Databases (156 results)
Athena
“La Bibliothèque Française,” actually a portal providing entry to five databases, has links to many full text literary works by francophone authors (some simply link to other full-text resources mentioned here), to anonymous works in French, and to translations from and into French. Also provides links to other sources of information in Europe and the USA.
ATLA Religion Database [via EBSCO]
Atlanta Daily World (1931-2003, 2004-2010) [via ProQuest Historical Newspapers]
Atlantic History Bibliography [via Oxford Bibliographies Online]
This extensive annotated bibliography focuses on the “interactions between different peoples and cultures on four continents and many islands in the period between Columbus’ voyages to the New World in the late fifteenth century and the end of slavery in the Americas in the late nineteenth century.”
It consists of roughly 250 separate entries, presenting the best in modern scholarship as well as key primary sources. Entries can be geographical (Brazil, the Caribbean), or broadly or narrowly topical (Religion, Sugar).
Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
This image archive features numerous maps, images, and photographs depicting the slave trade and African culture in the Americas. Most are drawn from sources between the 17th and 19th centuries.
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries [via the Newberry Library]
The Atlas presents (in maps, text, and downloadable GIS data) complete data about the creation and all subsequent changes (dated to the day) in the size, shape, and location of every county in the fifty United States and the District of Columbia. It also includes non-county areas, unsuccessful authorizations for new counties, changes in county names and organization, and the temporary attachments of non-county areas and unorganized counties to fully functioning counties. The principal sources for these data are the most authoritative available: the session laws of the colonies, territories, and states that created and changed the counties.
Atlas of North American English: Phonetics, Phonology, and Sound Change [CD-ROM]
This multimedia CD-ROM accompanies the reference book of the same name. Because it includes audio samples, headphones are recommended.