New Electronic Resources

LION Literature Online

Over the last few months our electronic database provision has increased. You now have access to:

LION

Literature Online provides you with access to over 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, as well as 300 full text journals.

Empire Online

A collection of original documents relating to Empire studies, sourced from libraries and archives around the world.  They include exploration journals, periodicals, diaries, slave papers, maps and many others.

Illustrated London News Archive, 1842 to 2003

When it began in 1842 the Illustrated London News became the world’s first illustrated weekly newspaper, sparking a revolution in journalism and news reporting.  The publication presents a vivid picture of British and world events – wars, disasters, royalty, social affairs, the arts and science: in fact, its first issue covered the war in Afghanistan as well as the latest fashions from Paris!

In addition to this:

• Periodicals Archive Online has been extended from 80 to almost 400 journals covering the arts, humanities and social sciences: this includes the backfiles for Art Journal, Harper’s, Sight and Sound, Spectator and many others
• more Eighteenth Century Journals have been added to our collection, featuring periodicals from Chetham’s Library, Manchester, and the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds