We have purchased the ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) eBook collection on the ASME Digital Library platform (the same place where ASME journals are hosted). The collection contains just over 100 titles covering all areas of mechanical engineering published between 1993 and 2011. The books are presented as DRM-free PDF chapters.
Access is available now. We have activated them in SFX / find it @ liverpool so they can be found via Google Books and WorldCat, and they will be added to our catalogue and DISCOVER very soon.
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Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Two Black American Newspaper Archives purchased
We have purchased the archives of two black American newspapers: The Baltimore Afro-American (1893-1988) and New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993). Both appear in the library catalogue and LibGuides (including our A-Z list of databases).
Founded by former slave John Henry Murphy, Sr. when he merged three church publications, The Baltimore Afro-American became one of the most widely circulated African-American newspapers on the Atlantic Coast. In addition to featuring the first black female reporter (Murphy's daughter) and female sportswriters, the papers contributors have included writer Langston Hughes, intellectual J. Saunders Redding, artist Romare Bearden, and sports editor Sam Lacy, whose column influenced the desegregation of professional sports. Through the decades, the newspaper fought for equal employment rights, urged African-American participation in politics, and advocated state-funded higher education for blacks. In the 1930s, The Afro-American launched The Clean Block campaign, which is still in existence today, to clean up inner-city neighbourhoods and fight crime. It stationed correspondents in Europe and the Pacific during World War II, providing first-hand reports to readers. In the 1950s, working with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the newspapers efforts contributed to the outlawing of public school segregation.
From an initial $10 investment, the New York Amsterdam News grew to become one of the nations leading black newspapers and one of New Yorks most influential black-owned institutions. For nearly a century, it has helped influence and promote the causes and aspirations of African-Americans. The New York Amsterdam News captured the vibrancy and cultural richness of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, advocated for the desegregation of the U.S. military during World War II, and fought against discriminatory employment practices and other civil rights abuses in the 1960s.
Founded by former slave John Henry Murphy, Sr. when he merged three church publications, The Baltimore Afro-American became one of the most widely circulated African-American newspapers on the Atlantic Coast. In addition to featuring the first black female reporter (Murphy's daughter) and female sportswriters, the papers contributors have included writer Langston Hughes, intellectual J. Saunders Redding, artist Romare Bearden, and sports editor Sam Lacy, whose column influenced the desegregation of professional sports. Through the decades, the newspaper fought for equal employment rights, urged African-American participation in politics, and advocated state-funded higher education for blacks. In the 1930s, The Afro-American launched The Clean Block campaign, which is still in existence today, to clean up inner-city neighbourhoods and fight crime. It stationed correspondents in Europe and the Pacific during World War II, providing first-hand reports to readers. In the 1950s, working with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the newspapers efforts contributed to the outlawing of public school segregation.
From an initial $10 investment, the New York Amsterdam News grew to become one of the nations leading black newspapers and one of New Yorks most influential black-owned institutions. For nearly a century, it has helped influence and promote the causes and aspirations of African-Americans. The New York Amsterdam News captured the vibrancy and cultural richness of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, advocated for the desegregation of the U.S. military during World War II, and fought against discriminatory employment practices and other civil rights abuses in the 1960s.
Mass Observation Online Update II now available
We have purchased Mass Observation Online Update II . Access is available now and updates records will soon appear in the library catalogue and LibGuides (including our A-Z list of databases).
This second update brings the following new content:
Diaries, 1943-1945
Completing the series of personal diaries submissions during the war period and up to December 1945.
Directives, 1943-1945
Completing the series of directive responses during the war period and up to December 1945.
Topic Collections
Three investigations of habits regarding Smoking, Drinking and Gambling. It also covers a survey of wartime attitudes to Posters used for public information from 1939-1947 and a study of the 'Britain Can Make It' design exhibition which took place in the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1946.
Worktown Collection
The Worktown Project was a major Mass Observation study carried out in Bolton and Blackpool during the period 1937-1940 and is complemented by the collection of 100 photographs from the Worktown Project already available in the resource.
Essays
"Think of desserts while the bombs fall around you: Nella Last and the Mass Observation diarists during World War II" plus two further essays.
This second update brings the following new content:
Diaries, 1943-1945
Completing the series of personal diaries submissions during the war period and up to December 1945.
Directives, 1943-1945
Completing the series of directive responses during the war period and up to December 1945.
Topic Collections
Three investigations of habits regarding Smoking, Drinking and Gambling. It also covers a survey of wartime attitudes to Posters used for public information from 1939-1947 and a study of the 'Britain Can Make It' design exhibition which took place in the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1946.
Worktown Collection
The Worktown Project was a major Mass Observation study carried out in Bolton and Blackpool during the period 1937-1940 and is complemented by the collection of 100 photographs from the Worktown Project already available in the resource.
Essays
"Think of desserts while the bombs fall around you: Nella Last and the Mass Observation diarists during World War II" plus two further essays.
The Making of the Modern World, Part II: 1851-1914 now available
We have purchased The Making of the Modern World, Part II: 1851-1914. Access is available now and updates records will soon appear in the library catalogue and LibGuides (including our A-Z list of databases).
Following on from the acclaimed The Making of the Modern World: Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature, 1450-1850 (which we already own), The Making of the Modern World, Part II: 1851-1914 takes The Making of Modern World series to the end of the 19th century with approx. 5,000 additional titles. Combined, the two collections give students and researchers unprecedented access to nearly 500 years of primary sources detailing the social, political and economic formation of the modern world.
Comprised mainly of monographs, reports, correspondence, speeches and surveys, MOMW Part II: 1851-1914 can be cross-searched with the original MOMW through an enhanced user interface. Part II extends and deepens researchers' access to international coverage of 19th century social, economic and business history as well as political science, technology, industrialisation and the birth of the modern corporation.
MOMW Part II: 1851-1914 consists of approx. 1.2 million pages (approx. 5,000 titles) of digitised microfilm and newly sourced original documents from the world's key collections of economic literature.
Following on from the acclaimed The Making of the Modern World: Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature, 1450-1850 (which we already own), The Making of the Modern World, Part II: 1851-1914 takes The Making of Modern World series to the end of the 19th century with approx. 5,000 additional titles. Combined, the two collections give students and researchers unprecedented access to nearly 500 years of primary sources detailing the social, political and economic formation of the modern world.
Comprised mainly of monographs, reports, correspondence, speeches and surveys, MOMW Part II: 1851-1914 can be cross-searched with the original MOMW through an enhanced user interface. Part II extends and deepens researchers' access to international coverage of 19th century social, economic and business history as well as political science, technology, industrialisation and the birth of the modern corporation.
MOMW Part II: 1851-1914 consists of approx. 1.2 million pages (approx. 5,000 titles) of digitised microfilm and newly sourced original documents from the world's key collections of economic literature.
Voices from Wartime France 1939-1945 now available
We have purchased Voices from Wartime France 1939-1945: Clandestine Resistance and Vichy Newspapers on the Archives Unbound platform (where we also have East Germany from Stalinization to the New Economic Policy, 1950-1963). Access is available now and it will appear in the library catalogue and LibGuides (including our A-Z list of databases) very soon.
Voices from Wartime France, 1939-45: Clandestine Resistance and Vichy Newspapers constitutes the sum of the French press that actually reached Britain during the Occupation of 1940-44. It is the record of what was known by the British about the hearts and minds of the French people at the most dramatic period of their shared history. This unique collection offers the complete French holdings of the British Library, acquired through a variety of intelligence, clandestine and neutral sources, offering as full a view of life during the War as was possible at the time.
The British Library holds many resistance titles never acquired by the Bibliothèque Nationale, because it was under German occupation. Indeed this is the biggest and most important collection of titles from Occupied France anywhere outside France, and has remained almost unknown to the scholarly community. Offering a full picture of the basis on which many key political decisions were made in Britain about the conduct of the war in France, this significant discovery will offer new light on a much studied period.
Resistance papers were produced anonymously by the Maquis, deep in the provinces, and smuggled to Britain to be used by the Foreign Office Intelligence Division.
Voices from Wartime France, 1939-45: Clandestine Resistance and Vichy Newspapers constitutes the sum of the French press that actually reached Britain during the Occupation of 1940-44. It is the record of what was known by the British about the hearts and minds of the French people at the most dramatic period of their shared history. This unique collection offers the complete French holdings of the British Library, acquired through a variety of intelligence, clandestine and neutral sources, offering as full a view of life during the War as was possible at the time.
The British Library holds many resistance titles never acquired by the Bibliothèque Nationale, because it was under German occupation. Indeed this is the biggest and most important collection of titles from Occupied France anywhere outside France, and has remained almost unknown to the scholarly community. Offering a full picture of the basis on which many key political decisions were made in Britain about the conduct of the war in France, this significant discovery will offer new light on a much studied period.
Resistance papers were produced anonymously by the Maquis, deep in the provinces, and smuggled to Britain to be used by the Foreign Office Intelligence Division.
The Listener Historical Archive 1929-1991 now available
Following a successful trial we are delighted to announce that we have now purchased The Listener Historical Archive 1929-1991. Access is available now and it will appear in the library catalogue and LibGuides (including our A-Z list of databases) very soon.
Developed as the medium for reproducing broadcasts, The Listener (1929-1991) was the weekly newspaper published by the BBC. The complete archive of this landmark publication is an essential witness to the intellectual and cultural history of the twentieth century, and also to the golden years of radio and television.
Developed as the medium for reproducing broadcasts, The Listener (1929-1991) was the weekly newspaper published by the BBC. The complete archive of this landmark publication is an essential witness to the intellectual and cultural history of the twentieth century, and also to the golden years of radio and television.
Picture Post Historical Archive now available
Following a successful trial we are delighted to announce that we have now purchased the Picture Post Historical Archive. Access is available now and it will appear in the library catalogue and LibGuides (including our A-Z list of databases) very soon.
The Picture Post Historical Archive contains every issue of the pioneering photojournalism newspaper. High-principled yet entertaining, and featuring a whole stable of extraordinarily talented photographers, Picture Post (1938-1957) was read by an estimated 80% of the British population at its peak. It is an essential resource for studying international social and political issues of the day, and how they were brought into popular consciousness.
The Picture Post Historical Archive contains every issue of the pioneering photojournalism newspaper. High-principled yet entertaining, and featuring a whole stable of extraordinarily talented photographers, Picture Post (1938-1957) was read by an estimated 80% of the British population at its peak. It is an essential resource for studying international social and political issues of the day, and how they were brought into popular consciousness.
ICE Virtual Library Civil Engineering eBooks updated
We have purchased all available updates to the Institution of Civil Engineers' collections on the ICE Vitual Library platform.
As well as all the books that ICE Publishing have published since we first bought their eBooks collection in July 2009, this also includes around 950 earlier books that have now been digitised.
Among the additional titles now available to use are:
ICE Manual of Highway Design and Management
ICE Manual of Bridge Engineering, 2nd edition
as well as several more Eurocode guides.
Access is available now. We are waiting for the publisher to supply data about the books to our SFX / find it @ liverpool so they can be found via Google Books and WorldCat, and they will be added to our catalogue and DISCOVER very soon.
As well as all the books that ICE Publishing have published since we first bought their eBooks collection in July 2009, this also includes around 950 earlier books that have now been digitised.
Among the additional titles now available to use are:
ICE Manual of Highway Design and Management
ICE Manual of Bridge Engineering, 2nd edition
as well as several more Eurocode guides.
Access is available now. We are waiting for the publisher to supply data about the books to our SFX / find it @ liverpool so they can be found via Google Books and WorldCat, and they will be added to our catalogue and DISCOVER very soon.
Translated Texts for Historians E-Library purchased
We have purchased the complete Translated Texts for Historians E-Library from our good friends on the other side of Abercromby Square, Liverpool University Press, on their MetaPress platform.
Access is available now. We will endeavour to activate them in SFX / find it @ liverpool so they can be found via Google Books and WorldCat, and they will be added to our catalogue and DISCOVER soon.
Translated Texts for Historians makes available sources translated from Greek, Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Arabic, Georgian and Armenian, published between 300 and 800 AD. This period, from late antiquity to the early middle ages saw the transformation of the classical world, the beginnings of Europe and of Islam, and the evolution of Byzantium. Each volume provides an expert scholarly translation, with an introduction setting texts and authors in context, and with notes on content, interpretation and debates.
Access is available now. We will endeavour to activate them in SFX / find it @ liverpool so they can be found via Google Books and WorldCat, and they will be added to our catalogue and DISCOVER soon.
Translated Texts for Historians makes available sources translated from Greek, Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Arabic, Georgian and Armenian, published between 300 and 800 AD. This period, from late antiquity to the early middle ages saw the transformation of the classical world, the beginnings of Europe and of Islam, and the evolution of Byzantium. Each volume provides an expert scholarly translation, with an introduction setting texts and authors in context, and with notes on content, interpretation and debates.
Martinus Nijhoff 2010 eBook collections purchased
We have purchased the 2010 updates to the Martinus Nijhoff Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, and International Law eBooks collections on the Martinus Nijhoff Online platform.
Access is available now. We have activated them in SFX / find it @ liverpool so they can be found via Google Books and WorldCat, and they will be added to our catalogue and DISCOVER very soon.
Access is available now. We have activated them in SFX / find it @ liverpool so they can be found via Google Books and WorldCat, and they will be added to our catalogue and DISCOVER very soon.
IEEE-Wiley 2011 eBook collection purchased
We have purchased the 2011 update to the IEEE-Wiley eBooks collection on the IEEE Xplore platform.
Access is available now. We have activated them in SFX / find it @ liverpool so they can be found via Google Books and WorldCat, and they will be added to our catalogue and DISCOVER very soon.
Access is available now. We have activated them in SFX / find it @ liverpool so they can be found via Google Books and WorldCat, and they will be added to our catalogue and DISCOVER very soon.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
More Palgrave eBooks in Business, Economics, History
We have purchased all of the available Palgrave Connect eBooks in three subject areas:
Business and Management (662 additional titles)
Economics and Finance (726 additional titles)
History (836 additional titles)
Access is available now. We have activated them in SFX / find it @ liverpool so they can be found via Google Books and WorldCat, and they will be added to our catalogue and DISCOVER very soon.
Last year we purchased the 2009 and 2010 collections in all subject areas of Palgrave Connect. This year we analysed the usage statistics from those collections and bought those subjects where the greatest proportion of titles had been used.
Palgrave Connect eBooks are presented as DRM-free PDFs. All the 2011 collections, and the 2010 Business and Management collection are also available to download in EPUB format for use on EPUB-compatible devices. see the Palgrave Connect FAQ for more details.
Business and Management (662 additional titles)
Economics and Finance (726 additional titles)
History (836 additional titles)
Access is available now. We have activated them in SFX / find it @ liverpool so they can be found via Google Books and WorldCat, and they will be added to our catalogue and DISCOVER very soon.
Last year we purchased the 2009 and 2010 collections in all subject areas of Palgrave Connect. This year we analysed the usage statistics from those collections and bought those subjects where the greatest proportion of titles had been used.
Palgrave Connect eBooks are presented as DRM-free PDFs. All the 2011 collections, and the 2010 Business and Management collection are also available to download in EPUB format for use on EPUB-compatible devices. see the Palgrave Connect FAQ for more details.
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