New and Notable for November 2022

Night view of the Rainbow Avenue at the 1939 World's Fair in New York, from "American Glamour" available in A&AePortal

Art & Architecture (A&A) ePortal: This digitized collection of over 300 ebooks on art and architecture, mostly published by Yale University Press, covers a wide range of topics, from African art to women's studies. A&A ePortal is available on a trial basis through December 16. Comments may be sent to Jess O'Toole or to eresources@georgetown.edu.

Research Methods Primary Sources is a new learning collection designed to empower students to become productive and confident users of primary source materials. Research Methods Primary Sources is available on a trial basis through December 11. Comments may be sent to Melissa Jones or eresources@georgetown.edu.

Ethnologue: Languages of the World contains rich information about more than 7,400 languages and also charts the relationships between languages and provides country information. Ethnologue is available on a trial basis through November 15. Comments may be sent to Ding Ye or eresources@georgetown.edu.

Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) is one of the outstanding sources for energy news and analysis about the Middle East and North Africa. Our access to MEES is generously provided by the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Library in Doha, Qatar. Comments may be addressed to Samar El Kai or eresources@georgetown.edu.

Foreign Office Files for Southeast Asia contains documents from the National Archives of the United Kingdom following the establishment of an independent Malaysia in 1963. This database is available on a trial basis until November 24. Comments may be sent to Ding Ye or eresources@georgetown.edu.

Beards, Azymes, and Purgatory: The Other Issues that Divided East and West by Edward Siecienski. An intriguing overview of the seemingly minor issues (including beards!) that divided Catholic and Orthodox churches for more than a thousand years.

Of Kings and Paintings, directed by Sara Nodjoumi. A documentary about the extraordinary art commissioned during Iran’s Qajar Dynasty (1785–1925) and an exploration of the world that created it.

Bloomsbury Medieval Clothing and Textiles provides access to the entire back catalog of Boydell and Brewer's market-leading interdisciplinary Medieval Clothing and Textiles annuals. We can offer this database on a trial basis through November 27. Comments may be sent to Melissa Jones or to eresources@georgetown.edu.

Hyperlocal: Place Governance in a Fragmented World, edited by Jennifer S. Vey. An exploration of the tensions associated with governing places in an increasingly fragmented and inequitable economic landscape.

The Jesuits: A History by Markus Friedrich, translated by John Noёl Dillon. An intimate look at one of the world’s most important religious orders that examines the Jesuits in the context of social, cultural, and world history.