New and Updated Databases

New and Updated Databases January 2026 

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

New to Databases A-Z

Cambridge Shakespeare - This comprehensive resource offers e-books of the complete works of Shakespeare, over 300 international and interdisciplinary scholarly essays, and access to the Shakespeare Survey from 1948-present.

Women and Social Movements in Modern Empires since 1820 - Resources document women’s experiences in the conquest, colonization, settlement, resistance, and post-coloniality since 1820.

Women and Social Movements in the United States since 1600 - Books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women's reform activities, organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000. 

Women and Social Movements: Development and the Global South, 1919 - 2019 - Document archive of feminist activism related to development efforts of women in the Global South and their allies working to balance economic growth and social improvement while navigating equity and fairer allocation of resources.

Updates to Databases A-Z

Title changes / URL changes / Platform changes:

GenderWatch – URL change effective January 14, 2026. This resource has rolled into ProQuest One Women’s Studies and is no longer a separate collection.

Cancelled Databases

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Please refer to the Libraries' Budget Update page to review resources identified for non-renewal.