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Trial access to The Nation and The New Republic

At the request of an academic colleague in American & Canadian Studies, we have trial access to two primary sources of American alternative journalism: The Nation and The New Republic.   The Nation Archive digital archive contains thousands of historic articles, editorials, letters, reviews, poems, and puzzles dating back to the magazine’s first issue from July 6, 1865. Offering more …

Trial access to Kanopy video streaming

Until 24th June, we have trial access to Kanopy. Kanopy is a video streaming platform offering a “Netflix-like” user experience and a broad selection of documentaries, feature films and training videos from thousands of producers. The collection contains over 28,000 films from 850 producers such as Criterion Collection PBS HBO The Video Project New Day …

Trial access to LGBT Life with Full Text

Until June 10th, you can enjoy full-text coverage for the most important literature regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. LGBT Life with Full Text  from EBSCO includes: More than 140 full-text journals More than 160 full-text books and reference materials More than 350 abstracted and indexed books and reference works LGBT thesaurus containing more than 9,800 …

Trial access to CNKI Journals Translation Project

Until the 15 June, we have trial access to the Journal Translation Project (JTP). JTP is sponsored by China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI). The project aims to select and translate top Chinese academic journals to assist the global scholars to easily understand and apply the Chinese research outcomes. All the selected journals have high academic research …

Trial access to Sage Video

We have trial access to SAGE Video, online video collections in the social sciences. SAGE’s video collections combine originally commissioned material with licensed videos in the following disciplines: Communication, Media, & Cultural Studies Counseling & Psychotherapy Education Business and Management Politics and International Relations Psychology SAGE Video offers quick definitions, short tutorials and in-depth interviews …

America and Great Britain, Diplomatic Relations 1775-1815

Until the end of May, we have trial access to ‘America and Great Britain, Diplomatic Relations 1775-1815’. Published via Cambridge Archive Editions, ‘America and Great Britain, Diplomatic Relations 1775-1815’ is a digitised collection of British diplomatic primary source material, charting the emergence of an independent United States.   The nine volume collection consists of c.8,000 pages …

New trial resource from the United Nations

UNiLibrary, the first comprehensive online collection of knowledge created by the United Nations, provides seamless access to UN publications, journals data and series.  Topics covered include: • Agriculture Rural Development and Forestry • Children and Youth • Democracy and Governance • Disarmament • Drugs, Crime and Terrorism • Economic and Social Development • Environment and …

Trial access to Academic Video Online

We have trial access to Academic Video Online (via Alexander Street Press) until 30th April.  During the trial, you can access more than 48,000 video titles from 1,500 providers spanning subject areas such as american studies, art, health sciences, history, literature, music, psychology, engineering, social sciences, and many more. To help you explore the collection, …

New and on trial resources from Adam Matthew

Adam Matthew provide digital content for the humanities and social sciences. We already have access to Mass Observation Online, London Low Life, Victorian Popular Culture and Eighteenth Century Journals. To that list we can now add Migration to New Worlds, a collection of materials on the ‘Century of Immigration’, now freely available thanks to a collaboration between …

Available now, America’s Historical Government Publications

For one month only, we have trial access to America’s Historical Government Publications from Readex, a division of NewsBank, inc. Until the 18th December 2015, you can access this historical collection of books, pamphlets, broadsides, newspapers, government documents and ephemera printed in America over three centuries: • American State Papers, 1789-1838 Legislative and executive documents, …