New resource – BBC Monitoring: Summary of World Broadcasts

Bodleian Libraries users now have access via Readex to BBC Monitoring: Summary of World Broadcasts: Essential Global Media, 1939-2001.

This is a primary source collection featuring nearly 70,000 multi-page reports. BBC Monitoring was founded in 1939 at the start of WWII. Its purpose was to listen to radio broadcasts and gather open-source intelligence to help Britain and its allies understand global dynamics and assess emerging global threats. Over the next 60 years, the scope of its monitoring grew quickly. Trained specialists transcribed broadcasts of speeches, current affairs, political discussions, and social and cultural events worldwide. Transcripts, in turn, were translated into English, then read by experts who carefully selected critical content for publication. Finally, selections were summarized and curated into daily reports that comprise the Summary of World Broadcasts. These original daily reports often included commentary and evaluation by subject matter experts, as well as synopses and specialist briefings.

New resource – Carter Administration and Foreign Affairs

Bodleian Libraries users now have access to Carter Administration and Foreign Affairs, one of the Archives Unbound collections of digitised archival documents from Gale.

This archive contains documents from the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, with a date range of 1972–1981. It treats U.S. foreign affairs during Carter’s presidency. Notable subjects include the Arab-Israeli Conflict; the Camp David Accords; China; Panama Canal treaties; Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT); the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and U.S. responses to the intervention; the Iran Hostage Crisis; human rights; among other topics.

New resource – Rights of the Child, Women’s Rights, Reproductive Rights, LGBTQ+ and Gender

Bodleian users now have access via Brill to: Rights of the Child, Women’s Rights, Reproductive Rights, LGBTQ+ and Gender

This curated selection gathers together documents from Human Rights Documents Online covering issues such as women’s rights, the rights of the child, LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive rights, and various aspects of gender. This specialized subset of documents, sourced from Human Rights Internet (HRI) in Ottawa, Canada, emphasizes the significant work done by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) globally in these areas.

The collection consists of +7,700 documents from over 500 organizations, including Defence for Children International, Human Rights Watch, Women’s International Network, Save the Children, Oxfam International, and more. Documents span the years 1976 – 2022, and cover more than 200 countries worldwide, such as India, Canada, United States of America, Mexico, France, China, Ireland, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

New resource – Environment, Sustainability and Climate

Bodleian Libraries users now have access to Environment, Sustainability and Climate via Brill.

This curated selection gathers together documents from Human Rights Documents Online covering issues such as access to water, climate change, sustainable development goals, energy, sustainability, and more. This specialized subset of documents, sourced from Human Rights Internet (HRI) in Ottawa, Canada, emphasizes the significant work done by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) globally in these areas.

The collection consists of 2,000+ documents from over 380 organizations, including Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Council of Europe / Conseil de l’Europe, European Council on Refugees and Exiles, and more. Documents date back to 1979 and cover more than 150 countries, such as Kosovo, Latvia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Greece, etc. New documents are added to the collection on an annual basis.

New resource – Cuban Culture and Cultural Relations, 1959-, Part 5: Politics and History

Bodleian libraries users now have access via Brill to: Cuban Culture and Cultural Relations, 1959-: The Vertical Archive of the Casa de las Américas, Part 5: Politics and History

This is an online collection of archival sources pertaining to the history and politics of Latin America, particularly Revolutionary Cuba. The focus is on the second half of the twentieth and the first part of the twenty-first century. Covered are persons, armed conflicts, insurgencies, social movements, etc. Includes a section on Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara.