A digital archive tracing the development of Western trade, industry, and economic thought from the 15th to the 20th century. Includes material on coal, steel, railways, banking, finance, slavery, labour, colonisation, and the rise of capitalism. Also covers political economy, taxation, monarchy, and revolutionary legal ideas. Based on the Goldsmiths’ and Kress collections, with strengths in social, economic, and global history.
A digital archive of market research materials from Ernest Dichter, a pioneer of motivational research and consumer analysis. Includes proposals, pilot studies, reports, memorandums, letters, and supporting documents. Covers consumer behaviour and advertising across industries during the postwar U.S. consumer boom.
Documents everyday life in Britain from 1937 to the mid-1960s through diaries, surveys, reports, and publications created by investigators and volunteer writers. Covers topics such as wartime experiences, consumer habits, media, gender roles, and social attitudes. Includes personal diaries, directive responses, thematic studies, file reports, and publications.
A bibliographic database of literature in the mathematical sciences, including journal articles, books, conference proceedings, and expert-written reviews. Maintained by the American Mathematical Society, it includes records dating back to the early 1800s.
A key bibliographic database for finding peer-reviewed research on a wide range of biomedical subjects. Includes journal articles, clinical studies, and reviews. Citations are indexed with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) from the NLM controlled vocabulary. Subjects include: medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, healthcare systems, public health, pharmacology, biomedical research, life sciences and preclinical sciences.
A primary source collection tracing migration from Britain, Ireland, Europe, and Asia to North America and Australasia between the 17th and 20th centuries. Includes personal letters, diaries, oral histories, shipping records, legal documents, maps, photographs, and ephemera. Topics covered include emigration motives, journey conditions, colonisation schemes, indentured labour, refugee experiences, and settlement.
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