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A comprehensive and authoritative reference on all aspects of poetry including: history, movements, genres, prosody, rhetorical devices, critical terms, and more.

Streaming full-length feature films from leading independent distributors and award-winning short films.

Access the African-American historical newspaper the New York Amsterdam News, including full page digital reproductions of every page from all available issues. Full text is available.

New York Review Of Books publishes articles, essays, and reviews of books on a variety of subjects, including literature, culture, the arts, economics, science, and current affairs.

Full text online archive of the New York Times, including full page digital reproductions of every page from all available issues, excluding the most recent 30 days. 

NOTE: Access to the most recent month of New York Times online content is available via NYTimes.com in the Databases & E-Reference listing.

Published since 1925, the New Yorker is one of the oldest American weekly magazines featuring journalism, political and cultural commentary, essays, fiction, poetry, and humor.

Provides full text to over 500 U.S. newspapers and over 600 international newspapers. Real time news updates are also available through newswires such as CNN Newswire, PR Newswire, and CNN. This database also provides access to over 1.6 million radio and television transcripts.

The Encyclopedia of Japanese Historical Place Names (日本歴史地名大系) is a 50-volume encyclopedia published between 1979 and 2005. Access is through the Japan Knowledge database.

Nearly 26,000 pamphlets bringing together a corpus of primary sources for the study of sociopolitical and economic factors impacting 19th-century Britain. Collections include Cowen Tracts (1603-1898), Earl Grey Pamphlets Collection (1800-1900), Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection (1545-1900), Hume Tracts (1769-1890), Knowsley Pamphlet Collection (1792-1868), Selections – University of Manchester British Political Pamphlets Collection (1799-1900), Selections – London School of Economics and Political Science (1800-1899), Selections – University of Bristol (1800-1899), and Wilson Anti-Slavery Collection (1761-1900).

Access to full text resources covering a variety of topics from the 19th century, including British politics and society, diplomatic and cultural exchange between Asia and the West, British theatre and music, and European literature from the Corvey Collection. Content is drawn from the world's preeminent libraries and archives and includes monographs, newspapers, pamphlets, maps, photographs, maps, manuscripts, and ephemera.