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The Library has been given trial access to the primary source database China: Trade, Politics & Culture from Adam Matthew. So for a limited time only you have access to this fantastic digital collection of English-language primary sources relating to China and the West from 1793 to 1980.
You can access the database via the E-resources trials page. Access is available both on and off-campus.
Trial access ends 5th April 2017.
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In this week's blog I'm using some of the Library's online resources to find primary source material about a specific event, the Woman Suffrage Procession of 1913.
On 3rd March 1913 a woman suffrage procession was held in Washington DC. Not by chance was this date chosen, 3rd March was the day before a new US President, Woodrow Wilson, was inaugurated. It's estimated that around 5000 women took part in the suffrage pageant organised by the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and the first of its kind in Washington DC.
But what started as a peaceful parade ended with the women being harassed and jeered by onlookers with the police doing little to intervene.
I have to admit I had never heard the story of this parade until I read a short article on it in the March 2017 issue of the BBC History Magazine1. And reading about it, it wasn't hard to draw parallels with the recent Women's March that took place in Washington DC and around the world days after the inauguration of a new US President this year.
I wanted to try and find out more about this Suffrage Parade (also referred to as Suffrage Pageant) using some of the resources available at the Library. And I wanted to focus on primary sources about the event, particularly newspaper articles.
So where better to start than by searching and browsing some of the newspaper archives for US titles that we have access to at the Library, specifically the Historical Washington Post (1877-1999), New York Tribune archive (1841-1922) and the Historical New York Times (1851-2012). ...continue reading "Woman Suffrage Procession: using our newspaper archives for your research"
*The Library has since purchased this resource and it can be accessed, along with Church Missionary Society Periodicals, module 1, via the Primary Sources database list or Databases A-Z list.*
The Library currently has access for a trial period to Church Missionary Society Periodicals Module 2: medical journals, Asian missions and the Historical Record, 1816-1986 from Adam Matthew Digital.
You can access the database via the E-resources trials page. Access is available both on and off-campus.
Trial access ends 14th March 2017.
** Trial access has been extended until 5th April 2017**
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*The Library now has access to Nineteenth Century Collections Online: The Corvey Collection.*
Until the 27th February the Library has trial access to 4 extensive primary source databases from Gale Cengage: China from Empire to Republic, Making of the Modern World: Part I and Part II and Nineteenth Century Collections Online: The Corvey Collection.
You can access the database via the E-resources trials page. Access is available both on and off-campus.
Trial access ends 27th February 2017.
**Access to Making of the Modern World Part I and II and Nineteenth Century Collections Online: The Corvey Collection has now been extended until 14th March 2017**
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From today the Library has trial access to the primary source collection British Records on the Atlantic World, 1700-1900 from British Online Archives. So for a limited time only you can access the wealth of material in this database spanning two centuries of Britain's colonisation, commercial, missionary and even literary relations with Africa and the Americas.
You can access the database via the E-resources trials page (under the title British Online Archives: Atlantic Studies Collection). Access is available on-campus. For off-campus access please use the University's VPN service.
Trial access ends 1st March 2017.
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Thanks to a request from a student the Library currently has trial access to Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice from Adam Matthew Digital. Bringing together primary source documents from archives and libraries across the Atlantic world, this resource allows students and researchers to explore and compare unique material relating to the complex subjects of slavery, abolition and social justice.
You can access the database via the E-resources trials page. Access is available both on and off-campus.
Trial access ends 20th February 2017.
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*The Library currently has access to Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) until 31st July 2024 as part of ProQuest Access 350.*
And finally...We currently have trial access to the extensive primary source database Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) from ProQuest. This database unlocks a vast trove of important declassified U.S. government documents providing vital primary source material to advance research in twentieth century history, politics, and international relations.
You can access the database via the E-resources trials page. Access is available both on and off-campus.
Trial access ends 15th February 2017.
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*The Library now has access to the NAACP Papers Collections until 31st July 2024 as part of ProQuest Access 350.*
Thanks to a request from a student in History, the Library currently has trial access to The NAACP Papers Collections 1-6, part of ProQuest History Vault. These collections are the digitised archives of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The archive covers the period 1909-1972.
You can access the database via the E-resources trials page. Access is available both on and off-campus.
Trial access ends 15th February 2017.
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The Library has a number of e-resources trials running at the moment and this includes trial access to the fascinating primary source database Global Commodities: Trade Exploration & Cultural Exchange from Adam Matthew Digital. Using a range of visual, manuscript and printed materials sourced from libraries, companies and trade organisations worldwide this database allows you to explore the history of fifteen major commodities and to examine the ways that these have changed the world.
You can access the database via the E-resources trials page. Access is available both on and off-campus.
Trial access ends 13th February 2017.
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The Library has been given trial access to Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1947-1980 from Archives Direct. This is an interesting collection of files from the Foreign Office (later the Foreign and Commonwealth Office) and Dominions Office focusing on the political and social history of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
You can access the database via the E-resources trials page. Access is available both on and off-campus.
Trial access ends 13th February 2017.
...continue reading "Trial access: Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan"
