Databases & E-Reference Materials

InCites is a flexible research tool that uses publication information from Web of Science to enable users to analyze institutional research productivity and impact, monitor collaboration activity, identify influential researchers, perform funding agency analyses, and discover research publication and citation trends. Benchmarking analysis can be done at different levels, including institution, researcher, funding agency, country, journal, and research area. 

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The Independent and Revolutionary Mexican Newspapers collection traces the evolution of Mexico during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Comprised of over 1,000 titles from Mexico's pre-independence, independence, and revolutionary periods (1807-1929), this collection provides documentation on topics such as partisan politics, political and social satire, as well as local, regional, national and international news. Material is sourced from the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas in Austin, the preeminent Latin American library in the United States.

Independent Voices is an open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.

This database indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East, and the Muslim world, including the main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, as well as Muslim minorities elsewhere. Records included in the database cover almost 100 years of publications on the world of Islam. Over 3,000 journals are monitored for inclusion in the database, together with conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works, and book reviews.

EBSCO's Index to Legal Periodicals and Books indexes over 1,100 legal journals, law reviews, yearbooks, institutes, statutes, and bar association publications, from 1981 to the present. This database covers a wide range of legal subjects from both US and international sources.

Indian Claims Insight allows researchers to understand and analyze Native American migration and forced resettlement throughout U.S. history, U.S. Government Indian removal policies, and subsequent actions to address Native American claims against the U.S. Government. This collection includes congressional publications, treaties, maps, and docket materials for all Indian Claims Commission cases, as well as cases that preceded and followed the existence of the commission.

This open access database provides access to 374 digitized treaties between Indigenous peoples and the United States, also known as the Ratified Indian Treaties. A collaboration between the National Archives and the Museum of Indian Art and Culture in Santa Fe, this resource also provides historical context in the form of historical maps, information on the historic and present day Native nations involved, and the ability to explore land transfer agreements based on current zip codes. 

Four centuries of history, from early contact to the modern era, are featured in this resource. Coverage includes peoples of North and Central America; materials include manuscripts, illustrations, newspapers, books, photos and maps. Cross-searchable with the American West database. This database was formerly called American Indian Histories and Cultures. 

Indigenous Newspapers of North America offers a diverse collection of print journalism from Indigenous peoples of the US and Canada. Resources include national periodicals as well as local community news and student publications. This collection is also bi-lingual and features editions in Indigenous-languages, such as Hawaiian, Cherokee and Navajo. Subjects covered include the self-determination era and American Indian Movement (AIM), education, language revitalization, environmentalism, tribal laws, public health and welfare, and rights and cultural representation from an Indigenous perspective. This resource has been developed with the permission and contribution of the newspaper publishers and Tribal Councils concerned and was formerly known as American Indian Newspapers. 

Indigenous Peoples of North America Part I provides access to diverse information sources to enhance research and increase understanding of the historical experiences, traditions, innovations, and political status of Indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada. Resources include manuscripts, books, newspapers, photographs, motion pictures, and artwork.

Newly released in 2022, Indigenous Peoples of North America Part II: The Indian Rights Association 1882-1986 provides a record of the first organization to address Native American interests and rights. Resources include correspondence, pamphlets, draft legislation, administrative files, the papers of Indian Rights Association founder Herbert Welsh, photographs, manuscripts, and research notes.