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The largest single collection of English news media from these two centuries, 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers provides rare and often unique content for scholarly research into a wide range of political, educational, economic or journ
The most comprehensive range of national, regional and local newspapers in 19th century Britain ever made available in a digital collection, 19th Century British Library Newspapers Part I and Part II provide a range of publications to reflect the social
ABI/INFORM Global is one of the most comprehensive business databases on the market. It includes in-depth coverage for over 3,535 publications, with more than 2,495 available in full text.
From business and political science to literature and psychology, ProQuest Research Library provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects. The database includes more than 4,730 titlesover 3,315 in full textfrom 1971 forward.
AccessScience from McGraw-Hill is an indispensable discovery and reference tool that provides fast and easy access to authoritative information in all major areas of science and technology.
Ancestry Library Edition (ALE) is the result of a partnership between Ancestry.com and ProQuest.
The Annual Register is a classic reference work providing historians and students with information on the major and minor events of the last two and a half centuries, with historical context and perspective, as well as biographical information.
ProQuest Australia & New Zealand Newsstand is the first online newspaper services to combine key national titles from Fairfax, News Ltd and ABC, with leading regional and local sources from Australia and New Zealand.
A leading database for the study of art and architecture, this database provides full-text coverage of 380 periodicals and more than 220 books.