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Provides invaluable perspective on the late Qing and Republican era in China. The press of more than twenty cities is represented, spanning the Chinese mainland and the entire half century. The collection provides a comprehensive perspective on Chinese life, culture, and politics throughout the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, the years of provisional government and civil war, and the birth of the People's Republic. Open Access to this collection is made possible through the generous support of the Center for Research Libraries and its member institutions.

Included in the World Newspaper Archive, this collection provides access to more than 35 nineteenth and twentieth century Latin American newspapers. Features titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and elsewhere. Full text is available and new content is being added regularly.

Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference is a reference work covering the present state of research in the neurobiology and psychology of learning and memory. Topics include the neurochemistry and neurobiology of learning at the cellular and synaptic levels, systems neurobiology, the study of remarkable capabilities in animals, ethological and behavioristic analyses, mechanisms, psychology, and disorders of learning and memory in humans.

This database contains thousands of important historical legal works from the United States, Britain, and the Commonwealth. Includes works from some of the greatest legal minds in history including Joseph Story, Mary A. Greene, Jeremy Bentham, William Blackstone, Henry Maine, Frederick Pollock, and Benjamin N. Cardozo. In addition to many classic treatises, this collection also includes rare items that are found in only a handful of libraries around the world.

Offers information centered on the discipline of law and legal topics including criminal justice, ethics, federal law, international law, labor and human resource law, medical law, organized crime and the environment; some full text is available.

Offers tools and how-to instructions covering a wide-range of legal issues. A majority of the full-text legal reference books available are provided through Nolo, a provider of legal information for consumers and small businesses. With the Legal Forms by U.S. State feature, users can search state-specific legal forms by top subject areas, including adoption, bankruptcy, name changes and more. Some full text is available.

Legislative Insight is a federal legislative history service containing full-text publications generated by Congress during the process leading up to the enactment of U.S. Public Laws. Texts available include the full text of the Public Law itself, Congressional Record excerpts, committee hearings, reports, prints, and other congressional publications.

Provides information relating to library and information science, knowledge management, technology and information issues. Materials indexed include journal articles, books, conference proceedings, theses, and book reviews. Some full text is available.

This bibliographic database indexes hundreds of periodicals, books, book chapters, academic journals, conference proceedings, and theses related to library scholarship. Subjects covered include copyright, censorship, rare books, publishing, indexing, education for librarianship, cataloging, personnel administration, reference services, and more. 

Web access to the Library of Congress classification schedules and the Library of Congress Subject Headings.