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Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online All Full Text

Coverage: 1000-1920

Description: Explore the history of Canada's inhabitants and their culture, thanks to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online . There, you will meet people who played an important role in the formation of what is now Canada.

Access: WWW

Primary Subjects: Genealogy

Material Type: Biographies, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Full Text, Historical/Primary Resources, Reference Sources and Tools

Dictionary of Literary Biography (AVL) All Full Text

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Description: The Dictionary of Literary Biography is the online version of the series with the same name. The DLB provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of authors from all eras and genres.

Access: UA, Remote

Primary Subjects: English, French, Italian, Spanish & Portuguese

Material Type: Biographies, Full Text

Dictionary of National Biography All Full Text

Coverage: 1200-current

Description: Database of 500,000 biographies of men and women who have shaped British history. Access limited to 3 simultaneous users.

Access: UA, Remote

Primary Subjects: English, History

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Dictionary of the Scots Language All Full Text

Coverage: 1100-present

Description: The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) comprises electronic editions of the two major historical dictionaries of the Scots language: the 12 volume dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST) and the 10 volume Scottish National Dictionary (SND). DOST contains information about Scots words in use from the twelfth to the end of the seventeenth centuries (Older Scots); and SND contains information about Scots words in use from 1700 to the 1970s (modern Scots). Together these 22 volumes provide a comprehensive history to Scots, and a New Supplement (2005) brings the record of the language up to date.

Access: WWW

Primary Subjects: Linguistics

Material Type: Reference Sources and Tools

DigiZeitschriften All Full Text

Coverage: Varies by title

Description: DigiZeitschriften is a full-text collection of core German research journals in a wide range of subjects: arts, humanities, social sciences, law, mathematics, and science. The database includes extensive back files, but no recent issues.

Access: UA, Remote

Primary Subjects: German Language & Literature

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Direction of Trade Statistics All Full Text

Coverage: 1980-current

Description: The IMF Direction of Trade Online database contains time-series data from 1980 forward. Provides data on the value of merchandise exports and imports between each country and all its trading partners. Presents bilateral and multilateral exports and imports aggregated at national and regional levels. Limited to 5 simultaneous users.

Access: UA, Remote

Primary Subjects: Business, Political Science

Material Type: Statistics

Dissertations & Theses Some Full Text

Coverage: 1861-current: 1995-present full text

Description: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (Formerly Digital Dissertations) includes citations, some abstracts, and many full texts for dissertations and theses ranging from the first U.S. dissertation, accepted in 1861, to those accepted as recently as last semester. The full text of most U. S. dissertations and master’s thesis from 1995 forward is provided including those written at The University of Alabama.

Access: UA, Remote

Primary Subjects: Anthropology, Art (History and Studio), Biology & Agriculture, Chemistry, Clothing, Textiles, & Interior Design, Communications, Communicative Disorders, Education, Engineering, Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Physics & Astronomy, Theater and Dance

Material Type: Dissertations and Theses

Dissertations & Theses at University of Alabama Some Full Text

Coverage: Varies, 1920s-current

Description: Current Research @ the University of Alabama, a companion database to ProQuest Digital Dissertations, includes citations (and many abstracts) for dissertations and theses from the University of Alabama. For the majority of titles published after 1996 (and in some cases prior to 1996), a preview of the first 24 pages is provided as well as the full text, which can be downloaded for free by authorized University of Alabama users.

Access: UA, Remote

Primary Subjects: Chemistry, Education, Mathematics

Material Type: Dissertations and Theses, Indexes and Abstracts

Documenting the American South All Full Text

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Description: A collection of sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the 20th century.

Access: WWW

Primary Subjects: Genealogy

Material Type: Biographies, Digital Images, E-Books, Full Text, Historical/Primary Resources, Maps

DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music) No Full Text

Coverage: Varies

Description: DRAM (Database of Recorded American Music) provides on-demand streaming access to audio (192kbps Mp4), complete original liner notes and essays from independent record labels and sound archives.

Access: UA, Remote

Primary Subjects: Music

Material Type: Historical/Primary Resources

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