ProQuest e-resources trials extended! TAGS: Britain | databases | history | International Relations | Magazines | periodicals | Politics | primary source | social history | United States *The Library now has permanent access to Women’s Magazine Archive I and II, News, Policy and Politics Magazine Archive and Historic Literary Criticism (via ProQuest One Literature). We also have …Continue reading →

More e-resources trials available in November TAGS: databases | history | International Relations | Newspapers | primary source | Refugees | World War Two *The Library now subscribes to Archives Unbound giving access to all collections within this. The Library has also subsequently purchased British Library Newspapers Part V.* The Library currently has trial …Continue reading →

USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive TAGS: Armenia | China | databases | film | genocide | Guatemala | history | Holocaust | interviews | Politics | primary source | Rwanda | survivors | United States | video I’m pleased to let you know that the Library currently has trial access to the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive®. You can access this online archive via the E-resources …Continue reading →

Los Angeles Times Archive on trial TAGS: databases | history | Newspapers | primary source | United States For the month of November the Library has trial access to the Los Angeles Times Historical Archive, 1881-1992, from ProQuest. You can access this online archive via the E-resources trials …Continue reading →

Trial access to magazine and periodical archives TAGS: databases | gender studies | history | Magazines | periodicals | political history | Politics | primary source | social history *The Library now has permanent access to the Women’s Magazine Archive I and II and News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive. We also have access to all British Periodicals collections …Continue reading →

1066 and all that (by ‘that’ I mean Box of Broadcasts) TAGS: Anglo-Saxons | Archaeology | Battle of Hastings | history | medieval | Normans | William the Conqueror I’m sure all history lovers know today is the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. Probably one of the most famous battles in England’s history, this led to the …Continue reading →

Trial access: Online Egyptological Bibliography and First World War primary sources TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | classics | databases | Egyptology | First World War | history | primary source | the Great War | World War I *The Library has subsequently subscribed to Online Egyptological Bibliography. Find out more at New to the Library: Online Egyptological Bibliography (OEB)* The Library currently has trial access to the Online …Continue reading →

Academic Video Online – more content added TAGS: Academic Video Online | Alexander Street Press | Art & Design | Diversity | Health Sciences | history | Literature & Language | Music & Performing Arts | Personal Interest | Psychology and Counselling | Science & Engineering | Social Sciences | videos During the summer we took out a subscription to Academic Video Online following a successful trial earlier this year.  A further 1,462 videos have been added across multiple subject areas.  …Continue reading →

Oxford Scholarship Online – new e-books TAGS: American Literature | biology | Business and Management | Classical Studies | e-books | Economics and Finance | history | Law | linguistics | music | Oxford Scholarship Online | Philosophy | Physics | Political Science | psychology | Public Health and Epidemiology | religion | Social Work | Sociology A further 197 e-books across a variety of subject disciplines have been added to Oxford Scholarship Online and these are now  available in DiscoverEd. A list of the new additions …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Nineteenth Century Collections Online TAGS: 19th century | databases | history | Politics | primary source | social history Over the summer the Library was able to purchase the British Politics and Society collection, part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) from Gale Cengage. This is a major new …Continue reading →