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A collection of thousands of online video resources for the study of American history. Offers access to commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and documentaries for analysis of historical events and of their presentation over time.

Books addressing Jewish culture, the theology of Judaism, and the Hebrew language.

Books addressing religion and social movements, including church and state relations, evolution controversies, and campaigns for women's rights, abolition, and education reform.

A collection of digitized scores covering Western art music from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Includes full scores, study scores, piano and vocal scores, and piano reductions.

More than 660,000 large-scale maps of more than 12,000 American towns and cities.

Provides full-text and full-page-image access to books, pamphlets and broadsides printed in America from 1639-1800. Based on the renowned American Bibliography by Charles Evans (14 vols., 1903-34, 1955-59) and subsequent bibliographic works by Roger Bristol, James Mooney and Clifford Shipton.

Provides full-text and full-page-image access to books, pamphlets, and broadsides published in America from 1801 through 1819. Contains many state papers and government materials, including published reports, presidential letters and messages, and congressional, state and territorial resolutions. Based on the American Bibliography by Ralph R. Shaw and Richard H. Shoemaker.

"Digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War." Over 125,000 titles include works by Malory, Bacon, More, Erasmus, Boyle, Newton, and Galileo; musical exercises by Henry Purcell and novels by Aphra Behn; prayer books; pamphlets and proclamations; and almanacs and calendars.

Collection of works printed in Europe before 1701, regardless of language, as well as pre-1701 works in European languages printed elsewhere. “Builds upon and complements Early English Books Online (EEBO) and is largely concerned with non-Anglophone materials,” but nevertheless includes books in English or printed in the English-speaking world that are represented in the EEBO collection.

Aims to cover every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works printed in the Americas, between 1701 and 1800. Includes books, pamphlets, broadsides, and ephemera focusing on topics in subject areas such as language and literature; religion and philosophy; fine arts; history and geography; social sciences; law; and medicine, science, and technology.

The product of the HathiTrust, a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working together to preserve the cultural record of print materials. A collection of millions of digitized volumes, a signifcant portion of which is in the public domain. Notes: Covers approximately half the print holdings of the SU Libraries. Log in to enable all features.

"'Images of the American Civil War: Photographs, Posters, and Ephemera' presents the dramatic imagery of nineteenth-century Americana as experienced from the social, military, and political perspectives." Material drawn from the collections of the American Antiquarian Society, the Virginia Historical Society, the Library Company of Philadelphia, and the New York Historical Society offers "dramatic images from the fields of battle, the home front, politics, and general society."

A high-definition digital archive offering the most complete collection of architectural designs of architect Le Corbusier (1887-1965). Includes diagrams and drawings, photographs. and notes, over 38,000 items in all.

A digtial collection of over 30,000 drawings, photographs, letters, and other materials related to the early career of Marcel Breuer, one of the most influential architects and furniture designers of the twentieth century. (The Archive was created through a collaborative effort headed by the Syracuse University Libraries.)

A streaming audio database that provides access to Western art music / classical music, comprising the complete catalogs of Naxos, Marco Polo, and Da Capo as well as dozens of other record labels. Note: Limited to fifteen (15) simultaneous users.

A streaming audio database that provides access to jazz recordings by the Naxos label as well as to the catalogs of Blue Note Records, Warner Jazz, EMI, 22 labels of Fantasy Jazz, and 200 other labels. Note: Limited to five (5) simultaneous users.

An international database and image gallery of structures including bridges, skyscrapers, towers, dams, and off-shore structures. Covers all periods of history, ranging from the pyramids of ancient Egypt, to Gothic cathedrals, to the most daring bridges of the presetn day.

Index to evening news and some special reports from major U.S. national broadcast networks. Covers 1968 to present for ABC, CBS and NBC; 1995 to present for CNN; and 2004 to present for FoxNews. NBC and CNN allow video streaming online. Advertising that ran adjacent to reports is often available (e.g., search “commercial” and a brand name). Note: RealMedia or Real Alternative is required to view online video content.