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Covers Charles Evans" Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans (1639-1800) is based on the American Bibliography by Charles Evans and enhanced by Roger Bristol"s Supplement to Evans" American Bibliography, first published in microform by Readex in cooperation with the American Antiquarian Society (AAS).

This collection is a foundation set for research involving early American history, literature, philosophy, religion, and more. Series I. Evans is the definitive resource for information about every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America, from agriculture and auctions through foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, witchcraft, etc.

From Aaron Burr to Zebulon Pike, from abolitionism to Tippecanoe, this unique Web-based collection thoroughly chronicles the people, ideas and events behind the early political, social, cultural and geographic growth of the United States. Researchers can study the emergence of American arts and literature, follow the progression of American economic, religious and scientific thought, track the westward expansion, and much more. Specific topics covered include the Adams-Onis Treaty, Bible societies, canals, the Embargo Act, fur trade, Hartford Convention, Lewis & Clark expedition, Louisiana Purchase, nationalism, Panic of 1819, romanticism, Seminole War, Treaty of Ghent, 12th Amendment, U.S. Military Academy, War of 1812, widows and wives, and thousands of others. Also included are the works of many European authors reprinted for the American public. In addition to its books, pamphlets and broadsides, this comprehensive collection features many state papers and government materials, including published reports; presidential letters and messages; congressional, state and territorial resolutions.

The America's Historical Newspapers database includes digitally scanned newspapers from all 50 states, and is comprised of three series:

• Early American Newspapers, Series I (1690 - 1876)
• Early American Newspapers, Series II (1758 - 1900)
• Early American Newspapers, Series III (1829 - 1922)

These resources offer fully-searchable news content from nearly one thousand individual publications, along with images and advertisements.

Access restricted to University of Connecticut.

Based on A.G. Ellis’s catalogue of the British Library’s collection, Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library includes examples from over 400 years of books printed in Arabic script as well as translations into European and Asian languages from the period. Together, they demonstrate Europe’s fascination, study, and assimilation of ideas and knowledge originating in the Arabic-speaking world, with its rich heritage of science, poetry, and Islamic texts. Researchers can search the full text of items in Arabic, English, French, German, Latin, Italian, Dutch, and Spanish while also being able to discover content in Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Ottoman Turkish, Persian, Syriac, and seventeen other languages. Books can be searched thanks to newly developed optical character recognition software (OCR) for early Arabic printed script. Topics include Literature, Grammar, Language, Catalogues, and Periodicals (Part 1); Religion and Law (Part 2); and Sciences, History, and Geography (Part 3).

The searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth.

Contains about 100,000 of over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised editions, as well as the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection and the Early English Books Tract Supplement. Includes: the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War, and the complete Thomason Tract collection of pamphlets, books, newspapers and manuscripts issued from 1640-1661. Searchable fields include Author, Title, Printer, Publication date, Type of illustration, and Library of Congress subject heading.

Major areas of coverage include:

• Aquaculture
• Aquatic Organisms
• Aquatic Pollution
• Brackish Water Environments
• Climatology
• Conservation
• Environmental Quality
• Fish and Fisheries
• Freshwater Environments
• Forecasting
• Geochemistry
• Geochronology
• Geology
• Geophysics
• Glaciology
• Hydrogeology and Hydrology
• Limnology
• Marine Biotechnology
• Marine, freshwater and brackish water environments
• Meteorology
• Mineralogy and Crystallography
• Natural Hazards
• Oceanography
• Paleontology
• Petrology
• Pollution (air and water)
• Remote Sensing
• Seismology
• Stratigraphy
• Upper Atmosphere
• Weather

List of ebook collections available through the UConn Libraries. Includes guide to access and restrictions on the different platforms.

A comprehensive and in-depth rendering of the current state of knowledge on the origins and development of the Bible in its different canonic forms in Judaism and Christianity. EBR also documents the history of the Bible"s reception in the Christian churches and the Jewish Diaspora; in Islam, in other religious traditions and current religious movements, Western and non-Western alike, as well as in literature, art, music, and film.

Produced by the American Economic Association, EconLit is the fundamental research tool in economics. The database covers the international literature on economics since 1969 and provides bibliographic citations, with selected abstracts, of journal articles, books, dissertations and working papers, as well as articles in collective works, such as conference proceedings, collected essay volumes and full text book reviews. Topics include economic development, forecasting, and history; fiscal and monetary theory; business and public finance; international, health care, regional and urban economics, and more. Subjects:

• Business
• Economics
• Finance
• Industry
• Statistics

Published by the US government.

Contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. eHRAF is a compilation of mostly descriptive documents (books, manuscripts, journal articles, dissertations) written by anthropologists, sociologists, other social scientists, travelers, and missionaries. Topics range from how the people of the culture live their daily lives, solve their conflicts, and raise their children; their religious beliefs and practices, history, etc. Produced by the Human Relations Area Files, Inc. (HRAF) at Yale University.

Eighteenth Century Collections Online is a comprehensive digital edition of The Eighteenth Century, the world"s largest library of the printed book on microfilm. Nearly 150,000 English-language titles and editions published between 1701 and 1800. Search every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.

Formerly eMedicine. Please use this newly combined eMedicine/MedScape Reference. Medscape Reference has comprehensive clinical overviews of over 10, 000 conditions, procedures and drugs. Also contains images and interactive clinical tools. NOTE: Access to MedScape Reference requires creating a free account with the site.

Includes biographies of influential educators; profiles of historic colleges and universities; profiles of organizations active in the field; and an appendix of full text primary source documents including education related legislation, international treaties and testing methods.

Articles also cover Asian relations with Western nations, the relations between nations within Asia, and also the flow of people, goods, and ideas within Asia and globally.

A comprehensive and in-depth rendering of the current state of knowledge on the origins and development of the Bible in its different canonic forms in Judaism and Christianity. EBR also documents the history of the Bible"s reception in the Christian churches and the Jewish Diaspora; in Islam, in other religious traditions and current religious movements, Western and non-Western alike, as well as in literature, art, music, and film.

Daily updates on developments in energy, environment and climate policy. Features articles, videos and subject specific compilations of policy developments at the national and international level. Includes access to Energywire, Climatewire, E&E Daily, Greenwire, E&E News PM, and E&E TV.

Access via the free US Government interface. Also includes child development, classroom techniques, computer education, counseling and testing, administration, arts and music education, and library science. Summarizes unpublished documents such as curriculum guides, dissertations, opinion papers, conference proceedings, program descriptions, standards, and tests.

Some full-text available via UConn Links. Access via EBSCO interface. Search together with PsycINFO or Academic Search Premier. Also includes child development, classroom techniques, computer education, counseling and testing, administration, arts and music education, and library science. Summarizes unpublished documents such as curriculum guides, dissertations, opinion papers, conference proceedings, program descriptions, standards, and tests.

Updated annually. The online version of RMA’s Annual Statement Studies, eStatement Studies is a source of composite performance metrics derived directly from the financial statements of financial institutions' borrowers and prospects. Access includes Financial Ratios Benchmarks and Industry Default Probabilities and Cash Flow Measures.

The tests include the Tests in Microfiche (TIM) Subset. Tests available on microfiche at UConn are listed as TIM in the Test Acronyms field of the record. Most of the records contain detailed information about a test's structure. This database provides very useful test availability information. When a journal article source is identified, keep in mind that the test may not be reproduced in its completed form in the article; instead, you may find the various items identified in the context of an analysis.

It covers demographic trends, economic indicators, finance, foreign trade, health, labor force, industrial and agricultural production, environmental data, consumer expenditure patterns, retail sales, advertising and media patterns, consumer prices, household patterns, literacy rates, telecommunications, automotive and transport figures, travel and tourism, income and earnings potential. It also includes market size data for over 300 consumer products and services.

Please note that our subscription only covers statistics not the qualitative analysis.