New resources - CAHSS - 2021/2022
New Library resources for LLC
This page highlights new larger digital items and subscriptions acquired in 2021/22 which were requested by, or are relevant to, the School of Literature, Languages and Cultures (LLC).
The Academic Library Representative for LLC in 2022/2023 is Dr Christopher Rosenmeier.
We work in partnership with the CAHSS College Library & Information Strategy Committee.
New databases
- American National Biography OnlineAmerican National Biography (ANB) offers portraits of more than 19,000 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation.
- BBC Literary Adaptations in VideoThis collection of 236 titles comprises a treasure trove of BBC productions of famous literary works, many that were buried in the BBC archive for the past few decades. From Dickens to Shakespeare, from Chekhov to Arthur Miller, from Jane Austen to Mary Shelley, a great breadth of works is included. Talent like Mark Rylance, John Gielgud, Ian McKellen, Colin Firth, and more make this product a must-have for theatre, drama, performing arts, and literature courses. In addition to actual performances, the product includes titles like Face to Face where actors and directors discuss their craft.
- Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876, a comprehensive primary resource from the American Antiquarian Society, is the largest online collection of 18th- and 19th-century newspapers published in the region. This unique resource is essential for researching colonial history, the Atlantic slave trade, international commerce, New World slavery and U.S. relations with the region, as far back as the early 18th century.
- EuropresseEuropresse provides access to over 61,000 sources including journals, newspapers, blogs, and magazines published in France and other European countries. Many of the publications included are available in their original language and layout.
- Gerritsen Women's History Collection of Aletta H. JacobsThis is a new resource from our subscription to ProQuest 350 primary source databases. It provides 4,700 publications from continental Europe, the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand, dating from 1543-1945. There are 930 German items. The anti-feminist case is presented as well as the pro-feminist; many other titles present a purely objective record of the condition of women at a given time.
- IntegrumSearchable database provides varying sources of current information about Russia and the former Soviet Union. Includes full text of central and regional newspapers and journals, with the archive of some of them back to the late 1980s - early 1990s.
- Medieval and Early Modern StudiesThis digital research source from Adam Matthew provides you with access to a huge range of primary sources covering social, cultural, political, scientific and religious perspectives, from the 15th to early 18th centuries. The breadth of sources provided within this collection is extensive, from sources concerning the Black Death to the Restoration of the English monarchy and the Glorious Revolution. Includes illuminated manuscripts, personal papers, diaries and journals, correspondence, rare books, receipt books, account books and manuscript sheet music.
- South Asian Newspapers (1864-1922)This one-of-a-kind collection provides online access to a select group of South Asian newspapers from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Featuring English-, Gujarati- and Bengali-language papers published in India, in the regions of the Subcontinent that now comprise Pakistan, and in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). South Asian Newspapers offers extensive coverage of the people, issues and events that shaped the Indian Subcontinent between 1864 and 1922.
- South China Morning PostThe Library's subscription to this resource expires 31 July 2023..This newspaper provides insights into Hong Kong’s unique political and social history during the 20th century. This premier English-language title is known for its authoritative, influential, and independent reporting on all of Asia as well as its perspective of the rest of the world.
ProQuest Access 350
In 2021/22 the Library extended its subscription to ProQuest Access 350 until 31 July 2023.
These databases allow you to explore 600 years worth of world history and, along with the wide and varied range of digital primary source databases the Library already gives you access to, can help enrich your learning, teaching and research.
Find out more about ProQuest Access 350
New e-book collections
- Casalini E-Books Collection - new contentsA digital library called Biblioteca Italiana Zanichelli of 1,171 titles of Italian literary works were added to the Casalini E-Books Collection in July 2022.
- Digitalia HispánicaDigitalia Hispánica is a database of over 40,000 e-books and about 200 e-journals published in Spanish from some of the most renowned academic publishers in Spain and Latin America such as Anthropos, Biblioteca Nueva, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, Ocho y Medio, Iberoamericana/Vervuert, Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
- Oxford Scholarly Editions Online - new contentsAdded new contents:
1) Eighteenth Century Prose (184 titles)
2) 19th Century Poetry (26 titles)
3) Romantics Poetry (29 titles)
4) Complete Works & Correspondence of Frances Burney (1752-1840)
New journal subscription
Centre for Research Collections New Acquisitions Highlight
The following items, selected from CRC Annual Acquisitions Highlights 2021, are relevant to LLC subject areas.
Buddhist Conceptual Map of the World
Zuda Rokashi, Nansenbushuu Bankoku Shoka No Zu, 1710; Map.S.68
This is the first Japanese map of the world to include Europe and America, from a Buddhist cosmological perspective. It shows a mixture of geographical and mythological information: centred on India, the world is shown as a single landmass, with a few outlying islands. India and China are recognisable, with many place names, and the Himalayas identifiable in the centre. Mythologically, at the very centre of the map is a spiral showing the meeting of the four sacred rivers: the Indus, the Ganges, the Bramaputra, and the Sutlej – the site where the Buddha was legendarily conceived. Europe and America appear right at the edges of the map, as islands.
This map was compiled from many earlier Buddhist sources, and by making selective use of some European maps, which had reached Japan. Its influence was enormous; it formed the basis of the Japanese world view until well into the 19th century
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Sketching for Sir Walter Scott
Album of sketches by Sir James Skene of Rubislaw, 19th century; Coll-2019
This album of c. 420 sketches is the record of an extraordinary creative collaboration. A talented amateur artist, Sir James Skene of Rubislaw (1775-1864) was a close friend of Sir Walter Scott who accompanied him on riding trips to locations that Scott planned to feature in his novels and poems. There, at Scott’s suggestion, Skene made sketches of scenery and buildings that Scott then used as an inspiration and aide-memoire for his own work. Many of the sketches in this album can be linked to trips that Scott and Skene are known to have made together. Some later sketches date from excursions that Skene took alone at Scott’s request, as Scott himself grew ever busier and, with declining health, less physically mobile. The album also includes sketches that were clearly used as source material for published Scott illustrations by professional artists. It seems likely, then, that Scott’s publishers employed Skene to produce preparatory sketches of scenes that would make effective illustrations to Scott’s work.
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An Anniversary Acquisition
Portfolio of documentary photographs by Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, 1992-2001; SSSA/JSH1-3
To mark the 70th anniversary of the School of Scottish Studies, the School of Scottish Studies Archive and the Centre for Research Collections teamed up with renowned Scottish photographer, Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, to add a landmark collection of photos to the School’s documentary collections. Sutton-Hibbert has worked as a freelance photographer and photojournalist for over 30 years and in 2012 co-founded Document Scotland – a collective of Scottish documentary photographers.
Sutton-Hibbert’s work focusing on Scotland filled a natural gap in the Archive’s extensive photographic holdings, and the team worked with him to identify three series of photographs which would best suit the collection. Selections were made from his North Sea Fishing (1992-1995), the recently demolished Longannet Colliery (2001), and Paddy’s Market (2000) which echoed with coastal working life, Scottish industrial cultures, and urban living which can be found throughout the School’s Archive.
The SSSA70 acquisition includes over 50 beautifully hand-made prints by Sutton-Hibbert and digital files of each of these which can be viewed on our digital image database.
Library subject guides for Literature, Languages and Cultures
You can explore the Library Subject Guides to find out about the full range of library resources available for Literatures, Languages and Cultures