Fifty Years of ‘An Orkney Tapestry’ TAGS: Charles Senior | George Mackay Brown | Helen B. Cruickshank | Norman MacCaig | Scottish Literature This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of two of George Mackay Brown’s landmark publications, An Orkney Tapestry and A Time to Keep. While Brown was already well established as a …Continue reading →

On trial: State Papers: Eighteenth Century (Part II) TAGS: 18th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | Europe | history | International Relations | Manuscripts | official documents | primary source Thanks to a request from a student in HCA and following a previous trial the Library now has trial access to Part II of State Papers Online: Eighteenth Century, 1714-1782 …Continue reading →

On trial: Financial Times Historical Archive TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | 21st century | Archives | Britain | Business | cultural history | databases | economic history | history | Newspapers | primary source | social history Thanks to a request from a student in HCA the Library currently has trial access to the Financial Times Historical Archives, 1888-2016 from Gale. This is the complete run of …Continue reading →

On trial: selection of U.S. magazine archives TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | 21st century | Archives | cultural history | databases | history | Magazines | Politics | primary source | social history | United States *The Library has now purchased access to The New Republic Magazine Archive. See New to the Library: The New Republic Archive* Thanks to a request from staff in HCA the …Continue reading →

New to the Library: African American Studies from Oxford Bibliographies TAGS: African American studies | Black history | Culture | databases | history | Oxford Bibliographies | Politics | religion | society | United States Thanks to a request from staff in History I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to Oxford Bibliographies: African American Studies. You can access Oxford Bibliographies: …Continue reading →

On trial: Prosecuting the Holocaust: British investigations into Nazi war crimes TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Britain | databases | Europe | history | Holocaust | official documents | primary source | World War Two I’m happy to let you know that the Library currently has trial access to the brand new digital primary source collection, Prosecuting the Holocaust: British investigations into Nazi war crimes, …Continue reading →

Anniversary of Andrew Lang TAGS: Andrew Lang | Fairy Books | Leonora Blanche Alleyne | Scottish Literature March 31 marks the 175th anniversary of the birth of one of Scotland’s most prolific and versatile writers, Andrew Lang (1844-1912). The author or co-author of 249 volumes, Lang worked …Continue reading →

What’s New in DiscoverEd – March 2019 DiscoverEd has some useful new features.  Read on for full details… 1. Lockable Filters It is now possible to lock a set of filters which you have applied to your …Continue reading →

Spotlight on: FBI Files TAGS: 20th century | America | Archives | Black history | Cold War | Communism | databases | history | Hollywood | McCarthy Era | McCarthyism | official documents | Politics | primary source | Radicalism | social history | Spotlight on | surveillance | United States This is part of an occasional series highlighting some of the digital resources available at the Library that will be of interest to students and staff in History, Classics and …Continue reading →

On trial: State Papers: Eighteenth Century (Parts I and IV) TAGS: 1700's | 18th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | Europe | history | International Relations | Letters | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source Thanks to a request from a HCA student the Library currently has trial access to Parts I and IV of State Papers Online: Eighteenth Century, 1714-1782 from Gale. Part I …Continue reading →