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ProQuest Databases (trial until December 2021)

This trial provides access to over 100 archive & primary source collections. This includes journal & newspaper archives, plus some video streaming collections. Please visit this page to explore the databases available. Feedback on any resource you find useful is most welcome (contact: cmc@liv.ac.uk)

British Online Archives (trial until 30/04/2021)

This trial provides access to all 95 British Online Archives collections of primary source documents, covering 1,000 years of world history including topics such as politics, warfare, slavery and revolution

Access British Online Archives until 30th April 2021

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Subjects:Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, History, Irish Studies, Modern Languages and Cultures, Politics

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Key online resources for History

America: History and Life with Full Text
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America: History and Life is the definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present, this database is without question the most important bibliographic reference tool for students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history.

It includes indexing for over 1,800 journals from 1895 to the present; citations and links to books and media reviews, with coverage for some titles back to the 19th and early 20th centuries. Coverage: 1964 to present.
Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core is the main platform for Cambridge University Press's academic content, including eBooks, journals, Cambridge Histories

Cambridge University Press publishes a wide range of research monographs, academic reference, textbooks, books for professionals, and large numbers of books aimed at graduate students. Cambridge Core is central for academic research and it is the place to find academic information.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text
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This database indexed hundreds of scholarly historical journals back to 1955.

It provides indexing of academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955. In 2006, Historical Abstracts began adding retrospective coverage for the most important historical journals in JSTOR. Coverage: 1955 to present.
JSTOR
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JSTOR contains the back issues of thousands of academic journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences. It also includes books.

We have access to the following packages: Arts & Sciences I-IIV, Arts & Sciences IX, Biological Sciences, Ireland, 19th Century British Pamphlets, and South Asia Open Archives.
Project MUSE
Project Muse provides full-text online access to hundreds of humanities and social sciences journals. A very useful resource for finding secondary criticism,

A source of complete, full-text versions of titles from many of the world's leading university presses and scholarly societies. Project MUSE promotes the creation and dissemination of essential humanities and social science resources through collaboration with libraries, publishers, and scholars worldwide. The Library subscribes to the Standard Collection, not the full Premium Collection.
PubMed
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PubMed is a service of the National Library of Medicine, which includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. This is a useful resource if you are researching in the field of history of medicine.

Available online since 1996, PubMed was developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), located at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Citations in PubMed primarily stem from the biomedicine and health fields, and related disciplines such as life sciences, behavioural sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering. The database does not include full-text journal articles; however, links to the full text might be present when available from other sources.
Scopus
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A multidisciplinary databases which includes peer-reviewed literature for the arts and humanities.

Scopus is Elsevier's database, launched in 2004. It combines a comprehensive abstract and citation database with data and linked scholarly content. Content derives from peer-reviewed journals, and ebooks in subject fields, such as life sciences, social sciences, physical sciences, and health sciences. Coverage: 1823 to present.
Web of Science Core Collection
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Provides citation information for hundreds of journals within the humanities. A useful tool for cited reference searching.

Coverage includes current and retrospective journal and proceedings data in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. We have access to Science Citation Index Expanded (from 1970), Social Sciences Citation Index (from 1970), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (from 1975), Conference Proceedings Citation Index (from 1990), and Emerging Sources Citation Index (from 2015).
Bibliography of British and Irish History
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The Bibliography of British and Irish History provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British Empire and Commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation is available - from 55BC to the present. It is a helpful tool for literature searching, to let you know what has been written on your topic.

The Bibliography is a guide to the work of historians - it does not contain original sources unless they have been edited and republished by historians. It aims to be comprehensive for publications since 1900. Material is included irrespective of place or language of publication, although coverage is best for works published in Britain (and in Ireland during 1936-2006).
International Medieval Bibliography
IMB comprises numerous articles, which are classified by date, subject and location, and provide bibliographical records. IMB is a tool for medievalists to identify the contents of current work published throughout Europe, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific region.

It comprises numerous articles, which are classified by date, subject and location, and provide bibliographical records. IMB is a tool for medievalists to identify the contents of current work published throughout Europe, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific region. Relevant research areas include classics, English language and literature, history and archaeology, theology and philosophy, Medieval European languages and literatures, Arabic and Islamic studies, history of education, art history, music, theatre and performance arts, rhetoric, and communication studies.

Gale Primary Sources: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
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Contains newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817). The newspapers and news pamphlets were published mostly in London, however there are also some English provincial, Irish and Scottish papers, and a few examples from the American colonies, Europe and India.

Spanning from Parliamentary papers, London daily news to the latest English humour of the 1600s, this collection covers more than two hundred years of accounts and it relates economic, political, and educational situations. They were published mostly in London, however there are also some English provincial, Irish, and Scottish papers, and some from the American colonies. The collection aids researchers chart the newspaper’s development from Parliamentary debate transcriptions to the newspaper in its current form. Coverage: 1619-1800.
Gale Primary Sources: Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals
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19th Century UK Periodicals is a major new multi-part series which covers the events, lives, values and themes that shaped the 19th century world. Series I on New Readerships provides access to close to 100 periodicals for the study of British life in the 19th century - from women to sports and leisure, and from children to humour. It is mainly based on the repositories of the British Library and the National Library of Scotland

Part I covers the commercial lifestyle publishing in Britain, based on collections of British Library, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Australia, and National Library of South Africa. Part II looks at Britain’s role as an imperial power throughout the century, and contains periodicals from Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, New Zealand, and South Africa. Coverage: 1800-1900
Accessible Archives
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A site devoted to primary source material in American history. Information archived is from leading historical periodicals and books, and includes eyewitness accounts of historical events, vivid descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, commerce as seen through advertisements, and genealogical records.

The archived historical information derives from eyewitness accounts of historical events, editorial observations, descriptions of daily life, commerce seen through advertisements, and genealogical records. The database’s digital imaging and full-text search capability enable users to access specific information with accuracy.
America: History and Life with Full Text
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America: History and Life is the definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present, this database is without question the most important bibliographic reference tool for students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history.

It includes indexing for over 1,800 journals from 1895 to the present; citations and links to books and media reviews, with coverage for some titles back to the 19th and early 20th centuries. Coverage: 1964 to present.
Gale Primary Sources: Archives of Sexuality and Gender
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Exploring LGTBQ history and culture since 1940, the Archives cover subjects such as queer history and activism, cultural studies, psychology, sociology, health, political science, policy studies, human rights, gender studies.

It is essential for researchers focused on sexuality, and gender studies; health and hygiene; cultural change; LGBTQ studies; women's studies; American studies; civil and human rights; journalism; literature; social movement history; and British twentieth-century history. The database consists of the following four archives: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part I and Part II; Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century; and International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism and Culture.
Area Studies: India
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A resource for the study of the British Indian Empire and the history, culture, and literature of the Indian subcontinent from 1712 to 1942.

The collection includes the official and personal papers of Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, 1898-1905; printed works of colonial literature from India and volumes of travel writing from Indians travelling to the West, 1712-1933. It also features printed weekly abstracts compiled by the India Office, summarising both English and Indian language newspapers from British India.

British Library Newspapers
Also searchable via the Gale Primary Sources platform, British Library Newspapers consists of two major collections from the British Library which span three hundred years of newspaper publishing in the U.K.—17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers and 19th Century Newspapers.

British Online Archives
Access to multiple collections: British Union of Fascists 1933-1951, Trade and Commerce in Liverpool to 1900, Slave trade records from Liverpool 1754-1792, Slavery: supporters and abolitionists 1675-1865 and Colonial Africa in official statistics 1821-1953.

The website hosts records drawn from both private and public archives. The database records cover one thousand years of world history from politics and warfare, to slavery and revolution.
British Periodicals
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This database provides access to facsimile page images and searchable full text of periodicals from the late 17th century through to the early 21st. We have access to Collections I and II.

British Periodicals is available in four collections, we have access to Collections I and II. Collection I comprises the UMI microfilm collection Early British Periodicals; topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the fine arts and the social sciences. Collection II contains the UMI microfilm collections English Literary Periodicals and British Periodicals in the Creative Arts; topics covered include literature, music, art, drama, archaeology, and architecture.
Digital National Security Archive
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This resource consists of expertly curated, and meticulously indexed, declassified government documents covering U.S. policy toward critical world events – including their military, intelligence, diplomatic and human rights dimensions – from 1945 to the present.

Documents covering critical world events include subject areas, such as military, intelligence, diplomatic and human rights dimensions. Each collection is assembled by foreign policy experts and features chronologies, glossaries, bibliographies, and scholarly overviews to provide access to the defining international issues of our time.
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans
Books, pamphlets, and broadsides published during the 17th and 18th centuries
From the bibliography by Charles Evans and Roger Bristol's Supplement
Published in cooperation with the American Antiquarian Society

The database contains virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in America over a 160-year period. Digitized from collections ever produced on microform, Early American Imprints, Series I is based on Charles Evans' renowned "American Bibliography" and Roger Bristol's supplement. Series I also offers new imprints not available in microform editions. Coverage: 1639-1800.
Early English Books Online
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Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700.

This database is based on the microfilm collections curated by the Ann Arbor publisher Eugene B. Power (1905-1993). From the first book printed in English through to the ages of Spenser, Shakespeare and of the English Civil War, the content draws on authoritative short-title catalogues of the period and features text transcriptions.
Early European Books
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Access to collections 1 to 4 of EEB. Early European Books traces the history of printing in Europe from its origins through to the close of the seventeenth century, offering full-colour, high-resolution facsimile images of rare and hard-to-access printed sources. EEB is being built in partnership with major European libraries including the National Library of France, the National Library of Florence, the National Library of the Netherlands, the Wellcome Library, London, and the Royal Library, Denmark.

It provides scholars with new ways of accessing and exploring works printed in Europe before 1701, drawing together an array of printed sources, and works published further afield. This resource offers facsimile images of some of the world's most significant collections of early printed books in Europe.
East Germany from Stalinization to the New Economic Policy, 1950-1963
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Originally microfilmed as Records of the U.S. Department of State Relating to the Internal Affairs of East Germany, this Archives Unbound digital collection provides an in-depth look into the creation of the East German state, living conditions, and its people. Documents included in this collection are predominantly instructions to and despatches from U.S. diplomatic, and consular personnel regarding political, military, economic, social, industrial, and other internal conditions and events in East Germany.

Documents included in this collection are predominantly instructions to and despatches from U.S. diplomatic, and consular personnel regarding political, military, economic, social, industrial, and other internal conditions, and events in East Germany. Coverage: 1950-1963.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
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ECCO is an online library of over 180,000 eighteenth-century printed books, with more than 33 million scanned facsimile pages.

Each title has a full citation record based on the English Short Title Catalogue and it is full-text searchable. Coverage: 1701-1800.
Empire Online
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Empire Online is a collection of original documents relating to Empire studies from libraries and archives around the world.

This resource brings together manuscript, printed and visual primary source materials for the study of 'Empire' and its theories, practices, and consequences. The materials span across the last five centuries and include manuscripts, rare printed materials, letter books, periodicals, diaries, and photographs.
Gale Primary Sources
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Documents from over 500 years of History. Search across 19 databases which include manuscripts, monographs and newspapers. Sophisticated tools and features includes term frequency searching and term clusters.

It enhances the research experience for students and researchers by broadening their discovery of primary source documents using multiple search options and research tools. The cross-search interface provides access to millions of pages of content spanning many centuries and geographic regions. Users can explore a wide range of content including monographs, manuscripts, newspapers, photographs, maps, and more.

Hansard
Hansard (the Official Report) is the edited verbatim report of proceedings of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Daily Debates from Hansard are published on this website the next working day by 6am. You can also access Historic
Hathi Trust
HathiTrust is a partnership of libraries and research institutions that has developed a digital repository of millions of print works. Hathi Trust holds digitised materials like books and journals from major library collections and other partners, such as Google and the Internet Archive

History of Feminism
History of Feminism focuses on the period 1776 – 1928 and brings together primary and secondary source materials, journal articles, newly commissioned thematic essays and an image gallery. All content is fully-searchable and cross-linked, with the facility to browse by subject, place, period and notable figures. History of Feminism will be useful to students and researchers studying feminism in history, sociology, gender studies and literature

It forms part of the Routledge Historical Resources online programme that provides both academics and students with a research tool for studying the long Nineteenth Century through subject themes, such as Politics and Law, Religion and Belief, Education, Literature and Writings, Women at Home, Society and Culture, Empire, and Movements and Ideologies.
Histpop: The Online Historical Population Reports Website
Drawing its information from the UK census, the Registrar General, legislation, essays and the National Archives, this online collection covers the births, deaths, marriages and other social habits of the British population from 1801 to 1937.

The collection goes beyond the basic population reports with the textual and statistical material which provide a view of the economy, society (through births, deaths, and marriages) and medicine during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These pages of census are supported by documents from The National Archives, critical essays, and transcriptions of legislation. OHPR has enabled browsing through the collection by date or geography, or searching the content directly.
India, Raj and Empire
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India Raj & Empire covers the history of South Asia between the foundation of the East India Company in 1615 and the granting of independence to India and Pakistan in 1947. Documents, from the National Library of Scotland, comprise original manuscript material (diaries and journals, official and private papers, letters, sketches, paintings) and original Indian documents containing histories and literary works.

Explore the history of South Asia between the foundation of the East India Company in 1615 and the granting of independence to India and Pakistan in 1947, through the diverse manuscript collections of the National Library of Scotland. Documents comprise original manuscripts (namely, diaries and journals, official and private papers, letters, sketches, paintings) and original Indian documents containing histories and literary works.

Internet Archive: Digital Library
The Internet Archive is a digital library which provides digital versions of published works including books and texts, images and webpages.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
This is an online sourcebook of copy-permitted, although not necessarily copyright-free, source material for Medieval Studies. It is the largest online resource of medieval and Byzantine textual sources.

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This is an online sourcebook of copy-permitted, although not necessarily copyright-free, source material for Medieval Studies. It is the largest online resource of medieval and Byzantine textual sources.

London Low Life
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London Low Life is a digital collection of 18th, 19th, and early 20th-century primary source material covering themes such as Crime and Justice, Leisure and Entertainment, Politics, Scandal and the News, Religion, Charity and Social Reform and Women and Gender.

A searchable resource, containing digital images of rare books, ephemera, maps, and other materials relating to 19th and early 20th century London. The resource will be of interest to scholars from a range of disciplines, including literature, cultural studies, urban studies, social history and the study of leisure and tourism. The documents are drawn from the holdings of Lilly Library, the rare books, manuscripts, and special collections library of the Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington.
Gale Primary Sources: The Making of the Modern World
The Making of the Modern World (Parts I & II) contains over 13 million pages of digitised images from over 67,000 works of literature on economics and business published from 1450 all the way to 1914. Full text searching allows access to this vast collection of material on commerce, finance, social conditions, politics, trade, technology and transport.

It also covers the rise of the modern labor movement, the evolving status of slavery, the condition of the working class, colonization, the Atlantic world, Latin American/Caribbean studies, social history, gender, and the economic theories that challenged capitalism in the nineteenth century. The archive offers resources on the role of finance and taxation and the growth of the early modern monarchy. It features texts about the function of financial institutions, the crisis of the French monarchy and the French Revolution at the end of the eighteenth century. Coverage: 1450-1850.
Manchester Medieval Sources
Provides translations of key sources with accessible and contextual introductions and helpful annotations throughout. 37 books edited and translated by leading figures in the field, guaranteeing robustness of the content. Includes texts central to medieval studies courses that focus upon the diverse cultural, social and political conditions that affected the functioning of all levels of medieval society.

From the terror of the Black Death to the drama of the Norman invasion, this platform brings together the reality of life in the medieval world through first-hand accounts, many translated into English for the first time. The series provides introductory and explanatory material, and includes texts central to medieval studies courses that focus upon the diverse cultural, social and political conditions.
Mass Observation Online
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Mass Observation was a pioneering social research organisation whose papers provide insights into the cultural and social history of Britain from 1937 to 1965. The material at the Mass Observation Archive, and now on Mass Observation Online, offers an unparalled insight into everyday life in the 1930s and 1940s. This publication opens up a host of essay and project possibilities on topics such as abortion, old age, crime, eating habits, shopping, fashion, dance, popular music, sex, sport, reading, ethnic minorities, and the decline of Empire.

Explore original manuscript and typescript papers created and collected by the Mass Observation organisation, as well as printed publications, photographs, and interactive features. Topics covered include crime, shopping, dance, popular music, sport, reading, ethnic minorities, family planning, health, and cinema. It is recommended for historians, literary scholars, sociologists, anthropologists, and political scientists. Coverage: 1937-1965.
Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO)
Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO) is a digital library of historical sources for the history of Britain and Ireland in the medieval and early modern periods to the late 18th century. The collection is principally from the major collections of governmental records of England, Scotland and Ireland published during the nineteenth century, such as the Calendar of Close Rolls, Calendar of Patent Rolls, and Calendars of State Papers, Domestic and Foreign.

It brings together the sources from English, Irish, Scottish, and Colonial history with original manuscripts and web technologies. The collection is principally from the collections of governmental records of England, Scotland and Ireland published during the nineteenth century, such as the Calendar of Close Rolls, Calendar of Patent Rolls, and Calendars of State Papers, Domestic and Foreign. Phrase and keyword searches are displayed with accompanying text, and bibliographical information.

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts (University of Liverpool)
This collection showcases four of the highlights of the University of Liverpool’s medieval and renaissance manuscript collections. These four fully digitised manuscripts - an English literary text, a Book of Hours, a service book and a portolan chart - demonstrate a diversity of forms and features of interest to students of manuscript studies and medieval culture. When seen in the context of the collections from which they derive, they are also a witness to the cultural and educational life of Liverpool from the late nineteenth century onwards.
Medicine in the Americas
Medicine in the Americas is a digital library project that makes freely available original works demonstrating the evolution of American medicine from colonial frontier outposts of the 17th century to research hospitals of the 20th century.

Migration to New Worlds
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From government-led population drives during the early nineteenth century through to mass steamship travel, Migration to New Worlds showcases unique primary source material recounting the many and varied personal experiences of 350 years of migration. Explore Colonial Office files on emigration, diaries and travel journals, ship logs and plans, printed literature, objects, watercolours, and oral histories

The collection allows students and researchers to conduct study into all aspects of migration, it tells the stories of individuals and families who risked everything to build new lives in North America and Australasia between 1800 and 1980. It enables you to explore the rise and fall of the New Zealand Company, discover British, European and Asian migration and investigate personal accounts, shipping logs, printed literature and organisational papers.
Monumenta Germaniae Historica: eMGH
Monumenta Germaniae Historica (MGH) is a comprehensive collection of sources for the study of German history from the end of the Roman Empire to 1500. It has primary source material for study of the Middle Ages and extends beyond Germany

It contains a comprehensive series of edited and published primary sources, both chronicle and archival. The database provides primary source material for the study of the Middle Ages and it extends beyond Germany.
Gale Primary Sources: Nineteenth Century Collections Online
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The British Politics and Society archive in Nineteenth Century Collections Online includes tens of thousands of historical primary sources relating to the social and political climate in Great Britain during the “long” nineteenth century. Research and explore a range of primary sources covering such topics as British domestic and foreign policy, the working class, trade unions, Chartism, Owenism, public protest, radical movements, the cartographic record, political reform, education, family relationships, religion, and leisure.

Research and explore a range of primary sources covering such topics as British domestic and foreign policy, the working class, trade unions, Chartism, Owenism, public protest, radical movements, the cartographic record, political reform, education, family relationships, religion, and leisure.

Old Bailey Online
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913
A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court.

Serving Soldier
A growing and varied digital archive, currently covering the lives of soldiers from 1899 to 1918 and spanning the Second Boer War, Younghusband Expedition and World War One. Letters, photographs, posters, military booklets and campaign notes create a vivid picture of life as a serving solder for the scholar, teacher or enthusiast.

It contains nationally significant historical archives revealing the interests, talents and accomplishments of servicemen and their families at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Their role as peacekeepers, technical innovators, explorers, colonial administrators, and veterans is revealed through diaries and first-hand accounts, scrapbooks, reports, and photographs. The Collection Library contains themed selections of photographs; the content highlights the careers of servicemen from the 1880s until 1945.
Gale Primary Sources: Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive
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Slavery and Anti-Slavery includes documents from the United States and Europe, as well as other parts of the world. In addition to newspaper collections and books published in the antebellum era, Slavery and Anti-Slavery contains documents from several archives originally available only on microfilm.

We have access to part 1: Debates over Slavery and Abolition, part 2: Slave Trade in the Atlantic World, and part 3: The Institution of Slavery. These components of Slavery and Anti-Slavery include collections on the transatlantic slave trade, the global movement for the abolition of slavery, and the legal, personal, and economic aspects of the slavery system from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries.
UK Parliamentary Papers
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With the core content of House of Commons Parliamentary Papers and House of Lords Parliamentary Papers, the digitization of the Parliamentary Papers of the UK Parliament has made this resource a research destination for everything associated with parliamentary research

Parliamentary Papers influenced public opinion and social and political philosophy and provided a forum for the ideas of thinkers of the day. With the core content of House of Commons Parliamentary Papers and House of Lords Parliamentary Papers, the digitization of the Parliamentary Papers of the UK Parliament has made this resource a research destination for everything associated with parliamentary research.
Vision of Britain through Time
This collection draws on information from a wide variety of sources to delineate changes in the statistical make-up and social backdrop to life across the variety of socio-economic groupings in Britain between 1801 and 2000. The archive features comprehensive statistics from general elections and census reports throughout the period, alongside historical maps outlining the changing landscape of Britain and a significant collection of British travel writing.

Created by Humphrey Southall and the Great Britain Historical GIS Project, this collection draws on information from a variety of sources to delineate changes in the statistical make-up and social backdrop to life across the variety of socio-economic groupings in Britain. The archive features statistics from general elections and census reports, historical maps, and a collection of British travel writing.

American National Biography
The American National Biography offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women from all eras and walks of lifewhose lives have shaped the USA. The ANB Online features thousands of illustrations, more than 80,000 hyperlinked cross-references, links to select web sites, and powerful search capabilities.

From missionaries to musicians, social workers to statisticians, cowboys to chemists, and Vikings to astronauts, the portraits reflect the diversity of American life from pre-colonial times to present day. ANB was originally published in 24 volumes in 1999 and then online in 2000. The online edition is updated semi-annually, and it contains illustrations, hyperlinked cross-references, and links to web sites.
Database of Latin Dictionaries
Database of Latin Dictionaries (DLD) is a collection of historical, semantic and etymological dictionaries offering tools to understand Latin texts of various genres, periods, countries or regions and analyse Latin vocabulary at different levels and with different focuses and purposes

The aim of this dictionary project is to present new techniques of research for consulting dictionaries and various lexica, both modern and ancient. The project covers both single-language dictionaries and multilingual ones.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The work of over 10,000 specialists, the Oxford DNB replaces the original Victorian version for the twenty-first century.

The Dictionary offers concise, up-to-date biographies written by named, specialist authors. Oxford DNB was first published in 2004. Since 2005 updates have extended the Dictionary’s coverage, now including biographies of men and women who died in or before 2016. Oxford DNB online is updated regularly, extending coverage into the 21st century, whilst also adding new biographies across all historical periods.
Oxford Bibliographies
Oxford Bibliographies Online (modules: African Studies, Art History, Atlantic History, Biblical Studies, Classics, Medieval Studies, Military History, Political Science, Renaissance and Reformation, Victorian Literature) helps researchers quickly find reliable sources of information by directing them to specific chapters, books, websites, archives, or data.

It helps researchers find reliable sources of information by directing them to specific chapters, books, websites, archives, or data. Our subscription includes access to the African Studies, Art History, Atlantic History, Biblical Studies, Classics, Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Military History, Political Science, Renaissance & Reformation modules. Perpetual access to the Victorian Literature module is also available. In each module, scholars have produced a guide to sources in an area of study. The guides feature bibliographic citations supported by direct recommendations about which sources to consult.
Oxford Reference
Oxford Reference Online consists of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations found in dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. We subscribe to the Premium Collection which offers over 210 fully-indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press, including detailed information across a broad subject range from titles in the world-renowned Oxford Companions Series. In addition we subscribe to the Literature and Western Civilization collections.

This database consists of facts, figures, definitions, and translations found in dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. We subscribe to the Premium Collection which offers indexed, cross-searchable dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works, including information across a broad subject range from titles in the Oxford Companions Series. We also subscribe to the Literature and Western Civilization collections.

This section lists the archival newspaper content to which the Library provides access. For more detailed information about current newspaper subscriptions and titles received in print, please access the main Newspapers Library Guide.

Gale Primary Sources: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
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The newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) represent the largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media.

Spanning from Parliamentary papers, London daily news to the latest English humour of the 1600s, this collection covers more than two hundred years of accounts and it relates economic, political, and educational situations. They were published mostly in London, however there are also some English provincial, Irish, and Scottish papers, and some from the American colonies. The collection aids researchers chart the newspaper’s development from Parliamentary debate transcriptions to the newspaper in its current form. Coverage: 1619-1800.
Gale Primary Sources: Nineteenth Century US Newspapers
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Gale's Nineteenth Century US Newspapers provides digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers.

It provides an as-it-happened window on events, culture, and daily life in nineteenth-century America. The collection features publications from the political party newspapers to the dailies that shaped the nation at the century's end. Major newspapers stand alongside those published by African Americans, Native Americans, women’s rights groups, labor groups, and the Confederacy. Coverage: 1800-1899.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Baltimore Afro-American
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Coverage: 1893-1988

Curriculum focus includes African American studies, arts and literature, civil rights, culture, genealogy, education, history, journalism, multidisciplinary, political science, religion, social sciences, sports history, and urban planning. Users can study the progression of issues over time by browsing the newspaper, including news articles, photos, advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, and cartoons. Coverage: 1893 – 1988.
America's Historical Newspapers
Early American Newspapers, Series 1, 1690-1876 offers 350,000 fully searchable issues from over 710 historical American newspapers.

Focusing largely on the 18th and early 19th centuries, this collection is based on Clarence S. Brigham's "History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690-1820" and other authoritative bibliographies. It includes newspapers from over twenty states and the District of Columbia. Coverage: 1690-1876.
Gale Primary Sources: The Economist Historical Archive, 1843–2015
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The Economist Historical Archive delivers a complete searchable copy of every issue of The Economist from 1843 to 2007.

Full-colour images, multiple search indexes, exportable financial tables and a gallery of front covers highlight a key topic of each week. These all combine to offer a source of research covering the 19th and 20th centuries. Coverage: 1843-2015.
Gale Primary Sources: Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2016
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Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2010

Initially focused on the global financial and economic issues, the Financial Times expanded coverage in the post-war years, reporting on topics such as industry, energy, and international politics. In recent decades, coverage of management, personal finance, and the arts has been added. The online facsimile contains the complete run of the London edition from its first issue through 2010 (part 1) and through 2016 (part 2).
Gale Primary Sources
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Gale Primary Sources is an excellent database for searching across multiple archival newspaper platforms at once. Includes archives of The Times, Daily Mail, Economist, Telegraph and many more.

It enhances the research experience for students and researchers by broadening their discovery of primary source documents using multiple search options and research tools. The cross-search interface provides access to millions of pages of content spanning many centuries and geographic regions. Users can explore a wide range of content including monographs, manuscripts, newspapers, photographs, maps, and more.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer
Coverage: 1959-2003

Originally known as the Manchester Guardian, the Guardian was a Saturday-only paper until the newspaper stamp duty was repealed in 1855. The Observer, the world's oldest Sunday paper, was first published in 1791. Writers such as George Orwell, Vita Sackville-West, Clive James, Philip Toynbee, and others were contributors, continuing a tradition of freedom of the press and providing coverage of politics and literature. Coverage: 1791 - 2003.
Gale Primary Sources: The Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003
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ILN Historical Archive 1842-2003 - became the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper, sparking a revolution in journalism and news reporting.

It became the world's first fully illustrated weekly newspaper, the publication presented a vivid picture of British and world events (including news of war, disaster, ceremonies, the arts, and science). It covers a wide range of subject areas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, making it a resource for multi-disciplinary research. Subject areas include the arts, discovery and exploration, fashion, industry and trade, military history, politics, science, medicine and progress, social history, sports, transport, and travel.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Irish Times and The Weekly Irish Times
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A fully searchable digital archive containing every page of The Irish Times published since the newspaper's foundation 1859-2009.

Since its inception, The Irish Times has evolved from reflecting the views of its founder to becoming a politically and commercially independent newspaper. It has earned an international reputation as Ireland's daily newspaper. Each issue contains background analysis and assessment of the events of the day, and diversity of debate in the daily opinion columns. Coverage: 1859 - 2018.
Gale Primary Sources: The Listener Historical Archive 1929-1991
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Developed as the medium for reproducing broadcasts, The Listener (1929-1991) was the weekly newspaper published by the BBC. The complete archive of this landmark publication is an essential witness to the intellectual and cultural history of the twentieth century, and also to the golden years of radio and television

The Listener was a weekly magazine established by the BBC in 1929 under its director-general, Lord Reith. It was developed as the medium for reproducing broadcast talks, initially on radio, but in later years television as well, and was the intellectual counterpart to the BBC listings magazine Radio Times. The Listener is one of the few records and means of accessing the content of many early broadcasts. In addition to commenting on the intellectual broadcasts of the week, the Listener also previewed major literary and musical shows and regularly reviewed new books.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index
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New York Times from 1851-2007

It provides search capability using subject terms and topics for focused and targeted results in combination with searchable full text, full page, and article-level images from the historical New York Times. Coverage: 1851 – 2016.
Gale Primary Sources: Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938-1957
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The Picture Post Historical Archive contains every issue of the pioneering photojournalism newspaper. High-principled yet entertaining, and featuring a whole stable of extraordinarily talented photographers, Picture Post (1938-1957) was read by an estimated 80% of the British population at its peak.

Picture Post’s innovative use of photojournalism captured the imagination of the British people. In the era before television, it became the window on the world, bringing the social and political issues of the day into consciousness. This resource provides a snapshot of British life from the 1930s to the 1950s, with thousands of photos of ordinary people doing ordinary things.
Gale Primary Sources: The Telegraph Historical Archive, 1855-2000
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The Telegraph Historical Archive, 1855-2000

Launched in 1855, by 1876 The Telegraph was the largest-selling newspaper in the world. It was directed at a wealthy, educated readership. During the twentieth century, the Telegraph cemented its reputation as a pioneering yet reliable source of news reporting. The archive includes the Sunday edition from its inception in 1961. It offers a fundamental insight into domestic and international affairs and culture.
Gale Primary Sources: The Times Digital Archive, 1785-2014
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The Times Digital Archive, 1785-2006

This historical archive allows you to search this newspaper online in its original published context. The Times has offered readers coverage of world events since its creation in 1785 and is the oldest daily newspaper in continuous publication. The archive supports research across multiple disciplines and areas of interest, including business, humanities, political science, and philosophy, and coverage of major international historical events.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Times of India (1861-current)
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Times of India (1861-current)

This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, searchable first-hand accounts and coverage of the politics, society, and events of the time.
ukpressonline
ukpressonline provides access to the full archive of the Daily Express (1900 - current) alongside other titles.

A resource for academics, researchers and anyone who wants to explore history as seen by the reporters and commentators. The newspaper pages can be viewed in thumbnail, small preview, full-size view, ready-to-print PDF, and page-by-page browse of the editions. It provides access to the full archive of the Daily Mirror (1903-current) and the Daily Express (1900-current).
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post
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The Washington Post offers full text searching back to the first issue in 1877 with coverage up to 2001.

The database has a multidisciplinary subject coverage of historical local, regional, and national news. It provides full pages and article images of the newspaper archive. Coverage: 1877 – 2003.

BoB
On demand TV and radio service for education. Record, search and stream TV and radio programmes.

BoB (formerly Box of Broadcasts or BoB National) is a shared online off-air TV and radio recording service for UK higher and further education institutions. The first time you use BoB you will be prompted to enter an email address to use the MyBoB Playlist facility.
BoB is only available to users on the UK mainland.

DART-Europe E-theses Portal
DART-Europe is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who are working together to improve global access to European research theses.

DART-Europe partners help to provide researchers with a single European Portal for the discovery of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). It offers partners a European networking forum on ETD issues and may provide the opportunity to submit collaborative funding applications.
EThOS e-Theses Online Service
EThOS provides access to UK doctoral theses online.

EThOS aims to provide free access to the full text of as many theses as possible for use by all researchers and it helps institutions to meet the expectation of the UK Research Councils that PhDs supported by a Research Council Training Grant should be made freely available in an open access repository.
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
NDLTD is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination, and preservation of electronic theses and dissertations.

It assists students and universities in using electronic publishing and digital libraries to more effectively share knowledge to unlock the potential benefits worldwide. It also supports electronic publishing and open access to scholarship to enhance the sharing of knowledge.
ProQuest
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Includes UK, Irish and global dissertations and theses.

It powers research in academic, corporate, government, public and school libraries around the world with content, including academic databases, and technologies that connect people with information. This database contains subject areas, such as dissertations & theses, health & life sciences, humanities & social sciences, and contemporary & historical newspapers.

Referencing

Chicago Manual of Style Online
This is the full guide to the Chicago Manual of Style Online which provides comprehensive advice about footnotes, bibliographies and presentation in the Chicago style.

This is an indispensable reference for writers, editors, proof-readers, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers, informing the editorial canon with sound, definitive advice.