WISER sessions in week 6

All members of the University and Bodleian Library Readers may attend WISER workshops. Some individual workshops are designed for particular groups (for example researchers or postgraduates). Check the individual class descriptions for more details. Bodleian Libraries will be running the following workshops in Week 6. WISER: Finding Stuff – Books etc on SOLO [Wednesday 30 May 14.00 - [...]

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History Thesis Fair in 3rd week

Thesis Fair: Thursday 3rd Week in Trinity Term – 10 May 2012, 2-4pm, Exam Schools All 2nd year history undergraduates are encouraged to drop in on the Thesis Fair which will give you the opportunity to discover the University’s vast information resources including library, archive and electronic materials. Library experts and academic historians will be [...]

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Rothermere American Institute Special Seminar on the American Historical Review

Special Seminar: Inside the Workings of the American Historical Review Date: Wednesday, 22 February, 16:00-17:30 Location: Rothermere American Institute The American Historical Review (AHR) is often regarded as the leading history journal of the Anglophone world. Certainly it has the highest “impact factor” among history journals, according to the Journal Citation Reports from Thomson Reuters, [...]

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WISER: Sources for US History – 8 June, 15:30

WISER: Sources for US History Wednesday 8 June, 15:30-17:00 Introduction to key information sources for the study of colonial America & US history. Starting with finding tools to locate material, examples of source materials will then be shown including archival, microform, printed/online collections & useful web portals & audiovisual collections.  Presenter: Jane Rawson OUCS – [...]

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New York Times Historical Archive online – now with index

Our subscription to the electronic version of the New York Times Historical Archive now includes the New York Times Index. This is the digitised version of the print index volumes (which are in the VHL’s reference section on the ground floor), fully integrated into the online archive of the newspaper. Please note, however, that while [...]

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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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Trial until 25 Feb: Archives Unbound (selections)

Together with the VHL, we are running a trial for selected collections in Archives Unbound.   Archives Unbound offers access to topically-focussed archives of digitised historical documents. The following selections are being trialled: 1. East Germany from Stalinization to the New Economic Policy, 1950-1963 2. The Economy and War in the Third Reich, 1933-1944 3. [...]

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*New*: New York Amsterdam News, 1922-1993 & Pittsburgh Courier, 1911-2002

Thanks to a generous donation in support of a research project, we now have access to the archives of two other major black newspapers from the 20th century: The New York Amsterdam News, 1922-1993 and The Pittsburgh Courier, 1911-2002. Oxford has had access to The Chicago Defender 1910-1975 for some time now and we are [...]

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Talks on Serial Set and FBIS, Friday 28th January

August Imholtz (Vice President, Government Publications, Readex) will be in Oxford on Friday 28th January, and will be giving two talks on Readex library resources available to Oxford users.   At 3pm he will be speaking about the US Congressional Serial Set, followed by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports at 3.45pm.  Both talks will [...]

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Trial until 3 Jan: American Founding Era Collection (University of Virginia Press)

We now have trial access to the American Founding Era Collection from the University of Virginia Press.  This collection offers digital access to the published papers of several major figures of the Early Republic: The Papers of James Madison The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Consitution The Papers of Thomas Jefferson The Adams [...]

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