Contains a new, sustainable model for the creative reuse of archive material for non-commercial use by filmmakers.
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.
Contains an archive of Irish educational films
A digital collection of over 250 scholarly books on political ideas, institutions, and movements from the 20th century to today. Topics include governance, foreign policy, gender, environmental politics, peace studies, and security. Covers political developments across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
A collection of scholarly books and book chapters exploring cultural encounters between colonisers and the colonised, the circulation of colonial power and knowledge, and identity formation within imperial contexts. Covers global imperial histories from the 19th century onward, with a focus on underexplored regions and perspectives.
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.
A curated collection documenting the history and current status of incarceration in the United States and globally. Details the prison infrastructure of specific countries. Includes court cases, first-hand accounts, legal and government documents, training materials, videos, and articles, from the mid 1900s onwards, covering topics like the death penalty, juvenile detention, internment camps, prison labour, re-entry, and prison culture.
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 continuation of the original 1937 Mass Observation, relaunched by the University of Sussex in 1981 to document everyday life in Britain through directive questionnaires and personal responses.
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 digitised collection of men’s-interest magazines from 1845 to 2015, including early titles such as National Police Gazette and Argosy. Covers topics such as masculinity, fashion, health, sports, entertainment, fiction, and popular culture.
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.
Intelligence summaries from the British Army, Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force, covering operations during the Second World War and Cold War.
Market research database offering reports and data on UK, European, and Chinese consumer markets. Covers sectors such as retail, food and drink, technology, and lifestyle. Includes insights into consumer behaviour, market trends, and industry performance.
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