22 resources
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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 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
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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Complete dictionary of scientific biography
This resource is part of: Gale eBooks
Description: An online dictionary providing information on the history of science through articles on the professional lives of scientists. All periods of science from classical antiquity to modern times are represented.
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Reference Works, Science, Biography
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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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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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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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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Gale Literature Resource Center
Description: An online literature database offering a broad and representative range of authors and their works, including a large collection of full-text critical and literary analysis, as well as news, primary sources, literary works, images, links to audio, interviews and reviews.
Library users can access this resource until 20th July 2024Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Literature, Biography
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors
Description: Find biographical information on more than 149,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters. Sketches typically include personal information, contact information, career history, writings, biographical and critical sources, authors' comments, and informative essays about their lives and work.
Library users can access this resource until 20th July 2024Publisher: Gale
Subjects: Literature, Biography
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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Gale Literature: Dictionary of Literary Biography
Description: Provides information on authors and their works in an easy to understand format, while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history. Dictionary of Literary Biography includes the main series, documentary, and yearbook volumes.
Library users can access this resource until 20th July 2024Publisher: Gale
Subjects: Literature, Biography
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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Gale Literature: LitFinder
Description: Provides access to literary works and authors throughout history and includes more than 130,000 full-text poems and 650,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. The database also includes secondary materials like biographies and images.
Library users can access this resource until 20th July 2024Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Literature, Biography
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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Gale Literature: Scribner Writer Series
Description: Original scholarly essays on authors from around the world, placing authors and their works in personal and historical context.
Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Literature, Biography
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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Gale Literature: Something About the Author
Description: Provides access to all volumes of the Something About the Author series, which examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults. Includes both the main series and the autobiography series, totaling more than 290 volumes, 20,000 entries, and nearly 30,000 images
Library users can access this resource until 20th July 2024Publisher: Gale
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Literature, Biography
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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Gale Literature: Twayne's Author Series
Description: In-depth critical introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements and to the development of literary genres.
Library users can access this resource until 20th July 2024Publisher: Gale
Subjects: Literature, Biography
Access: Access to this resource is restricted to our Edinburgh reading rooms and to Kelvin Hall, Glasgow.
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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
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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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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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Alternative titles: previously known as 'Dictionary of national biography'
also known as 'Oxford DNB'
also known as 'Online DNB'
also known as 'ODNB'
also known as 'DNB'Description: Over 60,000 biographies of significant individuals who helped shape British history, including 11,000 portraits.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Social Sciences, Reference Works, E-books, Biography
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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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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 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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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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