cover the period 1967-1980, with the bulk of documents relating to the 1970s. – Publisher
This collection focuses on two series of international negotiations that dominated U.S. climate policy during this period: the 1987 Montreal Protocol and the 2015 Paris Agreement. It is unrivaled in its scope and primary-source content, with newly declassified documents showing how each administration framed its goals for the negotiations and how they navigated the complex interplay of diplomacy and domestic policy. Included materials address negotiations in detail, assessments of other governments’ positions, briefing materials, and more. – Publisher
Platino Educa is a film platform providing access to hundreds of Spanish and Ibero-American movies, classified by subjects and covering themes across the Environment, Social Studies, Language and Literature, Arts, and Social Justice. The selection of audiovisual works and the elaboration of the pedagogical material that Platino EDUCA offers are developed in collaboration with renowned institutions in the field of cinema and education.
Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry, Fifteen Volume Set is the market-leading resource covering all areas of this critical sub-discipline of chemistry. Divided into 15 clear sections, it provides expert coverage of the synthesis, structures, bonding and reactivity of all organometallic compounds, including the mechanisms of the reactions. Applications of organometallic chemistry, such as the role of these compounds as reagents and catalysts for organometallic transformations, and their participation in bioorganometallic chemistry, is then covered. – Publisher
This is a biannual journal featuring critical research on Chinese literature and culture, from the avant-garde to the popular, encompassing film, drama, art, performance, media history, print culture, and more. Started in 1975, the journal has become essential in its field and is today a key publication in Chinese studies. – Publisher
In addition to part 1, Northwestern University Libraries now have access to Indigenous Peoples of North America, Part II.
Indigenous Peoples of North America, Part II: The Indian Rights Association, 1882–1986 provides a near complete record of the efforts of the first organization to address Native American interests and rights. This collection includes the contains incoming and outgoing correspondence; organizational records; printed material (including early pamphlets and publications both by the Indian Rights Association and other American Indian and Indian-related organizations); Indian Rights Association annual reports; draft legislation; administrative files, the papers of Indian Rights Association founder Herbert Welsh, photographs (often from Western field trips), materials from the Council on Indian Affairs, and manuscripts and research notes regarding social and cultural Indian traditions. – Publisher
English translation of John Duns Scotus’ Ordinatio, as it is given in the Vatican critical text (Ioannis Duns Scoti Opera Omnia. Iussu et auctoritate Pacifici M. Perantoni; studio et cura Commissionis Scotisticae ad Fidem Codicum Edita, praeside Carolo Balić. Civitas Vaticana: Typis Polyglottis Vaticanis, 1950 -.) – Publisher
Dar al-Manẓūmah provides access to a series of databases with full-text content of Arabic scientific conferences, dissertations, and academic journals from 1921 to present.
This database is a comprehensive online full text database for Arabic scholarly output. It provides access to close-to one million Arabic items (1/3 in abstract), including 65K items mainly in English and other languages. It consists of 6 specialized databases which are: AraBase for language and literature, IslamicInfo for Islamic studies and Islamic law, HumanIndex for humanities, EcoLink for economic and management studies, EduSearch for education, and Mandumah Dissertations and Thesis which includes full text and abstracts for about 200,000 (1/2 in abstracts) from 170 schools across the Arab world. – Publisher
The Journal of Chinese History / 中國歷史學刊 publishes research articles, review essays, and book reviews on all periods of Chinese history and all sub-specialties of history—social, cultural, political, economic, and intellectual. The journal aims to keep its readers abreast of important trends in historical scholarship and welcomes inquiries about review essays and special issues on focused topics. – Publisher
Journal of Mathematics and the Arts focuses on connections between mathematics and the arts. It publishes articles of interest for readers who are engaged in using mathematics in the creation of works of art, who seek to understand art arising from mathematical or scientific endeavors, or who strive to explore the mathematical implications of artistic works. – Publisher