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The following databases are being evaluated for possible subscription.

AM Explorer

New

Provides a compendium of primary sources in the social sciences and humanities to allow for the integration of first-hand accounts into the critical exploration of multidisciplinary topics.

American Prison Newspapers, 1800-2020: Voices from the Inside

New

Provides ready access to hundreds of periodicals from across the country that will represent penal institutions of all kinds, with special attention paid to women's-only institutions.

COVID-19 At Risk Database

New

Publicly available website to help locate and assist populations that may be at risk.

CQ Voting and Elections Collection

New

Integrates data, analyses, explanations, and historical material to provide a research and reference tool on the American voter, major and minor political parties, campaigns and elections, and historical and modern races for Congress, the presidency, and governorships.

DBpia

New

Korean language academic and professional journals, conference proceedings, e-books, WebDB, and video lectures covering a wide range of disciplines.

Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE)

New

Produced by Harvard University Press, this dictionary represents American regional vocabulary.

Ethnologue : languages of the world

New

Provides an authoritative resource on 7,000 world languages.

FastCase

New

Includes the United States Code, United States Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Cases; and cases, statutes, regulations, court rules, constitutions, attorney general opinions, and session laws for Oregon, Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Washington. The link to this resource will now take you to the page to create an account and has the icon on the webpage to access this resource once your account is established.

Financial Times

New

Provides online access to the Financial Times Newspaper. You must create an individual account to access.
PSU faculty/staff/students please create an account using your PDX email

Hispanic Life in America

New

Provides access to the experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media from 1704-2009.

IET Inspec Analytics

New

Provides research data to discovering trends and publication patterns in engineering and physics disciplines.

Indigenous Peoples of North America

New

Provides research and understanding of the historical experiences, cultural traditions and innovations, and political status of indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada.

Lyell Collection

New

Provides an integrated collection of online earth science literature. This resource brings together key journals, special publications and society book series from the Geological Society of London on a single site.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online

New

Provides primary content access to two main components of nineteenth century study: Asia and the West and Europe and Africa, Colonialism and Culture

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