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China: Trade, Politics & Culture 1793-1980 provides English-language sources relating to China and the West from 1793 to 1980. It covers almost any aspect of Chinese history during the two centuries of monumental social and political upheaval that ultimately recreated China into a modern power. From this database you can find manuscripts encompassing events from the earliest English embassy to the birth and early years of the People’s Republic.

Eighteenth Century Journals, a portal to newspapers and periodicals, provides full-text access to rare British newspapers and periodicals from the 17th and 18th centuries. These materials have been carefully screened and selected to avoid overlap with the collections in Early English Books Online (EEBO), Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) and Early English Newspapers.

The World Bank eLibrary is a collection of the World Bank’s numerous publications, reports, working papers and other related documents. All texts are searchable by both topic and region, and available in full-text. Currently, over 4,500 documents are indexed in the database. The World Bank’s areas of focus include economic and social development, education, environmental issues, health, and finance.

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Submitted by: Susan Kellett Gue

Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, a full-text searchable database, is a historical survey of literary theory and criticism. It includes articles on individual critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. The scope is international with an emphasis is on Western critical theory. Each entry includes a selective primary and secondary bibliography.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses is the official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and the database of record for graduate research. PQDT - Full Text includes 2.7 million searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1.2 million full text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format.