Introduction
Great news English Faculty members! In step with the Bodleian Libraries’ strategy to enhance its collections, especially its e-resources, we can announce the acquisition of several exciting online packages. This includes access to new databases as well as expanded access to current offerings.
Highlights
Archives of Sexuality and Gender, part I: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940
What the publisher says:
With material drawn from hundreds of institutions and organizations, including both major international activist organizations and local, grassroots groups, the documents in the Archives of Sexuality and Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940, Part I present 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.
Punch Historical Archive, 1841-1992
What the publisher says:
From 1841 to 1992, Punch was the world’s most celebrated magazine of wit and satire. From its early years as a campaigner for social justice to its transformation into national icon, Punch played a central role in the formation of British identity—and how the rest of the world saw the British nation.
With approximately 7,900 issues (200,000 pages) from all volumes of Punch from 1841 to 1992, including Almanacks and other special numbers (issues), as well as prefaces, epilogues, indexes, and other specially produced material from the bound volumes, the images in the archive appear as originally published.
The Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991
What the publisher says:
The Listener was a weekly magazine established by the BBC in 1929 under its director-general, Lord Reith. It was developed as the medium for reproducing broadcast talks, initially on radio, but in later years television as well, and was the intellectual counterpart to the BBC listings magazine Radio Times. The Listener is one of the few records and means of accessing the content of many early broadcasts. In addition to commenting on the intellectual broadcasts of the week, the Listener also previewed major literary and musical shows and regularly reviewed new books.
Over its sixty-two-year history, the Listener attracted the contributions of literary icons such as E. M. Forster, George Orwell, Bertrand Russell, George Bernard Shaw, and Virginia Woolf. It also provided an important platform for new writers and poets, with W. H. Auden, Sylvia Plath, and Philip Larkin being notable examples.
Newspapers & magazines
- Afghan Central Press Digital Archive – archives of 4 national, Kabul-bases newspapers.
- Caribbean Newspapers, Series 1, 1718-1876 – more than 140 newspapers from 22 islands, 1718-1876.
- The Independent Historical Archive 1986-2016
- International Herald Tribune Historical Archive, 1888-2013
- Jet Magazine Archive – covers the civil rights movement, politics, education, and other social topics with an African American focus; over 3,000 issues, 1951-2014.
- Latin American Newspapers, Series 2 – issues from more than 250 additional titles, including newspapers published in English, Spanish and Portuguese from 20 countries, 1805-1922.
- Middle Eastern and North African Newspapers Premium Collection – five prominent newspapers from across the region, 1956-2019.
- Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938-1957
Additions secured:
- Daily Mail Historical Archive, 2005-2016
- Economist Historical Archive, 2016-2020
- Telegraph Historical Archive, 2001-2016
- Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive, 2015-2019
Other relevant databases
- Chatham House Online Archive: Module 1: Publications and Archives of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1920-1979 – articles and essays on Chatham House, its history, research, publications and archival material.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: British Politics and Society – primary source documentation relating to the development of urban centres and the restructuring of society during the Industrial Revolution.
Additions secured:
- Past Masters series, including:
Like what you see? This list is just a selection of the new e-resources that have been acquired in recent months. For a full list visit Databases A-Z. Stay up to date with e-resource acquisitions by following the Bodleian Libraries E-resources blog.