Explore the Partition of India through our library resources TAGS: 20th century | databases | history | India | International Relations | Newspapers | Pakistan | Politics | primary source In August 1947 British India won its independence from the British and split into two new states, India and Pakistan (East Pakistan subsequently became Bangladesh), that would govern themselves. The …Continue reading →

New to the Library: 4 new collections of declassified U.S. government documents TAGS: 20th century | databases | history | International Relations | Politics | primary source | United States I’m pleased to let you know that after a successful trial in semester two, 2016/17, the Library has now purchased access to four more collections from ProQuest’s Digital National Security …Continue reading →

Why football banned women TAGS: 20th century | databases | First World War | football | gender studies | history | Newspapers | primary source | social history | sport In this week’s blog I’m using some of the Library’s online resources to find primary source material relating to the popularity of women’s football during and just after the First …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Presidential Recordings Digital Edition TAGS: 20th century | audio | databases | history | International Relations | primary source | United States The Library now has access to the fascinating Presidential Recordings Digital Edition. This rich resource includes transcripts and corresponding audio of secretly recorded conversations in the Oval Office from Presidents …Continue reading →

On trial: primary source collections from British Online Archives TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | databases | Europe | First World War | history | International Relations | primary source | social history Following a request from staff in HCA, the Library currently has trial access to two digital primary source collections from British Online Archives, Conscientious Objection during the World War 1 …Continue reading →

New to the Library: British Library Newspapers, Part V TAGS: 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Britain | databases | history | Newspapers | primary source I’m really pleased to let you know that the Library has purchased access to the final part of Gale Cengage’s British Library Newspapers collection (Part V). This means the Library …Continue reading →

New to Library: Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society archive online TAGS: Archaeology | e-journals | history | prehistory The Library has recently purchased the online archive to the journal Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, covering the period 1935 (volume 1) until 2009 (volume 75). The Library already has …Continue reading →

New to the Library: History of Contemporary Chinese Political Movements, 1949- TAGS: 20th century | China | databases | history | International Relations | official documents | Politics | primary source I’m pleased to let you know that the Library has got a 1-year subscription to The Database for the History of Contemporary Chinese Political Movements, 1949-. The database provides full-text …Continue reading →

On trial: Secret Files from World Wars to Cold War TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | Archives | databases | history | International Relations | Politics | primary source | UK | United Kingdom Following a request from staff in History the Library has been able to secure trial access to Secret Files from World Wars to Cold War: Intelligence, Strategy and Diplomacy from The …Continue reading →

Do we have access to the British Newspaper Archive? TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | Britain | databases | history | Newspapers | primary source A question I get asked quite a lot is if we have access at the Library to the British Newspaper Archive. And it is the sort of question that I …Continue reading →