Confidential Print: North America The Confidential Print series issued by the Foreign and Colonial Offices since 1820 is one of the most important sources produced by the British Government that includes the following classes from The National Archives, Kew in their entirety: CO 880/1-32 North America, 1839-1914 CO 884/1-38 West Indies, 1826-1961 FO 414/1-278 […]
Month: October 2011
New Database: Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice
Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice This collection documents key aspects of the history of slavery worldwide over six centuries, with 16 key areas of focus: slavery in the early Americas; African coast; the Middle Passage; slavery and agriculture; urban and domestic slavery; slave testimony; spiritualism and religion in slave communities; resistance and revolts; the Underground […]
New Database: Victorian Popular Culture
Victorian Popular Culture Spiritualism, mesmerism, psychical science and secular magic together define the cultural fields presented in this collection. It is concerned with primarily English texts published during the "long" nineteenth century, from the beginnings of Mesmerism in 1779 through to the 1930s. Access: IP Selector: John Tofanelli […]
New Database Trial: Palgrave Connect
Palgrave Connect Palgrave Connect offers libraries a flexible approach to building an ebook collection in the Humanities, the Social Sciences and Business. Access: IP Selector: Jean Laponce The trial runs through December 10, 2011. […]
New Database Trial:ACD/I-Lab
ACD / I-Lab ACD / I-Lab is a web-based1 service that provides instant access to spectral and chemical databases, and predicts properties based on chemical structures. Selector:Song Yu Access: IP The trial will run through October 31, 2011 […]
New Database: BFI Screenonline
BFI Screenonline BFI Screenonline is an extensive publicly available encyclopaedia devoted to British film and television. The site is supplemented by rich and authoritative contextual material by expert writers, specially commissioned for BFI Screenonline alongside thousands of stills, posters and press books. Film clips are accessible only to registered UK schools, colleges, universities and public […]