Discovery Day – find your way round our digital primary sources TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Asia | Books | Britain | correspondence | cultural history | databases | Discovery Day | e-books | Europe | First World War | history | International Relations | journals | Letters | Magazines | Manuscripts | medieval | Newspapers | periodicals | Politics | primary source | social history | United States | World War Two Working on your dissertation and looking for primary source material? Looking to incorporate digitised primary sources into your teaching? Wanting to expand your research with digital resources? Or just have …Continue reading →

Spotlight on ProQuest digital primary sources TAGS: 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Asia | Books | Britain | China | correspondence | cultural history | databases | e-books | Europe | First World War | history | India | International Relations | Latin | Letters | Magazines | Manuscripts | Newspapers | Politics | primary source | social history | Spotlight on | United States On Tuesday 30th January we’ll be holding a Discovery Day event in the Main Library where representatives from 3 publishers of digitised primary source collections and our very own Centre …Continue reading →

Daily Mail Historical Archive trial access TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | Britain | cultural history | databases | history | Newspapers | Politics | primary source | social history *The Library has now purchased access to the Daily Mail Historical Archive (1896-2004). See New to the Library: Daily Mail Historical Archive.* I’m pleased to let you know that thanks …Continue reading →

Spotlight on Gale Cengage digital primary sources TAGS: 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Asia | Books | Britain | correspondence | cultural history | databases | Europe | First World War | gender studies | global history | history | International Relations | Magazines | Manuscripts | medieval | Newspapers | Politics | primary source | social history | Spotlight on | United States | World War Two On Tuesday 30th January we’ll be holding a Discovery Day event in the Main Library where representatives from 3 publishers of digitised primary source collections and our very own Centre …Continue reading →

New books in the Library for History, Classics and Archaeology TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | Britain | classics | cultural history | e-books | Egyptology | Europe | greek | history | India | International Relations | medieval | Politics | social history | United States 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 →

Spotlight on Adam Matthew digital primary sources TAGS: 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Asia | Britain | China | correspondence | cultural history | databases | Europe | First World War | gender studies | global history | history | India | International Relations | journals | Letters | Magazines | Manuscripts | medieval | Newspapers | periodicals | Politics | primary source | social history | Spotlight on | United States | World War Two On Tuesday 30th January we’ll be holding a Discovery Day event in the Main Library where representatives from 3 publishers of digitised primary source collections and our very own Centre …Continue reading →

On trial: primary source databases TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | cultural history | databases | history | history of book | Magazines | Manuscripts | poetry | primary source | social history | Theatre I’m happy to let you know that Adam Matthew Digital are very kindly giving us trial access to 7 of their fabulous primary source databases. This gives you a unique …Continue reading →

On trial: Foreign Office Files for Japan TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Asia | Britain | correspondence | databases | history | International Relations | japan | primary source | World War Two Are you interested in Japanese history in the twentieth century? Do you want to know more about Anglo-Japanese ties in the first half of the twentieth century? The Library currently …Continue reading →

On trial: Illustrated London News 1842-2003 TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | Britain | databases | history | Newspapers | primary source *The Library has now purchased access to this resource. See New to the Library: Illustrated London News Historical Archive* Thanks to a request from a member of staff in HCA …Continue reading →

On trial: State Papers Online: Eighteenth Century TAGS: 18th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | Europe | history | International Relations | Manuscripts | official documents | primary source Following a request from a student in HCA I’m pleased to let you know that the Library currently has trial access to State Papers Online: Eighteenth Century, 1714-1782, Part II: …Continue reading →