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Civil Rights and the Black Freedom Struggle This link opens in a new window
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Features records of NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE, and federal records on the Black Freedom Struggle
Dispatch-Argus & Quad City Times Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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Moline Dispatch-Rock Island Argus newspapers covering years 1993 to the present. The Quad City Times newspaper covering year 2002 to the present.
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
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Focusing on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, these unlimited-use eBooks represent topics of gender, race, sexual orientation, physical ability and religious beliefs. Use the Advance Search and select “DEI Subscription” on the right hand side of the screen to search for books in this collection.
Ebony This link opens in a new window
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Ebony is one of the key Afro-American magazines of the 20th century, covering 20th and 21st-Century current events, art, design, politics and culture, literature, advertising, and more. Their editorial philosophy is to “showcase the best and brightest as well as highlighting the disparities in Black life in the United States and worldwide”. The Ebony Magazine Archive contains indexing, abstracting and full text for the complete archive (including Covers and Advertisements) beginning in November 1945 to June 2014.
Historical Black Newspapers This link opens in a new window
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Historical Black Newspaper provides researchers with unprecedented access to perspectives and information that was excluded or marginalized in mainstream sources. Newspapers included Atlanta Daily World, Baltimore Afro-American, Chicago Defender, Los Angeles Sentinel, New York Amsterdam News, Norfolk Journal & Guide, Philadelphia Tribune, Pittsburgh Courier.
Interactive Media Bias Chart This link opens in a new window
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Search the interactive chart by publication title to quickly determine a news outlet's reliability/bias
NewsBank This link opens in a new window
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Alternate Name(s): Access World News Research Collection
NewsBank provides a comprehensive collection of reliable news sources covering a wide array of topics and issues including 12,000 total sources with 300+ Illinois publications and 200 countries represented along with diverse news media such as trade journals, video, audio files, broadcast transcripts.
Our World in Data This link opens in a new window
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A broad perspective, covering an extensive range of aspects that matter for our lives. Measuring economic growth is not enough. The research publications on Our World in Data are dedicated to a large range of global problems in health, education, violence, political power, human rights, war, poverty, inequality, energy, hunger, and humanity’s impact on the environment.
Sports Illustrated This link opens in a new window
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Provides sports news, expert analysis, highlights, stats and scores for the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, college football, soccer, etc. Full text coverage from 1954-2000
Time Magazine This link opens in a new window
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The Time Magazine Archive consists of cover to cover processing dating back to issue number one in 1923 through 2000 of one of the America's popular magazine.
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