{"id":3433,"date":"2020-06-24T11:01:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T11:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/?p=3433"},"modified":"2023-09-27T08:40:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T08:40:54","slug":"proquest-access-350-600-years-of-world-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2020\/06\/24\/proquest-access-350-600-years-of-world-history\/","title":{"rendered":"ProQuest Access 350: 600 years of world history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>*Access has now been extended until 31st July 2024*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m very pleased to let you know that University of Edinburgh Library has set up a new subscription with ProQuest that gives you access to almost all available ProQuest digital primary source databases until 31st December 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ProQuest Access 350<\/strong> allows you to explore 600 years of world history online and will help enrich learning, teaching and research at the University across a range of subject areas and topics including History, the Arts, Literature and Social Sciences.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3437 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2020\/06\/ProQuest_Primary_Sources_Edinburgh-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2020\/06\/ProQuest_Primary_Sources_Edinburgh-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2020\/06\/ProQuest_Primary_Sources_Edinburgh-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2020\/06\/ProQuest_Primary_Sources_Edinburgh-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2020\/06\/ProQuest_Primary_Sources_Edinburgh-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Content includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Around 300 new primary source databases from ProQuest and Alexander Street Press<\/li>\n<li>230M+ pages of collections, spanning 600 years of history<\/li>\n<li>Large collection of historical periodicals, with 325+ years of coverage<\/li>\n<li>Archive of 50+ newspapers covering 350 years<\/li>\n<li>Comprehensive collection of UK and US government documents<\/li>\n<li>Increased collection diversity with databases focussing on black history, women&#8217;s history, LGBT+ history and indigenous history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Library is currently working on the huge task of integrating all of this new content into <a href=\"https:\/\/discovered.ed.ac.uk\/primo-explore\/search?vid=44UOE_VU2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DiscoverEd<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-a-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Databases A-Z<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-subject-a-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">databases by subject<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/edinburgh-uk.libguides.com\/primary-sources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subject guide to primary sources<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/edinburgh-uk.libguides.com\/newspapers-magazines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subject guide to newspapers and magazines<\/a>. This will take a bit of time but a number of databases have already been added.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re also planning to run a series of online seminars to open up this content to staff and students over the summer so look out for more details on this soon.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime why not take a look at the resources that will be becoming available via <strong>ProQuest Access 350<\/strong> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/edinburgh-uk.libguides.com\/ld.php?content_id=32998818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ProQuest Primary Sources Catalogue (pdf)<\/a>? This does include databases the Library already has access to via ProQuest but also lists the vast number of new databases we will be getting.<\/p>\n<p>You may also like to explore the huge range of digital primary source databases you already have access to at the Library via the <a href=\"https:\/\/edinburgh-uk.libguides.com\/primary-sources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital Primary Source and Archive Collections guide<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/edinburgh-uk.libguides.com\/newspapers-magazines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newspapers, Magazines and Other News Sources guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Caroline Stirling \u2013 Academic Support Librarian for History, Classics and Archaeology<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Access has now been extended until 31st July 2024* I&#8217;m very pleased to let you know that University of Edinburgh Library has set up a new subscription with ProQuest that gives you access to almost all available ProQuest digital primary &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2020\/06\/24\/proquest-access-350-600-years-of-world-history\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5,3,4,164,293],"tags":[12,156,155,142,64,119,194,109,216,138,108,106,97,133,7,111,75,83,6,60,217,84,8,18,140,59,17,65,49,58],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7dF2q-Tn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3433"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3903,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3433\/revisions\/3903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}