Gale Primary Sources: Archives Unbound<\/p>\n
Overview:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Archives Unbound\u00a0<\/em>is an extensive database of digital items from primary source material aimed explicitly toward history. In terms of search options, this database uses indexes such as keywords, author\/creator, document title, and manuscript number. You can also utilize the advanced search feature to narrow it down to times such as newspapers, manuscripts, monographs, what collection the item is in, and dates before, on, after, and in between. It also allows for multiple rows of searching. Beyond this, it has a topic finder and a term frequency graph that curates the search results. Little information is provided about the project’s digitization, except on the main page through the distributor.<\/p>\n Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n Date Range: Spans from the Middle Ages to twentieth-century political history.<\/p>\n Publisher: Gale, a Cengage Company<\/p>\n Publishers About Page: https:\/\/www-gale-com.mutex.gmu.edu\/about<\/p>\n Object Types: Manuscripts, newspapers, monographs<\/p>\n Location of original material: Varies greatly, but some examples are Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, Cornell University Library, Library of Congress, and The National Archives (Kew, United Kingdom).<\/p>\n Exportable image: Yes, PDF<\/p>\n Facsimile image: Yes<\/p>\n Full Text Searchable:\u00a0 Yes, using OCR.<\/p>\n Title list links: https:\/\/go-gale-com.mutex.gmu.edu\/ps\/exploreCollections?userGroupName=viva_gmu&prodId=GDSC<\/p>\n History\/Provenance:<\/strong><\/p>\n Original Catalog: Yes<\/p>\n Digitized from microfilm: Some items<\/p>\n Original sources: Several different archives, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Library of Congress, and The United States National Archives.<\/p>\n Reviews:<\/strong> Glendale Library Arts and Culture<\/a>\u00a0and The Gale Review<\/a><\/p>\n Access:<\/strong> Available through institutional subscriptions, primarily through universities and public libraries.<\/p>\n Info from Publisher:<\/strong> Gale, a Cengage Company <\/a><\/p>\n Other info:<\/strong> Comprehensive user guides are available, and sources are curated into specific topic areas.<\/p>\n Citing:<\/strong> The website provides an automatic citation tool that includes MLA, APA, Chicago, and Harvard styles. This can be found after clicking on each item you wish to view.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gale Primary Sources: Archives Unbound Overview:\u00a0 Archives Unbound\u00a0is an extensive database of digital items from primary source material aimed explicitly toward history. In terms of search options, this database uses indexes such as keywords, author\/creator, document title, and manuscript number. You can also utilize the advanced search feature to narrow it down to times such … Continue reading Database Review<\/span>