UCL has trial access to Judaica Digital Collections until 20th December 2025.

Judaica Digital Collections consists of:

• Anti-Semitic Organizations: Union of the Russian People
• Jewish Emigration from Ukraine
• Jewish Emigration from the USSR
• Jewish Pogroms in Kyiv, 1905
• Jewish Societies in Ukraine, 1857-1929
• Mendel Beilis Trial Papers
• Promoting Jewish Education
• Victims of Pogroms

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UCL has trial access to UKPressOnline until 5th December 2025.

In addition to UCL’s existing access to the Fascist Press collection, the UKPressOnline trial features access to:

• Church Times
• Daily Worker/Morning Star
• Kent Messenger
• The Watchman
• Yorkshire Post

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UCL has trial access to OnArchitecture until 22nd December 2025.

OnArchitecture is an audiovisual archive of architecture and the world in which we live. Consisting of a collection of 700+ videos it offers a deep and detailed panorama of the world’s main authors, works, experiences and issues related to the field of architecture.

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UCL has trial access Pan African Magazines via Africa Commons until 30th November 2025.

Spanning 1954 to 1991, Pan African Magazines recovers rare content from across English-speaking Africa The collection features Drum publication’s archive with all region-specific editions of Drum, each with its own editorial voice and local focus:

• Drum (South Africa): 1974–1983
• Drum (isiZulu): 1963–1964
• Drum (East Africa): 1957–1991
• Drum (Federation): 1960–1961
• Drum (West Africa): 1954–1957
• Drum (Ghana): 1958–1972
• Drum (Nigeria): 1958–1982
• Drum (International): 1966

While each edition addressed its regional issues, they all tackled the broader themes of decolonization, civil rights, urban Black identity, and popular culture. With less than 10 percent overlap across editions,

Also included are:

• True Love (East Africa): 1981–1991
• True Love (South Africa): 1977-1983
• Trust (Nigeria): 1971-1976

These magazines spotlighted the daily lives of African women—covering relationships, beauty, health, parenting, and home life, themes largely absent from mainstream media.

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UCL has new trial access to LGBTQ+ Source from EBSCO until 31st October 2025.

LGBTQ+ Source provides scholarly and popular LGBTQ+ publications in full text, plus historically important primary sources, including monographs, magazines, newspapers and videos. It also includes a specialized LGBTQ+ thesaurus containing thousands of terms.

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UCL has trial access to Medieval and Early Modern Studies until 9th September 2025. Please note that PDF download options are not available during trials.

Medieval and Early Modern Studies is a primary source collection concerning areas as wide ranging as the Black Death to the Restoration of the English monarchy and the Glorious Revolution.

Highlights include: 

• The papers of Hans Sloane, a leading figure in the international scientific community in the late 17th and early 18th centuries 

• Household and domestic works, shedding light on the role of women during this period, covering diet, cookery, celebrations, illness, childbirth, and the garden 

• The books and manuscripts of John Dee, leading Renaissance scholar and tutor/advisor to Elizabeth I 

• Letters and papers of a host of important figures from the period, including Katherine Parr, Lady Jane Grey, John Foxe, Elizabeth I, Charles I, John Aubrey, Benjamin Franklin, Carl Linnaeus, John Locke, Isaac Newton, Alexander Orme, Samuel Pepys, Alexander Pope, Horace Walpole and Robert Walpole 

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UCL has trial access to The Japan Times Digital Archive until 31st August 2025.

The Japan Times Digital Archive contains every published issue, from March 1897 to present (approx. 500,000 pages), including special supplements going back to the 1890s.

The Japan Times was launched on March 22, 1897 during the Meiji era. This was a time when Japanese society experienced political, social, and industrial revolution, from being an isolated feudal society to emerging as a great power on the world stage. Fundamental changes took place, to social structures, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign relations. The Japan Times has offered a unique point-of-view, different from other Japanese language newspapers, since its first issue. This is a rare resource of English language media during the Meiji and Taishō eras.

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UCL has trial access to Kluwer IP Law until 1st August 2025.

Kluwer IP Law is an intellectual property (IP) law resource offering a wide range of tools, expert commentary, and practical guidance related to patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other IP rights. This includes access to key legal texts, case law, news updates, and international IP law material.

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UCL has trial access to the China Knowledge Portal (CKP) for 5 months until 30th November 2025.

CKP includes:

• China Academic Journals Full-text Database (CAJ)
• China Monographic Serials Full-text Database (CCJD)
• Theses and Dissertations Database (CDMD)
• China Conference Proceedings Database (CPCD)
• China Core Newspapers Full-text Database (CCND)
• China Reference Works Online (CRWO)
• China Yearbooks Full-text Database (CYFD)
• China Statistical Yearbooks Full-text Database (CSYD)
• CNKI eBooks (CCGB)
• Academic Reference (AR)
• National Population Census of China (NPCC) 
• CNKI AI (AI-powered research tool)

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UCL has trial access to Sage Business Foundations and Business Data Decisions until 16th July 2025, these have been added to our existing Sage Business content

Sage Business Foundations : covers key and emerging theories to help understand and apply different approaches to problem solving in the modern business environment.

Sage Business Data Decisions : helps users make strategic business recommendations through data-driven analysis.

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