New: online Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)

Oxford users now have access to the online version of Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). A well-known printed reference work, the Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) is a German biographical encyclopedia related to the history of the Church, founded 1975 by Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz. It contains more than 20,000 biographical articles with bibliographies of the person’s work and selected [...]

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New ejournal: Cultural and Social History (2004-)

Oxford users now have access to the electronic version of Cultural and Social History, the official peer-reviewed journal of the Social History Society (SHS). Cultural and Social History. 2004-. ISSN: 1478-0038, e-ISSN: 1478-0046. 4 issues pa. Useful obviously for social historians and cultural historians, the journal emphasizes the ways the ‘social’ and ‘culture’ are mutually [...]

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New: Translated Texts for Historians E-Library

We are pleased to announce that Oxford users now have access to Translated Texts for eHistorians. TTeH makes available sources translated from Greek, Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Arabic, Georgian and Armenian, published between 300 and 800 AD. This period, from late antiquity to the early middle ages saw the transformation of the classical world, the beginnings [...]

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New: Oxford Bibliographies Online: medieval studies, Reformation & Renaissance, Atlantic History

Looking for which primary and secondary sources?  Oxford users may now find help in Oxford Bibliographies Online which Bodleian Libraries has newly subscribed to: “OBO is a library of disciplined-based subject modules. In each subject module, leading scholars have produced a literary guide to the most important and significant sources in an area of study [...]

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New: Dissertations & Theses – Full-text: Humanities and Social Sciences Collections

Newly available to Oxford Users: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses — Full text is a comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses and includes millions of searchable citations to dissertation and theses from around the world, though largely from the US, covering 1861 to the present day. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations [...]

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New: State Papers Online 2, The Spectator 1828-2000, Early European Books 2 and many more

It gives us great pleasure to announce some end-of-year purchases of major databases. They can all be accessed via OxLIP+ and will be added to SOLO shortly. Oxford users have remote access and should use their Single Sign-On username and password. All other readers are welcome to use the databases in any of the Bodleian [...]

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New: Izvestiia Digital Archive

We are pleased to report that the trial for Izvestiia Digital Archive 1917- went well and that the Slavonic and Russian Subject Consultant has now secured access to it. Among the longest-running Russian newspapers, Izvestiia was founded in March 1917 and during the Soviet period was the official organ of the Presidium of the Supreme [...]

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New: Times of India (1838-2001)

Oxford users will be pleased to know that following a successful trial, Bodleian Libraries has bought access to The Times of India. The Times of India was founded in 1838 as the Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce, is one of the major English-language newspapers of South Asia. This resource provides searchable full-text access to [...]

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New ejournal: Radical History Review

Oxford users now have access to the electronic Radical History Review (ISBN 0163-6545, eISSN 1534-1453) which is now also in OU eJournals. The e-archive starts with vols 9-10, Fall 1975, and goes up to the most recently published issue. You can keep up-to-date with the journal by setting up an email alert or subscribing to [...]

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New: American Founding Era Collection

We are pleased to announce that the Vere Harmsworth Library has purchased access to the American Founding Era Collection, via the University of Virginia’s ROTUNDA platform.  The collection offers digital versions of the published papers of several major figures of the Early Republic: The Papers of James Madison The Papers of Thomas Jefferson The Adams [...]

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