Centre for Archive and Information Studies Subject Guide

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Academic journals resource containing abstracts and citations.

A comprehensive database indexing all subject areas, from 1900 onwards. Includes citation indexes.

This database provides access to the searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth, comprising millions of high-resolution facsimile page images. Topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the social sciences, music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture

Early European Books traces the history of printing in Europe from its origins through to the close of the seventeenth century, offering full-colour, high-resolution facsimile images of rare and hard-to-access printed sources.

Defining Gender provides access to a collection of original documents relating to gender studies, gathered from Libraries and Archives worldwide. The collection includes letters and diaries; conduct and advice literature; poetry, and pamphlets, and manuscript journals.

Reproductions from original pamphlets contributed by Durham University Library. Still owned by the family, this collection was largely accumulated by the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Earls Grey. Charles was Foreign Secretary (1806-07) and Prime Minister (1830- 34). Henry George was Under Secretary for Home Affairs (1830) and the Colonies (1830-34), Secretary at War (1835- 39), and Secretary of State for the Colonies (1846-52). Albert Henry George was Administrator of Rhodesia (1896- 97) and Governor-General of Canada (1904-11). The Greys were particularly interested in parliamentary reform, colonial affairs and Catholic emancipation

This database contains 1,009 scripts by 1,062 writers together with detailed information on the scenes, characters and people related to the scripts. In addition, the database includes facsimilie images for more than 500 of these screenplays.

This database contains 1,303 sources with 1,210 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. Where possible the complete published non-fiction works are included, as well as interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamplets, letters and other materials.

This database explores the writings of women from Africa and the African Diaspora. It covers fiction, poetry, and essays from three continents.

This database is a searchable collection of poetry and fiction produced in the region during the 19th and 20th centuries. The titles are presented in the original: English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and various Creole languages. The resource also features dictionaries of the Creole spoken in these countries.

This database contains 1,482 authors and over 100,000 pages of letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters. Particular care has been taken to index the material so that it can be used in new ways. For example, you can identify all encounters between the French and the Huron between 1650 and 1700.

The first ever scholarly, primary-source database focused on adult comic books and graphic novels. Includes the works of artists, alongside interviews, criticism, and journal articles that document the continual growth and evolution of this artform

This database is a collection of primary materials. Through the writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries, and the proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made, this collection lets you see how women’s social movements shaped much of the events and attitudes that have defined modern life.