London Review of Books The London Review of Books’ fully cross-searchable online resource is designed for librarians, faculty and students. Benefits include: Instant access to each new edition on an unlimited simultaneous user basis Free access to the complete full text back archive since launch in October 1979 – over 10,000 articles Powerful search […]
Month: August 2010
New Database Trial:ProQuest Library PressDisplay
ProQuest Library PressDisplay Library PressDisplay provides instant online access to today’s newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format. The ever-expanding collection currently includes nearly 1,000 U.S. and international titles, from 84 countries and in 40 languages. Just like reading the familiar print edition, viewers can browse articles and other key content, such as pictures, […]
New Database:African newspapers:from the World newspaper archive
African newspapers: from the World newspaper archive Searchable collection of historical African newspapers. Includes newspapers published between 1800 and 1922 in Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Titles include: East African Standard, Mombasa Times and Uganda Argus (Kenya), Leselinyana la Lesutho (Lesotho), O Africano (Mozambique), Lagos Standard (Nigeria), […]
New Database:South Asian newspapers
South Asian newspapers South Asian Newspapers features titles published in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Languages include English, Bengali, Gujarati, and others. Titles include such key publications as: Amrita Bazar Patrika (Calcutta), Bankura Darpana (Bankura, India), Madras Mail (Madras), Tribune (Lahore, Pakistan) and the Ceylon Observer (Sri Lanka) … The collection will provide more […]
New Database: Russian Military Intelligence on Asia: Prints
Russian Military Intelligence on Asia: Prints This new database title is a collection of articles, consisting of descriptions, reports and treatise, by Russian military and department staff, and also translations and summaries of works originally published outside Russia, issued by the general staff of the Russian army in order to support existing and potential activities […]
New Database Trial:Yomidasu Rekishikan
Yomidasu Rekishikan (The Yomiuri Shinbun historical) Founded in 1874, the Yomiuri Shimbun is one of the five most important national newspapers in Japan. The Yomiuri Shimbun is a Japanese newspaper of the highest quality with a daily circulation of more than 14 million (morning and evening editions combined), which is the largest newspaper circulation in […]
New Database: Biography Reference Bank
Biography Reference Bank Biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images. It includes the full text of articles from more than 100 volumes of biographical reference works published by H.W. Wilson, plus thousands of biographies from other publishers. ERC: Mary Cargill Access: IP […]
New Trial Database:Kokushi Daijiten
Kokushi Daijiten The Kokushi Daijiten is the most authoritative Dictionary of Japanese History, which printed version consists of 14 volumes and published by the Tokyo-based company Yoshikawa Kobunkan, a respected publisher specialized in Japanese history. The electronic version of the Kokushi Daijiten is an additional database to Japan Knowledge and it is available […]