Electronic Resources Blog News about University of Exeter Library e-resources

The University now has access to The New York Times Archive (1851-2008).

The New York Times Archive (1851-2008) provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.

To access the archive select the News & Newspapers icon on the ProQuest homepage.

For full information and links, go to the Electronic Library and select the following resource subjects: History, Politics or resource types: Archival Collections, Newspapers.

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The University now has trial access to Russian Newspaper Archives – Izvestiia and Pravda.

The digital archives of Izvestiia and Pravda; two of the most important Russian newspapers during the Soviet era and beyond. Includes translations into English where available.

For full information and links, please visit the Trials section on the Electronic Library homepage.

Please send any feedback to elibrary@exeter.ac.uk

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The University now has access to Discovery .

Discovery is the National Archives’ new catalogue, providing a new way to explore their collections. Discovery is much more than a replacement for the current Catalogue and Documents Online, as it has been designed to host, search and display the many different databases and datasets held at the National Archives.

Discovery is replacing Documents Online from the end of April 2012

For full information and links, go to the Electronic Library and select the following resource subjects: History, Humaniies or resource types: Archival Collections, Census Data resources, Maps, Databases

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EBSCO will be performing scheduled maintenance from 5 May 2012 at 8:00 PM to 6 May 2012 at 8:00 AM Eastern Time (6 May 24:00 – 12:00 GMT) on our e-journal full-text access servers.

Direct access to articles from EBSCO’s linking services will be unavailable for the following list of publishers:

• National League for Nursing
• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
• Intellect Ltd
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT Press)
• College of Business and Public Affairs
• e-Med
• IUPAC
• NRC Research Press

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.

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The University now has trial access to Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive (EIMA).

This database provides approximately 2.5 million digitised pages from key trade and mass-market consumer magazines, with full backfiles across the 20^th century from inception to 2000.

For full information and links, please visit the Trials section on the Electronic Library homepage.

Please send any feedback to elibrary@exeter.ac.uk

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The University now has trial access to Brill’s New Pauly Supplements Online I

Brill’s New Pauly is the English edition of the authoritative Der Neue Pauly , published by Verlag J.B. Metzler since 1996. The encyclopaedic coverage and the high academic standard of the work, the interdisciplinary and contemporary approach and clear and accessible presentation have made the New Pauly the unrivalled modern reference work for the ancient world.

For full information and links, please visit the Trials section on the Electronic Library homepage.

Please send any feedback to elibrary@exeter.ac.uk

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The University has access to: Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) and Répertoire de la litterature de l’art (RILA)

BHA and RILA include European art from late Antiquity to the present; American art from the European arrival to the present and Christian and European art in Africa, Asia, and Australia. They give references to journal articles, monographs, collections of essays, conference proceedings, and exhibition catalogues.

For full information and links, please go to the Electronic Library and select the following subject: Art or resource types: Archival Collections, Images, Reference resources

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The University now has access to: Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)

The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books. Academic publishers are invited to provide metadata of their Open Access books to DOAB. Libraries are able to integrate the directory into their catalogues and online database collections, helping scolars and students to discover these books.

For full information and links, please go to the Electronic Library and select the following subject: General or resource types: Open Access Resources, Electronic Books

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The University now has trial access to University Press Scholarship Online until 11th May, 2012.

With quick and easy access to the full text of over 7,600 academic monographs in 22 subject areas, University Press Scholarship Online is an unparalleled research tool, making disparately published scholarship easily accessible, highly discoverable, and fully cross-searchable via a single online platform.
For full information and links, please visit the Trials section on the Electronic Library homepage.

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The University now has access to JournalTOCs.

This service searches the Tables of Contents (TOCs) of the current issues of over 18.500 journals that produce TOC RSS feeds. Journals that do not produce TOC RSS feeds are not searched by this service. JournalTOCs  replaces the ticTOCs service, which was discontinued in March 2012.

For full information and links please go to the Electronic Library and select the following resource subjects: Archaeology, Classics, General, History, Modern Languages or resource type: Current Awareness Services

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