WISER: Humanities What is new in full-text? A demonstration of exciting new products: New York Times Historical Archive American Periodicals Series (APS) Making of the Modern Economy (MOME) World Biographical Information System (WBIS) Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS) Isabel Holowaty, History Librarian

New York Times Historical Archive Full-text of New York Times Useful for US national and international news & views, biographical information, notices from organisations, etc. Access to full content (articles, editorials, letters, weather reports, stock quotes, classified ads, etc.)

American Periodicals Series (APS) Full-text journals & magazines (literary, professional, trade, popular, children’s and women’s, etc.) (some content into 1940s) Useful for social & economic history, American studies, cultural studies, literature, women’s studies, biography 1,100+ periodicals Document types included: ad, article, comic, illustration, letter, obituary, photo, poem, recipe, review, statistics

Making of the Modern Economy (MOME) Full-text of books, pamphlets, broadsides, etc. published between 1450 and 1850 Useful for economic & social history in Europe and North America 61,000+ books, 466 pre-1906 serials Some 1 st editions; some in foreign languages

World Biographical Information System (WBIS) Biographical information on people since 4 th century B.C. Famous people, but also those regionally/locally known, for their profession, peculiarities, etc. Index to biographical data and biographies published in reference sources since 1559 Useful for biographical information & historical trends

WBIS cont. Brief entries for 4+ million people; 3.85 digital facsim. articles; biographies of 2.38 million people Covers most European countries, Turkey, Latin America, North America Future countries to include biographical archives of Africa, China, Australasia, etc.

Declassified Documents Reference System – US (DDRS) Full-text of 75,000+ declassified US government documents Domestic and international scene s Useful for post-1945 international relations, domestic US history, US foreign policy; information on people, places, events, dates, political trends etc.

DDRS cont. Documents in diverse formats: memos, cables, correspondence, field reports, minutes of meetings, extensive background studies, etc. 60+ govt. institutions: Dept. of Defense, Federal Trade Commission, NASA, National Security Council, White House, CIA, etc. etc. Inclusion based on documents requested under Freedom of Information Act