I am pleased to announce a trial of Missions and Missionaries Around the World, 1611 – 1922 which is now available to Oxford users via SOLO or OxLIP+.
Offering more than 2,000 monographs, this resource features missionary outreach to countries including India, China, Guyana, Tahiti, and the Marquesas Islands.
Prominent authors include Morris Officer, Robert E. Speer, and Adrien Launay. Many Christian traditions are featured in the collection, including the Catholic Church, Presbyterian Church (USA), Lutheran Church, and Orthodox Church.
The sources tell the stories of various Christian missions and missionaries throughout the world. It features foreign missions to over 50 countries and domestic missions within North America and Europe, with focus given to the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The interface will look familiar to those using Historical Abstracts. In fact, this resource is cross-searchable with other EBSCO databases, such as Historical Abstracts, America: History & Life and ATLA.
Once you have found a relevant citation and decide to look at the full-text, you can browse through the publication but also use the document map to locate the pages where your keyword is mentioned.
Feedback to isabel.holowaty@bodleian.ox.ac.uk or hilla.wait@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
Thanks very much, Isabel, this is very helpful.
David
Hi David, EBSCO is the provider of this resource. According to https://www.ebsco.com/who-we-serve they don’t serve individuals, only libraries and organisations. It will therefore be a case of having to find a library which has this database. It’s notoriously hard to do a global search on electronic resources. However, it looks as if the Virginia Theological Seminary Library has this package. Otherwise, I fear you have to contact the provider directly. Try https://www.ebsco.com/offices.
I hope this helps,
Isabel
Thanks for your rapid response, Isabel, even if potentially disappointing! Can you very kindly (no rush) give me any more information about this resource, for example, might it be available remotely to individual users through a provider other than Bodley?
All good wishes,
David
I’m glad you find the resource of use and also that you will be coming to Oxford. We shall certainly meet in inductions!
Re: this resource, I’m afraid the Terms & Conditions don’t permit us to give remote access except to current staff and students of Oxford University. This is technically managed by the Oxford Single-Sign On authentication which you will only get once you actually start in Oxford. Walk-in readers have access to electronic resources anywhere in Bodleian Libraries machines, but, alas for you, it would mean having to travel to Oxford. I fear I also can’t make any guarantees that this trial resource will actually be purchased so by the time you come, it is entirely possible that there is no access at all.
Isabel
Is it possible to be granted access to this valuable resource without as yet having Oxford sign in (which I will have from October, having been accepted for the MSt in Historical Studies)? I should be very grateful, as my dissertation is to be on a particular aspect of mission in India (cooperation with the independence movements) during this period.
Many thanks,
David