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The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
New
Coverage: 19th and 20th centuries.
Articles from more than 100 African newspapers published in the 19th and early 20th centuries including 83 years of Rand Daily Mail (1902 - 1985). The Rand Daily Mail, published daily in Johannesburg, is a critically important title that pioneered popular journalism in South Africa. It is renowned today for being the first newspaper to openly oppose apartheid and contribute to its downfall.
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New
Coverage: 1827 - 1995
Articles from 350+ African-American historically significant papers from more than 35 states chronicling a century and a half of the African-American experience.
New
Coverage: Sixteenth century - present
Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century includes more than five thousand rare and unique books covering sex, sexuality, and gender issues across the sciences and humanities and throughout history.
LGBTQ History includes approximately 1.5 million pages of primary source content on social, political, health, and legal issues impacting LGBTQ communities around the world, including the gay rights movement, activism, the HIV/Aids crisis, and more. Archival, historical records of political and social organizations as well as publications by and for lesbians and gays, and extensive coverage of governmental responses to the AIDS crisis.
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New
Coverage: early 18th century - present.
Primary source material from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications.
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New
Coverage: varies
Includes 600+ productions, from musicals to literary classics in a range of formats (captured theatre, films, TV adaptations, audio theatre and poetry recitals); 800+ video resources such as interactive workshops, dynamic e-learning videos, interviews, lectures and documentaries; and written resources, from accessible guides to essays to ready-made teaching resources.
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Alternate Name(s): The Economist
Coverage: 1997 - present
Weekly magazine of news and opinion published in London providing wide-ranging coverage of general news and particularly of international and political developments and prospects bearing on the world’s economy.

Anyone with the email domain, @vmi.edu, can create an account online.
Step 1: Register on The Economist website: myaccount.economist.com/s/login/SelfRegister using your organization or academic institution email address
Step 2: You will receive a veri¬fication email titled “You’ve been given an Economist subscription” from no-reply@economist.com, where you can verify your email address
Step 3: You will be returned to economist.com and will have full access to enjoy the subscription

Hispanic Life in America This link opens in a new window
New
Covereage: 2010 - present
Articles from 17,000 publications, including 700 Spanish-language newspapers and periodicals.
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New
Coverage: varies
Over 300 films from Spain and Latin America. The films cover a broad range of themes, including art, history, environmental science, literature, and social justice. The films were specifically selected for teaching and some come paired with preselected scene clips and educational guides. Films have Spanish and English subtitles.
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New
Coverage: Varies
VMI has access to: Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution,
Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, Founders Early Access, Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted, and Journal of Emily Shore.
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