1. WISER: Humanities What is new in full-text? A demonstration of exciting new products: New York Times Historical Archive American Periodicals Series (APS) Making of the Modern Economy (MOME) World Biographical Information System (WBIS) Declassified Documents Reference System (DDRS) Isabel Holowaty, History Librarian isabel.holowaty@ouls.ox.ac.uk

2. 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.)

3. 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

4. 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 1 st editions; some in foreign languages

5. World Biographical Information System (WBIS) Biographical information on people since 4 th 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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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