Collections Corner: news about resources & materials

News about resources the Libraries has on trial, new purchases or current recommendations.
News about resources the Libraries has on trial, new purchases or current recommendations.

Recommended Resource
The Martin Luther King Jr. Day Subject and Course Guide, created by Casey Hoeve, associate professor and head of content & collections, brings together local and national e-resources that offer access to primary and secondary resources on the life and work of the civil rights leader.

On Trial
Gale Digital Scholar Lab & Gale DEI Research Resources
Trial access to the following resources has been extended until March 31, 2022. Please send feedback to Casey Hoeve, at achoeve@unl.edu.

Gale Digital Scholar Lab: Tool for creating, cleaning, parsing and analyzing large sets of archival text data from Gale Primary Sources collections.

Gale Resources for Diversity Research: Wide range of primary source collections on topics related to diversity concerns, including African American Studies, Native American Studies, Asian American Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, LGBTQ/Sexuality Studies, and more. The trial also includes resources on more general topics in international and area studies.


New E-Resources
PolicyMap
UNL now has preview access (subscription begins Jan. 1) to PolicyMap, a data and mapping tool providing access to thousands of indicators related to demographics, income and spending, housing, education, health, and more, from a variety of U.S. data sources.

Women in the National Archives (UK)
UNL now has access to Women in the National Archives on the Adam Matthew Archives Direct platform. This collection includes original documents on the campaign for women's suffrage in Britain, 1903-1928, and the granting of women's suffrage in British colonial territories, 1930-1962; it also includes a finding aid to women's studies resources in The National Archives, Kew (UK).