"Inspired by the insatiable curiosity of humanity that drives its everlasting pursuit for knowledge, the mission of J-DAC is to provide a multidisciplinary archival platform for researchers in the humanities and social sciences through the collection and consolidation of various cultural and historical records of Japan."--Provided by publisher

"About The Collection: The Afghan Central Press collection brings together four national, Kabul-based publications of Afghanistan whose long runs and prominence provide a concentrated vantage point for understanding developments in Afghanistan for much of the twentieth century. The English-language Kabul Times is presented alongside Pushto publications Anis, Hewad, and Islah. Together, the archives of these newspapers provide a chronicle of events from the fall of the Kingdom of Afghanistan, the establishment of the People's Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, the Soviet invasion, the rise of the Mujahedeen, the establishment of the Taliban and Al Qaeda, invasion by the United States and the ensuing period of reconstruction from the view of the capital."

On March 24, 1800, Forlorn Hope became the first newspaper published within a prison by an incarcerated person. In the intervening 200 years, over 450 prison newspapers have been published from U.S. prisons. Some, like the Angolite and the San Quentin News, are still being published today. American Prison Newspapers will bring together hundreds of these periodicals from across the country into one collection that will represent penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions. Development of the collection began in July 2020 and will continue through 2021, with new content added regularly

"Inspired by the insatiable curiosity of humanity that drives its everlasting pursuit for knowledge, the mission of J-DAC is to provide a multidisciplinary archival platform for researchers in the humanities and social sciences through the collection and consolidation of various cultural and historical records of Japan."--Provided by publisher

Birds of the World is a research database that brings together scholarly content from four major works of ornithology [Birds of North America, The Handbook of Birds of the World, Neotropical Birds, and Bird Families of the World], millions of bird observations from eBird, and multimedia content from the Macaulay Library into a single platform where biologists and birders can explore comprehensive life history information on birds. Birds of the World presents a vast array of information about every species, subspecies, and family of the world's birds. Accounts include images, sounds, and videos as well as illustrations, maps, animations, and authoritative text from all of the component projects

HeinOnline's Civil Rights database brings together a diverse offering of publications covering civil rights in the United States as their legal protections and definitions are expanded to cover more and more Americans including disabled Americans and those identifying as LGBTQ. Containing hearings and committee prints, legislative histories on the landmark legislations, CRS and GAO reports, briefs from major Supreme Court cases, and publications from the Commission on Civil Rights, this database allows users to educate themselves on the ways our civil rights have been strengthened and expanded over time, as well as how these legal protections can go further still. A curated list of scholarly articles, a varied collection of books on many civil rights topics, and a list of prominent civil rights organizations help take the research beyond HeinOnline

"Find relevant information on more than 15 million privately held and up to 40,000 stock-listed companies worldwide. See the most important business information at a glance and get a grasp on industries."

"The Coronavirus Research Database is a collection of journal articles, preprints, conference proceedings, dissertations and more related to COVID-19 and other coronaviruses. It includes comprehensive research background coverage of past pandemics and epidemics, like MERS and SARS, to give researchers and students context around the current global crisis"--Publisher's brochure
"The Coronavirus Research Database saves time and improves outcomes for researchers by aggregating authoritative content from ProQuest with content made available at no cost by members of the International Association of STM Publishers - including Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis and The BMJ [...] Full-text content in the database is available either directly from ProQuest or via links to publisher sites"--Publisher's website

The Digital Library of the Middle East (DLME) offers free and open access to the rich cultural legacy of the Middle East and North Africa. It brings together collections from a wide range of cultural heritage institutions. Developed by CLIR (Council on Library and Information Resources] and Stanford Libraries. The platform federates and makes accessible data about collections from around the world

"This database provides primary and secondary source material such as government documents from the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, as well as law review articles and books invoking, debating, and exploring instances of executive privilege from the country's founding to the present day."

• Early modern alchemy / by Jennifer M. Rampling
• Michael Maier : an itinerant alchemist in Late Renaissance / by Hereward Tilton
• Atalanta fugiens in the printing office / by Stephen Tabor
• Interplay : new scholarship on Atalanta fugiens / by Tara Nummedal and Donna Bilak
• Sound and vision : the alchemical epistemology of Michael Maier's Atalanta fugiens / by Tara Nummedal
• Emblem in the landscape : Matthäus Merian's etchings for Atalanta fugiens / by Michael Gaudio
• Weight, number, measure : the musical universe of Michael Maier / by Eric Bianchi
• Michael Maier and mythoalchemy / by Peter J. Forshaw
• John Farmer's sundry waies : the English origin of Michael Maier's alchemical fugues / by Loren Ludwig
• Learned failure and the untutored mind : emblem 21 of Atalanta fugiens / by Richard J. Oosterhoff
• Chasing Atalantya : Maier, steganography, and the secrets of nature / by Donna Bilak

A re-rendering Michael Maier's Atalanta fugiens as an enhanced online publication, this text allows contemporary readers to hear, see, manipulate, and investigate Atalanta fugiens in ways that Maier perhaps imagined but that were impossible to fully realize before now. An interactive, layered digital edition provides accessibility and flexibility, presenting all the elements of the original book along with significant enhancements that allow for deep engagement by specialists and nonspecialists alike.--Publisher's note

The Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia is one of the most important European primary sources for the study of the modern Gulf region from the 17th to the early 20th century. The Gazetteer offers the fullest account of the state of knowledge of the region in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and as such is both an unique and important tool for researchers. In addition to Lorimer's famous Gazetteer, this online reference work also contains official documents in Arabic and English and includes reports about the region published by various departments of the British Government

"The backfile of GQ magazine, from its launch in 1931 (as Apparel Arts) to the present. One of the longest-running, most influential men's magazines, GQ expanded its initial focus on fashion to cover general men's-interest subjects. The digital archive makes available a wealth of editorial content and photography, providing essential insights into the 20th/21st-century history of fashion, popular culture, masculinity, and society."--ProQuest description

Online version of titles originally published by Harvard University Asia Center, chiefly from the three monograph series: the Harvard contemporary China series, Harvard East Asian monographs, and Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series. Additional titles will be published annually as separately available supplements

The US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) partnered with the Indigenous Digital Archive project of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe to provide context about and connection to the National Archives' holdings of the Ratified Indian Treaties. The IDA Treaties Explorer has conserved and digitized the Ratified Indian treaties in its holdings, 374 treaties between indigenous peoples and the United States (and its predecessor colonies). The IDA Treaties Explorer lets one also explore maps and see which tribes are associated with which treaties

Contains collected full-text Korean books purchased by Stanford University.