New resources - CAHSS - 2021/2022
New Library resources for SPS
This page highlights new larger digital items and subscriptions acquired in 2021/22 which were requested by, or are relevant to, the School of Social and Political Science (SPS).
The Academic Support Librarians for SPS are Caroline Stirling and Christine Love-Rodgers.
The Academic Library Representative for SPS in 2021/2022 is Prof. Richard Baxstrom.
We work in partnership with the CAHSS College Library & Information Strategy Committee.
New databases
- Colonial Law in Africa, 1946 -1966This database provides access to the African Government Gazettes from 1946-1966. These gazettes contain copies of the laws and ordinances which were introduced in the years they cover. Each item was originally published as the Government Gazette for a colony and year. Their contents include tenders of property, probate records and insolvency notices. The papers in this database cover the Mau Mau uprising, the creation of the first legislative councils and legal changes to transfer power to those councils.
- Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) - by Wiley Digital ArchivesThe Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) digital archive contains more than 150,000 maps, charts and atlases complemented by manuscripts, field notes, expedition reports. Includes primary source material related to colonization, de-colonization, British Empire, polar and desert expeditions.
- 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.
New e-books and e-book collections
The following e-book packages were also purchased in 2021/22. The individual titles in these packages can be found and accessed via DiscoverEd, more titles will be added as published.
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Edward Elgar Political Science & Public Policy 2022
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Edward Elgar Sociology, Social Policy & Education 2022
ProQuest Access 350
In 2021/22 the Library extended it's 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
Some of the most popular databases, so far, from this collection for subject areas in SPS are:
Library Subject Guides for Social and Political Science
You can explore the Library Subject Guides to find out about the full range of library resources available for Social and Political Science.