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 →

New! African Studies – Oxford Bibliographies TAGS: African Studies | databases | history | International Relations | new | online resources | Oxford Bibliographies | Politics | Social & Political Sciences I’m pleased to let you know that following a request from staff members in the Centre of African Studies (CAS) the Library now has access to Oxford Bibliographies: African Studies …Continue reading →

New to the Library: The Baltimore Afro-American TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Black history | cultural history | databases | history | Newspapers | Politics | primary source | social history | United States | World War Two I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to the digital archive of The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988) from ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Founded in 1892 it is …Continue reading →

New books in the Library for History, Classics and Archaeology TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Africa | America | Ancient history | Archaeology | Asia | Black history | Britain | classics | cultural history | Europe | history | International Relations | Medieval history | Politics | social history Thanks to recommendations from members of staff and requests via RAB from students the Library is continually adding new books to its collections both online and in print. Here are just a (very) small …Continue reading →

On trial: British and Irish Women’s Letters and Diaries TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | cultural history | databases | diaries | history | Ireland | journals | Letters | primary source | social history *The Library has access to British and Irish Women’s Letters and Diaries, 1500-1900 until 31st July 2024 as part of ProQuest Access 350.* Thanks to a request from a 4th …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Literary Print Culture TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | 21st century | Archives | Books | Britain | copyright history | correspondence | databases | history | history of publishing | history of the book | journals | Letters | Manuscripts | primary source I’m pleased to let you know that the Library now has access to Literary Print Culture: The Stationers’ Company Archive, 1554-2007 from Adam Matthew. Sourced from the archive of The …Continue reading →

New to Library: Greek Tragedy and Latin Poetry TAGS: Ancient history | Books | classics | e-books | Greek tragedy | Latin | poetry | Texts | Theatre I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to two further modules from Oxford Scholarly Editions Online (OSEO). This gives us online access to a further …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Service Newspapers of World War Two TAGS: 20th century | Africa | Archives | Asia | Australia | Britain | Canada | cultural history | databases | Europe | gender studies | history | India | International Relations | new zealand | Newspapers | primary source | social history | United States | World War Two I’m really pleased to let you know that following a successful trial the Library now has access to Service Newspapers of World War Two from Adam Matthew Digital, a brand …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | classics | e-books | Greece | Hellenistic period | history | Rome I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to the Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome from Oxford Reference Online. This encyclopedia offers a comprehensive …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Illustrated London News Historical Archive TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | Britain | cultural history | databases | history | Newspapers | primary source | social history I’m delighted to let you know that the Library now has access to The Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003 from Gale Cengage. Illustrated London News was the world’s first …Continue reading →