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E-Resources trials

The Library regularly arranges trials to new resources. Publishers are usually willing to provide trial access to allow us to use and evaluate a resource before making a decision about purchase.

 

Current trials

The services listed below are currently available for a trial period. They are listed by trial closing date.  Your feedback is important and helps to inform decisions about future subscriptions.

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ProQuest Black Studies

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Access on and off campus.

Description:

Developed in collaboration with faculty, scholars and librarians, ProQuest Black Studies brings together ProQuest’s award-winning Black Studies content into one destination for research, teaching, and learning purposes. This database combines primary and secondary sources, including leading historical Black newspapers, archival documents and collections, key government materials, videos, writings by major Black intellectuals and leaders, scholarly journals, and essays by top scholars in Black Studies.

Note: The Library already has access to much of this content via the ProQuest 350 subscription. However, ProQuest Black Studies also includes additional content such as the Black Study Center and two new US Black Historical Newspapers, the Kansas City Call and Louisville Defender.

Trial ends:

30/11/2023.

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Past Masters: The Works of Martin Luther

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Access on and off-campus

Description:

The 55-volume set of Luther's Works is singular in its value to church historians, Luther scholars, and Christians. The first thirty volumes contain Luther's expositions of various biblical books, while remaining volumes include his Reformation writings and occasional pieces. The final volume of the set contains an index of quotations, proper names, and topics, and a list of corrections and changes.

NB: Please note that we have subscription/purchased access to other works on the Past Masters platform.

Trial ends:

30/11/2023

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East India Company: India Office Records from the British Library, 1599-1947

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Description:

From the Company’s charter in 1600 to Indian independence in 1947, East India Company tells the story of trade with the east, politics and the rise and fall of the British Empire. It records the challenges of a globalising world and sheds light on many contrasting narratives; from records of powerful political figures, through to the lives of native populations and the individual traders who lived and worked at the edge of Empire.

NB: Please note that download options are not available during trials.

Trial ends:

01/12/2023

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Church Missionary Society Archives (All Modules)

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Description:

This digital archive is a repository of source materials on the work of this globally influential organisation, founded in 1799 as an Anglican evangelical movement and still active today. Useful for scholars of missionary and global history, this varied archive, sourced from the Cadbury Research Library at University of Birmingham, includes records of both the CMS and the many other missionary societies which became associated or amalgamated with it. The digital archive covers the period 1619-1981.

Note: The Library already has access to Church Missionary Society Periodicals which can be accessed from the Databases A-Z list

NB: Please note that download options are not available during trials.

Trial ends:

08/12/2023

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Latin American Newspapers: Series 1

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Description:

Latin American Newspapers, 1805-1922 features such key publications as La Nacion, La Prensa and Vanguardia (Buenos Aires), Jornal do Commercio (Rio de Janeiro), O Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo), Mercurio (Santiago), La Prensa (Havana), El Guatemalteco (Guatemala City), Daily Chronicle (Georgetown, Guyana), La Revista de Yucatan (Merida, Mexico), La Patria, Mexican Herald and El Monitor Republicano (Mexico City), El Dictamen (Veracruz Llave, Mexico), La Estrella de Panama and Star & Herald (Panama City), El Peruano and West Coast Leader (Lima), Port of Spain Gazette (Port of Spain), the Venezuelan Herald (Caracas) and more than a dozen others. Through eyewitness reporting, editorials, legislative information, letters, poetry, advertisements, matrimony notices and obituaries, this unique collection chronicles the evolution of Latin American culture and daily life over two centuries. In addition, these newspapers provide a wide range of viewpoints from diverse cultures—ideal for comparing and contrasting perspectives on issues and events.

Trial Ends: 09/12/2023.

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Bates’ Visual Guide to Physical Examination

Access information: Access on and off campus
Description:

Bates Visual Guide is a video-based resource designed to support patient care skills development. We currently have access to the sections on physical examination, OSCE Clinical Skills as well as the Communication and Interpersonal Skills section.

Trial ends: 10/12/2023
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Maruzen eBook Library

Access information:

Access on and off campus - for off campus access please use the University VPN - Click here for Access to the University network via the VPN.

Description:

Maruzen eBook Library is a Japanese e-book collection provided by Maruzen-Yushodo. To view only the titles included in our trial, please click the “購読一覧” filter at the top right of the page.

User guide: https://elib.maruzen.co.jp/app/eguide/mel_manual_e.pdf

Trial ends:

31/12/2023.

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Osmosis

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Access on and off-campus.

Description:

A health education platform of 1,800 animated videos and 22,000 integrated practice questions, covering subjects including basic science, physiology, medicine and more. 

Access note

The University of Edinburgh Student Trial MedEd link: https://www.osmosis.org/cohort-invite?id=3139&k=ha31iTQeSFCzjBV7tWQWgdZwS7yMZz8K

The University of Edinburgh Faculty Trial MedEd link: https://www.osmosis.org/cohort-invite?id=3140&k=0UU4ZaavSO2nzPvDn82Bi0TfTlCyciMI

Trial ends:

31/12/2023

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Psychotropic Drug Directory (via Medicines Complete)

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Description:

With over 12,000 key references, 150+ psychotropic drugs and links to complementary products on MedicinesComplete, Psychotropic Drug Directory helps multidisciplinary teams confidently and quickly manage clinical scenarios

NB If the link above takes you to the MedicinesComplete landing page, scroll down the page to "Browse our Publications" and select Psychotropic Drug Directory under subscribed resources.

Trial ends:

31/12/2023.

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Financial Times Historical Archive 1888-2021

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Description:

A complete online, fully searchable facsimile, the Financial Times Historical Archive, 1888-2021 delivers the complete run of the London edition of this internationally known daily paper, from its first issue through 2021. Every article, advertisement, and market listing is included -- shown both individually and in the context of the full page and issue of the day. Each item has been subject- or topic-categorized for fast retrieval and review.

Trial ends:

28/07/2024.

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Slavery and Anti-Slavery Part II: Slave Trade in the Atlantic World

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Description:

Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive is devoted to the study and understanding of the history of slavery in America and the rest of the world from the 17th century to the late 19th century. Archival collections were sourced from more than 60 libraries at institutions such as the Amistad Research Center, Bibliothèque nationale de France, the National Archives, Oberlin College, Oxford University, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and Yale University; these collections allow for unparalleled depth and breadth of content.

Part II: Slave Trade in the Atlantic World charts the inception of slavery in Africa and its rise as perpetuated on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, placing particular emphasis on the Caribbean, Latin America, and United States. More international in scope than Part I, this collection was developed by an international editorial board with scholars specializing in North American, European, African, and Latin American/Caribbean aspects of the slave trade.

Trial ends:

28/07/2024

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Slavery and Anti-Slavery Part III: The Institution of Slavery

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Description:

Slavery and Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive is devoted to the study and understanding of the history of slavery in America and the rest of the world from the 17th century to the late 19th century. Archival collections were sourced from more than 60 libraries at institutions such as the Amistad Research Center, Bibliothèque nationale de France, the National Archives, Oberlin College, Oxford University, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and Yale University; these collections allow for unparalleled depth and breadth of content.

Part III: The Institution of Slavery expands the depth of coverage of the topic. Part III explores, in vivid detail, the inner workings of slavery from 1492 to 1888. Through legal documents, plantation records, first-person accounts, newspapers, government records, and other primary sources, this collection reveals how enslaved people struggled against the institution. These rare works explore slavery as a legal and labor system, the relationship between slavery and religion, freed slaves, the Shong Massacre, the Demerara insurrection, and many other aspects and events.

Trial ends:

28/07/2024

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State Papers Online: Part IV: The Stuarts and Commonwealth, James I - Anne I, 1603-1714: State Papers Foreign, Ireland and Registers of the Privy Council

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Access on and off-campus

Description:

State Papers Online, 1509-1714 ('SPO') offers a completely new working environment to researchers, teachers and students of Early Modern Britain. Whether used for original research, for teaching, or for student project work, State Papers Online offers original historical materials across the widest range of government concern, from high level international politics and diplomacy to the charges against a steward for poisoning a dozen or more people. The correspondence, reports, memoranda, and parliamentary drafts from ambassadors, civil servants and provincial administrators present a full picture of Tudor and Stuart Britain. Part IV includes State Papers Foreign, Ireland and Registers of the Privy Council.

NB: The Library has purchased access to two modules of SPO - Part II: The Tudors, 1509-1603 and The Stuart and the Cumberland Papers - which can be found on the S databases page.

Trial ends:

28/07/2024

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