The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research recently launched their U.S. State Collection in an effort to improve state-level polling. It includes over 4,000 state polls conducted by more than 450 organizations, and more data is being added every day.
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The Library News Blog is back from a brief summer break with a refreshed design and new content. In this post, we highlight databases that can help you with researching complicated, and sometimes controversial, issues from all perspectives.
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The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) preserves at-risk public media from the past 70+ years. It includes over 122,000 items of television and radio programming from across the country, and more than half of the collection is available to stream online for free.
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Databases aren’t just for finding articles and other texts – you can also listen to a world of music. This post highlights music databases from Alexander Street Press, where you can find everything from classical scores to Balkanic jazz.
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Artfilms is a streaming video database that includes thousands of masterclasses, documentaries, shorts, and interviews from around the world. A new collection of documentaries and dramas produced in Rwanda were recently added to the Artfilms catalog and are available to stream now.
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Keeping track of your research can get a tricky, especially when using multiple databases. Fortunately, some databases allow users to create a personal account to track and save their research across multiple sessions. This post covers the benefits of using personal accounts and provides a tutorial for using features available in EBSCO, ProQuest, and JSTOR.
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Fordham Libraries provide access to the digitized newspaper archives of four highly respected U.S. national and regional newspapers. Every issue of each title includes the complete paper with full-text and full-image articles dating back to the 1800’s.
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Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) is the world’s largest online resource for theory and research in international affairs. It includes working papers from university research institutes, conference proceedings, books, journals, and policy briefs.
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The Gale Ebooks Race and Social Injustice Collection includes a multidisciplinary focus on race and social justice, encompassing subject areas in race and ethnic relations, anthropology, politics, journalism, ethnic and women’s studies, Black studies, and policing.
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A new collection of journals and books is available from Firenze University Press, a department of the University of Florence. Included are 1,074 books from 381 research institutions, and 50 journals.
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