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North American Indian Thought and Culture

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Approximately 27 000 pages of text and images included are biographies, autobiographies, personal narratives, speeches, diaries, letters and oral histories. When complete IBIO will include 100 000 pages of text and images. Full length reference works also are included to give background and context to the narratives.

North American Indian Thought and Culture brings together more than 100,000 pages, many of which are previously unpublished, rare, or hard to find. The project integrates autobiographies, biographies, Indian publications, oral histories, personal writings, photographs, drawings, and audio files.

Type
Primary Source
Subject
English and Creative Writing
Canadian Literature
American History
Indigenous Studies
Social Work
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Alumni
Students, faculty & staff
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North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories

Platform: Alexander Street Press

Provides a unique and personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950. Composed of contemporaneous letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives, the series provides a rich source for scholars in a wide range of disciplines. In selected cases, users will be able to hear the actual audio voices of the immigrants.

Type
Primary Source
Subject
Canadian Literature
History
American History
Canadian History
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Alumni
Students, faculty & staff
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Music Online

Platform: Alexander Street Press

Provides access to audio and visual recordings, music periodicals, books, and more.

Music Online allows users to search across all of the Alexander Street Press music products to which Leddy Library subscribes including:

  • Classical Music Reference Library
  • Classical Scores Library
  • Dance in Video
  • The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
Type
Audio and Video
Reference
Subject
Music
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Students, faculty & staff
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Manuscript Women's Letters and Diaries

Platform: Alexander Street Press

The personal writings of women of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, displayed as high-quality images of the original manuscripts. Semantically Indexed and online for the first time. The collection is drawn entirely from the extensive holdings of the American Antiquarian Society.

Type
Primary Source
Subject
English and Creative Writing
History
American History
Women's and Gender Studies
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Students, faculty & staff
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Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online

Platform: Alexander Street Press

Sound recordings, books, and documents pertaining to a diverse range of world musics.

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online is a resource devoted to music research of peoples throughout the world. Consisting of 9 albums, over 300 tracks, over 1, 700 books and documents, and nearly 23, 000 pages of material combined.

Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online is the most complete and comprehensive body of work focused on world musics to date. Users may choose to conduct basic and/or advanced searches, or browse by place, cultural groups, subjects, instruments, and genres.

Type
Reference
Subject
Music
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Students, faculty & staff
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Early Encounters in North America

Platform: Alexander Street Press

Collection of primary sources of early encounters, specifically focused on present-day Canada and the United States.

Contains 1,482 authors and over 100,000 pages of letters, diaries, memoirs, images and accounts of early encounters. This collection of primary sources is largely focused on present-day Canada and the United states, but there is also some limited coverage of Mexico. Particular care has been taken to index the material so that it can be used in new ways. Containing both full-text and bibliographic resources, users may browse by author, source, year, encounter, peoples, images, places, fauna, flora, environment, and events. Simple and advanced search options are also available.

Type
Primary Source
Subject
History
American History
Canadian History
Indigenous Studies
Languages, Literatures and Cultures
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Alumni
Students, faculty & staff
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Dance Online: Dance in Video

Platform: Alexander Street Press

Dance productions and documentaries by influential companies and performers of the 20th century. Containing 758 videos, Dance Online: Dance in Video selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as pioneers of modern concert dance.

Type
Audio and Video
Subject
Arts
Dramatic Art
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Students, faculty & staff
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Counseling and Psychotherapy Transcripts, Client Narratives

Platform: Alexander Street Press

Real transcripts of therapy and counseling sessions and first-person narratives illuminating the experience of mental illness and its treatment, as well as reference works to contextualize the primary material. New material is added on a regular basis and, when complete, the database will contain more than 2,000 session transcripts, 40,000 pages of client narratives, and 25,000 pages of secondary reference material. The database currently includes approximately 69,800 pages of material, including more than 19,000 pages of session transcripts, more than 26,000 pages of client narratives, and more than 24,000 pages of secondary reference material.

Type
Primary Source
Subject
Psychology
Social Work
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Students, faculty & staff
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Black Drama - 1850 to Present

Platform: Alexander Street Press

Contains approximately 1,200 plays by 200 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays.

Type
Primary Source
Subject
Dramatic Art
English and Creative Writing
Black Culture
Black Studies
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Alumni
Students, faculty & staff
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Black Thought and Culture

Platform: Alexander Street Press

Contains 1,297 sources with 1,098 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. Where possible the complete published non-fiction works are included, as well as interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamphlets, letters and other fugitive material.

Type
Primary Source
Subject
English and Creative Writing
Black Culture
Social Work
Black Studies
Authorized users
Alumni
Students, faculty & staff
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