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The following databases and sources have been recently changed or added to KU Libraries' collections. (A list of database trials is also available.)

Spring 2012

Vogue archive contains the entire run of Vogue magazine (US edition) from 1892 to the present day. Vogue is a unique record of American and international popular culture that extends beyond fashion.

Peterson's comprehensive guide to college information Use Peterson's to research undergraduate and graduate programs at colleges and universities. (a free resource)

Sunday Times digital archive 1822-2006 Completely separate from the Times of London, the Sunday times is known for their investigative journalism, providing commentary and analysis of the week's news.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) daily reports, 1974-1996 has been the United States' principal historical record of political open source intelligence for nearly 70 years. The original mission of the FBIS was to monitor, record, transcribe and translate intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, and clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories.

World history in video This online collection of streaming video will give faculty, students, and history lovers access to more than 1,750 important, critically acclaimed documentaries from filmmakers worldwide.

The Sixties, primary documents and personal narratives 1960-1974. Much of the content in The Sixties is previously unpublished, ephemeral, or hard to access. Through letters, diaries, memoirs, and oral histories; accounts from official, radical, and alternative organizations; posters, broadsides, pamphlets, advertisements, and rare materials; and Universal newsreel footage of the times—150,000 pages total at completion—the collection tells the story of the Sixties.

ARTstor provides more than one million digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences with an accessible suite of software tools for teaching and research. Available features include: searching, browsing, & organizing images; adding images; presenting images; and integrating with courseware. For detailed information about content and usage, please click here.

Cambridge companions to music provides information on composers, instruments or musical topics.

PRISMA is a comprehensive reference resource providing 165 full-text scholarly journals in the social sciences and humanities for the interdisciplinary academic study of Hispanic and Latin America and the Caribbean Basin. Articles are in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and examine all aspects of Hispanic Studies. PRISMA works together and complements HAPI (Hispanic American Periodicals Index) by using HAPI’s in-depth indexing and integrating it directly into PRISMA. PRISMA also offers full-text key titles indexed by HAPI. This database appears on the updated ProQuest platform.

Ontheboards.tv provides streaming video access to full-length performances by some of today's artists working in dance, theater, music and other forms.