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Weekly News Digest
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December 15, 2015 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today. For other up-to-the-minute news, check out ITI’s Twitter account: @ITINewsBreaks.
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Gale Debuts 19th-Century Crime and Punishment Collection
Gale launched Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920, its new primary-source archive of more than 2 million pages of material on 19th-century history, literature, law, and criminal justice. It consists of sources such as trial transcripts, police and forensic reports, criminal case files, detective agency records, detective novels, and newspaper accounts.Researchers can use it to explore the rise in crime during the Industrial Revolution, the development of metropolitan police departments, and the public’s fascination with sensationalized true crime stories. Content comes from institutions such as the U.S. National Archives, the American Antiquarian Society, and the British Library. For more information, read the press release.
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