February is turning out to be a very busy month for trials, with three of them live now.
Mexico in History (AM)
Closes 3/3/2025
Drawn from The Bancroft Library’s Latina Americana Collection and covering c.1500-1929, this collection includes rare manuscripts and visual materials, including maps, photographs, illustrations, and graphic art. It incorporates indigenous language materials offering a diverse range of linguistic content including Nahuatl, Otomi, Tzeltal, Zoque, Pima, Ópata, O’odham, Seri, Mazahua, Pame, and Nahua-Mixtec pictoglyphs.
American History, 1493 – 1945 (AM)
Closes 3/5/2025
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History holds a respected collection on American History. This collection of the institute’s material traces the progress of American History and extensively covers the major themes of the period from colonization and settlement through the revolution, expansion, politics, slavery, the Civil War and reconstruction, to World War II.
The Renaissance World (Taylor & Francis)
Closes 3/28/2025
This is a sizable e-reference site from Routledge Resources Online. It features specially-commissioned, peer-reviewed content that supports the teaching and learning of this historical time period. Covering the 14th to the 18th century, its key subject areas include Art and Architecture, Economy and Commerce, Environment, Literature and Drama, Politics and Governance, Religion, and Society.
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