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John Johnson Collection : an archive of printed ephemera
Description: A full-text digital archive of from the ephemera collection of the Bodleian Library, illustrating everyday life in Britain in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. Over 22,000 items and almost 60,000 images are currently available, with over 150,000 images on completion
Coverage: 1700 onwards
Publisher: Proquest
Full text: Yes
Subjects: History, Art & Design
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JSTOR
Description: A digital library of more than 6,500 eBooks and 2,600 scholarly journals covering many topics including humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
Coverage: 1800 onwards
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Business, Social Sciences, Science, Journals, History, Art & Design
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Making of Modern Law
Description: A full-text digital archive of over 22,000 legal treatises on US and British law published from 1800 through 1926. The collection consists of 10 million pages of critical legal history, from casebooks, local practice manuals, form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and more.
Coverage: 1800 to 1926
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Social Sciences, Government & Official, Reference Works, E-books, History
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Making of the Modern World
Alternative titles: also known as 'Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature'
previously known as 'Making of the world economy'Description: A full-text digital archive of over 61,000 works on economics and business published from 1450 through 1850. Drawing from the Goldsmiths-Kress Library of Economic Literature, this collection consists of over 12 million pages.
Coverage: 1450 to 1850
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Business, Social Sciences, Reference Works, E-books, History
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Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Description: A range of primary sources - including manuscripts, diaries, letters, working documents - covering social, cultural, political, scientific and religious perspectives, from the 12th to early 18th centuries.
Publisher: Adam Matthew Digital
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Social Sciences, Science, History
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Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals
Alternative titles: also known as 'Gale Primary Sources: Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals'
previously known as '19th Century UK Periodicals'Description: A digital archive which covers the events, lives, values and themes that shaped the 19th century world. This resource consists of a multi-part collection and subjects range from art to business, and from children to politics. The periodicals are presented in their original published context.
Coverage: 1801 to 1900
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Journals, History, Art & Design, Literature
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Oxford English Dictionary
Alternative titles: also known as 'OED'
Description: A full-text online dictionary, accepted as the authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium.
We are currently experiencing intermittent problems with remote access to this service.
Videos and guides about how to use the new OED website (opens in own window)Coverage: 1000 CE onwards
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Reference Works, E-books, History, Literature
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Oxford Journals Online
Alternative titles: previously known as 'OJO'
Description: A database containing hundreds of journal titles covering life sciences, mathematics, physical sciences, medicine, social sciences, humanities, and law, from Oxford University Press.
This resource's content is now accessed on the Oxford Academic platformCoverage: 1996 onwards
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Social Sciences, Science, Journals, Music, History, Art & Design, Literature
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Rare Book Hub
Description: The Rare Book Hub is a resource for information pertaining to rare, antiquarian, and collectible books and related ephemeral material – manuscripts, letters, maps, posters, broadsides, photographs, and prints.
Subjects: Reference Works, History
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Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500–1926
Alternative titles: previously known as 'Bibliotheca Americana'
previously known as 'Joseph Sabin’s Bibliotheca Americana'
also known as 'Gale Primary Sources: Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500–1926'Description: A digital archive containing over 6 million pages from 29,000 works about the Americas published throughout the world. It covers the period from 1500 to the early 1900s. Based on Joseph Sabin’s seminal bibliography 'Bibliotheca Americana : a dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time'.
Coverage: 1500 to 1926
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Americana, E-books, History, Literature
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SAGE Journals
Description: Access to over 1000 journal titles across a range of subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, and medicine. Library users have access to the Sage Premier collection
Coverage: 2013-
Publisher: Sage
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Business, Social Sciences, Science, Journals, History
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Scotsman Digital Archive, 1817-1950
Description: Every issue of The Scotsman newspaper, from 1817 to 1950, in its original published context. This is a full-text digital archive.
Coverage: 1817 to 1950
Publisher: Proquest
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, History
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Scottish trade with Africa and the West Indies in the early 18th century, 1694-1709
Alternative titles: previously known as 'Papers of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, 1694-1709'
This resource is part of: British Online Archives
Description: The papers of the Darien Company, the doomed Scottish trading company of the late 17th century. This full-text digital library comes from the collections of the National Library of Scotland and part of the British Online Archive.
Coverage: 1694 to 1709
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Social Sciences, Government & Official, Americana, History
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period
Description: Over 60 volumes of lyric poetry by 51 Scottish women poets, written between 1789 and 1832.
Coverage: 1789 to 1832
Publisher: Proquest
Full text: Yes
Subjects: History, Literature, Biography
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SCRAN
Alternative titles: also known as 'Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network'
Description: Over 500,000 images, movies and sounds from museums, galleries, archives and the media about Scotland and beyond.
Coverage: Prehistory onwards
Publisher: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Full text: Yes
Subjects: History, Family History
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Screen Studies Collection
Alternative titles: also known as 'ProQuest Screen Studies Collection'
Description: Current publications related to film scholarship alongside detailed and expansive filmographies. Includes the specialist index FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database and the detailed and complementary filmographies created by the American Film Institute and the British Film Institute; AFI Catalog and Film Index International.
Publisher: Proquest
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Social Sciences, Reference Works, Journals, Music, Catalogues & Bibliographies, E-books, History, Art & Design
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Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
Alternative titles: previously known as '17th and 18th Century Burney Newspapers Collection'
also known as 'Burney collection'
also known as 'Gale Primary Sources: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection'Description: 17th and 18th century newspapers, broadsides and news pamphlets from the Burney Collection. Gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757 - 1817), this collection represents the largest single collection of early English newspapers from London, the British Isles and the colonies, containing almost 1 million pages and 1,270 titles.
Until 31st December 2023, users affiliated to a further or higher education institution can access this resource outwith the LibraryCoverage: 1604 to 1804
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, History
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Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice
Description: A portal for slavery and abolition studies, bringing together documents and collections covering 1490 to 2007, from libraries and archives across the Atlantic world. There is a focus on the experience and legacy of historical slavery, the social justice perspective, and the continued existence of slavery today.
Publisher: Adam Matthew Digital
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Social Sciences, History
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State Papers Online
Alternative titles: previously known as 'State papers online : the government of Britain, 1509-1714'
also known as 'Early modern government in Britain and Europe'This resource includes: Stuart and Cumberland Papers from the Royal Archives, Windsor Castle
Description: A digital manuscript database covering 200 years of British history, from the reign of Henry VIII to the end of the reign of Queen Anne, describing both domestic and overseas activity and events. This resource contains over 3 million manuscript pages and over 500,000 fully searchable calendar and catalogue entries, with links between the two types of document when they are related.
Coverage: 1509-1714
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Social Sciences, Government & Official, History
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Stuart and Cumberland Papers from the Royal Archives, Windsor Castle
Alternative titles: also known as 'State Papers Online: Stuart and Cumberland Papers from the Royal Archives, Windsor Castle'
This resource is part of: State Papers Online
Description: This online archive contains 245,000 folios, and brings together two distinct but historically related collections: The Stuart Papers, the papers of the exiled James II, and VII in Scotland, and his heirs; and the Cumberland Papers, the papers of William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, second son of George II and military commander of the British Army.
Note: this resource is accessed through the State Papers Online websitePublisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Government & Official, History
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The East India Company: Corrupt Governance and Cruelty in India, 1806-1814
Alternative titles: previously known as 'Indian papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, 1806-1814'
previously known as 'India, business and control, 1806-1814: in the records of the Governor-General'This resource is part of: British Online Archives
Description: The personal letters of the 1st Earl of Minto and his wife Anna Maria.The 1st Earl of Minto served as Governor-General of India from 1806 until 1813. An employee of the East India Company, Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound rose from President of the Board of Control to run the colony. The diplomatic and Indian material is detailed, with a focus on his work.
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Government & Official, History, Biography, Family History
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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Times Digital Archive, 1785 - 2014
Alternative titles: also known as 'The Times'
also known as 'The London Times'
also known as 'TDA'Description: A digital archive of The (London) Times newspaper containing pages from every issue from 1785 to 2014. This historical newspaper archive allows researchers an unparalleled opportunity to search and view the best-known and most cited newspaper in the world online in its original published context.
Coverage: 1785 to 2014
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, Journals, History
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Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive
Description: Founded as a supplement to The Times (London), for more than 100 years the Times Literary Supplement has forged a reputation for fine writing, literary discoveries and insightful debate. This is a digitial archive of the TLS from the first edition in 1902 to 2014.
Coverage: 1902 to 2005
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Reference Works, Science, Journals, History, Literature, Biography
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Times of India
Description: The world's most widely circulated English daily newspaper was founded in 1838 to serve British residents of western India. This archive contains material from the first issue up till 2010, covering a range of key historical events
Coverage: 1838-2007
Publisher: Proquest
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers, History, Biography
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U.K. Parliamentary Papers
Alternative titles: also known as 'Proquest U.K. Parliamentary Papers'
previously known as 'House of Commons Parliamentary Papers'
previously known as 'HCPP'Description: A digital archive of House of Commons parliamentary papers dating back to 1715 with supplementary papers to 1688. Also includes Hansard, the Official report of debates in Parliament from both House of Commons and House of Lords from 1803-2005.
Coverage: 1688 onwards
Publisher: Proquest
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Government & Official, History
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United Nations iLibrary
Alternative titles: also known as 'UN iLibrary'
Description: The United Nations iLibrary is a single research repository for accessing digital content published by the United Nations Secretariat and its funds and programs.
Coverage: 1996-
Publisher: United Nations
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Social Sciences, Government & Official, Science, E-books, History
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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University Press Scholarship Online
Alternative titles: also known as 'UPSO'
also known as 'Scholarship Online'Description: Thousands of e-books, from Oxford University Press and many other university presses offering publications in the humanities, social science and business.
This resource's content is now accessed on the Oxford Academic platformPublisher: Oxford University Press
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Business, Social Sciences, Science, Music, E-books, History
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Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers & Periodicals, 1800-1900
Alternative titles: also known as 'Directory of English Newspapers & Periodicals, 1800-1900'
Description: Series 2: an online bibliographic database of 50,000 Victorian newspaper and periodical publications, with 48,000 personal names, 4,572 issuing bodies and 756 subjects.
Library users have extended access until 31 July 2024
This includes access to a further 23,000 publications, 20,000 personal names, 1,728 issuing bodies and 244 subjects through Series 3 (opens in new window), and Waterloo Directory of Scottish Newspapers & Periodicals, 1800-1900 (opens in new window)Publisher: North Waterloo Academic Press
Subjects: Newspapers, Reference Works, Journals, Catalogues & Bibliographies, History
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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Who’s Who & Who Was Who
Description: A reference work containing the current Who's Who - with over 34,000 autobiographical entries of noteworthy and influential people who impact British life - plus the entire Who Was Who archive from 1897 onwards.
Coverage: 1897 onwards
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Social Sciences, Reference Works, History, Biography, Family History
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