{"id":2851,"date":"2019-05-07T13:12:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T13:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/?p=2851"},"modified":"2019-05-07T13:12:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T13:12:28","slug":"on-trial-financial-times-historical-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2019\/05\/07\/on-trial-financial-times-historical-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"On trial: Financial Times Historical Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to a request from a student in HCA the Library currently has trial access to the <strong>Financial Times Historical Archives, 1888-2016<\/strong> from Gale. This is the complete run of the London edition of this internationally known daily paper, from its first issue through 2016.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2853\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2019\/05\/FinancialTimesHistorical_homepage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1021\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2019\/05\/FinancialTimesHistorical_homepage.png 1021w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2019\/05\/FinancialTimesHistorical_homepage-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2019\/05\/FinancialTimesHistorical_homepage-500x171.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can access the<strong> Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2016<\/strong> via the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/e-resources-trials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>E-resources trials<\/strong><\/a> page.<br \/>\nAccess is direct on-campus but if working off-campus you must use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/computing\/desktop-personal\/vpn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trial access ends<\/strong> <strong>3rd June<\/strong> <strong>2019<\/strong>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Financial Times<\/em> began as a City of London news sheet and grew to become one of the best-known and most-respected newspapers in the world. Along the way, the\u00a0<em>Financial Times &#8211; <\/em>printed on its distinctive salmon-colored paper &#8211; has chronicled the critical financial and economic events that shaped the world, from the late nineteenth and entire twentieth centuries to today. This historical archive is a comprehensive, accurate, and unbiased research tool for everyone studying the economic and business history and current affairs of the last approximately 120 years.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2857\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2019\/05\/FinancialTimesHistorical_firstissue.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1858\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2019\/05\/FinancialTimesHistorical_firstissue.png 1858w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2019\/05\/FinancialTimesHistorical_firstissue-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2019\/05\/FinancialTimesHistorical_firstissue-1024x351.png 1024w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2019\/05\/FinancialTimesHistorical_firstissue-500x171.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1858px) 100vw, 1858px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this archive every article, advertisement, and market listing is included &#8211; shown both individually and in the context of the full page and issue of the day. Each item has been subject- or topic-categorized for fast retrieval and review.<\/p>\n<p>You can access this archive via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/e-resources-trials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>E-resources trials page<\/strong><\/a>.<br \/>\nAccess is direct on-campus but if working off-campus you must use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/computing\/desktop-personal\/vpn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VPN<\/a>*.<br \/>\n<em>Access available until 3rd June 2019.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/e-resources-trial-feedback-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feedback welcome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can access all the digital magazine archives already available at the Library via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-subject-a-z\/database-newspapers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newspapers &amp; Magazines database list<\/a>. During the trial you will also be able to cross-search <strong>Financial Times Historical Archive<\/strong>, with other newspaper databases we have access to via Gale, via <strong>NewsVault<\/strong> which you can access via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-subject-a-z\/database-newspapers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newspapers &amp; Magazines database list<\/a>. You can also cross-search it with other Gale databases we have access to via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\/primo-explore\/fulldisplay?docid=44UOE_ALMA61176910620002466&amp;context=L&amp;vid=44UOE_VU2&amp;search_scope=default_scope&amp;tab=default_tab&amp;lang=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gale Primary Sources<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Access is only available to current students and staff at University of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p><em>Caroline Stirling \u2013 Academic Support Librarian for History, Classics and Archaeology<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to a request from a student in HCA the Library currently has trial access to the Financial Times Historical Archives, 1888-2016 from Gale. 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