WISER: HumanitiesWhat is new in full-text?A demonstration of exciting new products:

New York Times Historical ArchiveAmerican Periodicals Series (APS)Making of the Modern Economy (MOME)World Biographical Information System (WBIS)Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS)

Isabel Holowaty, History Librarianisabel.holowaty@ouls.ox.ac.uk

New York Times Historical Archive

• Full-text of New York Times 1851-2003• 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) 1740-1900

Full-text journals & magazines (literary, professional, trade, popular, children’s and women’s, etc.)

1740-1900 (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 1450-1850 (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 1st editions; some in foreign languages

World Biographical Information System (WBIS)

Biographical information on people since 4th 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 1945-1980s 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