Trial access to China: Culture and Society (Adam Matthew)

By Sarah Gilmore, on 31 July 2020

Spanning three centuries (c1750-1929), China: Culture and Society makes available extremely rare pamphlets from Cornell University Library’s Charles W. Wason Collection on East Asia. In addition it also features a host of secondary resources, including scholarly essays, an interactive chronology, mini guides, and editors’ choices from the collection

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End of access to Dawsonera – action required on notes made

By Anna Sansome, on 17 July 2020

Dawsonera, one of the e-book platforms used by UCL, has gone into administration and will cease to operate after 31st July. We are making arrangements to transfer access to our Dawsonera e-books to other platforms and will update Explore when this is done. Any notes that you may have made on Dawsonera e-books will not be transferred and we would therefore advise you to export any notes you have made before 31st July. You will need to do this title by title, opening the e-book in read online mode, going to the notes tab and clicking export.

Trial access to NK Pro

By Sarah Gilmore, on 17 July 2020

UCL has trial access to NK Pro until 10th August 2020.

The NK Pro trial includes access to all articles and analysis published on the the NK Pro and NK News websites which offer specialist DPRK news and analysis, bespoke research tools, and unique data sets.

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Trial access to Index Islamicus (Brill)

By Sarah Gilmore, on 26 June 2020

UCL has trial access to Index Islamicus until 25th July 2020.

Index Islamicus contains over 600,000 records, covering all the main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, as well as Muslims living elsewhere, and their history, beliefs, societies, cultures, languages and literatures. It includes material published by Western scholars in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences, specialist area- and subject-based areas, and by Muslims writing in European languages. Publications recorded are in the form of articles, books and online resources. All essays and papers contained in multi-author volumes are recorded, classified and indexed separately.

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Trial access to Henry Stewart Business & Management Collection

By Michael Jones, on 2 June 2020

UCL has trial access to the Henry Stewart Business & Management Collection until 31st August 2020.

The trial provides full access to the collection of 20 business and management journals published by Henry Stewart Publications. The collection comprises nearly 6,000 online vocational articles, case studies and applied research written by expert practitioners and leading scholars.

Subjects covered include marketing, management, finance and banking, real estate and digital business.

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E-resources with temporary access during COVID-19

By Sarah Gilmore, on 27 March 2020

During the current COVID-19 pandemic many publishers have opened up their collections and extended their access to e-resources to support remote learning and working. Please see the list of  E-Resources with temporary access during COVID-19 which are available either to UCL students and staff or to all. Please note that this is a working list and is being added to as access to the resources is enabled.

Trial access to BiblioPlanet

By Sarah Gilmore, on 6 March 2020

UCL has trial access to BiblioPlanet until 5th April 2020. To access off-site please use Desktop@UCL Anywhere . The trial includes access to the vast majority of content but please note that access certain publishers’ collections and multimedia items (audio books and videos) are not included in the trial.

BiblioPlanet offers access to over 70 000 authoritative high-quality ebooks on Russian Literature and Linguistics, History, Law, Economics, Social Sciences and Culture.

Users can create their own user accounts from a UCL computer or Desktop@UCL Anywhere .

UCL now has access to Statista

By Sarah Gilmore, on 28 February 2020

UCL now has access to Statista.

Trial access to Colonial Africa in Official Statistics, 1821-1953

By Sarah Gilmore, on 31 January 2020

UCL has trial access to Colonial Africa in Official Statistics, 1821-1953, from British Online Archives, until 29th February 2020. To access off-site please use Desktop@UCL Anywhere  .

Colonial Africa in Official Statistics, 1821-1953 covers 132 of African history in statistics. The late nineteenth century ‘Scramble for Africa’ saw European colonialist powers carve up the African continent between themselves. Great Britain controlled the largest portion of territory, with its Colonial Regulations requiring an ‘Annual Blue Book’ to be transmitted from each colony to the British Colonial Office. The Blue Book was an attempt to standardise statistical reports, primarily covering economic development as well as demographic, ecclesiastical and public records.

This collection contains Blue Books and other archival material from 13 British colonies and protectorates in Africa dating 1821-1953. The standardised nature of the Blue Books enables comparisons to be drawn geographically (between colonies), and over time on issues from colonial economic practice to education and hospitals.

Trial access to Archives of Sexuality and Gender, LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part I

By Sarah Gilmore, on 24 January 2020

UCL has trial access to the Archives of Sexuality and Gender, LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part I until 23rd February 2020.

The Archives of Sexuality and Gender, LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part I covers important aspects of LGBTQ life in the second half of the twentieth century and beyond. The archive illuminates the experiences not just of the LGBTQ community as a whole, but of individuals of different races, ethnicities, ages, religions, political orientations, and geographical locations that constitute this community. Historical records of political and social organizations founded by LGBTQ individuals are featured, as well as publications by and for lesbians and gays, and extensive coverage of governmental responses to the AIDS crisis. The archive also contains personal correspondence and interviews with numerous LGBTQ individuals, among others. The archive includes gay and lesbian newspapers from more than 35 countries, reports, policy statements, and other documents related to gay rights and health, including the worldwide impact of AIDS, materials tracing LGBTQ activism in Britain from 1950 through 1980, and more.

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