Bodleian Libraries users have trial access to CLCD:Enterprise (Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database) until 1 July 2026.

The CLCD Enterprise PreK-12 dB is an academic research and teaching tool resource for courses needing to locate Children’s and Young Adult books and other media. The content includes over one million fiction/non-fiction titles, thousands of awards and quality reviews including author/title links, lesson plans and teaching guides. The GENRE field now includes a 16 STEM terms search feature. The search engine offers multiple options including 50 search filters for locating materials to determine interest and reading levels; selecting trade books based on standards; creating thematic, annotated biographies; interpreting reviews; developing classroom collections and more.

Please send any feedback on the trial to Catherine Scutt (catherine.scutt@bodleian.ox.ac.uk).

Bodleian Libraries users have trial access to the Concise Dictionary of Medieval Vernacular Greek from Brill until 6 June 2026.

The Concise Dictionary of Medieval Vernacular Greek, 1100-1669 focuses on the vernacular language of Byzantine and Medieval Greek from the 12th till the 17th century. It is the English translation and concise version of the monumental work by Emmanuel Kriaras (1906-2014), Λεξικό της μεσαιωνικής ελληνικής δημώδους γραμματείας 1100-1669 (medieval Greek – early modern Greek). This version is currently being translated and edited by Georgios K. Giannakis and Antonios Rengakos, and will be published in several updates online. With the launch in April 2026, the first volume has been made available online, which entails approximately 25% of the concise dictionary. New material will be published in regular updates until the project’s completion, planned for December 2028. A print version of the entire work is planned for publication in 2029.

The dictionary is a unique tool for scholars of Byzantine Studies, Classical Studies, Medieval Studies, and Greek linguistics.

Please send any feedback on the trial to Charlotte Goodall (charlotte.goodall@bodleian.ox.ac.uk).

Bodleian Libraries users have trial access to Critical Editions of the New Testament Online from Brill until 30 May 2026.

Critical Editions of the New Testament Online contains the Greek Text, Versions, and Transcriptions of Manuscripts. This collection, earlier published in a microfiche collection by IDC Publishers, makes available for the first time in a single online collection the principal critical editions, lists of variant readings and collections of manuscript transcriptions and collations from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century. It begins with the first large collection, compiled by John Mill and published in 1707, and ends with von Soden’s huge work of 1902-13.

Bodleian Libraries users have trial access to South Asia Commons from Coherent Digital until 30 May 2026. This is an online resource comprising two modules, South Asia Archive and South Asian History and Culture.

South Asia Archive is a collection of 4.5 million pages of documents and published material from across the Indian subcontinent from 1700 to 1953. The collection was originally amassed by the South Asian Research Foundation in Kolkata and contains material relating to economics, politics, law, Indology, gender, archaeology, anthropology, culture, history and education. The content is mostly English, with 15% in South Asian languages, primarily Bengali and Sanskrit.

The second module, South Asian History and Culture, is a comprehensive, full-text repository providing centralised access to millions of pages of South Asian primary source materials from across the internet.

Please send any comments and feedback on the trial to emma.mathieson@bodleian.ox.ac.uk. She would be particularly interested in hearing about experience and usage of the different modules.

Bodleian Libraries users have trial access to Notable Individuals of British Communism, 1886–1997 from British Online Archives until 4 April 2026.

This collection is drawn from the personal papers of a multitude of Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) activists throughout the twentieth century. This includes those at the heart of party (such as full-time “national organisers”), “full-time” CPGB activists such as Mariam Ramelson and Jack Dunman, and peripheral figures who supported the communist cause (such as Labour MP Dennis Nowell Pritt).

The works of trade unionists are featured extensively, and the papers of Peter Kerrigan and Arthur Horner shed light on the activities and campaigns of the Amalgamated Engineering Union and the Welsh Miners Federation, respectively.

The collection houses material from regions ranging from colonial Africa to war-torn Northeast Asia. The collection also hosts material related to militant activism, with biographical material concerning British volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, as well as accounts of those who fought against fascism in the Second World War.

The collection is accompanied by three contextual essays written by Kevin Morgan.

Please send feedback to: Isabel Holowaty.