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Africa and the New Imperialism
Description: A resource for researching Africa’s encounters with European imperialist regimes and their impact on the lives of peoples across the continent. Contains rare printed works, diaries and journals, correspondence, maps, photographs, and film footage.
Coverage: 1870-1914
Publisher: Adam Matthew Digital
Full text: Yes
Subjects: History
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African American Newspapers (series 1)
Description: Chronicles 150 years of African American history and culture from more than 280 newspapers. Created in partnership with historical societies and the Library of Congress, and taken from newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries, this resource documents African American experience
Please note that access is also available for Series 2, 1835-1956Coverage: 1827-1998
Publisher: Readex
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, History
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African American Newspapers (series 2)
Description: Chronicles 150 years of African American history and culture from more than 70 newspapers. Created in partnership with historical societies and the Library of Congress, and taken from newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries, this resource documents African American experience
Please note that access is also available for Series 1, 1827-1998Coverage: 1835-1956
Publisher: Readex
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, History
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Archives of Sexuality and Gender
Alternative titles: also known as 'Gale Primary Sources: Archives of Sexuality and Gender'
previously known as 'Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940'Description: Supporting research into the history of sex, sexuality and gender, this resource includes items from collections spanning 1940 to 2014. It includes materials to examine how sexual norms have changed over time, sexual health and hygiene, the development of sex education, the rise of sexology, changing gender roles, social movements and activism, erotica, and other topical areas. Materials are sourced from the Lesbian Herstory Archives, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society, and New York Public Library, the London School of Economics, and the National Institutes of Health.
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: History
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Archives Unbound
Description: Presents digital collections of historical documents, covering a range of topics from the Middle Ages forward - from witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Particular strengths include U.S. foreign policy; U.S. civil rights; global affairs and colonial studies; and modern history.
Library users can access this resource until 20th July 2024Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: History
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Black Newspaper Collection
Alternative titles: also known as 'ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Black Newspaper Collection'
Description: Material from nine newspapers chronicling African American culture, history, civil rights and everyday life.The newspapers were published in the United States and cover more than 110 years of reporting.
Coverage: 1893-2005
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, History
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Brill Journals Collection
Description: Hundreds of journals covering the arts and humanities, health and life sciences, engineering and technology, science and the social sciences.
Coverage: 2000-
Publisher: Brill
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Social Sciences, Science, Journals, History, Art & Design, Literature
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British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries
Description: A digital library of letters and diaries written by British and Irish women. Covering more than 400 years of writing, it also includes biographies.
Coverage: 1500 to 1950
Publisher: Alexander Street Press
Full text: Yes
Subjects: History, Literature, Biography
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British diplomacy with America and Ireland, an Ambassador’s letters, 1909-1962
Alternative titles: previously known as 'Correspondence of Arthur C. Murray, 3rd Viscount Elibank'
This resource is part of: British Online Archives
Description: The papers of Arthur C. Murray (1879-1962), soldier, Scottish Liberal politician and friend of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Murray was an MP, Foreign Secretary and military attaché, and his correspondence with Roosevelt in the lead up to World War II is a highlight of this digital library.
Coverage: 1909 to 1962
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Government & Official, Americana, History, Biography
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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British History Online
Description: British and Irish history from medieval times to the current day. This digital library contains thousands of texts, maps and images.
Full text: Yes
Subjects: History
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British Library Newspapers, Parts 1 & 2
Alternative titles: previously known as '19th Century British Library Newspapers, Parts 1 & 2'
also known as 'Gale Primary Sources: British Library Newspapers'Description: More than 70 Scottish and UK national and local newspapers published in the 1800s. This full-text digital library of 19th century newspapers contains complete runs of national, regional and rural daily and weekly publications from Scotland, England, Ireland, and Wales.
Coverage: 1800 to 1900
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, History
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British Literary Manuscripts Online c.1660-1900
Description: Over 600,000 pages of manuscripts from major British writers, including poems, plays, novels, diaries and correspondence. This full-text digital library provides an intimate look into the lives and works of authors from the 1600s to 1900.
Coverage: 1660 to 1900
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: History, Literature, Biography
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British Newspaper Archive
Description: More than 600 British newspapers, dating from 1710 to the present day.
This resource has a concurrent user limit of 5 - please try again later if you cannot get access.
Please complete personal registration and login to access full-text.
Findmypast provided offsite access while Covid-19 restrictions applied but this is no longer available - more information about library access (opens in new window)Coverage: 1710 onwards
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, History, Family History
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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British Online Archives
This resource includes: Scottish trade with Africa and the West Indies in the early 18th century, 1694-1709
British diplomacy with America and Ireland, an Ambassador’s letters, 1909-1962
The East India Company: Corrupt Governance and Cruelty in India, 1806-1814
India, uprising and reform, 1879-1910: in the records of the Governor-GeneralDescription: Extensive collection of full-text British historical archives. Includes : British diplomacy with America and Ireland, an Ambassador’s letters, 1909-1962; Scottish trade with Africa and the West Indies in the early 18th century, 1694-1709; India, business and control, 1806-1814: in the records of the Governor-General, and; India, uprising and reform, 1879-1910: in the records of the Governor-General
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Government & Official, History
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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British Periodicals Collection I
Description: Digitised page images and access to the searchable full text of hundreds of magazines and journals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth. Topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the social sciences, music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture.
Publisher: Proquest
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, Journals, History
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Cambridge Books Online
Description: Over 2,000 e-books from Cambridge University Press, including more than 100 open access books.
Coverage: 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013 and open access
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Business, Social Sciences, Science, E-books, History
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Cambridge Journals Online
Description: Hundreds of peer-reviewed journals from Cambridge University Press. Subjects include humanities, life sciences, mathematics, science, engineering medicine, social sciences, humanities and law.
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Business, Social Sciences, Science, Journals, History
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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Caribbean newspapers, 1718-1876
Alternative titles: also known as 'Caribbean Newspapers, Series 1, 1718-1876: From the American Antiquarian Society'
Description: Over 60 newspapers from 22 Caribbean countries published in the 18th and 19th centuries. Created in partnership with the American Antiquarian Society.
Publisher: Readex
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Social Sciences, Newspapers, History
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Cold War Intelligence
Alternative titles: also known as 'Cold War intelligence online: the secret war between the U.S. and the USSR, 1945-1991'
Description: A full-text collection of 2,360 formerly classified U.S. government documents (most of them classified Top Secret or higher) which provides readers with the declassified documentary record about the successes and failures of the U.S. intelligence community in its efforts to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Coverage: 1945- 1991
Publisher: Brill
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Government & Official, History
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Credo Reference
Description: A full-text collection of over 600 high-quality reference books from the world's leading publishers, with over 4 million entries and 1 million images. Titles range from art, language, business, and history, to geography, music, literature, science and religion, and biography.
Publisher: CredoReference Inc
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Business, Social Sciences, Reference Works, Science, History
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Early English Books Online
Alternative titles: also known as 'EEBO'
Description: This resource is now accessed from the cross-searchable ProQuest search platform
A full-text digital archive of some 130,000 books printed between 1473 and 1700. This consists of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and British North America, and works in English printed elsewhere.Coverage: 1473 to 1700
Publisher: Proquest
Full text: Yes
Subjects: E-books, History, Literature
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Early European Books
Alternative titles: also known as 'Early European Books: printed sources to 1700'
Description: All books published in Europe before 1701. This resource traces the history of printing in Europe from its origins through to the close of the 17th-century, offering full-colour, high-resolution facsimile images of rare and hard-to-access items.
Library users now have access to Voyages & Imagination: Travel Writings and Literature from the Early Modern Period (Collection 19)Publisher: Proquest
Full text: Yes
Subjects: History, Literature
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Ebook Central
Alternative titles: previously known as 'EBL Ebook Library'
also known as 'ProQuest Ebook Central'Description: A full-text e-book database providing access to a small selection of e-book titles
Please login for onsite and remote accessFull text: Yes
Subjects: Science, E-books, History, Art & Design, Literature, Biography, Family History
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2014
Description: Every issue of The Economist magazine from 1843 to 2014.
Coverage: 1843 to 2014
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Business, Newspapers, Journals, History
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Parts 1 & 2
Alternative titles: also known as '18th Century Collections Online'
also known as 'ECCO'Description: Contains nearly 200,000 books published between 1701 and 1800. Covering all subject, his vast, searchable library includes books, pamphlets and broadsides from the UK, the Commonwealth and the Americas.
Coverage: 1701 to 1800
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: E-books, History, Art & Design, Literature, Biography, Family History
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Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online
Description: More than 4,000 entries covering European history from 1450 to 1850. This is the English edition of the 15-volume German-language Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit.
Publisher: Brill
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Reference Works, History
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Gale eBooks
Alternative titles: previously known as 'Gale Virtual Reference Library'
This resource includes: Complete dictionary of scientific biography
Description: A full-text e-book collection currently providing access to the 26 volume Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography.
Library users can access all titles in this resource until 20th July 2024Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Reference Works, Science, History, Biography, Family History
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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Humanities International Complete
Description: A full text and A&I database covering the humanities, with full-text from over 1,800 journal and book titles, plus data from the Humanities International Index containing over 2.9 million records from more than 2,300 journals
Publisher: EBSCO
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Social Sciences, History, Art & Design, Literature, Biography, Family History
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Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842–2003
Description: Includes every published issue, from the first in 1842 to the last in 2003. Covers a wide range of subject areas, combining information and the power of pictures to provide a unique perspective on many aspects of modern life.
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, Journals, History
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India, Raj and Empire
Alternative titles: also known as 'Raj, India and Empire'
Description: A digital archive covering the history of South Asia between the foundation of the East India Company in 1615 and the independence to India and Pakistan in 1947. The archive is taken from the manuscript collections of the National Library of Scotland.
Coverage: 1615 to 1947
Publisher: Adam Matthew Digital
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Social Sciences, Government & Official, History, Art & Design, Literature, Biography, Family History
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