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UCL had a trial of the Index to Hebrew Periodicals until 14 December 2011.

English version

Hebrew version

This database contains abstracts of major Hebrew journals from 1977 onwards (with the exception of weeklies and newsletters.) It covers a variety of subjects, with an emphasis on Judaica, literature, education, arts, law, and current Israeli affairs (politics and society). Around 15,000 articles, from around 400 current titles, are added annually.

 For more information about the outcome of this trial, e-mail  ejournals@ucl.ac.uk or post a comment, below.

UCL had a trial of Translated Texts for Historians until 7 December 2011.

This book series makes available historical sources from 300-800 AD translated into English, in many cases for the first time.

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UCL had a trial of several new historical databases, detailed below, until 26 November 2011. 

• Early European Books 2 & 3:  this database covers the history of printing in Europe from its origins to the close of the seventeenth century, offering full-colour, high-resolution facsimile images.
• Cecil Papers:  30,000 documents gathered by William Cecil (1521-98), Lord Burghley and his son Robert Cecil (1563-1612), First Earl of Salisbury, whose originals are held at Hatfield House.
• American Periodicals I & II:  periodicals published between 1740 and 1940, including special interest and general magazines, literary and professional journals, and children’s and women’s magazines.
• Colonial State Papers:  documents and bibliographic records relating to British trade, history and overseas expansion between the 16th and 18th centuries.
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers:  The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003).

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UCL had a trial of London Low Life: Street Culture, Social Reform and the Victorian Underworld until 11 November 2011. 

London Low Life contains colour digital images of rare books, ephemera, maps and other materials relating to 19th and early 20th century London.

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UCL had a trial of the Past Masters full collection until 10 October 2011.

Past Masters includes definitive editions of the complete works of seminal figures in the history of the humanities, including published and unpublished works, articles and essays, reviews and correspondence. It covers philosophy, political thought, religious studies, sociology, the history of science, economics and classics. Original language texts are available in Latin, French, German, Danish and Dutch, aside from English and English translation.

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UCL had a trial of The Talmud Text Online Databank until 18 July.

This resource contains virtually all primary textual witnesses of the Babylonian Talmud, including hundreds of complete manuscripts and first printed editions and over one thousand fragments from the Cairo and European archives, many as both text and digital images.

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UCL had a trial of The Listener Historical Archive 1929-1991 until 18 July 2011.

The Listener was a weekly publication, established by the BBC in 1929 as the medium for reproducing radio – and later, television – programmes in print. It is our only record and means of accessing the content of many early broadcasts.

With major contributors including E. M. Forster, George Orwell and Bertrand Russell, it also provided an important platform for new writers and poets; W. H. Auden, Sylvia Plath and Philip Larkin being notable examples.

As well as expanding on the intellectual broadcasts of the week, The Listener also discussed major literary and musical programmes. 10% of its content was not connected to broadcasting at all, and it regularly reviewed new books. What united the often diverse articles was the BBC’s cultural mission of educating the masses.

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UCL had a trial of Nature Communications until 28 February 2011.

Nature Communications is a multidisciplinary journal covering all areas of the biological, physical and chemical sciences.  It includes material that isn’t represented by a dedicated Nature research journal:  for example, developmental biology, plant sciences, microbiology, ecology and evolution, palaeontology and astronomy. In particular, it covers cross-disciplinary fields, such as biophysics, bioengineering, chemical physics and environmental science.

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UCL had a trial of vLex, a global database of foreign and international law, until 23 November.

vLex includes official primary content (legislation, case law, etc.), secondary content
(books, journals, news & business, etc.), and forms and contracts.  It covers 133 jurisdictions and countries.  All searches and results can be automatically translated into
any language.

You can download user guides for the simple search, advanced search and advanced translation too.

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UCL had a trial of CRCnetBASE until 3 November 2010.

CRCnetBASE comprises more than 6,000 online books that span over 40 disciplines. In addition to e-books published under the imprint CRC Press, CRCnetBASE also includes online references from Auerbach and Chapman & Hall.

For more information about the outcome of this trial, e-mail  r.jalowik@ucl.ac.uk or post a comment, below.