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International primary sources documenting the artistic response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Includes sheet music, manuscripts, playbills and production notes, and visual art, as well as the personal papers of lesser known artists of all types. The collection specifically seeks to include African artists who are responding to the epidemic through their work. Note: This collection is still in development. (Full- Text)

Primary sources documenting histories of civil rights activism by the everyday citizens of Black, Latine, Indigenous, and Asian American/Pacific Islander communities. Collections are targeted for completion by the end of 2025. The first collection in development focuses on the African American experience, drawing on materials from colleges and universities, historical societies, public libraries, community archives and other institutions. Note: This collection is still in development. (Full-Text)

Transcribed and translated aria, art song, and liturgical texts in German, French, Italian, Spanish, English and Latin, using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Designed to assist singers with foreign language diction and communication. (Full-Text)

Definitions of geological terms, abbreviations, and acronyms. Online version of the 5th print edition. (Full-text)

Modern and historical essays, journals, newspapers, fiction, literature, and poetry on the African diaspora experience. Includes the historical Chicago Defender newspaper. Material comes from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. (Full-Text)

Primary source books, pamphlets, periodicals, and broadsides covering American popular culture, social history, family life, education, race, class, and employment from 1800-1920. (Full-Text)

Primary sources focusing on LGBTQ history and associated social, political, health and legal issues. Includes newspapers, magazines, newsletters, manuscripts, correspondence, and more.

Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries. (Full-Text)

Testimonies of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides, including the Armenian Genocide and events in Nanjing, Guatemala, Myanmar (anti-Rohingya mass violence), Rwanda (genocide against the Tutsi), Cambodia, South Sudan, and Central African Republic; also includes interviews about contemporary anti-Semitic violence. (Streaming Video)

Poll data from U.S. and international polling firms covering opinions and behavior on social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs, and more, from 1935 to the present. Trial access continues through May 7, 2024.