Channel Islands occupation: through the Library’s online primary sources TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | cultural history | databases | Europe | history | International Relations | Newspapers | official documents | primary source | social history | World War Two On this day, 30 June, in 1940 the Germans invaded the Channel Islands which was the beginning of nearly 5 years occupation. In this week’s blog I’m using some of …Continue reading →

New books in the Library for Social and Political Science TAGS: African Studies | anthropology | Books | e-books | history | International Relations | Main Library | online resources | Politics | Science Technology and Innovation studies | social anthropology | social policy | Social Work | Sociology | South Asian Studies 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: Cold War Eastern Europe, 1953-1960 TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | databases | Eastern Bloc | Eastern Europe | Europe | history | International Relations | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source | Soviet Union Thanks to a request from staff in HCA the Library currently has trial access to the digital primary source collection Cold War Eastern Europe, Module 1: 1953-1960, a unique and …Continue reading →

On trial: Secrecy, sabotage, and aiding the resistance TAGS: 20th century | Africa | Archives | Britain | Central America | China | databases | Europe | history | India | Intelligence | International Relations | middle east | official documents | Politics | primary source | Security | South America | United States | World War Two The Library has been given trial access to the British Online Archives (BOA) collection Secrecy, sabotage, and aiding the resistance: how Anglo-American co-operation shaped World War Two. Giving you unique …Continue reading →

On trial: Military Intelligence Files TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Britain | Cold War | correspondence | databases | Europe | history | Intelligence | International Relations | official documents | primary source | Security | World War Two I’m happy to let you know that British Online Archives (BOA) have given us trial access to their digitised primary source collection Military Intelligence Files: Land, Sea & Air, 1938-1974. …Continue reading →

New! Development Bookshelf from Practical Action TAGS: African Studies | agriculture | climate change | databases | disasters and emergencies | e-books | economic and business development | Energy | environment | gender studies | global public health | health | International Development | International Relations | new | NGOs | online resources I’m pleased to let you know that the Library now has access to Development Bookshelf, produced by Practical Action. Development Bookshelf is a specialist peer-reviewed and evidence-based online book collection for …Continue reading →

Explore black history through Archives Unbound TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | Africa | African-American history | Archives | correspondence | databases | history | International Relations | Letters | Manuscripts | Newspapers | official documents | periodicals | personal papers | Politics | primary source | social history | United States In this week’s blog post I wanted to highlight a number of primary source databases that you have access to at the University that allow you to discover more about …Continue reading →

On trial: Secret Files from World Wars to Cold Wars TAGS: 20th century | Archives | Britain | Cold War | databases | government papers | history | International Relations | official documents | primary source | Spanish Civil War | World War Two Following a successful trial towards the end of last academic year I’m pleased to let you know that we’ve been allowed trial access again to Secret Files from World Wars …Continue reading →

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 →