Reference

AM’s database Africa and the New Imperialism covers the history of European colonial expansion in Africa during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It’s a valuable addition for institutions seeking to expand their collection of primary source offerings on African history and European colonialism during this time period. 

AM’s most recent archive is the first in a planned two-module collection that highlights the political, social, and cultural upheaval in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

ProQuest’s LGBT Magazine Archive is ideal for researchers studying LGBTQIA+ history, for it contains well-established and hard-to-find content from significant LGBTQIA+ magazines published in the U.S. and the UK from the mid-20th through the 21st centuries. 

The Rolling Stone Archive is for lovers of popular music, personalities, and cultural newsmakers of the last 50 years. There's also something for researchers of non-music content that relates to history, politics, and social conditions. 

The first installment in Gale’s four-part State Papers Online Colonial series offers researchers unprecedented access to primary-source documents that reflect Britain’s complex history of trade and governance in East and Southeast Asia.

ProQuest’s Ethnographic Sound Archives Online database contains more than 6,000 audio recordings that are ideal for libraries wanting to offer a vast collection of world music, oral storytelling, and ambient sound. Ethnomusicologists can utilize these materials in their college-level courses. 

Bloomsbury Contemporary Aesthetics offers students and researchers an engaging entry into robust scholarship and innovative thinking in contemporary aesthetics. This user-friendly resource should have a place in academic libraries.

Revolution and Protest Online provides access to excellent primary resources, but there is room for improvement in terms of usability and accessibility.

The Bloomsbury Drama Online database now has an additional 270 films that will benefit instructors looking to teach and engage students in stage performances and productions.