Category Archives: New resource

New resource – Bloomsbury Collections ebooks

Bodleian Libraries users now have access to the following ebook collections on the Bloomsbury Collections platform, until 30 March 2026:

Africa, Asia and Latin American Studies 2022
Africa, Asia and Latin American Studies 2023
Archaeology 2025
Architecture 2022
Architecture 2023
Architecture 2024
Architecture 2025
Art & Visual Culture 2022
Art & Visual Culture 2023
Art & Visual Culture 2024
Art & Visual Culture 2025
Asia Studies 2024
Asia Studies 2025
Biblical Studies 2022
Biblical Studies 2023
Biblical Studies 2024
Biblical Studies 2025
Bloomsbury Professional Law 2022
Bloomsbury Professional Law 2023
Bloomsbury Professional Law 2024
Bloomsbury Professional Law 2025
Bloomsbury Professional UK Tax 2023
Bloomsbury Professional UK Tax 2024
C.H. Beck ∙ Hart ∙ Nomos 2014
C.H. Beck ∙ Hart ∙ Nomos 2015
C.H. Beck · Hart · Nomos 2016
C.H. Beck · Hart · Nomos 2017
C.H. Beck · Hart · Nomos 2018
C.H. Beck · Hart · Nomos 2022
C.H. Beck · Hart · Nomos 2023
C.H. Beck · Hart · Nomos 2024
Classical Studies & Archaeology 2022
Classical Studies & Archaeology 2023
Classical Studies & Archaeology 2024
Classical Studies 2025
Creative Writing 2025
Criminology 2024
Design 2022
Design 2023
Design 2024
Design 2025
Education 2023
Education 2024
Education 2025
Fashion 2022
Fashion 2023
Fashion 2024
Fashion 2025
Film & Media 2025
Film & Media Studies 2022
Film & Media Studies 2023
Film & Media Studies 2024
Gender & Sexuality Studies 2024
Hart Publishing 2022
Hart Publishing 2023
Hart Publishing 2024
Hart Publishing 2025
Hart Publishing Practitioner 2022
Hart Publishing Practitioner 2024
Hart Publishing Practitioner 2025
History 2025
Linguistics 2022
Linguistics 2023
Linguistics 2024
Linguistics 2025
Literary Studies 2022
Literary Studies 2023
Literary Studies 2024
Literary Studies 2025
Middle East 2022
Middle East 2023
Middle East 2024
Middle East 2025
Music & Sound Studies 2022
Music & Sound Studies 2023
Music & Sound Studies 2024
Music & Sound Studies 2025
Philosophy 2022
Philosophy 2023
Philosophy 2024
Philosophy 2025
Politics & International Relations 2022
Politics & International Relations 2023
Politics & International Relations 2024
Politics & International Relations 2025
Religious Studies 2022
Religious Studies 2023
Religious Studies 2024
Religious Studies 2025
Sociology 2024
Sociology 2025
Theology 2022
Theology 2023
Theology 2024
Theology 2025

Please note we do not have access to all ebooks on the platform.

New resource – Literary Manuscripts: 17th and 18th Century Poetry from the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

We now have access to Literary Manuscripts: 17th and 18th Century Poetry from the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds, via Adam Matthew Digital.

About this e-resource
Examine complete images of 190 manuscripts of seventeenth and eighteenth-century verse held in the celebrated Brotherton Collection at the University of Leeds. These manuscripts can be read and explored in conjunction with the Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse Index, which includes first lines, last lines, attribution, author, title, date, length, verse form, content and bibliographic references for over 6,600 poems within the collection.

Alongside original compositions are copied verses, translations, songs and riddles. The whole collection is situated within an assortment of manuscripts, some entirely dedicated to poetry, while others contain medicinal recipes, household accounts, draft letters, musical scores and plays. There are also several printed works, with handwritten verse additions.

New resource – Royal Shakespeare Company Archives: From Playwrights to Performance 1889-2013

We now have access to Royal Shakespeare Company Archives: From Playwrights to Performance 1889-2013, via Adam Matthew Digital.

About this e-resource
Royal Shakespeare Company Archives provides a comprehensive record of the performance history of the Royal Shakespeare Company and its predecessor, the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. Browse and compare almost 1,400 prompt books to uncover how productions took shape, and explore the creative process behind the company’s most important presentations in extensive additional documentation including production records, costume designs, music files and photographs.

New resource – Bloomsbury Churchill Archive: Churchill Acquired Papers

We now have access to Churchill Acquired Papers, within the Bloomsbury Churchill Archive, via Bloomsbury.

About this e-resource
In 2024, the Acquired Papers were added to the Churchill Archive in collaboration with The Churchill Archives Centre, spanning items such as previously unseen personal letters, speech notes and diary entries. Including more than 1,700 documents, the Acquired Papers further enhance the unrivalled insights that the Churchill Archive has to offer scholars and students. Covering not only Winston Churchill’s personal and political life, but also the global politics of the 20th century, the documents are a unique record of these tumultuous decades.

You’ll find personal documents written about and by notable historic figures including:

  • Sir Winston Churchill
  • Lady Randolph Churchill
  • Prime Minister Herbert Asquith
  • Lord High Chancellor F.E. Smith
  • Sir Noël Coward

Experience global events through firsthand accounts such as:

  • Notes for Churchill’s first political speech in 1897
  • Letters sent during Churchill’s time at the Western Front in 1916
  • The Prime Minister’s appointment diary for 1944
  • Material regarding the bombing of Dresden in 1945
  • Notes on Churchill’s famed Iron Curtain Speech of 1946

This exceptional collection offers an abundance of new and noteworthy details for students, researchers, academics, and anyone interested in Winston Churchill and 20th century history.