The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
Access to e-books on foundational concepts and core techniques across the sciences. Uses non-specialist language that topic newcomers can easily digest.
Please note: select “please click here to enter if your library/institute subscribes the database” to access database. This database contains archives and publications of the Communist Party since its establishment in 1921.
Feedback should be directed to Wen-ling Liu (wliu@iu.edu) by May 1, 2025.
A collection of more than 6200 past issues dating back to 1895. Discover 128 years motoring history, from the UK’s first-ever public demonstration of cars in 1895, to the launch of the Mini in 1959 and Ford’s triumph over Ferrari at Le Mans in 1966, all the way to the modern day.
Feedback should be directed to Meg Galasso (galasso@iu.edu) by April 12, 2025.
Primary source documents covering a century of British colonial rule in Africa. Includes government statistics, Blue Books, and other archival material from thirteen British colonies and protectorates in Africa compiled during the period 1821–1953. Note: users are limited to 10 downloads per session.
Moscow News was the oldest English-language newspaper in Russia. From a mouthpiece of the Communist party to an influential advocate for social and political change, the pages of Moscow News reflect the shifting ideological, political, social and economic currents that have swept through the Soviet Union and Russia in the last century. Please note: Downloading is prohibited during the trial.
Feedback should be directed to Wookjin Cheun (wcheun@iu.edu) by April 12, 2025.
Access to scholarship on all aspects of the Renaissance, covering the 14th to the 18th century. Key subject areas include art and architecture, economy and commerce, environment, literature and drama, politics and governance, religion, and society.
Sovetskii Ekran was a prominent film magazine in Soviet history that offered a look into the production secrets and the creative lives of actors and directors.
Feedback should be directed to Wookjin Cheun (wcheun@iu.edu) by April 18, 2025.
The Soviet Military Posters collection offers insight into the Soviet military and Soviet visual culture. The archive consists of a collection of 3,361 posters, each offering a window into Soviet military history and propaganda.
Feedback should be directed to Wookjin Cheun (wcheun@iu.edu) by April 18, 2025.
Access to primary source documents from six of London’s principal livery companies, spanning the years 1450 to 1750. Provides insights into life in early modern London, covering a broad variety of themes as well as reactions to key historical events such as the Reformation, the English Civil War, the Great Plague, and the Great Fire of London.
Offers insight into many aspects of the conflict, including government policy, the war in the Pacific, and the war in Europe. Sources include the records of the Special Operations Executive; and private papers of American General Robert L Eichelberger, from the Pacific war. Please note that PDF download options are not available during the trial.
Feedback should be directed to Meg Galasso (galasso@iu.edu) by April 18, 2025.
