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Access U.K. & Scotland Newspapers
Alternative titles: also known as 'NewsBank Access U.K. & Scotland Newspapers'
Description: Hundreds of local and national newspapers from Scotland and the UK. Each newspaper has its own distinctive focus offering a variety of viewpoints on local and world issues. Paid advertisements are excluded and time coverage varies.
Publisher: Newsbank
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Newspapers
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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ACM Digital Library
Description: More than 3 million publications covering computing and information technology topics. This full-text digital library includes the complete collection of ACM's (Association for Computing Machinery) publications, including journals, conference proceedings, magazines, newsletters, multimedia titles and the Guide to Computing Literature bibliography.
Coverage: 1954-
Publisher: Association of Computing Machinery
Full text: Yes
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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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
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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American Chemical Society Journals
Alternative titles: also known as 'ACM journals'
Description: More than 40 research journals on chemical and related sciences. This digital library is published by the American Chemical Society.
Coverage: 1996-
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Full text: Yes
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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Archive of the British Association for the Advancement of Science - Collections on the History of Science (1830s-1970s)
Alternative titles: also known as 'Wiley Digital Archives: British Association for the Advancement of Science'
Description: Documents the history of science in the UK and the country's development into a globally competitive centre for science. This archive from the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) covers astronomy, biology, technology, industrial design, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, agriculture, meteorology, and physics. It contains administrative records, correspondence, illustrations, manuscripts, photographs, prototypes, clippings and personal papers.
Coverage: 1831-
Publisher: Wiley
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Science
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BBC Horizon Collection
Description: The BBC's Horizon TV programme reveals the science behind a broad range of topics, including the environment, perception, space exploration, wellbeing, and more. Spanning the years from 2009 onwards, this collection is a comprehensive run of recent years of the series, currently containing over 170 episodes.
Publisher: Alexander Street Press
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Social Sciences
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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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
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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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
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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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 Standards Online
Alternative titles: also known as 'BSOL'
Description: Over 90,000 British, adopted European and international standards. Includes past, present and draft standards (BS, BS/EN, BS/ISO, BS/EN/ISO).
This resource has a concurrent user limit of 2Full text: Yes
Subjects: Government & Official, Reference Works
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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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
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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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
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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Climate Change and Law Collection
Description: A comprehensive collection of material from a range of organisations across the world, focusing on the implications that climate change has on human rights and laws at all levels, from local to global.
Publisher: Brill
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Science
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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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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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Country Life Archive
Description: Every issue of Country Life magazine from 1897 to 2005. This archive of the weekly British culture and lifestyle magazine, chronicles British heritage, including its art, architecture, and landscapes, with an emphasis on leisure pursuits such as antique collecting, hunting, shooting, equestrian news, and gardening.
Coverage: 1897 to 2005
Publisher: Proquest
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Social Sciences
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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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
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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D&B Hoovers
Alternative titles: previously known as 'OneSource Global Business Browser'
Description: A business information database which provides in depth profiles of companies worldwide, industry profiles, news and market research.
Publisher: Dun & Bradstreet
Full text: Yes
Subjects: Business
Access: Please log in or join the Library for access.
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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
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