For the month of November the Library has trial access to the Los Angeles Times Historical Archive, 1881-1992, from ProQuest.
You can access this online archive via the E-resources trials page. Access is available both on and off-campus.
Trial access ends 30th November 2016.
**Trial has now been extended until 31st December 2016**
Continue reading “Los Angeles Times Archive on trial”
*The Library now has permanent access to the Women’s Magazine Archive I and II and News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive. We also have access to all British Periodicals collections until 31st July 2024 as part of ProQuest Access 350.*
The Library currently has trial access to 3 magazine and periodical archives, British Periodicals III and IV, News, Policy & Politics Magazine Archive and Women’s Magazine Archive I and II. These give access to a wide range of full-text magazines from around the early 20th century onwards including The Tatler, The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, Chatelaine, Newsweek, The Sketch, Good Housekeeping, Seventeen and Cosmopolitan.
You can access all of these online resources via the E-resources trials page. Access is available both on and off-campus.
Trial access ends on 30th November 2016.
**Trial has now been extended until 31st December 2016**
Continue reading “Trial access to magazine and periodical archives”
*The Library has subsequently subscribed to Online Egyptological Bibliography. Find out more at New to the Library: Online Egyptological Bibliography (OEB)*
The Library currently has trial access to the Online Egyptological Bibliography (OEB) from the University of Oxford and The First World War primary source database from Adam Matthew.
You can access all of these online resources via the E-resources trials page. Access is available both on and off-campus.
Access to OEB is only available until 17th October 2016.
While trial access to the First World War databases ends on 31st October 2016.
The Library currently has trial access to two newspaper archives, The Telegraph Historical Archive (1855-2000) and British Newspapers Part V (1746-1950).
You can access both of these online archives via the E-resources trials page. Access is available both on and off-campus.
Both trials end on 10th June 2016.
The Telegraph Historical Archive (1855-2000) Continue reading “Newspaper archives on trial”
Our current trial to Church Missionary Society Periodicals from Adam Matthews has been extended and access to this fascinating resource is now available until 28th April 2016.
You can access the resource during the trial period from the E-resources trials page. Please note that PDF download options are not available during the trial. Continue reading “Trial access extended: Church Missionary Society Periodicals”
The Library currently has trial access to World’s Fairs: A Global History of Expositions. Through this unique resource you can explore the phenomenon of world’s fairs from the Crystal Palace in 1851 and the proliferation of North American exhibitions, to fairs around the world and twenty-first century expos.
Bringing together for the first time official records, monographs, personal accounts and ephemera, including publicity, artwork and artifacts, for more than 200 fairs this collection offers a fascinating insight into international expositions.
You can access the resource during the trial period via the e-resources trials page. Access is available on and off-campus.
Trial ends 6th April 2016. Continue reading “All the fun of the World’s Fairs”
The Library currently has trial access to the Church Missionary Society Periodicals from Adam Matthew Digital. This resource features publications from the Church Missionary Society, the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society and the latterly integrated South American Missionary Society between 1804 and 2009.
You can access the resource during the trial period from the link below if you are working on-campus (or off-campus with VPN):
www.churchmissionarysociety.amdigital.co.uk
Trial ends 23rd March 2016*.
*Please note that our trial access has been extended. Continue reading “Trial access: Church Missionary Society Periodicals”
The Library currently has trial access to South Asian Newspapers (1864-1922). This unique collection provides online access to a select group of South Asian newspapers from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
South Asian Newspapers (1864-1922) coverage includes: Continue reading “South Asian Newspapers on trial”
*The Library has access to The Cecil Papers until 31st July 2024 as part of ProQuest Access 350.*
The Library currently has trial access to The Cecil Papers, which may help you find out.
This fascinating archive offers you crucial insights into the events of one of the most dynamic periods of history.
The Cecil Papers cover the period 1520-1668 and are a privately held archive of around 30,000 16th and 17th century manuscripts. In the main, these consist of the correspondence of William Cecil, Lord Burghley (1520-1598) and his son Robert, the 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563-1612). Continue reading “Were the Tudors terrible?”
