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A comprehensive literary database offering over 500,000 primary texts, including poetry, prose, and drama by influential and lesser-known authors from around the world. It features contemporary and historical criticism, reference works, full-text journals, ebooks, dissertations, and multimedia resources like performances and author interviews. Explore global literature through curated collections, engaging with diverse perspectives and voices. With content spanning traditional and emerging areas of literary studies.
The following databases are newly acquired or being evaluated for a future subscription.
An extensive database of over 600 hours of recorded interviews and transcripts, offering insights into the history of the BBC and its impact on broadcasting, politics, culture, and society. This resource provides access to the BBC’s Oral History Collection alongside material from the Alexandra Palace Television Society, the British Entertainment History Project, and the BBC World Service.
Topics covered include the General Strike, the Second World War, the Suez Crisis, the Cold War, Commonwealth relations and the ‘end of Empire’, popular entertainment, and the place of women in broadcasting, and iconic programmes such as Doctor Who, Match of the Day, and Horizon. The collection also explores broader themes such as social change, international diplomacy, and the evolution of media.
An online collection that brings together oral histories, archival recordings, and behind-the-scenes insights from the BBC’s history. Part of the 100 Voices project curated in collaboration with the University of Sussex and partner institutions, this resource features first-hand accounts from broadcasters, producers, engineers, and journalists who played a key role in shaping the BBC and its programming. Collections include People, Nation, Empire, Radio Reinvented, The BBC and World War Two, Pioneering Women, Inventing the Future and more.
