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UCL now has access to HSTalks: The Business & Management Collection (Henry Stewart)

By Sarah Gilmore, on 31 May 2018

UCL now has access to HSTalks: The Business & Management Collection 

HSTalks provides access to world class lectures and case studies by leading experts from commerce, industry, the professions and academia, in one online resource. The Business & Management Collection contains over 900 specially prepared, animated, online, video lectures and case studies.

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Trial access to Area Studies: China and Southeast Asia (Adam Matthew)

By Sarah Gilmore, on 24 May 2018

UCL has trial access to Area Studies: China and Southeast Asia until 21st June 2018. To access off-site please use Desktop@UCL Anywhere. Please note that PDF download options are not available during the trial.

Area Studies: China and Southeast Asia is a primary source database which features a varied array of records of traders, travellers, missionaries and diplomats, from the mid-seventeenth century to the late twentieth century, offering Western perspectives on all aspects of Chinese culture and society.

Highlights include:

  • British government records covering economic development in China and its neighbours, 1950-1980
  • Correspondence from the Macartney Embassy, the first British diplomatic mission to China, 1892-94
  • The diaries, notebooks and published writings of Rewi Alley (1897-1987), New Zealand educator and industrial organiser in communist China

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Trial access to Nineteenth Century US Newspapers (Gale)

By Sarah Gilmore, on 9 May 2018

UCL has trial access to Nineteenth Century US Newspapers until 31st May 2018.

Nineteenth Century US Newspapers provides access to primary source newspaper content from the 19th century, featuring full-text content and images from numerous newspapers from a range of urban and rural regions throughout the U.S. The collection encompasses the entire 19th century, with an emphasis on such topics as the American Civil War, African-American culture and history, Western migration and Antebellum-era life, among other subjects.

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Trial access to Literary Print Culture: The Stationers’ Company Archive (Adam Matthew)

By Sarah Gilmore, on 4 May 2018

UCL has trial access to Literary Print Culture: The Stationers’ Company Archive until 29th May 2018. To access off-site please use Desktop@UCL Anywhere. Please note that PDF download options are not available during the trial

Sourced from the archive of The Worshipful Company of Stationers & Newspaper Makers, located at Stationers’ Hall in the City of London, Literary Print Culture: The Stationers’ Company Archive allows access to a vast and unique collection of primary source documents dating from 1554 to the 21st century. The collection is of particular importance to those studying the history of the book as well as publishing history, the history of copyright and the workings of an early London Livery Company.

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