On trial: ProQuest One Literature
May 4, 2020
We are pleased to announce trial access for ProQuest One Literature. This database gathers the largest literature collection which includes multi-media resources with a focus on diversity. The resource acts as a single destination for research, learning and teaching with millions of sources. Highlights include: Access to more than 3 million literary criticism citations, dissertations, …
On trial: Alexander Street Black Studies
April 8, 2020
We are pleased to announce a month’s trial for Alexander Street Black Studies. These interdisciplinary resources feature rare and unique materials that survey the black experience throughout history, culture, literature, arts, drama and more. Researchers will find essential contributions from black writers, historians, filmmakers, and cultural figures representing many different backgrounds and contexts. There are 300,000 pages …
Temporary additional online resources
March 27, 2020
In addition to the vast range of online resources that we already provide access to via NUsearch, some publishers offered extended or additional access to their content. Since March, we updated this blog post as more online resources became available. Now that we are in November, we have removed the majority of entries as access …
On trial: Making of the Modern World
March 9, 2020
We are pleased to announce a trial of The Making of the Modern World This resource covers The Goldsmiths’-Kress Collection 1450-1850 and supports research across various disciplines by looking at trade and wealth and how they contributed to the development of the modern Western world. It gives access to primary sources and rare books, some …
On trial: Women’s Studies Archive
March 6, 2020
International Women’s Day (IWD) is a worldwide annual event which celebrates women’s achievements, raises awareness against bias and encourages everyone to take action for equality. To mark IWD on 8 March, we’re pleased to bring you trial access to the Women’s Studies Archive from Gale Cengage. This primary source archive traces the path of women’s …
On trial: Political Extremism and Radicalism
March 4, 2020
We are pleased to announce a trial for Political Extremism and Radicalism from Gale Cengage. The archival collections cover a wide range of fringe political movements. It focuses on political extremism and radical thought, with material from groups in the far right and radical left. The collections cover the period from the 1900s to 2010s …
On trial: BBC handbooks, annual reports and accounts, 1927-2002 (British Online Archives)
March 3, 2020
BBC handbooks, annual reports and accounts, 1927-2002 (British Online Archives) We are pleased to announce a month’s trial for BBC handbooks, annual reports and accounts, 1927-2002 and BBC Listener research department report 1937-c.1950 This collection contains handbooks, annual reports and accounts published by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) between 1927 and 2002. In addition, the …
University Mental Health Day in Libraries
February 27, 2020
Join Libraries for University Mental Health Day this Thursday 5 March. University Mental Health Day is an annual event to raise awareness of mental health in higher education. This year the focus is on random acts of kindness and we’ve got a host of ways for you get involved – from book swaps to sharing …
On trial: Drama Online (‘Context & Criticism’ and ‘Theatre Craft’)
February 18, 2020
Drama Online trial for ‘Context & Criticism’ and ‘Theatre Craft’ We are pleased to announce a month’s trial of two resources from Drama Online – ‘Context & Criticism’ and ‘Theatre Craft’. Context & Criticism contains The Arden Shakespeare Studies Archive which provides historical, critical, and theoretical background to Shakespeare’s work, and the Bloomsbury Methuen Drama …
On trial: Theology, bible and religion resources
February 14, 2020
We are pleased to bring you trial access to a number of theology and religion resources from a range of publishers (Oxford University Press, Brill, Bloomsbury, and de Gruyter). Oxford Handbooks Online: Religion Oxford Handbooks Online: Religion provides new essays on critical topics and emerging issues in the study of religion, complementing hundreds of …
