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In s e le ctin g p o e ts fo r in clu sio n in th e A m e ri­ c a n V e rse P ro jec t, a v a rie ty o f stan d ard b ib li­ o g ra p h ie s a n d a n th o lo g ie s w e r e u s e d as w e ll as s p e c ia liz e d b ib lio g r a p h ie s o f w r itin g s b y w o m e n a n d p e o p le o f c o lo r. A m e ric a n liter­ a ry historian s fr o m U M ’s D e p a rtm e n t o f E n­ g lis h w e r e a ls o con s u lted . T h e p ro jec t site in terface fu lly su p ports b oth te a c h in g a n d sch o la rly research w ith its sim p le, b o o le a n , a n d p r o x im ity s e a rc h o p tio n s . In a d d itio n , th e site d e s ig n is e a s y e n o u g h t o use in satisfyin g a n y le v e l o f a c a d e m ic o r p e rs o n a l p o e tic n ee d s. U sers m a y b r o w s e n o t o n ly th e h y p e r lin k e d ta b le o f c o n te n ts o f in d iv id u a l v o lu m e s , b u t a ls o th e e n tire texts. 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W h e r e a v a ila b le , a d d resses, p h o n e n u m b ers, h ours o f o p e ra tio n , c o n ta c t p ers o n s, a n d e -m a il a d ­ d resses a re g iv e n . T h e IIS H a ls o m ain tain s t w o th o ro u g h an d w e ll- o r g a n iz e d s e c tio n s o f th e W W W Virtual Library, o n e o f th e o ld e s t c a ta lo g s o n th e W eb . T h e s e virtu al lib ra rie s c o v e r in g L a b o u r a n d B u sin ess a n d W o m e n ’s H is to ry are o r g a n iz e d th ro u g h an e x te n s iv e tre e structure a n d are s e a rc h a b le b y k e y w o r d . A ls o o n th e IIS H site, Stefan L a n d s b e rg e r o f th e S in o lo g ic a l Institu te o f L e id e n m aintain s an o n lin e e x h ib itio n o f C h in e s e p ro p a g a n d a p osters. T h e r e are c u rre n tly 24 g a lle rie s (e .g ., “G re a t L e a p F o rw a rd ” a n d “T h e M a o C u lt”). 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