The Lancet backfiles

Our online coverage of the Lancet now includes archival material from 1823 onwards.

Access issues of this key medical journal from the first to the most recent via the Electronic Library.

20th Century Drama

20th Century Drama contains a substantial collection of plays from throughout the English-speaking world, covering the history of modern drama from the 1890s to the present. Work is represented from authors such as Langston Hughes, Harold Pinter, Brian Friel and Derek Walcott.

20th Century Drama is available through the Online Resources link on the Electronic Library page.

Early American Newspapers

Following a successful trial a few months ago, we now have permanent access  to Early American Newspapers.  This resource offers access to 500 digitised historical newspapers and covers a broad range of titles. It is a useful resource for anyone looking for primary sources on  American history from the Early National Period to the Civil War to the Gilded Age.

Access to Early American Newspapers is via the Online Resources link from the Electronic Library.

Statesman’s Yearbook Archive

The Statesman’s Yearbook archive from 1864 – 2004 is now available online through the Electronic Library.  The archive is a compilation of facts and figures which allows users to survey cultural, political and economic changes at the global and individual country level over 140 years.

African American Newspapers

A new collection of newspapers chronicling the African American experience from 1827 – 1998. has been added to the Library’s collection. This resource  provides access to over 250 US newspapers and is invaluable for those researching life in the Antebellum South; the spread of abolitionism;  the Jim Crow Era; the Harlem Renaissance; the Civil Rights movement; political and economic empowerment and more.

This collection is available through the Online Resources Link via the Electronic Library.

Increased archival access to Sociology journals

A new Taylor & Francis backfile collection means that we now have increased access to older issues of sociology journals such as Identities, Women’s Studies and the Journal of Intercultural Studies. Coverage for all of the titles in the collection starts from the first volume and issue, and they can be accessed on the online journals A-Z via the Electronic Library.

Reader’s Guide Retrospective

Search popular general-interest publications from 1890 to 1982 through the Reader’s Guide Retrospective. This new addition to our resources indexes a range of the most popular US based publications from Atlantic Monthly to Vogue.

Access the Reader’s Guide is through the Online Resources option from Electronic Library

Scientific American archives available

Issues of  Scientific American from 1948 onwards are now accessible through our online journals A-Z via the  Electronic Library

Westlaw additions and enhancements

New and improved resources available on Westlaw include:

•  Company Law Newsletter Journal
• Scottish Criminal Law Journal
•  Extension of Arbitration Journal archive
•  Additional Law Reports available in PDF
•  New supplement to the White Book 2010

Historic Digimap – new mapping and download facilities

Two new beta services have recently been launched to benefit users of Historic Digimap:

• Ancient Roam, an online mapping interface based on the Roam mapping client available from Digimap’s OS Collection
• Historic Download, a facility allowing users to select and download larger quantities of historical map data

Ancient Roam

Ancient Roam is a new mapping facility within Historic Digimap, based upon the Roam mapping client available from Digimap’s OS Collection, and includes features such as ‘slippy maps’, and zooming.

Features specific to Ancient Roam include selecting historical maps from any decade (depending on availability) using a ‘timeline’, an easier means of identifying and selecting maps in areas where County Series overlap and single-clicking to display the year the map was published along with other information.

New Town Plan Maps

The large-scale Town Plans are now available in both Ancient Roam and Historic Download. These are the largest scale historical maps available from Digimap, at 1:500, 1:528 and 1:1056 scales.

Only settlements with a population greater than 4000 at the time of surveying were mapped at this scale.