UCL now has access to additional ProQuest and Alexander Street databases

UCL now has access to an increased selection of ProQuest and Alexander Street databases initially until April 2022.

New ProQuest databases:

• Acta Sanctorum: the complete text of Acta Sanctorum, can be cross-searched with the Patrologia Latina database
• American Periodicals: includes American Periodicals Series Online (APS Online) and American Periodicals from the Center for Research Libraries
• Art and Architecture Archive, 1895-2015‎: full-text magazine archives spanning the fields of art and architecture
• British Periodicals‎  Collections III and IV : Collection III focuses on publications from the first half of the twentieth century, Collection IV offers an eclectic mix of major popular titles from the twentieth century, reflecting the age’s attitudes interests and events across culture, politics and society
• Early European Books, Collections 13-17 : Collection 13 is focused on literature, poetry and drama, Collection 14 on themes of philosophy, medicine and science, Collection 15 has twin themes of science and religion, Collection 16 highlights the many facets of the French cultural scene, ranging from literature to law, education to ancestry, from music to marriage and from classical learning to courtly conversation, Collection 17 has a focus on the theme of Statecraft and Law
• Economist Intelligence Unit, 1952-1995 : EIU Country Reports from 1952-1995, covering almost 200 countries
• Education Magazine Archive‎, 1910-2015 : Archive of magazines in the field of education, ranging from the early 20th to 21st centuries.
• Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive‎, 1880-2000 : Archive containing the essential primary sources from the UK and US covering the history of the film, music, broadcasting and theatre, from the era of vaudeville and silent movies through to the 21st century
• LGBT Magazine Archive, 1954-2015 : Archival runs of 26 of the most influential, longest-running serial publications covering LGBT interests
• ProQuest Civil War Era : Civil War Era regional newspapers and pamphlets‎
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers: South China Morning Post‎, 1903-2001
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Times of India‎, 1838-2010
• ProQuest History Vault modules: access to NAACP Papers: Board of Directors, Annual Conferences, Major Speeches, and National Staff Files; NAACP Papers: Branch Department, Branch Files and Youth Department Files; NAACP Papers: Special Subjects; NAACP Papers: The NAACP’s Major Campaigns—Education, Voting, Housing, Employment, Armed Forces; NAACP Papers: The NAACP’s Major Campaigns–Legal Department Files; NAACP Papers: The NAACP’s Major Campaigns—Scottsboro, Anti-Lynching, Criminal Justice, Peonage, Labor, and Segregation and Discrimination Complaints and Responses; World War I: British Foreign Office Political Correspondence
• ProQuest UK Parliamentary Papers : we have added House of Commons Parliamentary Papers 21st Century (until 2022), House of Lords Parliamentary Papers and Public Petitions to Parliament to our existing access
• Women’s Magazine Archive, 1846-2005 : Archive comprising of the backfiles of leading women’s interest consumer magazines

New Alexander Street databases:

• African Diaspora: Cultural, Social and Political History
• American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
• Anthropological Fieldwork Online
• Anthropology Online
• Black Drama: Third Edition
• Black Thought and Culture
• Border and Migration Studies Online
• Contemporary World Drama
• Early Experiences in Australasia: Volume I
• Environmental Issues Online
• Ethnographic Sound Archives Online
• Human Rights Studies Online: Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, and Conflict Resolution
• Latin America Drama
• LGBT Thought and Culture
• Security Issues Online
• The Sixties: Primary Documents and Personal Narratives, 1960-1974
• Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels
• Women and Social Movements : International, 1840-present
• Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
• Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000

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