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  Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM)

DRAM is a collection of sound recordings documenting American music largely ignored by the commercial recording companies. DRAM is a not-for-profit resource providing CD quality audio, complete and original liner notes and essays from New World Records, Composers Recordings, Inc. (CRI) and other labels. DRAM offers the educational community on-demand, high-quality (192kbps/MP4) streaming access to complete works. Works can be browsed by work, album or track titles, as well as by artist roles, and date of recording and composition. Some biographical and role information is provided for artists.

Users may have trouble using this site if they do not have minimum system requirements on their computer.

System requirements: High-speed network connection (DRAM serves 192kbps MP4 files), browser software (FireFox 1.0, Netscape 7.2 (Mac) or 8.0 (Windows), Safari 1.2.4 (Mac), Internet Explorer 5.2 (Mac) or 6.0 (Windows)), QuickTime player 6.5.2 preferred (free download available).


Type: Full Text;

  DataTimes

U.S. regional and international papers covering current events and financial news.


Type: Abstracts; Index;
Coverage: 1996-present
Location: Penrose Library Workstations 1&2
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  Defining Gender

Five Centuries of advice literature for men and women.

    Section I: Conduct and Politeness
    Section II: Domesticity and the Family
    Section III: Consumption and Leisure
    Section IV: Education and Sensibility
    Section V: The Body
"This new online project aims to bring together approximately 60,000 images of original documents, both manuscript and printed materials, including a strong core of document images from the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Each image is chosen for its clarity, relevance and quality."

Each section features thematic essays by leading scholars in the field of Gender Studies.


Type: Full Text;

  Denver Business Journal / American City Business Journals

This database provides access to issues published every Friday for 40 metro business journals, including the Denver Business Journal. Includes local business news and the current annual "Book of Lists" publication.


Type: Full Text;
Coverage: Ten years

  Denver Post

Retrieve full-text articles through Access World News. There is a one day lag.


Type: Full Text;
Coverage: June 1, 1989-present

  Denvergov.org

Official site of the City and County of Denver. Provides extensive information about Denver, including its census data for neighborhoods, doing business in Denver, employment, etc.


Type: Full Text;

  Dictionary of Literary Biography

Literary biographical sketches which cover the life of selected authors. Entries range from 1,000-15,000 words, and include illustrations. Other valuable information, when applicable, include lists of: first editions, standard biographies, bibliographies, and locations of manuscripts and papers.


Type: Full Text;

  Digital National Security Archive

The database includes more than 60,000 of the most important declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions. There are 27 complete collections, each offering specialized insights. Integrated, they allow you to explore policy across several different areas at once.

These are the collections: Afghanistan, 1973--1990; China and the U.S., 1960--1998; The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; El Salvador, 1980--1994; Guatemala and the U.S., 1954-1999; Iran, 1977--1980; The Iran-Contra Affair; Iraqgate, 1980--1994; Japan and the U.S., 1960--1976; Japan and the U.S., 1977--1992; The Kissinger Transcripts, 1969--1977; Presidential Directives from Truman to Clinton; Presidential Directives from Truman to Bush; South Africa, 1962--1989; The Soviet Estimate, 1947--1991; Terrorism and U.S. Policy, 1968-2002; U.S. Espionage and Intelligence; U.S. Nuclear History, 1955--1968; U.S. Nuclear Non-Proliferation; U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, Part I: 1954--1968; U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, Part II: 1969--1975.


Type: Full Text;

  Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 1332 journals in the directory. Currently 328 journals are searchable on article level. As of today 60818 articles are included in the DOAJ service.


Type: Selected Full Text;

  Dissertations & Theses: Full Text

Includes Dissertation Abstracts. With more than 2.4 million entries, the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) database is the most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses in the world. UMI offers over 2 million titles for purchase in microfilm or paper formats. More than 930,000 are available in PDF format for immediate free download, and an average of 2,000 new PDFs are added to the database each week.


Type: Full Text;

  DLESE: The Digital Library for Earth System Education

This is a geoscience community resource that supports teaching and learning about the Earth system. It is funded by the National Science Foundation and is being built by a community of educators, students, and scientists to support Earth system education at all levels and in both formal and informal settings. DLESE provides: easy access to quality teaching and learning resources about the Earth as a system for a wide range of learners, services to help users effectively create, use and evaluate digital learning resources, interfaces and tools to allow student exploration of Earth data, and a community center that fosters interaction, collaboration and sharing.


Type: Abstracts; Index;

  DOE Information Bridge

U.S. Department of Energy research documents in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental cleanup, energy technologies, and other topics.


Type: Full Text;
Coverage: 1995-present

  DTIC - Defense Technical Information Center

Defense Technical Information Center. Provides full text of defense and military-related reports.


Type: Full Text; Abstracts;

  Dun & Bradstreet's Key Business Ratios

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