The most frequently-used databases
Search for primary source documents that illustrate the links between food and identity, politics and power, gender, race and socio-economic status, as well as chart key issues around agriculture, nutrition, food production, and advertising. Items include manuscript cookbooks, advertising ephemera, correspondence, government reports, and other illustrated content. (AM)
The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
Search and view high-definition, color fire insurance maps (including the Sanborn maps), real estate atlases, plat books, and other historical maps showing building structures, building construction details, property ownership, property uses, and more. Our access includes maps within the state of Virginia only. (Historical Information Gatherers, Inc.)
Search this database of plant type specimens, reference works, and primary sources (diaries, correspondence, illustrations, and photographs) related to topics in botany, ecology, and conservation studies. Highlights include reference works and books such as The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa and Flowering Plants of South Africa; illustrations from Curtis's Botanical Magazine; and Kew’s Directors' Correspondence comprising handwritten letters and memoranda from the senior staff of Kew from 1841 to 1928. (ITHAKA)
Search for journal articles from primary source music periodicals dating from the Early Romantic to the Modern Period. Collectively this archive offers an almost daily chronicle of musical activities from 1760-1966. Our subscription now includes the RIPM Preservation Series: European and North American Music Periodicals, which has many rare journals dealing with musical life in capitals throughout Europe and the US. (EBSCO)
Search for primary source materials related to the liberation of Southern Africa and the dismantling of the Apartheid regime in the late 20th century. Find pamphlets, newspapers, records of colonial governments, UN documents, personal papers and correspondence, photographs, and more. This database focuses on Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. (ITHAKA)
Explore thousands of objects that provide visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage sites. Examples include 3D models and plans of grounds, structures, and the surrounding landscape; excavation reports; maps; photographs and slides; manuscripts and books; as well as field notes, journals, and trade logs. (ITHAKA)
