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Defining Gender provides access to a vast body of original source material that will enrich the teaching and research experience of those studying history, literature, sociology and education from a gendered perspective. Send comments to Marsha Forys.
This growing collection offers insight into the colonial history of North America and the West Indies. It includes the National Archives collection CO 1– papers that were presented to the Privy Council and the Board of Trade during 1574-1757. More than 7,000 hand-written documents and more than 45,000 bibliographic records give fascinating insight into British trade, history and overseas expansion between the 16th and 18th centuries. Contact Chris Africa for a password to enter the trial.
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Provides comprehensive, yet concise summaries for the best business books available. Only the top 1% of the more than 5,000 business books published each year in the United States is selected for inclusion in the database PLUS more than 700 of the top business books from the last 20 years. All books covered by BBS are summarized by professionals & present the key concepts and relevant business thoughts to people with no time to read the entire book. Send comments to Dave Martin.
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19th Century UK Periodicals is a major multi-part series which covers the events, lives, values and themes that shaped the 19th century world. It is mainly based on the repositories of the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, the National Library of South Africa, the National Library of Australia, and many others. Send comments to Chris Africa.
Black Short Fiction and Folklore is the most comprehensive collection yet created of stories from African and the African Diaspora. When complete, it will feature 8,000 stories and folk tales published in more than 15 countries from the mid-1900s to the present. In addition to these published works, the database features previously uncollected works and unpublished manuscripts by many authors. Send comments to Edward Miner.
African Writers Series has published the key texts of modern African literature. It has a unique importance in the history of postcolonial writing and includes over 230 volumes of fiction, poetry, drama and non-fictional prose. Send comments to Edward Miner.
19th Century UK Periodicals covers the events, lives, values and themes that shaped the 19th century world. Series I on New Readerships provides access to close to 100 periodicals for the study of British life in the 19th century – from women to sports and leisure, and from children to humour. It is mainly based on the repositories of the British Library and the National Library of Scotland. Send comments to Chris Africa.
The Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science is an electronic book collection comprised of brief lectures on a variety of technical topics. These 50 to 150 page lectures are written by prominent engineers, researchers, and scientists. The lectures treat their topics in more detail and with more background information than a standard journal article but are significantly shorter than most textbooks. Send comments to John Forys.
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Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948 Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of Shakespeare criticism. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of that year’s textual and critical studies, and of the year’s major British performances. The virtues of accessible scholarship and a keen interest in performance, from Shakespeare’s time to our own, have characterised the journal from the start. Send comments to Marsha Forys.