Publications from the colonial period through to the twentieth century.
This resource provides a history of the American people and a testament to the growth of the nation. The periodicals focused on American concerns and were predominantly published in the United States or Canada, though some were published overseas by Americans living abroad. The collection offers multiple perspectives on the thought, culture, and society of North America through the eyes of those who lived it, showing how history affected citizens from all walks of life.
Bibliographic database of Arabic literature in western research.
The Database of Arabic Literature in Western Research (DAL) is an easy-to-use, searchable, internet-based bibliographic database of Arabic literature in western research. Search Keyword and other Browse links on the left hand bar, as well as Simple Search and Advanced Search, provide easy access to detailed, annotated, and content-enriched bibliographic records of books, articles, chapters of books, and reviews written in English since the movement of translation and commentary of Arabic literary texts first began in the West.
Provides US and International time series economic data from 79 sources.
FRED Economic data provides comprehensive economic data, including banking & finance, population, employment, labor market, national accounts, production & business activity, prices, international data, U.S. regional data, and academic data. This database is governed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Annual and infra-annual labor market statistics for over 100 indicators and 230 countries, areas, and territories.
The yearly indicators dataset contains standardized indicators for purposes of greater comparability across countries and relies heavily on the official submission of data by national authorities. The short term indicators dataset contains monthly, quarterly and semi-annual data from official websites of national authorities and is updated on a monthly basis. The EAPEP dataset contains country estimates and projections of the total population, labor force, and participation rates by sex and age.
A growing collection of digitized rare medical texts, video, and other formats in the Internet Archive.
The Medical Heritage Library is a digitized collection of rare books from leading medical libraries. The contents cover all areas in the history of medicine and can be browsed by title, author, subject/keyboard, and date. Contributors include the National Library of Medicine, the New York Public Library and the medical libraries of Columbia, Harvard, and Yale.
Comprehensively covers the English and Chinese newspapers published by North-China Daily News & Herald, Ltd., the most important and largest British-founded press agency in Shanghai in the 1800s.
Newspaper titles include The North-China Herald《北华捷报》,The North-China Daily News《字林西报》, The Chinese Shipping List & Advertiser《上海新报》, Hu Bao《沪报》, Han Bao《汉报》, Xiao Xian Bao《消闲报》, and The North-China Desk Hong List《字林西报行名录》.
The Office of Minority Health is dedicated to improving the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities.
Directory of U-M faculty with expertise in sustainability projects and goals.
From the website: "The Graham Institute catalyzes and facilitates sustainability-focused collaborations involving faculty, students, and external stakeholders. We link knowledge to real-world impact by supporting collaborative teams spanning multiple topics, disciplines, and sectors. And we believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are key to empowerment and the advancement of sustainability."
Searchable in the following goal areas:
• No Poverty
• Zero Hunger
• Good Health and Well-Being
• Quality Education
• Gender Equality
• Clean Water and Sanitation
• Affordable and Clean Energy
• Decent Work and Economic Growth
• Industry Innovation and Infrastructure
• Reduced Inequalities
• Sustainable Cities and Communities
• Responsible Consumption and Production
• Climate Action
• Life Below Water
• Life on Land
• Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
• Partnerships for the Goals
United Nations Industrial Development Organization's database comprising statistics of industrial growth, business structure, and more.
UNIDO maintains a variety of databases comprising statistics of overall industrial growth, detailed data on business structure and statistics on major indicators of industrial performance by country in the historical time series. The databases are updated regularly with the most recent data. Release of the new edition of the databases is announced every year in May.
Currently available databases:
• INDSTAT4 - Industrial Statistics Database
• INDSTAT2 - Industrial Statistics Database
• IDSB - Industrial Demand-Supply Balance Database
• MVA - Manufacturing Value Added Database
• MINSTAT- Mining and Utilities Statistics Database
Directory of contact information for government and non-governmental (NGO) organizations.
The Washington Information Directory has more than 10,000 listings for members of Congress, Congressional committees and subcommittees, organization charts, and contact information for NGOs. Browse by topic to find information on internships.
Archive of websites and social media from government and organizations about access to clean water in Michigan.
The State of Michigan has seen numerous crises and controversies surrounding the protection of its lakes and rivers as well as the responsibility to provide safe, clean water to residents. The Flint water crisis; the price increases and subsequent water shut-offs in Detroit; and the reaction of local communities to the Enbridge Mackinac pipeline have sparked debates about racism, environmental justice, and water as a basic human right. This collection attempts to capture the dialogue about access to clean water taking place on websites and social media between government officials and community organizations.
CIA-sponsored translations of local news sources from around the world, including newspapers, radio, and television broadcasts.
Searchable by keyword, region of the world, and date. Provides the full-text in English. World News Connection covers content from 1995-2013. For older U.S. government translation of foreign news please see Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports (1941-1996). Per the National Technical Information System no new content has been added since December 31, 2013.
Proxy string
If you are denied access to an online resource provided by the Thompson Library, it might be because there is no proxy string in the URL. You can attach the following (including the equals sign) to the front of the URL and try again:
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Example:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/3162256 (not accessible off campus)
http://libproxy.umflint.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/3162256 (accessible off campus)
If you still cannot gain access, please contact a librarian. It's helpful if you have the the error or denial-of-access page in front of you when you contact us.
DOI: If you have a DOI (digital object identifier) for an article, but not a complete URL, add this to the beginning of the DOI:
You can also visit the DOI link resolver at http://dx.doi.org/ and enter the DOI to get a working URL. You will still need to add the proxy string if you're off campus.
EZProxy Bookmarklet
The EZProxy bookmarklet lets you reload a web page through the Thompson Library’s EZProxy server. If the page you are visiting is one that the library has a subscription for, and you're presently off-campus, then you should get you immediate access to the resource once you've logged in with your uniqname and LAN password.
How Do You Add It?
There's a different method for different browsers:
Right-click on this link Reload with Thompson Library EZProxy Select the "Add to Favorites..." option. You may be warned that you are adding a link which may be unsafe. While some links like this may be unsafe, we believe this one is safe. You can click whichever option is required to continue.
Once you've added this bookmark to your web browser, selecting it will attempt to reload your current page through the Thompson Library's EZProxy. If it's a resource that your UM-Flint affiliation gets you access, you'll pass through a login screen and be granted access to it. Otherwise, you'll get the same page you started with.
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