Following a request by staff in History, I’m happy to let you know the Library currently has trial access to the Jackie Archive, 1964-1993 from The Social History Archive, which provides access to this seminal British weekly magazine for teenage girls for the first time. You can access the Jackie Archive via the E-resources trials […]

I’m pleased to let you know that following successful trials, the Library has been able to purchase two new digital newspaper archives. Expanding our already extensive collection of digital newspaper archives from the UK and around the world. The Sunday Times Historical Archive, 1822-2021

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 […]

Thanks to requests from students and staff in HCA the Library currently has trial access to 4 databases, covering the Middle Ages onwards. All 4 databases can be accessed from our E-resources Trials page. Bibliography of the History and Archaeology of Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages This bibliography provides comprehensive coverage of all publications, […]

Thanks to a request from a member of staff in HCA the Library currently has trial access to East India Company: India Office Records from the British Library, 1599-1947 from AM Digital. This digital resource allows students and researchers to access the vast and remarkable collection of primary source documents from the India Office Records, […]

Thanks to a request from a HCA postgraduate student the Library currently has trial access to Foreign Office Files for Japan, 1919-1952 from AM Digital. This resource allows you to discover Japan’s rise to modernity and its relations with global superpowers through British Government documents from the National Archives, UK. You can access the Foreign […]

Thanks to a request from HCA staff the library currently has trial access to Colonial Caribbean from AM Digital, which provides access to British Colonial Office files from The National Archives, UK. You can access the Colonial Caribbean via the E-resources trials page. Trial access ends 28th April 2023.

*The Library now has permanent access to Britannia and Eve, 1926-1957 and The Tatler, 1901-1965. You can access these either from Newspapers, Magazines and Other News Sources or the Databases A-Z.* Did you know the Library currently has trial access to a number of databases from British Online Archives? British Online Archives are one of […]

*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 […]

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.