Los Angeles Times Archive on trial TAGS: databases | history | Newspapers | primary source | United States For the month of November the Library has trial access to the Los Angeles Times Historical Archive, 1881-1992, from ProQuest. You can access this online archive via the E-resources trials …Continue reading →

Trial access to magazine and periodical archives TAGS: databases | gender studies | history | Magazines | periodicals | political history | Politics | primary source | social history *The Library now has permanent access to the Women’s Magazine Archive I and II and News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive. We also have access to all British Periodicals collections …Continue reading →

1066 and all that (by ‘that’ I mean Box of Broadcasts) TAGS: Anglo-Saxons | Archaeology | Battle of Hastings | history | medieval | Normans | William the Conqueror I’m sure all history lovers know today is the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. Probably one of the most famous battles in England’s history, this led to the …Continue reading →

Trial access: Online Egyptological Bibliography and First World War primary sources TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | classics | databases | Egyptology | First World War | history | primary source | the Great War | World War I *The Library has subsequently subscribed to Online Egyptological Bibliography. Find out more at New to the Library: Online Egyptological Bibliography (OEB)* The Library currently has trial access to the Online …Continue reading →

Beginner’s guide to finding a book in DiscoverEd TAGS: Books | DiscoverEd | e-books | find | Library search Got a book you need to find in the Library but not sure how to search for it in DiscoverEd? This beginner’s guide should help. If searching for a known …Continue reading →

Reading your reading list and recognising references TAGS: Books | DiscoverEd | journals | reading lists | references Got your reading list but not sure what you’re being asked to read (is it a book, is it an article, is it a bird, is it a plane…)? Or …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Nineteenth Century Collections Online TAGS: 19th century | databases | history | Politics | primary source | social history Over the summer the Library was able to purchase the British Politics and Society collection, part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) from Gale Cengage. This is a major new …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Samos archaeological reports TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | Books | classics | Mediterranean Further to a request from staff in HCA the Library is currently in the process of trying to purchase a copy of all available volumes of the Samos series of archaeological reports …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Church Missionary Society Periodicals TAGS: anthropology | databases | history | journals | Letters | primary source | reports Following a successful trial earlier this year the Library has now purchased access to module 1 of Church Missionary Society Periodicals, Global missions and contemporary encounters, 1804-2009. This resource features …Continue reading →

New Library resources for Chinese history TAGS: China | databases | history | japan | journals | Letters | primary source I’m happy to let you know that the Library has recently purchased two new primary source databases looking at Chinese and Asian history. These are China: Culture and Society and …Continue reading →