AM Explorer – your primary source hub (trial access) TAGS: area studies | databases | digital skills | dissertation | e-resources | Economics | film | gender studies | history | LGBTQ+ studies | Library | Literature | online resources | political sciences | research | resources | Sociology I’m happy to let you know that the Library currently has extended trial access to AM Explorer, your gateway to millions of pages of primary source content. AM’s collections provide …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 John Murray Publishing Archive TAGS: 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Books | Britain | Business | correspondence | cultural history | databases | finance | history | history of the book | Literature | official documents | primary source | publishing *The Library has subsequently purchased this database and it can be accessed via the Digital Primary Source and Archive Collections guide or the Databases A-Z list.* I’m pleased to let …Continue reading →

Manchester University Press – free e-book access until 30th June TAGS: Books | databases | film | history | history of medicine | International Relations | Literature | online resources | Politics | Religious Studies | Science Technology and Innovation studies | Security I’m pleased to let you know that Manchester University Press (MUP) have opened up access to their 12 e-book collections until 30th June 2020 in light of the Covid-19 outbreak. …Continue reading →

Oxford Scholarship – new e-books added TAGS: Business and Management | Classical Studies | e-books | Economics and Finance | History. Law | linguistics | Literature | mathematics | music | Oxford Scholarship Online | Oxford University Press | Philosophy | Physics | Political Science | psychology | religion | Social Work | Sociology 81 e-books published last month by Oxford University Press and available from Oxford Scholarship Online have now been added to DiscoverEd. Subject disciplines include Business and Management, Classical Studies, Economics …Continue reading →

Trial access: primary source resources from Gale Cengage TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | databases | history | Literature | primary source *The Library now has access to Nineteenth Century Collections Online: The Corvey Collection.* Until the 27th February the Library has trial access to 4 extensive primary source databases from Gale …Continue reading →

Oxford Scholarship Online – new e-books added TAGS: biology | Business and Management | Classical Studies | e-books | Economics and Finance | history | Humanities | Law | linguistics | Literature | Medicine | music | Oxford Scholarship Online | Philosophy | Physics | Political Science | psychology | Public Health and Epidemiology | religion | sciences | Social Sciences | Social Work | Sociology We have added 110 new Oxford Scholarship Online e-books to DiscoverEd.  A title list can be found here.

JSTOR – Arts and Science XV available TAGS: archive | art | Classical Studies | e-journals | Economics | education | film | history | Humanities | JSTOR | Literature | music | Political Science | religion | social sciences and sciences | Sociology We now subscribe to the Arts and Science XV package from JSTOR.  Arts & Sciences XV has extensive coverage in the humanities, social sciences and sciences, including literature, film, art, music, religion, …Continue reading →

Oxford Reference updates TAGS: Art & Architecture | Bilingual Dictionaries | Biological Sciences | classics | Computing | e-books | Earth & Environmental Sciences | Economics & Business | English Dictionaries and Thesauruses | English Language Reference | Food & Nutrition | History & Archaeology | Law | Literature | mathematics | Medicine | Military History | Mythology & Folklore | Names & Places | natural history | OUP | Oxford Reference Premium | Performing Arts | Physical Sciences | Politics & Social Sciences | Quotations | Religion & Philosophy We are about to reload all of our Oxford Reference Premium package e-book titles in DiscoverEd to take account of edition changes, additions and deletions.  A list of the 313 …Continue reading →

Periodicals Archive Online – additional titles available TAGS: American | Architecture | area studies (African | Art History | Asian | book history | Canadian | classics | Cultural Studies | e-journals | Economics | education | European languages | fashion | Geography | health and medicine | history | history of science and medicine | Indian | international studies | Irish) | JISC | Law | Literature | Periodicals Archive Online | Philosophy | Political Science | ProQuest | science and technology | Sociology | theology | women's and children's studies Thanks to funding from JISC Collections, we have access to 50 archival e-journals in the humanities and social sciences subject areas.  These e-journals are available on the ProQuest website and …Continue reading →