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On trial: State Papers Online Colonial: Asia, Part III: Malay States, Malaya, and Straits Settlements

We are pleased to announce trial access to State Papers Online Colonial: Asia, Part III: Malay States, Malaya, and Straits Settlements. These documents record Britain’s administration and governance of countries under Britain’s colonial rule, their international relations across the period, and the changing demographics and daily life of their inhabitants. This collection includes material focused …

On trial: Donetsk and Luhansk Newspaper Collection

We have trial access to East View’s Donetsk and Luhansk Newspaper Collection. This collection incorporates 10 newspapers from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk ‘republics’ of Ukraine. Following their declaration of independence from Ukraine, the pro-Russian insurgents took over the media, both independent and formerly government-run, thereby influencing the information flow to and from territories under …

On trial: Communist Historical Newspaper Collection

We are pleased to bring you trial access to the ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Communist Historical Newspaper Collection. This collection of the Communist Party USA includes news articles, photos, advertisements, classified ads, obituaries, cartoons, and more, from 1919 to 2013. Topics include: Workers’ rights Social issues National and international politics Culture Party activity These publications were not …

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On trial: Mass Observation Project

We are pleased to bring you trial access to the Mass Observation Project 1981-2009 from Adam Matthew. This collection consists of the directives (questionnaires) sent out by Mass Observation between 1980 and 2010 and the thousands of responses to them from the hundreds of Mass Observers. Addressing topics such as the Falklands War, clothing, attitudes …

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On trial: Environmental Science and History

We are pleased to bring you trial access to Environmental Science and History from the Wiley Digital Archives. This collection supports tracing the impact of human activity on the natural world and enable these impacts to be researched and analysed through documents, images, data, maps, and photographs. The archive consists of primary sources from the …

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On trial: Gender and Sexuality Collection

We are pleased to bring you trial access to the Gender and Sexuality Collection from Manchester University Press. This collection includes 120+ titles, as well as open access content, covering key themes across a broad historical range from the medieval period to the present day. By surveying gender identity and sexuality from diverse perspectives, it …

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On trial: The Sketch and The Tatler

We are pleased to bring you trial access to two collections from British Online Archives, The Sketch (1893-1958) and The Tatler (1901-1965). Both publications were owned by The Illustrated London News (ILN), and provided coverage of aristocratic and celebrity culture, fashion, art, literature, theatre, and sports. The Sketch collection contains almost 170,000 images from 3,500 …

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On trial: Poverty, Philanthropy and Social Conditions in Victorian Britain

We are pleased to bring you trial access to Poverty, Philanthropy and Social Conditions in Victorian Britain, from Adam Matthew. This digital resource documents the interactions between government policy and public philanthropy in Victorian and early twentieth-century society, tracing developments in welfare reform and the social tensions surrounding poverty. Discover the conditions of workhouses and …

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On trial: Women’s Magazine Archive

We are pleased to bring you trial access to the Women’s Magazine Archive. The archive provides access to three collections of consumer magazines aimed at a female readership, recognized as primary sources through which to interpret multiple aspects of 19th and 20th-century history and culture. Topics covered include family life, home economics, health, careers, fashion, culture, …

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On trial: Foreign broadcast information service (FBIS) daily reports

We are pleased to bring you trial access to the Foreign broadcast information service (FBIS) daily reports. Foreign broadcast information service (FBIS) daily reports is an archive of transcripts from foreign broadcasts and news, from 1941-1996. Its original mission was to monitor, record, transcribe, and translate intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, …

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