Resource Spotlight
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American Consumer Culture. Market research and American Business 1935-1965 |
Provides insight into the American consumer boom of the mid-20th century through the market research reports of Ernest Dichter. |
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New York Times Digital Edition |
Princeton faculty, students and staff can now access The New York Times Digital Edition through an Academic Site License provided by Princeton University Library. Register for an Academic Pass. |
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Joseph Moxon. Mechanick exercises: or, the doctrine of handy-works [applied to the art of printing] 1683-1700 |
1st edition; earliest English manual about printing. Reveals technical information considered trade secrets by printers. First book published in England as a serial. |
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Jacques Archadelt. Il quinto libro di madrigali a quatro voci. 1544 |
Fifth book of madrigals for 4 voices by Jacques Arcadelt (1507-1568), printed by Antonio Gardano in 1544. Incudes works by Arcadelt and others. Altus and Bassus parts. |
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Annibale Padovano. Il primo libro de madrigali a cinque voci. 1564 |
First book of madrigals for 5 voices by Annibale Padovano (1527-1575), printed by Antonio Gardano in 1564. 20 madrigals for 5 voices; 4, for 4 voices. Canto, alto and quinto parts. |
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USSR in Construction; SSSR na stroike; СССР на стройкe |
Russian-language, domestic edition of the illustrated monthly USSR in Construction published from 1930-1941 and then for one more year in 1949. |
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Holzschnitte der Reyher'schen Buchdruckerey in Gotha |
Gotha: Reyher Buckdruckerey, 1810. Printers sample book displaying woodcuts from the Reyher Printing House. This is the only copy in the U.S. |
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Independent voices [Reveal Digital] |
Independent Voices is a four-year project to digitize over 1 million pages from the magazines, journals and newspapers of the alternative press archives of participating libraries. The inaugural product of Reveal Digital of Ann Arbor, Michigan. |
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The First World War [Adam Matthew Digital] |
Primary source documents on the personal experiences of men and women, recruitment, the development and dissemination of various forms of propaganda, women's war work, the Home Front and a broad array of international perspectives. |
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World's Fairs and Expositions: Visions of Tomorrow (Smithsonian Collections Online) [Gale] |
Materials published between 1834-1940. Includes Books of the Fairs: Smithsonian Libraries holdings; world's fairs titles in the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology and in the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Library. |
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Trade Literature and the Merchandizing of Industry (Smithsonian Collections Online) [Gale] |
This collection covers 1820-1926 and includes National Museum of American History Library Trade Literature Collection. |
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online [Gale] |
Primary source collections of the 19th Century. Collections released include: British Politics & Society; Asia and the West; Europe & Africa; European Literature 1790-1840; British Theatre, Music & Literature; Photography; Science, Technology & Medicine; Children's... |
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PUNCH (and London Charivari) 1841-1992 [Gale] |
Historical Archive |
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American Civil War Collection 1860-1922 (Readex) |
American Antiquarian Society collection of 13,500 titles includes broadsides, lithographs, maps, monographs, pamphlets, photographs, political cartoons, and stereographs. |
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American Slavery Collection 1820-1922 |
American Antiquarian Society collection of 3,500 slavery and abolition titles includes books, pamphlets, graphic materials, and ephemera. |