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Chicago Tribune, Historical This link opens in a new window
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time, from 1849 - 2014.
Global Plants This link opens in a new window
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A collection of nearly 3 million high-resolution type specimens and related materials from contributors around the world. Also included are reference works, and primary sources, such as collectors’ correspondence and diaries, illustrations, and photographs.

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This collection showcases two radio programs: the weekly Spanish-language Enfoque Nacional (1979-1988) and the Daily English-language Latin File (1988-1990), available for the first time in a searchable database as digitized audio with transcripts. They focus on Latinx issues related to politics, sociology, human rights, the arts and more with interviews of key figures and news reporting by a new generation of Latino/a journalists at the time.
Los Angeles Times, Historical This link opens in a new window
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ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time, from 1881 - 2015.
Metropolitan Opera On Demand This link opens in a new window
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A reliable and authoritative destination for in-copyright digital scores of the classical canon, as well as a resource for the discovery of diverse and lesser-known contemporary works. Luther has access to Vols. 1 & 2 of this collection, which encompasses all major classical musical genres and time periods from the Middle Ages to the 21st century and includes full, study, piano, and vocal scores.

Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa (JSTOR) This link opens in a new window
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The liberation of Southern Africa and the dismantling of the Apartheid regime was a major political development in the 20th century. This collection focuses on the complex and varied liberation struggles in the region, with an emphasis on Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Over 27,000 objects and 190,000 pages of documents and images are available, including periodicals, records of colonial government commissions, personal papers, photographs, speeches, and interviews

World Heritage Sites: Africa This link opens in a new window
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A collection of more than 86,000 objects of visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage and rock art sites. The collection includes spatial data, such as 3D models and plans, facade views, images, and video; and contextual data, such as site plans and maps, excavation reports, archaeological and ethnographic field notes, and person journals and travelers' accounts.

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