ProQuest Access 350: 600 years of world history TAGS: 15th century | 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | 21st century | Africa | America | Archives | Asia | Black history | Britain | cultural history | databases | Europe | First World War | gender studies | history | International Relations | LGBT+ History | Magazines | Manuscripts | Newspapers | official documents | Politics | primary source | social history | United States | World War Two I’m very pleased to let you know that University of Edinburgh Library has set up a new subscription with ProQuest that gives you access to almost all available ProQuest digital …Continue reading →

On trial: State Papers Online TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | Europe | history | International Relations | Letters | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source Thanks to a request from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) the Library currently has trial access to 3 further collections from the State Papers Online database from …Continue reading →

On trial: Gale Primary Sources (even more content!) TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Africa | Archives | Asia | Black history | Britain | China | correspondence | crime | cultural history | databases | Europe | gender studies | history | International Relations | Law | Legal history | Letters | Literature | Manuscripts | Medicine | Newspapers | official documents | periodicals | Politics | primary source | science | slavery | social history | technology | United States | women's history I’m very pleased to let you know that the Library has been given extended trial access to an extensive range of primary source databases and collections from Gale. This is …Continue reading →

On Trial – The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, 1600-1926 TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Africa | Archives | Argentina | Australia | Britain | Canada | databases | Europe | history | Law | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source Thanks to a request from staff in HCA the Library current has extended trial access to The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, 1600-1926 from Gale. This …Continue reading →

Spotlight on: Archives of Sexuality and Gender TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Books | Britain | correspondence | cultural history | databases | Gay | gender studies | history | Homosexuality | journals | Lesbian | LGBT+ History | LGBT+ studies | Magazines | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source | Queer studies | social history | Spotlight on | Transgender It’s LGBT+ History Month in the UK and there are a number of events being run around the University by the Staff Pride Network and the Students’ Association. However, if …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Archives of Sexuality & Gender TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Books | cultural history | databases | gender studies | history | LGBTQ history | Magazines | Manuscripts | Newspapers | Politics | primary source | social history I’m really pleased to let you know that the Library now has access to the Archives of Sexuality & Gender. Spanning the 16th to the 20th century it is the …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Slavery: supporters and abolitionists, 1675-1865 TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | Africa | Archives | Black history | Britain | correspondence | databases | history | Jamaica | journals | Letters | Manuscripts | Politics | primary source | slavery | West Indies I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to Slavery: supporters and abolitionists, 1675-1865 from British Online Archives. This database contains a wide range of documents …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Stuart and Cumberland Papers TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | Archives | Battle of Culloden | Britain | correspondence | databases | Europe | history | Jacobite risings | Jacobites | Letters | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source | Scotland I’m really happy to let you know that the Library has recently been able to purchase the extensive Stuart and Cumberland Papers from the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle, digitised …Continue reading →

On trial: Medieval and Early Modern Studies TAGS: 15th century | 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | cultural history | databases | Early Modern | Europe | history | International Relations | journals | Letters | Manuscripts | medieval | official documents | Politics | primary source | social history Thanks to a request from staff in HCA the Library currently has trial access to the Adam Matthew Digital research resource Medieval and Early Modern Studies. This offers you access …Continue reading →

On trial: digital collections relating to the slave trade and slavery in the West Indies TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Africa | Antigua | Archives | Black history | Britain | Colonisation | correspondence | cultural history | databases | empire | Europe | history | International Relations | Jamaica | Manuscripts | missionaries | North America | official documents | Politics | primary source | Scotland | Slave trade | slavery | social history | West Indies *The Library has now purchased access to the collection ‘Slavery: supporters and abolitionists, 1675-1865 ’. See New to the Library: Slavery: supporters and abolitionists, 1675-1865* Thanks to a request from …Continue reading →