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Provides a growing bibliographic collection for 19th-century research, covering multiple content types, providing records for millions of documents ranging from books and newspapers to government documents and periodicals at the article level.

Digitised and fully searchable records of the British Cabinet from 1915-78.

Access to several collections from Cambridge University Press. Subjects included are Twentieth Century British History; Colonial American History; Early Republic and Antebellum History; American History1861-1900; History of Native American Peoples; American Theatre; British Theatre; European Theatre.

Contains original scientific manuscripts, including the papers of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin, along with the papers of the Board of Longitude from the Foundations of Science Collection and important works from many religious traditions, particularly Judaism, Islam, Christianity and Buddhism from the Foundations of Faith Collection.

Hundreds of volumes covering histories of the US and Britain, as well as more general areas covering economics, politics, religion, music, literary studies and language.

Contains over 300 peer-reviewed academic journals

Includes over 75 publications that originated from college and university campuses and surrounding communities. The collection includes such iconic publications as the Berkeley Barb, The Paper (East Lansing), the Los Angeles Free Press, The Fifth Estate (Detroit) and the East Village Other; collectively the founding members of the Underground Press Syndicate.

The largest online collection of 18th and 19th century newspapers published in this region and provides a comprehensive primary resource for studying the development of Western society and international relations within this important group of islands. Covers colonial history, the Atlantic slave trade, international commerce, New World slavery and U.S. relations with the region as far back as the early 18th century.

A key newspaper of the African-American press. Easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

Provides insight into Chinese political and social life during the turbulent 120 year period from 1832 to 1953 with 12 English-language Chinese historical newspapers. Included are critical perspectives on the ending of more than 2,000 years of imperial rule in China, the Taiping Rebellion, the Opium Wars with Great Britain, the Boxer Rebellion and the events leading up to the1911 Xinhai Revolution, and the subsequent founding of the Republic of China.

Contains material digitally transferred from the BBC NI news archive between 1963-1975. Notable events or broadcasts missing from this period have either not yet been digitised, are absent from the original film collection, or may not have been recorded. To access this resource, select your institution in the "where are you from" box then login. The first time you access it, you will need to create an account by selecting "new user".

Information and statistics on the countries of the world.

A collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.

Makes available materials from 27 Colonial Office file classes from The National Archives, UK. Covering the history of the various territories under British colonial governance from 1624 to 1870

During the nineteenth and twentieth Centuries, the British published official ‘Government Gazettes’ that outlined the colonial laws of an African country for the year. This collection, drawn from the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office records, includes an accumulation of the published gazettes in 10 different African countries

Communisms and the Cold War, 1944-1986 covers 1000 years of world history: from politics & warfare, to slavery & revolution

Access to primary sources dating from the 1940s. Includes extensive records of central departments and notes taken at meetings by leading party officials.

Confidential print documents issued by the UK Foreign and Colonial Office since c. 1820. The collection covers the Egyptian reforms of Muhammad Ali Pasha in the 19th century, the Middle East Conference of 1921, the Mandates for Palestine and Mesopotamia and the Suez Crisis in 1956, to the partition of Palestine, post-Suez Western foreign policy and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Brings together a range of digital resources related to early modern and nineteenth century Britain with a single search that allows sophisticated searching of names, places and dates, as well as the ability to save, connect and share resources within a personal workspace.

The British Foreign Office Political Correspondence files on Palestine and Transjordan, 1940-1948 are essential for understanding the modern history of the Middle East, the establishment of Israel as a sovereign state, and the wider web of postwar international world politics.