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  1. 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 website

    Publisher: Gale

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Government & Official, History

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  2. SUR Digital Archive, 1931-1992

    Alternative titles: also known as 'SUR, 1931-1992'
    previously known as 'SUR online'

    Description: A digital archive of the Latin American literary magazine from Argentina. This collection includes more than 40,000 pages; an index; and manuscript versions of content from the first issue as well as an unpublished set of letters by Victoria Ocampo.

    Coverage: 1931 to 1992

    Publisher: Gale

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Journals, Literature

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  3. Sustainable Development Goals Online

    Alternative titles: also known as 'SDGO Online'
    also known as 'SDGO'

    Description: A curated interdisciplinary collection of digital content mapped to all 17 of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The collection also features multi-format teaching and learning resources, including presentations, videos, and case studies.

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Science

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  4. 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.

  5. The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991

    Alternative titles: also known as 'Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991'

    Description: The Listener was a weekly magazine established by the BBC in 1929. Over its 62-year history, it attracted the contributions of literary icons such as E. M. Forster, George Orwell, Bertrand Russell, George Bernard Shaw, and Virginia Woolf. This archive provides the complete run of the publication.

    Publisher: Gale

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Journals

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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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.

  11. 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 platform

    Publisher: Oxford University Press

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Business, Social Sciences, Science, Music, E-books, History

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  12. VLeBooks.com

    Alternative titles: also known as 'Askews eBooks Collection'

    Description: An e-book database providing access to a small selection of e-book titles.

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: E-books

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  13. 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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  14. Wiley Online Library e-books

    Description: Library users have access to a selection of e-book titles on the Wiley Online Library platform, covering the humanities and the life, health, physical and social sciences, and published between 2013 and 2015.

    Search tip: E-book titles you can access are identified by an unlocked padlock icon.

    Coverage: 2013-2015

    Publisher: Wiley

    Full text: Yes

    Subjects: Social Sciences, Science, E-books

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