This guide lists entries added to the Databases A-Z list in the last year.
New resources added July - September 2025
New resources added April - June 2025
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5 Minute ConsultSearch over 2000 topics. Hundreds of procedural videos. Earn CME/CE as you treat your patients. To access, click "Continue as anonymous library user"
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APA PsycExtraFind psychology grey literature. Go beyond traditional peer-reviewed content to discover conference proceedings, newsletters, reports, guidelines, and more.
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ASM Materials Platform for Data ScienceASM Materials Platform for Data Science (MPDS) is the world’s largest and most comprehensive repository of inorganic materials data comprised of phase diagrams, crystal structures, and physical properties. The ASM Materials Platform for Data Science is the digital continuation of the Pauling File.
REPLACES: ASM Alloy Phase Diagram Center Online
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Bibliographie de Civilisation Médiévale (BCM)A bibliography of monographs covering aspects of history, language and literature, philosophy and theology, art history, archaeology, and other disciplines in the Western, Byzantine and Islamic world during the Middle Ages. Part of "Brepols Medieval and Early Modern Bibliographies."
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British History OnlineCollection of primary and secondary sources for the history of Britain and Ireland, with a primary focus on the period between 1300 and 1800. Includes documents; historical maps; indexes and calendars of archives; digital versions of secondary historical works; and datasets. Results can be filtered by source type, place, subject, and period. Note: premium content (about 20% of the collection) NOT available to UMN.
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CELT (Corpus of Electronic Texts)Irish studies database with contemporary and historical documents from many areas, including literature, politics, medicine, and the other arts. Texts are in Eniglish, Irish Gaelic, Latin, and Anglo-Norman French,with accompanying introductions, background information, graphics, translations, and scholarly bibliographies.
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DIPPAM: Documenting Ireland Parliament, People and MigrationAn online archive of documents and sources relating to the history or Ireland, and its migration experience from the 18th to the late 20th century. Includes the "Enhanced British Parlimentary Papers on Ireland" (EPPI), a complete set of parliamentary papers related to Ireland (1801-1922); "Irish Emigration Database" (IED) which includes letters, diaries, newspaper materials, and government papers; and "Voices of Migration & Return Oral Archive" (VMR) which has interviews of migrants and returnees from Ulster (Northern Ireland).
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El Comercio Digital ArchiveFull page images of El Comercio, Peru's oldest Spanish-language newspaper. Coverage from 1839 to 1928.
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Films for the Humanities and SciencesFilms on Demand is a collection of educational videos in the humanities and sciences licensed from Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
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Indigenous Peoples Social Justice and CultureIncludes global coverage of recent and current digital-first primary sources such as blogs, magazines, videos, podcasts, tweets, newspapers, and other content created by and for Indigenous Peoples.
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International Bibliography of Humanism and the Renaissance (IBHR)A multidisciplinary bibliography of monographs, articles, and other academic publications covering the Renaissance and the Early Modern Periods (approximately 1500-1700). Part of "Brepols Medieval and Early Modern Bibliographies."
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Japan Digital Archives Center (J-DAC): History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy OnlineJ-DAC provides a multidisciplinary archival platform for researchers in the humanities and social sciences through the collection and consolidation of various cultural and historical records of Japan.
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Maruzen eBook Library (MeL)Maruzen eBook Library (MeL) is a Japanese ebook platform that includes both academic books and popular reading. We have single-user access to purchased ebooks on this platform. For other non-purchased titles, we only have preview access.
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Policy Commons: Global Think TanksIncludes current reports, books, articles, working papers, briefs, data sets, tables, charts, media, case studies, blog posts, and statistics from think tanks, IGOs, NGOs, and nonprofits around the world.
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Policy Commons: North American City ReportsIncludes surveys, budgets, statistical records, case studies, planning documents, training manuals, policy guidelines, reports, and news from the largest cities and related agencies and non-governmental organizations in North America.
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Policy Commons: Public Health & Social CareA Policy Commons module containing up-to-date public health-related gray literature published by global and local organizations. Examples include: Outbreak reports, Community health assessments, policy recommendations, and collaborative projects from providers, hospital systems, foundations, patient groups, governments, think tanks, and other organizations.
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Policy Commons: World Cities and Local GovernmentsA Policy Commons module containing historical and current reports and surveys from cities and local urban agencies around the world.
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Policy Commons: World GovernmentsA Policy Commons module containing current international, provincial, and state government publications including debates, proceedings, reports, budgets, commissions, inquiries, audits, scientific findings, and other content. Includes Comprehensive coverage of the British Isles, Canada, Oceania, and USA, with selective coverage from over an additional 150 countries and their agencies.
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Queen Victoria's JournalsDigitized collection of Queen Victoria's diaries, written between 1832-1901 consisting of every page of the surviving volumes of Queen Victoria's journals, including draft volumes and copies made by Lord Esher and Princess Beatrice, as well as color images and photographs.
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Refugees, Migration, and Borders Social Justice and CultureIncludes global coverage from 1980-present day of authentic stories as they were originally told, drawing on podcasts, blogs, digital magazines, and interviews gathered from NGOs, non-profits, religious support groups, and government refugee boards, border service, and immigration offices.
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Swank Digital CampusSwank Digital Campus provides legal streaming feature films movies. Note: titles may change on a yearly basis.
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West African MagazinesA collection of literary, cultural, and political West African magazines from the 1930s to the present, featuring influential titles like Black Orpheus (1957–1967), Nigeria (1937–1985), and Okyeame (1960–1972). Content is primarily in English, with some in French.
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WindowsWearAn online platform to discover current and historic trends in visual merchandising for physical and e-commerce environments. Content includes photographs of retail displays, window displays, product packaging, technology, and retail and interior design from global brands. To access the subscribed content on the WindowsWear website, you will need to create a personal WindowsWear account. Register for an account with a valid @umn.edu email address using the link above.
New resources added January - March 2025
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Atlas of Human Cardiac AnatomyThe Atlas of Human Cardiac Anatomy is a resource documenting the anatomy and physiology of the human heart. The website includes detailed text descriptions, tutorials, still images, functional videos, and 3D models of a wide variety of fresh and fixed human hearts that have been donated to the Visible Heart Laboratories at the University of Minnesota. All media presented on the site is free to access and download.
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Bloomberg.comGet Bloomberg.com subscription access through the library. Enter your University of Minnesota email address ([username]@umn, or [username]@d.umn, or [username]@morris.umn or [username]@crk.umn or [username]@r.umn) and log in with your UofM credentials. Mobile app access is also included.
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Dacheng Chinese Communist Party History Periodical Database ( -1949)It contains more than 300 kinds of publications founded by the CPC and founded and participated in by early Communist Party members before CPC. It includes The Communist, The Guide, The Masses, The Pioneer, Bolshevik, etc.
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Database for the History of Contemporary Chinese Political MovementsThis database contains original archival documents, along with Chinese Communist Party internal documents, representing the history of political movements during the Mao Zedong era.
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Dictionnaire de l'Académie FrançaiseSearch the French-language dictionary from the l'Académie Française (the French Academy). Users can search and browse current (9th) and past editions.
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Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500)Online dictionary of Middle French (1330-1500) from CNRS & Université de Lorraine. Interface and content in French.
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Dictionnaires d'autrefois16 online monolingual French dictionaries of the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries from the ARTFL (American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language) Project
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Encyclopédie LarousseWell-known general encyclopedia in the French-language. Site also includes dictionaries.
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English-Corpora.orgPreviously known as the "BYU Corpora,” this database includes 19 well-known corpora of American and British English, such as the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA), Corpus of Historical American English (COHA), British National Corpus (BNC), and News on the Web (NOW). An overview on how to search the corpora can be found under the Overview tab. Some corpora can be downloaded by users. NOTE: users will need to register for an individual account while either being on or off-campus using EZProxy or full-tunnel VPN. Select "Register / profile" under "my account."
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Global ETD SearchSearch the +6 million electronic theses and dissertations from around the world contained in the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) archive
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Global Index MedicusProduced by the World Health Organization, this resource offers the ability to search the literature in regional medical indices, including AIM (AFRO), LILACS (AMRO/PAHO), IMEMR (EMRO), IMSEAR (SEARO), and WPRIM (WPRO).
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LILACS Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences LiteratureA comprehensive database of LA&C with more than 1 million records of peer reviewed journals, thesis and dissertations, government documents, annals of congresses and books, published in 30 countries in the region.
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Middle English CompediumIncludes three searchable resources on Middle English (1100-1500 CE): the Middle English Dictionary, Bibliography of Middle English, and Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. From the University of Michigan
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Oxford Bibliographies: Medieval StudiesSearch expert commentary and detailed annotated bibliographies to find high quality sources of information in Medieval Studies.
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Oxford Bibliographies: Renaissance and ReformationSearch expert commentary and detailed annotated bibliographies to find high quality sources of information in Renaissance and Reformation studies.
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Theses.frCatalog of all dissertations published in France since 1985 with links to full text when available. Interface in French, English, and Spanish.
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Trésor de la Langue Française informatiséA dictionary of 19th and 20th century French originally spread over 16 volumes, but now provided in its entirety online. It includes 100,000 words, their history, definitions and examples of their use.
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UDNdata Newspaper Database 聯合知識庫全文報紙資料庫This database provides news articles from eight newspapers, among which are five major newspapers published by the United Daily News Group. These include United Daily News, Min Sheng Daily, United Evening News, Economic Daily News, and Star News.
New resources added October - December 2024
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2002 All-Russia CensusResults from the 2002 All-Russia Population Census. Includes demographic, economic and social data collected from citizens and noncitizens of the Russian Federation. Data chiefly in Russian; some available in English.
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American Committee on Africa: Liberation Movements, Solidarity and ActivismAmerican Committee on Africa: Liberation Movements, Solidarity and Activism presents the archival records of the American Committee on Africa (ACOA) from its foundation in 1953 through 1981. These records chart the organization's involvement in African liberation struggles, including their work to inform the American public on African issues, expand US solidarity with liberation movements throughout Africa, and work with leaders and activists across Africa to drive political change. It covers a range of intersecting themes, from social justice, civil rights, and decolonization, to US anti-apartheid movements and Africa during the Cold War.
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BioCycBioCyc is a collection of 20,052 Pathway/Genome Databases (PGDBs) for model eukaryotes and for thousands of microbes, plus software tools for exploring them.
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engrXiv (Engineering Archive)engrXiv (Engineering Archive) is a preprint server where engineering researchers share early versions of their papers that have not yet been peer-reviewed. It was created to disseminate engineering knowledge quickly and efficiently.
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EuroDocs: Online Sources for European HistoryPortal to open access primary historical documents for European countries that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. Texts, video, sound files, maps, photographs and other imagery, databases, and other documentation are also available. Coverage is from Prehistoric Europe to present day.
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Jewish Virtual LibrarySource for information about Jewish history, Israel, U.S.-Israel relations, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism and Judaism. The JVL currently has more than 25,000 articles and 10,000 images
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Olympic Movement: Sport, Global Politics and IdentityThe Olympic Movement is a multi-archive collection from the United States, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Resources include records of the origins, expansion and growth of the Olympic Games, and the global history of sport. Through a broad range of sources including correspondence, official reports, newsletters and film footage, researchers can chart the history of sport and its relationships with culture, society, business, media and politics between the 1890s and 1990s.
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PsyArXivPsyArXiv (2016-present) is a psychology preprint server maintained by the Society for Improving Psychological Science. Manuscripts deposited in PsyArXiv encompass a variety of points on the research life cycle from authors' early drafts to post-prints wherein there is a peer reviewed version available.
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RetroNewsFrom the National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France), gives access to more than 2000 French-language newspaper titles published between 1631 and 1951. Also includes audio and video.
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Trade in Early Modern London: Livery Company Records, 1450-1750Includes business and court records from six of London’s principal livery companies, spanning the years 1450 to 1750. Livery companies were trade guilds that played central roles in the commercial, political and cultural activity of the city. The documents cover a variety of themes and reactions to key historical events, such as the Reformation, the English Civil War, and the Great Fire of London. Images and document transcripts are available.
New resources added July - September 2024
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1980s Culture and Society
Zines, newspapers and ephemera, oral histories, films and photographs from archival collections housed across the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. Diverse perspectives, materials produced by grassroots organizations and under-represented groups are presented alongside government records and mainstream media to showcase the key social, cultural, and political concerns of the decade.
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Africa and the New ImperialismExplore the history of European colonisation across the African continent in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century through rare printed works, diaries and journals, correspondence, maps, photographs, and film footage.
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Amnesty International Archives: A Global Movement for Human RightsA collection of the International Secretariat records of Amnesty International. Includes materials on the history of key political events, global social change and the development of a global movement for human rights covering themes including state violence, political prisoners, minority rights and more.
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British Newsreels, 1911-1930: Culture and Society on FilmCollection of newsreels produced by the Topical Film Company providing a glimpse into the early twentieth century - from everyday interests, such as sport and fashion, to coverage of key events, such as the First World War, the Suffragette Movement, and the establishment of the Irish Free State.
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Broadcasting America: The Rise of Mass Media and CommunicationsDavid Sarnoff, President of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), and other industry papers detailing the expansion of radio and television technology, and the rise of mass media empires, accelerated America's transformation into a consumer-based society.
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EB-PISHU: China Economy, Public Policy, Security DatabaseThis database (皮书数据库) is an online database of high-value analytical reports (pishu). It represents the best of contemporary Chinese scholarship in the social sciences from cultural to economic development.
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Hindi CinemaCandid, unedited interviews from the private collection of author and film-maker Nasreen Munni Kabir, Hindi Cinema offers a unique insight into the film industry from the years 1950-2010 through the experiences of leading film-makers. Also includes photos, posters, and a brief history.
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Mexico in History: Colonialism to Revolution, c.1500-1929This collection explores The Bancroft Library's Americana repository that includes hundreds of years of Mexico's history through social, religious, and political change. The collection includes rare manuscripts, and stunning visual materials, including maps, photographs, illustrations, and graphic art.
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Royal Shakespeare Company ArchivesA comprehensive record of the performance history of the Royal Shakespeare Company and its predecessor, the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. Includes almost 1,400 prompt books to uncover how productions took shape, and explore the creative process behind the company's most important presentations in extensive additional documentation including production records, costume designs, music files and photographs.
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Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish LibraryFrom the Yiddish Book Center, works of fiction, memoirs, poetry, plays, short stories, science manuals, cookbooks, primers, and more in Yiddish and other languages by Yiddish-speaking authors as well as oral histories and archival recordings. Materials can be downloaded or accessed online.
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Transformation of Shopping: Department Stores, Social Change and Consumerism 1830-1994Primary source collections that relates to the sociocultural history of the retail industry across the nineteenth and twentieth century. Sourced from renowned institutions around the world, materials includes records from department store archives, trade literature, staff newsletters, union records, and photographs.
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Women's Voices and Life Writing, 1600-1968Diaries and oral histories for the study of the lives and experiences of less well-known women, told through their own words. Featuring content from both regional and national archives across the UK and Ireland.
Last Updated: Jul 1, 2025 10:14 AM
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