A digital collection of primary source materials from the histories of civil rights activism in the United States. Initially focused on the African American experience, the collections will include the activism of other groups as they grow. Document types include correspondence, demonstration plan outlines, transportation logs and plans, meeting minutes, programs from worship services, photographs, audio and video.

A collection of more than 6,000 newsreels produced by the Topical Film Company between 1911 and 1931. Users can search or browse in 24 different thematic areas, including the First World War, Women and Gender, Celebrities, and the British Empire.

CDMNext is a web-based portal for accessing macroeconomic data about international markets. It collates datasets from thousands of sources worldwide. U of I users may click the "Go" button under Guest Access to start using the database, OR register a personal account for a more customized experience.

A database of five historic film periodicals illuminating the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema (1930s-1960s). The database also gives access to the personal scrapbook of pioneering filmmaker Fernando de Fuentes (1894-1958), as well as to a collection of fifty rare lobby cards.

Critical Collective is an organization dedicated to preserving and disseminating writing about the visual arts in India. The organization's website includes both lesser-known histories of Indian visual arts as well as new writing about the recent history and developments in the visual arts in India.

Established in May 1924, Cumhuriyet (“The Republic”) is the oldest secular Turkish daily newspaper and is widely considered one of the last remaining opposition newspapers in Turkey. It was the first newspaper of the Turkish Republic and promoted a belief in democracy, secularism and the rule of law. The Cumhuriyet Digital Archive includes the paper's issues from May 7, 1924 to December 31, 2022.

Gale Digital Scholar Lab equips students and scholars with text and data mining resources, visualization tools, and methodology suggestions. The incremental process of Build, Clean, and Analyze supports newcomers and experienced users alike as they interpret both Gale Primary Sources and their own documents.

The Global Census Archive collects official data and publications issued by the national census authorities of more than 175 countries, from the early 19th century to the present day. UIUC has purchased one collection on the online platform: Japan (2015). A number of other downloadable datasets are also owned; click on "more" below to view the full list. Email ertech@library.illinois.edu for access to the downloadable files.

Izvestiia RAN: Seriia Literatury i Iazyka is a highly respected academic journal that has been published by the Soviet/Russian Academy of Sciences since 1940. The journal's focus is on research in the fields of literature, linguistics, and philology. This digital archive covers 1940-2022.

Music Online: The Qwest TV Collection preserves diverse live performances, covering the evolution of jazz and beyond — representing funk, soul, hip-hop, folk, indie, electronic, blues, and other eclectic world genres. Co-created by Quincy Jones & Reza Ackbaraly, this unique collection of highly curated 150 titles makes timeless concerts and global music accessible for research, teaching and learning.

Nowy Dziennik (The New Daily) is the largest independent Polish-language newspaper in the United States, serving as a key source of information for the Polish émigré community. Established in 1971 in New Jersey, it later moved to New York City and ran daily until 2016, at which point it became a weekly. Issues in the archive span from March 5, 1971-December 25, 2021.

A collection of research from the world’s leading policy experts, think tanks, IGOs and NGOs.

Founded in 1924 in Ashgabat, Turkmenskaia iskra (The Turkmen Spark, a derivative of the Vladimir Lenin founded newspaper Iskra) was a broadsheet newspaper and the official party organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkmenistan published in the Russian language. As a republican newspaper of record, it was responsible for proliferating Soviet central government’s as well as the local administration’s public announcements and pronouncements, party deliberations, policy initiatives, etc., reflecting the government’s positions on a wide variety of issues. As one of the most widely circulated and influential Turkmen newspapers of its time, it also regularly featured columns dedicated to sports, local culture, literature, and the arts. The digital archive includes content from January 3, 1927-December 13, 1995.

An unprecedented digital collection offering access to the runs of more than 100 publications from Archie Comics. It’s one of the longest-running, best-known comic staples, spanning the early 1940s to 2020. Alongside the flagship title, Archie, other prominent titles, which have pervaded wider popular culture, include Sabrina: The Teenage Witch, Josie and the Pussycats, Betty & Veronica, and Jughead.