Blogging on library news, resources, services and skills for staff & students in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology
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"
I'm sure all history lovers know today is the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings.
Probably one of the most famous battles in England's history, this led to the end of the Anglo-Saxon era and was the beginning of the Norman conquest of England under William, the Duke of Normandy (to be William I, also known as William the Conqueror or William the Bastard). But this defining battle didn't just have consequences for England, it's ramifications were felt in Scotland, Wales, Ireland and beyond down the years.
If you want to read more about the battle itself, the events leading up to it and the impact the outcome of the battle had then you can find lots of books and journal articles through the Library via DiscoverEd or some of the Library databases.
However, I wanted to take the opportunity to use Box of Broadcasts (BoB) to have a look at just some of the TV programmes (and a couple of radio programmes) available that examine at the Battle of Hastings and the events surrounding it.
Please note you will be asked for your University email address the first time you log into BoB. And like any TV recording service you will often get a few minutes of the previous programme at the beginning (that can be interesting in itself).
First up Conquest, the second episode from series one of Simon Schama's A History of Britain. Schama takes us through the events leading up to the battle, the battle itself and its aftermath, roughly covering the period 1000 - 1087. If you don't know much about this time in history then this is a good starting point. ...continue reading "1066 and all that (by ‘that’ I mean Box of Broadcasts)"
*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.
Over the summer the Library was able to purchase the British Politics and Society collection, part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) from Gale Cengage. This is a major new resource for the Library and provides a fascinating look at this period of great change.
British Politics and Society brings together primary source documentation, allowing a greater understanding and analysis of the development of urban centers and of the major restructuring of society that took place during the Industrial Revolution.
You can access Nineteenth Century Collections Online: British Politics and Society via the Databases A-Z. ...continue reading "New to the Library: Nineteenth Century Collections Online"
Following a successful trial earlier this year the Library has now purchased access to module 1 of Church Missionary Society Periodicals, Global missions and contemporary encounters, 1804-2009.
This resource features publications from the Church Missionary Society, the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society and the latterly integrated South American Missionary Society.
You can access Church Missionary Society Periodicals from the Databases A-Z list. ...continue reading "New to the Library: Church Missionary Society Periodicals"
I'm happy to let you know that the Library has recently purchased two new primary source databases looking at Chinese and Asian history. These are China: Culture and Society and a new collection of files covering 1938-1948 from Foreign Office Files for China. So if this is an area you are interested in then read on.
You can access both databases via the Databases A-Z list.
Foreign Office Files for China, 1938-1948: Open Door, Japanese war and the seeds of communist victory
Foreign Office Files for China provides access to the digitised archive of British Foreign Office files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The Library had already purchased access to the files covering the period 1949-1980, broadly covering the Communist Revolution, the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. ...continue reading "New Library resources for Chinese history"
On the HCA Librarian blog I have highlighted new resources or material that have been purchased for the Library's collections from requests from students or staff in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology.
However, new resources purchased from requests from other schools in the College of Humanities & Social Sciences and beyond may also be of interest to HCA students and staff. I generally tweet about these but I thought I'd put a quick post together just to highlight some of these resources.
In no particular order...
Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition Online
Historical Statistics of the United States (HSUS) is a compendium of statistics about the United States and is the standard source for the quantitative facts of American history. --> Find out more
IndiaStat ...continue reading "Some new Library resources for you"
This is the first in an occasional series highlighting some of the online resources available at the Library that will be of interest to students and staff in History, Classics and Archaeology.
The Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) from ProQuest gives you access to a vast collection of important declassified U.S. government documents. This provides valuable primary source material central to U.S. foreign and military policy since 1945 and helps advance research in history, politics and international relations.
Within DNSA are collections that cover U.S. policy towards critical world events, including their military, intelligence, diplomatic and human rights dimensions. Each collection is overseen by a subject expert and they allow researchers to directly access the original documents that shaped responses to these critical world events.
With the recent purchase of the collections U.S. Policy in the Vietnam War, Part I and II the Library now has access to 7 collections via DNSA.
[As of August 2017 4 new collections have now been added.]
...continue reading "Spotlight on Digital National Security Archive (DNSA)"
I'm pleased to let you know that following requests from students and staff the Library has recently subscribed to The Chicago Manual of Style Online.
Access is available via DiscoverEd or go direct to Chicago Manual of Style Online. Access is available both on and off-campus with your EASE username and password.
The Chicago Manual of Style Online offers the full contents of the 16th and 15th editions providing recommendations on editorial style and publishing practices for the digital age. The site is easy to search and browse and also gives you access to the Chicago Style Q&A, tools such as sample correspondence and proofreaders’ marks and a Quick Guide to citations. ...continue reading "New to the Library: The Chicago Manual of Style Online"
