Archive for the ‘new resources’ category
The Listener Historical Archive 1929-1991
July
1
The Library has bought the Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991. This features the complete 62-year run of The Listener, the BBC periodical published from 1929-1991. The Listener was a weekly magazine established by the BBC in 1929 under its Director-General Lord Reith. It was the intellectual counterpart to the BBC listings magazine, Radio Times. Developed as […]
State Papers Online Parts III and IV
July
1
The University has purchased State Papers parts III and IV, to add to the Library’s previous purchase of parts I and II. The State Papers provides a digital edition of the Domestic, Foreign, Borders, Scotland, and Ireland State Papers of Britain with the Registers of the Privy Council and other State Papers now housed in […]
Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice Online
July
1
The University has bought Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice Online. This resource provides access to many thousands of original manuscripts, pamphlets, books, paintings, maps and images. There are 17 thematic areas: Slavery in Early Americas, African Coast, Middle Passage, Slavery and Agriculture, Urban and Domestic Slavery, Slave Testimony, Spiritualism and Religion in Slave communities, Resistance […]
Making of the Modern World
July
1
The University has purchased the Making of the Modern World. This resource provides access to the theories, practices, and consequences of economic and business activity in the West, from the last half of the 15th century to the mid-19th century. Contains collections from the Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature at the University of London Library […]
Picture Post Archive online
June
27
The Library has bought the Picture Post Archive Online. This consists of the complete, fully text searchable facsimile archive of the Picture Post, the iconic newspaper published in Britain between 1938-1957 that defined the style of photojournalism in the 20th century. Picture Post was read by an estimated 80% of the British population at its […]
African Newspapers 1800-1922
June
27
The Library has purchased African Newspapers 1800-1922 online. This resource provides access to more than 40 fully searchable African newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries. Featuring English- and foreign-language titles from Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Includes publications such as the […]
New York Times Archive online now available
June
27
The Library has bought the archive of the New York Times Online. This gives access between 1851 and 2007 to one of the most important international newspapers. To access the archive, please click here
New ebook Collections from Palgrave
June
6
The Library has purchased two collections of eBooks from Palgrave: Business and Management and Economics and Finance, providing access to more than 650 new ebooks. To access the collections, please click here
Ethnographic Video Online
April
11
The Library has purchased Ethnographic Video Online. It offers access to 100s of online ethnographic films and associated study materials. These cover a wide range of cultures worldwide, including documentaries from key filmmakers such as John Marshall, Timothy Asch, Robert Gardner, David MacDougall, John Bishop, David Plath, from the 1920s to the present day. There […]
Photographic Youth Music Culture Archive (PYMCA)
January
27
The Library is now subscribing to PYMCA, the Photographic Youth Music Culture Archive. PYMCA represents the content of hundreds of contributors from around the World, offering photographic, film, design and writing to form a collection of global youth culture content. PYMCA is available through the Online Resources page of the Electronic Library.