{"id":3985,"date":"2024-04-05T07:58:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T07:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/?p=3985"},"modified":"2025-05-06T08:31:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:31:25","slug":"on-trial-vanity-fair-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2024\/04\/05\/on-trial-vanity-fair-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"On trial: Vanity Fair Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>*The Library has purchased the Vanity Fair Magazine Archive and this can be accessed via <a href=\"https:\/\/edinburgh-uk.libguides.com\/newspapers-magazines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newspapers, Magazines and Other News Sources<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/library.ed.ac.uk\/finding-resources\/library-databases\/databases-a-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Databases A-Z<\/a>*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a request from a HCA student the Library currently has trial access to the <strong>Vanity Fair Magazine Archive<\/strong> from EBSCO, which presents an extensive collection of the popular magazine in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format, dating from its very first issue\u00a0in 1913.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3989 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2024\/04\/VanityFair_archive.png\" alt=\"Shows 5 different covers from Vanity Fair magazine across several years.\" width=\"721\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2024\/04\/VanityFair_archive.png 721w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2024\/04\/VanityFair_archive-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/files\/2024\/04\/VanityFair_archive-500x137.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can access <strong>Vanity Fair Magazine Archive<\/strong> 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>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trial access ends 3rd May 2024.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Published by Conde Nast Publications,\u00a0<em>Vanity Fair<\/em>\u00a0highlights artists, illustrators and writers providing in-depth coverage and social commentary. Beginning with the Jazz Age, the archive chronicles popular culture, fashion, celebrity portraiture and politics through the years.<\/p>\n<p>The original version of\u00a0<em>Vanity Fair<\/em>\u00a0featured popular, avant-garde covers for its first run from September 1913 through February 1936.<em>\u00a0<\/em>The magazine was relaunched 47 years later in March 1983 with a new cover look focused on celebrity portraits and political figures. This archive covers the years 1913-1936 and 1983-2015.<\/p>\n<p>You can access the <strong>Vanity Fair Magazine Archive<\/strong> 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 \/>\n<em>Trial access ends 3rd May 2024.<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>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Please note, trial access to a resource is an opportunity for our staff and students to try a resource out and give <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<\/a> on its quality and usefulness. However, if we trial a resource this is not an indication that we plan to or will be able to purchase or subscribe to the resource in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><em>Caroline Stirling \u2013 Academic Support Librarian for History, Classics and Archaeology<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*The Library has purchased the Vanity Fair Magazine Archive and this can be accessed via Newspapers, Magazines and Other News Sources or the Databases A-Z* Thanks to a request from a HCA student the Library currently has trial access to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/2024\/04\/05\/on-trial-vanity-fair-archive\/\">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":[5,4,164,13],"tags":[119,194,138,133,7,6,84,85,17,65,49],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7dF2q-12h","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3985"}],"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=3985"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4057,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3985\/revisions\/4057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/hcalibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}