There have been a few new additions to our online eresources lately. These can be explored from outside the Library if you are a Victorian-resident Library member – log in with your Library member number, or sign up for membership online to begin.
There’s a wide range of subjects and content types to discover, including: the Gale Decolonization database, with a focus on independence movements in former Commonwealth nations; food history in the form of cookbooks from as early as the 18th century; Irish newspapers from the 18th century through to the early 1920’s; a vast trove of journals, books, reports, and personal documents that trace the development of science from the age to Newton to Einstein; and some new titles featured on Collection Discovery.
Visit our A-Z Databases page to access our full range of 350+ eresources.
Current trial databases
Discover material from the British Isles and Europe for the period 1450-1700 sourced from over 225 libraries worldwide. This collection covers literature, art, architecture, philosophy, religion, politics, history, and linguistics. This database is on trial until 25 June 2023, and we would welcome your feedback about it.
New databases
- Decolonization: Politics and Independence in Former Colonial and Commonwealth Territories Discover materials from within former British colonies and Commonwealth nations, alongside some from former French and Portuguese territories. Created for local audiences by local actors, these materials reflect a period of enormous global change as decolonisation movements gathered momentum post-World War II.
- Archives Unbound: Food History and Manuscripted Recipe Books 1669-1990
Part of the Archives Unbound database. Enjoy centuries of recipes and housekeeping advice with this trove of cookbooks and domestic management books from as early as 1730 through to the 20th century. - British Library Newspapers, part VI: Ireland 1766-1922
Part of the British Library Newspapers Platform. Explore national and regional newspaper titles published Ireland from the late 18th to early 20th centuries. - Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology and Medicine, Part I and Part II
Part of the Nineteenth Century Collections Online database. Explore scientific, technical, and medical knowledge and ideas from “the last great age of discovery” (1780 to 1925). Follow the development of modern science and its method across more than 3.5 million pages of journals, books, reports, and personal documents.
New to Collection Discovery
Two new titles have recently been added to Collection Discovery:
The Popular digitised collections page on the website has also now been updated to include these titles (as well as The Garden Gazette and UNA: Journal of the Victorian Trained Nurses’ Association (1903-1976)).
