E-resources and databases
starting with "W"
- World Heritage Sites: Africa
World Heritage Sites: Africa links visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage sites. The materials in World Heritage Sites: Africa serve researchers in African studies, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art history, Diaspora studies, folklore and literature, geography, and history, as well as those focused on geomatics, advanced visual and spatial technologies, historic preservation, and urban planning. The collection is also a tool for museums, libraries, NGOs, and government organizations that manage or oversee cultural heritage sites, as well as for experts and professionals engaged in the conservation and management of such sites.Authorised for ANU alumni access
- World News in Indian Newspapers, 1782-1908
This collection contains copies of three English language newspapers published in India during the period 1782-1908: The India Gazette (1782-1834); The Bengal Hurkaru and Chronicle (1822-1866); and The Bengal Times (1876-1908).
These newspapers were primarily sold to colonial businessmen, merchants, and administrators with an interest in regional and international trade. Editors and reporters therefore focussed on providing readers with an overview of significant political, military, economic, scientific, and societal trends, as well as their potential impact on stocks, commodities, and other investments.
Subjects covered range from the American Revolution and the Crimean War to British parliamentary debates on the India Act of 1858 and the dramatic industrial and pharmaceutical breakthroughs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. India, England, France, Ireland, Italy, the United States, and China receive the most attention, though items regarding other nations also feature.
- World protest and reform movements: Global Perspectives, 1945–1996
From politics to human rights to environmental issues, protests and reform movements have shaped modern global society. A protest that marked a turning point in one country, however, may have had entirely different consequences for another. Readex's World Protest and Reform Movements is the only digital resource that brings diverse global reactions to major 20th-century social movements together into a single fully searchable resource. This unique collection of primary source material offers researchers in a variety of disciplines valuable insight into the protests and reforms that changed the course of world history.
- World War 1 and the Spanish Civil War: as Reported by an Ambassador, 1863-1939
Esmé Howard (1863-1939) is widely regarded as one of the most influential British diplomats of the early-20th century. Howard held a number of important posts before serving as British Ambassador to the United States between 1924 and 1930. This collection contains Howard’s papers, from private correspondence to professional records. These documents provide an interesting insight into the evolution of British foreign policy during and between the two world wars.
- World War I Poster Collection
In this collection The Library of Congress makes available online approximately 1,900 posters created between 1914 and 1920. Most were printed in the United States, however posters from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, and Russia are also included.
- WorldCat
WorldCat is a union catalogue that lists the collections of thousands of libraries that participate in the Online Computer Library Centre (OCLC) global cooperative. It is built and maintained collectively by the participating libraries. WorldCat lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and around the world and then locate it in a library nearby or request an Interlibrary Loan.
- WorldLII
A free legal research database providing a single search facility for databases from 14 Legal Information Institutes, including its own databases such as decisions of international Courts and Tribunals. Provides access to over 1,200 databases from 123 jurisdictions including case-law, legislation, treaties, law reform reports, and law journals.
- WorldTradeLaw.net
This database consists of current trade news and resources, and a subscription service which provides summary and analysis of all WTO reports and arbitrations; a database of dispute settlement tables and statistics; and a user-friendly search tool for WTO cases, legal texts.
- Worldwide political science abstracts
This database provides abstracts and indexing of the international literature of political science and international relations, along with complementary fields, including international law and public administration/policy. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 750 core serials publications and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations and working papers. Coverage is from 1975 to the present.