A number of new ProQuest and Alexander Street collections were added recently.
American Indians and the American West
Full-text database focusing on the interaction between American Indians and the U.S. government in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Collections focus on Indian Removal from 1832-1840, the U.S. Army and American Indians in the years from the 1850s-1890s, and 20th Century records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Major Council Meetings of American Indian Tribes. (ProQuest History Vault)
URL: http://guides.lib.uw.edu/az.php?q=american%20west
Black Thought and Culture
Full text database of over 1,300 sources with 1,210 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before. Also includes interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamphlets, letters and other fugitive material.
URL: http://guides.lib.uw.edu/az.php?q=black%20thought
Indian Claims Insight
Full-text database of decisions, transcripts, docket books, journals of the Indian Claims Commission (a judicial panel for relations between the U.S. Government and Native American tribes), and related statutes and congressional publications from 1789 to the present day.
URL: http://guides.lib.uw.edu/az.php?q=indian%20claims
Latino Literature
Full text database of more than 100,000 pages pages of poetry, fiction, and over 450 plays written in English and Spanish by hundreds of Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latino authors working in the United States.
URL: http://guides.lib.uw.edu/az.php?q=latino%20literature
Latin America in Video
Includes approximately 400 original-language documentaries from some of the most important producers and independent filmmakers in Latin America. Covers issues such as human rights, violence, immigration, illiteracy, popular culture, and political history.
URL: http://guides.lib.uw.edu/az.php?q=latin%20america%20in%20video
Royal Shakespeare Company Collection
Collection of high-definition, surround-sound recordings of William Shakespeare’s plays from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Stratford-upon-Avon theater.