NEW RESOURCE: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: British Politics and Society

University of Liverpool staff and students now have access to ‘Nineteenth Century Collections Online: British Politics and Society’

The British Politics and Society archive in Nineteenth Century Collections Online includes tens of thousands of historical primary sources relating to the social and  political climate in Great Britain during the “long” nineteenth century. Research and explore a range of primary sources covering such topics as British domestic and foreign policy, the working class, trade unions, Chartism, Owenism, public protest, radical movements, the cartographic record, political reform, education, family relationships, religion, and leisure.

To access this resource, click here

Trial: South China Morning Post (1903-1995) (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)

We have trial access to the South China Morning Post until 31st August 2014.  Take a look at this resource and let us know what you think.

Access South China Morning Post from:
http://ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/hnpsouthchinamorningpost/index?accountid=12117    (University login required off campus)

This resource provides full text coverage from South China Morning Post’s origin in 1903 up to and including 1995.  In addition to the article content, this archive provides full-image views of every page, cover to cover.
Every part of every page is searchable, including advertisements, editorials, cartoons, and classified ads, that illuminate history as much as the articles.

After trying South China Morning Post please leave your comments below. You can choose the anonymous option to comment without needing to have a Blogger account, but it helps if you include your name in your feedback so that we can follow up on comments. Do get in touch, we really want to know what you think about this resource.

Accessible Archives now available

We have taken out a one-year trial subscription to Accessible Archives. After a year we will decide whether usage justifies renewing the subscription or purchasing permanent access (if we can afford it).
Our subscription includes all the Accessible Archives collections:
• African American Newspapers
• American County Histories to 1900
• The Civil War Collection
• Godey’s Lady’s Book
• The Liberator
• The Lily
• The Pennsylvania Gazette
• The Pennsylvania Genealogical Catalogue
• The Pennsylvania Newspaper Record
• Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman
• South Carolina Newspapers
• The Virginia Gazette
Access is available now from http://www.accessible.com.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/.
Off-campus access is via EZproxy as usual, and is also available through Institutional Login (aka the UK Federation, aka Shibboleth) from https://www.accessible.com/accessible/uk.
The Library catalogue and web pages will be updated in due course, and Accessible Archives is now included in Discover too.

TRIAL: British Online Archives

We have a trial of British Online Archives until 2nd November 2011.

To access this trial go to http://www.britishonlinearchives.co.uk/. For off-campus access use Apps Anywhere (IE8 or IE9 in the Web or Office folders). If we subscribe we will arrange access through EZproxy as normal.

Specialising in the Humanities and Social Sciences, British Online Archives offers a growing series of rich and diverse digitized archives for academic research and both undergraduate and postgraduate study.

You can browse an alphabetical list of collections, or browse by subject.

Some highlights include:

• Liverpool street and trade directories, 1766-1900
• Parliamentary Labour Party papers, 1968/69-1993/94
• Records relating to the slave trade at the Liverpool Record Office
• The British Union of Fascists : newspapers and secret files

The trial also includes the Communist Party of Great Britain archive.

After trying these archives please leave your comments below specifying which collection(s) you are referring to. You can choose the anonymous option to comment without needing to have a Blogger account, but it helps if you include your name in your feedback so that we can follow up on comments.