English Literature databases
19th Century UK periodicals, series 1
- A full text resource that spotlights the birth of modern magazine publishing in Britain.
- Charts the rise of children’s entertainment and education, and increasing interest in popular sports and hobbies.
- Also covers the political spectrum of women’s writing.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Arts & Humanities
- Features hundreds of titles covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre, and Cultural Studies.
- Full-text journals.
- Included in the main library search.
Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
- Off-air recording and media archive service.
- NOT included in the main library search.
British Humanities Index
- An international abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities and arts.
- This indexing database provides article citations and abstracts, not full text.
British Library Sounds
- Contains over 12,000 recordings from the British Library's Sound Archive of the spoken word, music, interviews and sound effects.
- NOT included in the main library search.
British Periodicals Collections I and II
- Almost 500 British periodical runs from the 1680s to the 1930s, based on the UMI Microfilm Collection, 'Early British Periodicals'.
- Included in the main library search.
Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics
- Thousands of essays on major authors, periods and genres, written by experts and designed for student readers.
- Included in the main library search.
Cambridge Journals Online
- Cambridge Journals Digital Archive contains the full text from 170 journals, from volume 1, issue 1 to 1996.
- Included in the main library search.
Digital Theatre Plus
- Streamed films of leading British theatre productions for educational use in schools, colleges, and universities.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Drama Online
- Playtexts, books, filmed live performances, film adaptations and audio plays.
- Features: Aurora Metro, BBC Drama, LA Theatre Works, National Theatre, Nick Hern Books, Oberon Books, Playwrights Canada Press, RSC Live and Shakespeare’s Globe.
- Included in the main library search.
Early English Books Online
- Digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Early European Books Online
- A wide-ranging overview of the intellectual life and historical upheavals of early modern Europe.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
- A diverse collection of material for the researcher of the eighteenth century.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Guardian and Observer (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
- Online access to The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003) newspapers.
- Easily searchable first coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
- Included in the main library search.
Historical Texts
- Contain a wide range of online texts from the fifteenth century to present day.
- NOT included in the main library search.
JISC Journal Archives
- JISC eCollections contains three platforms: Historic Books, Journal Archives and MediaHub containing thousands of journals, historical books, images, films, and sounds.
- NOT included in the main library search.
JSTOR
- UWE Bristol subscribes to the JSTOR multidisciplinary Arts and Sciences Collections I,II,III,V,VII, VIII and XIV.
- A scholarly archive of over 1,000 full-text electronic journals.
Kanopy
- Access to over 18,000 films, including major blockbusters, documentaries and the Criterion collection.
- NOT included in the main library search.
MLA International Bibliography
- The MLA International Bibliography is a subject index.
- Covers books and articles published on modern languages, literature, folklore, and linguistics.
- Included in the main library search.
Nexis
- Full text database including UK national and regional newspapers, and worldwide newspapers and magazines.
- Includes access to the Financial Times.
- Also includes full-text information covering companies, industries, market surveys, countries, and people.
- NOT included in the main library search.
One Literature (formerly Literature Online)
- One Literature covers the period 1500 – 2008.
- Contains 5 million literature citations from thousands of journals, monographs, dissertations, and more than 500,000 primary works.
- Includes rare and obscure texts, multiple versions, and non-traditional sources like comics, theatre performances, and author readings.
- Included in the main library search.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- An illustrated collection of over 56,000 biographies of people who shaped all aspects of Britain’s past.
- From the 4th Century to the 21st Century.
- Included in the main library search.
Oxford English Dictionary Online
- The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.
- NOT included in the main library search.
Project Muse
- Online access to high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from scholarly publishers.
- Included in the main library search.
SAGE Research Methods
- A web-based research methods tool created to help researchers, staff and students with their research projects.
- SRM focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, so can be used by researchers from the social sciences, health sciences and more.
- Included in the main library search.
Scopus
- The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.
- Fields of research include science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.
- Included in the main library search.
Shakespeare on Film, Television and Radio
- Shakespeare-related content in film, television, radio and video recordings dating from 1890 to the present day.
- NOT included in the main library search.
The Times Digital Archive
- Access to back issues of The Times (London) newspaper online.
- One of the most highly regarded resources for the study of 18th century history and onward.
- Included in the main library search.
Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive
- A complete online facsimile edition of every issue of one of the most comprehensive literary publications of the 20th century.
- This digital archive an essential resource for anyone studying, or supporting the study of, modern literature, humanities and culture.
- NOT included in the main library search.
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