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by NYU Libraries Communications on 2020-05-01T16:48:00-04:00 | 0 Comments

The NYU Libraries regularly acquires new databases. Take a look at the new database we added to our collection in May 2020.

Early Experiences in Australasia: Primary Sources and Personal Narratives 1788-1901 This link opens in a new window

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Early Experiences in Australasia: Primary Sources and Personal Narratives 1788–1901 provides views of events in the region from the arrival of the first settlers through to Australian Federation at the close of the nineteenth century. Through first-person accounts, including letters and diaries, narratives, and other primary source materials, we are able to hear the voices of the time and understand the experiences of those in new lands.

Early Modern England: Society, Culture and Everyday Life, 1500-1700 This link opens in a new window

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The Early Modern England: Society, Culture and Everyday Life, 1500-1700 database provides access to sources for examining the lived experience of people who witnessed this pivotal era of English history. From 'ordinary' people through to more prominent individuals and families, these documents show how everyday working, family, religious and administrative life was experienced across England.

Kotar Library This link opens in a new window

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The Kotar Library provides access to reference books, encyclopedias, journals, etc., published over the past half century in Hebrew and English.

Mass Incarceration and Prison Studies This link opens in a new window

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Mass Incarceration and Prison Studies is part of the Global Issues Library, this curated database provides a study for students to investigate both crucial global trends in mass incarceration, and the detailed prison infrastructure of specific countries. The database is organized around a selection of key historical and contemporary events and themes, bringing together archival and reference materials, court cases, first-hand accounts, videos, Supreme Court audio files, research on rehabilitation, training materials and artistic works.

Understanding Hate in America This link opens in a new window

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The Understanding Hate in America database collection includes papers promoting as well as those opposing white nationalism. It brings together local, regional, and national newspapers published by Klan organizations and by sympathetic publishers from across the U.S. It also includes key anti-Klan voices from newspapers published by ethnic, Catholic, and Jewish organizations.
 

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