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Periodicals Archive Online – additional titles available

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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 have been added to DiscoverEd:

Title Publisher ISSN Full Text
First		 Full Text
Last
Agricultural Research Science and Education Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture 0002-161X 1-Jan-1953 1-Sep-2000
American Drama American Drama Institute 1061-0057 1-Oct-1991 1-Jul-2005
Ancient History Resources for Teachers Division of Humanities, Macquarie University 1032-3686 1-Mar-1971 1-Jan-2005
Architecture Plus Design Media Transasia 0970-2369 1-Nov-1985 1-Nov-2000
Australian Journal of French Studies Monash University. 0004-9468 1-Jan-1964 1-Sep-2000
Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin The Bank 0005-5166 1-Dec-1960 1-Nov-2000
The Beethoven Journal Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies and the American Beethoven Society 1087-8262 1-Apr-1986 1-Dec-2000
The Byron Journal Byron Society Journal, Ltd. 0301-7257 1-Jan-1973 1-Jan-2000
Comparative Civilizations Review 0733-4540 1-Jan-1979 1-Oct-2000
Critical Review Libertarian Review Foundation. 0891-3811 1-Dec-1986 1-Oct-2000
Dickens Quarterly Dickens Society 0742-5473 1-Mar-1970 1-Dec-2000
Fifteenth Century Studies Hans-Dieter Heinz, Akademischer Verlag Stuttgart [etc.] 0164-0933 1-Jan-1978 1-Jan-2000
Foundation Science Fiction Foundation 0306-4964 1-Jan-1973 1-Oct-2000
The Gaskell Society Journal Gaskell Society 0951-7200 1-Jul-1987 1-Jan-2005
General Linguistics Pennsylvania State University Press. 0016-6553 1-Jan-1955 1-Jan-2003
Haydn Society Journal The Society 1350-1267 1-Jul-1979 1-Jan-2000
Higher Education Review Tyrrell Burgess, etc. 0018-1609 1-Oct-1968 1-Jul-2000
Humanity and Society Association for Humanist Sociology 0160-5976 1-Jul-1977 1-Nov-2000
International Education College of Education, University of Tennessee 0160-5429 1-Oct-1972 1-Apr-2001
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice Dept. of Administration of Justice, Wichita State University 0192-4036 1-Apr-1977 1-Oct-2000
Irish Economic and Social History Economic and Social History Society of Ireland 0332-4893 1-Jan-1974 1-Jan-2000
Islamic Quarterly Islamic Cultural Centre. 0021-1842 1-Apr-1956 1-Jan-2000
JPMS : Journal of Political and Military Sociology Northern Illinois University, Sociology Dept. 0047-2697 1-Apr-1973 1-Dec-2000
Jamaican Historical Review Jamaica Historical Society 1010-6367 1-Jun-1945 1-Jan-2001
Journal for the Study of Religion Association for the Study of Religion (Southern Africa) 1011-7601 1-Jan-1980 1-Jan-2000
Journal of Housing Research Washington, D.C. :Office of Housing Policy Research, Fannie Mae, c1990- 1052-7001 1-Jan-1990 1-Jan-2003
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology Guilford Press 0736-7236 1-Jan-1983 1-Dec-2000
Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Published under the auspices of the Pakistan American Foundation 0149-1784 1-Sep-1977 1-Dec-2000
Journal of Sport Behavior United States Sports Academy. 0162-7341 1-Feb-1980 1-Dec-2000
The Journal of Transport History University College of Leicester 0022-5266 1-May-1953 1-Sep-1999
Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly Association for Education in Journalism, etc. 1077-6990 1-Jan-1924 1-Jan-2000
Judaism American Jewish Congress 0022-5762 1-Jan-1952 1-Oct-2000
Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England AMS Press 0731-3403 1-Jan-1984 1-Jan-1999
New Society New Science Publications. 0028-6729 4-Oct-1962 27-May-1988
Nineteenth Century Theatre J. Donohue. 0893-3766 1-Apr-1973 1-Dec-2000
Queen’s Quarterly Quarterly Committee of Queen’s University. 0033-6041 1893 1-Dec-2005
Restoration and Eighteenth Century Theatre Research Loyola University of Chicago 0034-5822 1-May-1962 1-Dec-1995
Romani Studies Gypsy Lore Society 1528-0748 1888 1-Aug-1995
Scottish Studies Review Association for Scottish Literary Studies. 0305-0785 1-May-1980 1-Apr-2000
Signal Thimble Press 0037-4954 1-Sep-1970 1-Jan-2003
The Southern Journal of Philosophy Dept. of Philosophy, Memphis State University 0038-4283 1-Apr-1964 1-Dec-2000
Studies in the Humanities Indiana University of Pennsylvania. 0039-3800 1-Mar-1969 1-Dec-2000
Tennyson Research Bulletin Tennyson Society. 0082-2841 1-Oct-1967 1-Nov-2001
TheatreForum Theatre Dept. at the University of California 1060-5320 1-Oct-1992 1-Jul-2005
Transafrican Journal of History East African Publishing House 0251-0391 1-Jan-1971 1-Jan-1996
TriQuarterly The University 0041-3097 1-Jan-1964 1-Jan-2005
Welsh History Review = Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru University of Wales Press. 0043-2431 1-Jan-1960 1-Dec-2001
Western European Stages CASTA 1050-1991 1-Oct-1989 1-Oct-2000
Western Humanities Review University of Utah Press, etc. 0043-3845 1-Jan-1947 1-Dec-1995
Women’s Studies Journal Women’s Studies Association New Zealand 0112-4099 1-Aug-1984 1-Apr-2000

 

ProQuest E-Resources on Trial

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We are trialling the following 3 collections until the 30th November.  Access the trials via DiscoverEd or our trials webpage.

CaptureCapture2The Cecil Papers is a collection of documents, principally from the reigns of Elizabethan I and James I/VI, privately held by the Gascoyne-Cecil family at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire. The Cecil Papers contains nearly 30,000 documents gathered by William Cecil (1521-98), Lord Burghley and his son Robert Cecil (1563-1612), First Earl of Salisbury. Occupying some of the highest offices of state in the land (both men were Secretary of State to Elizabeth I and Robert Cecil also served her successor, James), these two men were at the heart of events during one of the most dynamic periods in Western history.  Further details can be found at http://media2.proquest.com/documents/cecil_papers.pdf.

 

CaptureCapture2Colonial State Papers offers insight into the colonial history of North America and the West Indies. It includes the National Archives collection CO 1– papers that were presented to the Privy Council and the Board of Trade during 1574-1757. More than 7,000 hand-written documents and more than 45,000 bibliographic records give fascinating insight into British trade, history and overseas expansion between the 16th and 18th centuries.  Further details can be found at http://media2.proquest.com/documents/csp.pdf.

 

CaptureCapture2Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War is an archival research resource containing a vast collection of rare magazines by and for servicemen and women of all nations during the First World War. Over 1,500 periodicals written and illustrated by serving members of the armed forces and associated welfare organisations published between 1914 and the end of 1919 are included. Magazines have been scanned cover-to-cover, in full colour or greyscale, and with granular indexing of all articles and specialist indexing of Publications.  Further details can be found at http://media2.proquest.com/documents/trench.pdf.

 

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A list of all trials currently available to University of Edinburgh staff and students can be found on our trials webpage.

Congressional Record – New Database

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ProQuest logoWe have purchased the Congressional Record database from ProQuest.

ProQuest Congressional is a comprehensive online collection of primary source congressional publications and legislative research materials covering all topics, including government, current events, politics, economics, business, science and technology, international relations, social issues, finance, insurance, and medicine. Finding aid for congressional hearings, committee prints, committee reports and documents from 1970-present, and the daily Congressional Record from 1985-present. Compiled legislative histories from 1969-present.

The database has been added to our A-Z list and our History A-Z list and will appear on the catalogue soon.

Further information about our databases is available from http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/information-services/library-museum-gallery/finding-resources/library-databases.

 

 

Trials ending this weekend

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Last chance to try out these databases!

From Alexander Press we have 3 databases on trial until Sunday 13th July.

Anthropology Online

Anthropology Online provides a wide range of written ethnographies, field notes, seminar texts,memoirs, and contemporary studies, covering human behaviour the world over. It includes complete works of key practitioners and theorists alike through the discipline.

 

 

Ethnographic Video Online Series 1 and Series 2 are a multi-volume resource providing 1,200 hours of documentaries, primary-source footage, and select feature films for the visual study of human culture and behaviour. Publishing partners include Documentary Educational Resources (DER), Royal Anthropology Institute (RAI), and BBC. It is global in coverage with footage from every continent and hundreds of cultures.  For further information on this resource go to SPS Librarian blog.

 

From CNKI we have 4 databases on trial until Saturday12th July.

China Core Newspapers Full-text Database covers 544 titles of core newspapers officially published in mainland China since year 2000.

China Reference Works Online  contains 4,000 reference works from 200 publishers, including dictionaries, handbooks, encyclopedias, atlas, chronicles, manuals etc.

China Statistical Yearbooks Database contains full coverage of all officially published yearbooks and other statistical materials.

CNKI e-resources on trial

China Yearbooks Full-text Database this includes 2,161 titles of yearbooks since 1912, 480 of which being central level and 1,151 local titles, with original display and browsing features.

 

From ProQuest we have 19 databases on trial until Sunday 13th July.

ProQuest History Vault provides access to millions of pages of cross-searchable, full-text/full-image documents including articles, correspondence, government records, and more documenting the most widely studied topics in 18th-century through 20th-century American history. The databases we are currently trialling are Black Freedom 1, Black Freedom 2, Immigration, Law and Society since the Civil War, NAACP 1- 6, Plantations 1, Politics and Society 1960-1975, Slavery and the Law, US Military Intelligence Reports 1911-1944, Vietnam War, Women’s Rights 1, Women’s Rights 2 and World War II.  ProQuest logo

Our final ProQuest database on trial is the Digital National Security Archive. Created in collaboration with the National Security Archive, this database is the most comprehensive collection available of significant primary documents central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945.

 Feedback and further info

We are interested to know what you think of these databases as your comments influence purchase decisions so please do fill out our feedback form.

A list of all trials currently available to University of Edinburgh staff and students can be found on our trials webpage.