Thanks to requests from staff and students in HCA, the Library has trial access to 4 digital primary source collections in November. From an Antiguan sugar plantation, politics and war in the 20th century, to a newly released Scottish newspaper archive for the second half of the 20th century.
All 4 databases can be accessed from our E-resources Trials page.
History Commons: Weimar and Nazi Germany
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Thanks to a request from staff in HCA the Library currently has trial access to Australian Newspapers (1831-2000) part of ProQuest’s Historical Newspapers series, which covers two of the most influential Australian newspapers: The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.
You can access Australian Newspapers via the E-resources trials page.
Trial access ends 11th May 2024.
Providing nearly 170 years of coverage, Australian Newspapers includes the two leading Australian newspapers: The Age (1854–2000) and the Sydney Morning Herald (1831–2000). Continue reading “On trial: Australian Newspapers (1831-2000)”
The Library has two new E-resources Trials running following requests from staff in HCA, ProQuest Historical Newspapers: ABC (1903 – 2010) and Codices Vossiani Latini Online.
Trial access to both databases ends 11th February 2024. You can access these two databases via the E-resources Trials page.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: ABC (1903 – 2010)
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Thanks to a request from HCA staff the Library currently has trial access to Latin American Newspaers: Series 1 from Readex, which allows you to explore Latin American history and culture during the 19th and 20th centuries.
You can access the Latin American Newspapers: Series 1 via the E-resources trials page.
Trial access ends 9th December 2023. Continue reading “On trial: Latin American Newspapers, Series 1”
Thanks to a request from a HCA student the Library currently has trial access to Early American Newspapers, Series 1 from Readex, which offers fully searchable issues from over 730 invaluable American newspapers from the period 1690-1876.
You can access the Early American Newspapers, Series 1 via the E-resources trials page.
Trial access ends 14th April 2023. Continue reading “On trial: Early American Newspapers, Series 1”
*The Library now has permanent access to this resource. See New! East African Newspapers.*
Thanks to a request from staff in HCA the Library currently has trial access to East African Newspapers from EastView, featuring key newspapers from the region from the 1940s to the early 2000s.
You can access the East African Newspapers via the E-resources trials page.
Trial access ends 2nd April 2023. Continue reading “On trial: East African Newspapers”
Thanks to a request from a researcher in HCA the Library currently has trial access to the Radical Irish Newspaper Archives, an extraordinary collection of over 115 Irish radical and political newspapers, journals, pamphlets and bulletins.
You can access the Radical Irish Newspaper Archives via the E-resources trials page.
Access is available directly on-campus or off-campus with VPN.
Trial access ends 8th January 2023. Continue reading “On trial: Radical Irish Newspaper Archives”
*The Library has subsequently purchased access to Archives of Sexuality and Gender: Inernational Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism and Culture, British Library Newspapers Part VI: Ireland, 1783-1950, Financial Times Historical Archive 1888-2021 and The Mirror Historical Archive, 1903-2000. These can be accessed via the Databases A-Z.*
During the summer the Library was able to purchase two Gale primary source databases to add to our collections: U.S. Declassified Documents Online and The Telegraph Historical Archive, 1855-2016. Because of this, Gale have offered us free long-term trial access to 7 more of their digital primary source databases through their Gale Accelerate programme.
The Library has access to these 7 databases until 12th July 2023.
They can be accessed from our E-resources trials.
They can also be accessed via the Digital Primary Source and Archive Collections guide or Newspapers, Magazines and Other News Sources guide, as appropriate.
So what do we now have access to?
(In alphabetical order) Continue reading “On (long term) Trial: More Gale Primary Sources”
I’m very pleased to let you know that the Library has recently purchased The Telegraph Historical Archive, 1855-2016 from Gale, the fully searchable digital archive of what was once the world’s largest-selling newspaper.
You can access The Telegraph Historical Archive, 1855-2016 via the Databases A-Z list, Newspapers, Magazines and Other News Sources guide and DiscoverEd. Continue reading “New to the Library: The Telegraph Historical Archive”
Thanks to a request from a HCA student the Library currently has trial access Manchuria Daily News Online from Brill. This resource offers scholars of the modern history of Japan in China a multifaceted view of competing Japanese agendas in the China theatre.
You can access Manchuria Daily News Online via the E-resources trials page.
Access is available on and off-campus.
Trial access ends 30th August 2022. Continue reading “On trial: Manchuria Daily News Online”
