Reference

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Premier source of information about people from all eras who have influenced and shaped American culture. With sophisticated search capabilities, lively and detailed articles, internal cross-references, up-to-date bibliographies, and links to external web resources, ANB Online represents the benchmark for online reference tools in the 21st century. Discover the lives of thousands of well-known, infamous and important but little-known individuals, all of whom have shaped America's history in some way. From missionaries to musicians, social workers to statisticians, biographers to baseball players and cowboys to chemists, the entries tin ANB Online combine to present a social, cultural, economic, political, military and popular portrait of the history and character of the American nation.

A huge online reference resource: 18,000+ detailed profiles of Americans born both in and outside the United States; profiling wide range of people from all walks of like; covers individuals from pre-colonial times onwards; includes contributions from 6000+ expert authors, thousands of illustrations and photos; detailed bibliographies follow each entry; published under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies; up to 100 new or revised biographies by leading historians added each quarter; quarterly updates also incorporate new factual information and new bibliographical resources.

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Format: Online
Key stage: 4
Age range: 14-16+

Publisher: CREDO Reference

Find facts fast with CREDO for the biggest and best choice of reference material. You choose exactly what you need from hundreds of reference books covering all major subjects. Make homework fun with CREDO! The one-stop shop for reference, offering access to 600+ titles from 60+ of the world’s most respected publishers, 3+ million entries, 300,000 images including 50,000 high resolution fine art images. So much to see and listen to.

Features multilingual interface in French, Spanish, Polish, Urdu, Chinese (simplified), Portuguese, with more to follow - content remains in English. As Credo add new titles, they are automatically added to your collection, you may also exclude any titles which are not required. Here's what your School would get with a CREDO Subscription: Unlimited simultaneous users, remote home user access and 24/7 delivery; Fabulous diagrams with Credo searching the whole collection including text, images and sound files; Concept Mapper is a ‘cool’ way to explore new topics easily while watching the results grow in front of you (ideal for visual learners); Dynamic Tables are unique to CREDO Reference from the CIA World Fact Book, export data fields into Excel; Range of access options including IP-based, library card and Athens authentication; Email templates to promote CREDO to your students, faculty and colleagues; Usage reports detailing visits, features used, top search terms, entries viewed and COUNTER compliant; Marketing materials to promote the service in your library.

Contents cover the following subjects: Art, Bi-Linguals, Biography, Business, Dictionaries, Encyclopedia, Food, Geography, History, Language, Law, Literature, Medicine, Music, Philosophy & Psychology, Quotations, Religion, Science, Social Sciences, Technology (contact us for full title list). Free subject guides available. Check out the Credo Current blog, including the monthly 'knowledge gauntlet'. Also available at additional cost: Publisher and Subject Collections - contact us for further details.

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Format: Online
Key stage: 3, 4
Age range: 11-16+

Publisher: The Economist

A dry title for a fascinating thought provoking weekly online publication - a great resource for schools. "But The Economist is all about economics" No it's not. The Economist covers politics, business, culture, science and much much more. It takes the important topics shaping our world and writes about them in ways that are distinctive and clear.

Some recent articles:
- What to do about Britain's house prices
- If the French ran America
- Europe's insane climate policies
- A brief history of hotels
- The rise of mixed race Britain
- Crackdown in Ukraine
- China's film industry


A subscription to economist.com gives your school IP Address access to:
- the full text of The Economist each week (51 issues) - 24 hours ahead of the printed version
- easy searching across an archive of information that goes back to 1997
- unlimited user access for your students and teachers to the must-read weekly newspaper
- access to BLOGS, with the ability to comment and 'interact' with other readers
- access to The Economist multimedia library including video interviews of top executives and worldwide leaders
- the online site includes more content than the printed edition

Look at this list of topics - they have all been covered by The Economist:
- Globalisation versus localism
- China's space programme
- Why multinationals are like drug dealers
- What currency speculators can learn from the price of a Big Mac?
- Bacteria that make you fat
- Dead celebrities including junkies, astronauts and Playboy bunnies

Access only available via IP Address.

Format: Online
Key stage: 3, 4, 5
Age range: 13-16+

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Virtually every course of study - from history to science to literature - is ultimately tied to the study of people. Biography in Context delivers outstanding research support with nearly a million biographical entries spanning history and geography. Just like all the new revolutionary In Context products, it's a curriculum-aligned resource that offers media-rich content in context that's updated daily to meet the needs of today's user. In it you'll find: 600,000+ biographies covering more than 525,000 individuals. 170+ award-winning Gale reference titles. 50,000 new or updated bios added annually in addition to daily updates to account for awards and events. Integrated reference material, periodical information and multimedia content. Hundreds of hand-crafted topic pages covering the highest-interest features.

Newly Included Collection - Factboxes provide snapshot summaries of key information. The included Lives & Perspectives Collection supports high-school curricula and university coursework by providing multidisciplinary content on notable figures and the societal forces that have shaped their lives. The integration of this collection provides first-time-ever access to 160,000 bios drawn from: American Men & Women of Science; Encyclopaedia Judaica; Governments of the World; Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History; and nearly 40 other respected titles from Macmillan Reference USA, Charles Scribner's Sons and Gale. An annual subscription offers unlimited user access. Prices change 1st April each year.

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Format: Online
Key stage: 4, 5
Age range: 14-16+

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Opposing Viewpoints in Context is the premier online resource covering today's hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Opposing Viewpoints in Context helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.

In addition to the engaging, streamlined interface and media-rich topic pages, the product's unprecedented collection of content and curriculum-focused tools that help students explore issues from all perspectives include:

More than 14,000 pro/con viewpoint essays
5,000+ topic overviews
More than 300 primary source documents
300 biographies of social activists and reformers
More than 775 court-case overviews
5 million periodical articles
Nearly 6,000 statistical tables, charts and graphs
Nearly 70,000 images and a link to Google Image Search
Thousands of podcasts, including weekly presidential addresses and premier NPR programs
A national and state curriculum standards search, correlated to the content that allows educators to quickly identify material by grade and discipline

Opposing Viewpoints in Context contains more than 700 Greenhaven Press, Gale, Macmillan Reference USA™, Charles Scribner's Sons® and U·X·L titles. New reference content is added on an ongoing basis, and new full-text periodical and newspaper articles are added every day. Included in the resource are:

More than 400 titles from Greenhaven Press Series, including Opposing Viewpoints, Opposing Viewpoints Digests, At Issue, Contemporary Issues Companion, Current Controversies and Teen Decisions
Fifteen proprietary Gale print sets, including Activists, Rebels, and Reformers; Civil Rights in the United States; Drugs and Controlled Substances: Information for Students; Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy; Environmental Encyclopedia; Great American Court Cases; Tsunamis; Encyclopedia of Sociology; and Macmillan Profiles: Humanitarians and Reformers

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Format: Online
Key stage: 4, 5
Age range: 14-16+

Publisher: Cengage Learning

The well-known Gale in Context collection of resources has expanded to include a resource specially created for 11 to 14 year old pupils. This brings together authoritative content in a variety of formats onto one modern, pupil friendly interface.

Student Tested, Librarian Approved. Gale's Research in Context is designed to bridge the gap between the Kids InfoBits resource for elementary school students and the subject-specific Gale In Context family, developed primarily for high school and undergraduate students.
11 to 14 year old students will benefit from an interface that delivers the highly visual design and navigation preferred by younger users combined with authoritative content and a user-focused tool set to support assignments and coursework.

The Research in Context is designed to support the developing information and digital literacy skills of the average secondary school student, drawing from:

User testing with 11 to 14 year old students
Librarian and teacher feedback
An extensive body of user experience research and usage data gathered over years of developing primary and secondary school resources
Analysis of school curriculum standards and popular lesson plans

The resource's name, content, and design are also ideal for younger students who are ready for more advanced research as well as school students who are still developing their key skills.

Cross-Disciplinary and Curriculum-Aligned Content:

Bringing together content from the former Discovering Collection, Junior Reference Collection, Student Resource Centre, InfoTrac Junior Edition, and InfoTrac Junior Graphic Edition, Research in Context is cross-disciplinary in nature: spanning literature, science, social studies, and U.S. and world history.
Categories cover the most-studied topics: Cultures, government, people, U.S. history, sports, world history, geography, literature, science, and social issue, including nearly 300 topic pages and overviews on the subjects and social issues most studied by and relevant to middle school users as well as science experiments and contextual information for key works and documents
Engaging reference, periodical, and multimedia content: Books, images, biographies, audio, video, magazines, newspapers, creative works, primary sources, and more
Authoritative information sources: Proprietary Gale, UXL, and Lucent titles and content from leading sources like National Geographic, Scholastic, NPR, NASA, AP Video News, and others
Alignment to standards: Contains national curriculum standards for 11 to 14 year pupils in language arts, social studies, and science
New content written explicitly for middle schools: Topic overviews on the subjects and social issues most studied by and relevant to middle school users as well as science experiments and contextual information for key works and documents

Features Optimized to Support the Student Workflow:

Today's researchers demand resources that are simple to navigate and quick to deliver the answers they need: when, where, and how they want them. Research In Context supports the student workflow with features like:
A responsive design, optimized for any device and screen size
Highlights and Notes, which allow users to select and highlight important text, add notes, and view, print, or export that information for easy project management
Content translation into 12 languages (including English, Spanish, Arabic, and Mandarin Chinese) accommodating to diverse populations and ESL/ELL students
ReadSpeaker text-to-speech technology for 12 languages (including English, Spanish, Arabic, and Mandarin Chinese)
Unlimited printing, emailing, and downloading of articles and media
Tools to help understand the proper use of copyright materials

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Format: Online
Key stage: 3, 4, 5
Age range: 11-14+

Publisher: Cengage Learning

For a generation accustomed to using the web to find their answers, Student Resources in Context is a cross-curricular breakthrough. This next-generation portal reaches out to today's learners with a Web-like user experience, which intuitively conveys needed information on all core subjects from Science to Literature to History. From the eye-catching, media-rich homepage to the fast navigation options, Student Resources in Context helps students develop both research and critical-thinking skills while covering the spectrum of student-focused subject matter. Student Resources in Context provides holistic topic perspectives by integrating a multitude of content, including:

79,000 reference articles from acclaimed publications like American Decades
15 million periodical and newspaper articles from the New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, and many others
4,200 primary sources
100,000 multimedia records, including charts, graphs, maps and tables
Video and audio content from NBC, NPR and many other respected sources

Educators can also rely on Student Resources in Context to offer content aligned to their curriculum. This resource removes the risk of the open Web while delivering an authoritative multimedia selection of content - primary sources, overviews, videos, interactives and much more. Prices change 1st April each year.

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Format: Online
Key stage: 4, 5
Age range: 14-16+

Publisher: Cengage Learning

General OneFile is a comprehensive general interest resource providing periodical and news information through an intuitive state of the art interface. Perfect for researchers at all levels it includes 8000+ full text titles; 3600+ journals; more than 25 years of backfile; 5 newspaper indexes totalling 13,000+ titles in all (70% of which are unique to the resource), all available through the easy to use Gale PowerSearch platform. With over 100 million records at researchers' fingertips, it provides instant 24/7 access to the largest collection of full text periodicals available.

In addition General OneFile also features 500+ travel guides; a full collection of National Public Radio programs from 1990 to the present, including searchable transcripts; links to 5000+ video files including shows like the Today Show, NBC Nightly News, NRO TV and Meet the Press; 3000+ full text titles recommended by Bowkers Magazines for Libraries; optional access to the Gale Virtual Reference library containing 1600+ complete volumes of reference content; and much more.

Features:
A new web like interface to encourage browsing; Instant access to periodical and news information on the complete range of general interest topics, from the humanities, education and business to current events, science and environmental issues; Full text of The New York Times from 1985 to the present and Financial Times from 1994 to the present, updated daily; Full collection of NPR audio programs including transcripts and links to 5000+ video files of shows such as The Today Show, NBC Nightly News and Meet the Press; 500 travel guides, including hundreds of Fodor's titles published since 2006; More than 20 acclaimed reference sites, including Encyclopedia of World Biography and the Gale Encyclopedia of Science; Cross product searchable via Gale PowerSearch with eBooks operating on Gale Virtual Reference Library platform; etc.

New features:
Search Assist provides web search functionality and recommendations similar to Yahoo and Google; On-demand language translation includes 3 newly added languages, Chinese, Japanese and Korean; Enhanced results include improved relevancy rankings and easier access to filters and limiters; More intuitive advanced searching with Search Assist on the most used indexes.

And much more:
Users can cross search Gale holdings such as Gale Virtual Reference Library, InfoTrac collections and specific In Context resources; Results include multimedia images, video, and podcasts; Search within results lists to target specific content; Technology that delivers audio versions of articles and downloadable MP3 files; Document management includes e mailing, bookmarking, downloading or printing; Easy to use citation tools facilitate research results. Prices change 1st April each year.

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Format: Online
Key stage: 3, 4, 5
Age range: 11-14+

Publisher: Cengage Learning

Offers global perspectives on issues of international importance, current world events and topics in the news related to these issues. Not a pro and con database, GIC ties together a variety of sources to present a rich analysis of issues - social, political, military, economic, environmental, science and health related, cultural, and headlines in world hot spots.

Provides information seekers with a framework to better understand 21st century issues and events while highlighting global connections and the interdependence of all nations. Focuses on broad issues, such as war, genocide, terrorism, human rights, poverty, famine, globalization, world trade, nuclear proliferation, and global warming, as well as more specific events and topics in the news that are related to these broader issues, such as genocide in Darfur, product safety of Chinese imports, sectarian violence in Iraq, changing weather patterns across the globe, and disaster recovery in Indonesia and New Orleans. Also includes detailed information on nations to provide a foundation for cross-cultural studies, and International periodicals and news sources that bring additional insight and currency. Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. Each of these gateway pages includes an overview, unique "perspectives" articles written by local experts, reference, periodical, primary source and statistical information.

Rich multimedia - including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs - enhance each portal. Use Browse Issues and Topics, Country Finder, Basic Search or Advanced Search to explore the database. Includes a variety of sources and media formats: Overviews summarizing background information, historical context, contemporary stances, and the impact of each of the issues and news events featured. Expert Perspectives analyzing an issue or event through multiple aspects, for example, cultural, religious, political, social, economic, scientific or health related. Reference documents providing background information on all issues and nations. Full-text international Magazines, Academic Journals, and News Sources. Primary Sources, such as legislation and court proceedings. Statistics, including interactive graphs, tables, and charts. Such Multimedia elements as images, podcasts, and audio. Links to Web sites, including government sites and organizations.

Other Key Features: World News section of the home page is customizable - you choose the news sources that are displayed for your patrons. Robust tools such as curriculum standards search, translation feature, research tools and research guide. Over 250 issue portals containing topic overviews, global perspectives, statistics, podcasts - 10 portals added monthly! Over 190 country portals containing country and cultural information, statistics, maps, flags, images, podcasts. Searches are displayed by result/type format including reference, magazines, news, podcasts, videos. Subscriptions provide unlimited user access. Prices change 1st April each year.

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Format: Online
Key stage: 4
Age range: 14-16+

Publisher: Cengage Learning

InfoTrac Student Edition is a collection of Online Journals and Magazines, which gives Secondary school students the information they need - fast. Contains over 1400 journals and magazines, including over 70 UK publications, and archive up to July 2010 of 15 Philip Allan Journals : 20th Century History Review, Biological Sciences Review, Business Review, Catalyst, Chemistry Review, Economic Review (UK), English Review, Geography Review, Hindsight, Physics Review, Politics Review, Psychology Review, RS Review, Sociology Review, Wide World.

Provides 24/7 access to reliable, authoritative content for classroom assignments and general reference research. Search results may be viewed by Subject, Document Type or Publication Title. Students, parents, teachers and other researchers can quickly search millions of articles, full-text content from 16 major references and hundreds of maps to complement papers, projects, presentations and much more.

Specifically designed for secondary school students, providing instant access to screened, age-appropriate content from magazines, newspapers and reference books. The ideal alternative to random Web searching, InfoTrac Student Edition covers a wide range of subjects, from science, history and literature to sports and environmental studies, offering reliable, authoritative content for classroom assignments and general reference research.

Features include: 1100+ full text titles, Nearly 9 million articles updated daily, Text-to-speech technology to bridge reading level gaps, Lexile reading levels accompany periodical articles, Over 10 Handy Answer series titles from Visible Ink Press targeted to address queries that children typically have with enough depth and detail to satisfy the curiosity of aggressive young inquisitors, Cross-searchable with InfoTrac Custom Newspapers if subscribed to - if you are not a subscriber, this collection of 6 national and 2 regional newspapers can be added, contact us for details. NB: Embargoes from 14 - 365 days apply to certain Journals. Philip Allan Journals do not include images. Subscription provides unlimited user access both at school and home. Prices change 1st April each year.

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Format: Online
Key stage: 4
Age range: 14-16

Publisher: Kompass Publishers

Business to business database of industrial and commercial companies world-wide. Available as an online subscription with download facility. Advanced search options enables the user to create targeted prospect lists for sales and marketing or identify key suppliers for purchasing departments.

12 Month Subscription includes 5 simultaneous users and 10,000 download credits. Please contact us for individual requirements.

Format: Online

Publisher: James Clarke and Co

Invaluable source of information on research resources for UK & Republic of Ireland. Reference Edition: an easy to use reference facility, fully indexed, fully searchable. Marketing Edition: facility to print mailing labels. Includes full contact details, branch & associate libraries, subjects covered, special collections etc.

Format: Windows CD-ROM
ISBN: 227679725

Publisher: NewsBank Inc

From the renowned news publisher NewsBank, this is a unique collection of 15 primary sources for teaching and learning. Contains copies of actual source documents. Engage students through the use of Historical Primary Sources.

African American Newspapers Series 1 and 2
Comprehensive collection provides students with insight into the culture and contributions of African Americans across 150 years of US history. Its primary source newspaper coverage offers historical context to the African American experience and enables educators to seamlessly integrate non-fiction reading into their curriculum. Spans the Antebellum South, growth of the Black church, Jim Crow Era, Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights movement through political and economic empowerment etc. Delivers differing viewpoints that students can compare and contrast. Includes newspapers from 1827 to 1998 from 35 states including the Freedom's Journal (NY) - the first African American newspaper published in the U.S.

African Newspapers 1800-1922
This groundbreaking online collection provides more than 60 searchable African newspapers published in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Featuring English and foreign-language titles from Angola, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. African Newspapers offers unparalleled coverage of the issues and events that shaped the continent and its peoples between 1800 and 1922. Created in partnership with the Center for Research Libraries and its contributing members. Wide-ranging coverage of the issues and events that shaped the continent and its peoples.

American Broadsides and Ephemera 1760-1876
Built in partnership with the American Antiquarian Society. This full-color digital edition offers fully searchable facsimiles of 15,000 broadsides printed between 1820 and 1900 and 15,000 pieces of ephemera printed between 1749 and 1900. Featuring documents produced locally across the country, these rare items vividly capture the daily lives of earlier Americans in a way that no other material can. Many are graphically stunning in contrast to most printed items of the time. A uniquely powerful American history resource for visual teaching and learning. Colorful political notices, confessions, songs, menus, advertisements, and much more.

American Civil War Collection 1860-1922
Features more than 13,500 works published between 1860 and 1922, this fully searchable collection offers printed items addressing all facets of the Civil War-one of the most pivotal events in American history-and its aftermath. These diverse materials, all filmed in full-resolution color, include broadsides, lithographs, maps, books, pamphlets, photographs, political cartoons, stereographs, and more. Coverage extends throughout the Civil War and well beyond into the critical postwar period, a time in which modern interpretations of the conflict began to take shape. Covers cultural, economic, military, political, and social aspects of America's deadliest war.

American Race Relations: Global Perspectives 1941-1996
As America transitioned from the Jim Crow era to the Civil Rights movement and beyond, the rest of the world paid close attention. This is the only comprehensive collection covering these foreign reactions to America's racial struggles in the mid-20th century. In addition to providing unique viewpoints on America's fight for racial justice, this fully searchable online collection also offers rare insight into race relations in Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia. The only fully searchable digital archive covering foreign perspectives of American racial issues in the mid-20th century. A wealth of unique primary source documents on racial justice from around the world. New insight into many of the most important historical events and movements of the last hundred years.

Apartheid: Global Perspectives 1946-1996
Apartheid, the Afrikaans word for "apartness," defined life in South Africa in the mid-20th century. As white colonists systematically stripped away the rights of Native Africans, the effects of their actions seeped through South Africa, reverberating throughout the continent and the world. This fully searchable digitized collection contains thousands of translated news broadcasts and publications, written by both the people who experienced apartheid and those around the world who watched, reacted to and analyzed it. A uniquely international survey of the effects of apartheid on South Africa and the world. A wealth of insight for numerous academic disciplines.

Black Authors 1556-1922
Created from the renowned holdings of the Library Company of Philadelphia, it is the most complete and compelling collection of its kind. It offers more than 550 fully catalogued and searchable works by black authors from the Americas, Europe and Africa, expertly compiled by the curators of the Afro-Americana Imprints collection, the largest existing collection of its kind. Found within are wide-ranging genres, including personal narratives, autobiographies, histories, expedition reports, military reports, novels, essays, poems and musical compositions.

Cold War: Global Perspectives on East-West Tensions 1945-1991
From the end of World War II to the early 1990s, the Cold War was the central driving force in global politics. In addition to nuclear arms races and shifting military alliances, the Cold War years had a critical impact on many of today's most intriguing research topics, from technology to terrorism, immigration to international politics. No other resource brings together primary source documents from around the world to shed new light on this crucial period in world history. An invaluable collection of international primary source documents on the Cold War. Useful for a breadth of research that goes far beyond the Cold War itself.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS)
Has been the United States' principal historical record of political open source intelligence for more than half a century, and is an indispensable source for insights into decades of turbulent world history. The original mission of the FBIS was to monitor, record, transcribe and translate intercepted radio broadcasts from foreign governments, official news services, and clandestine broadcasts from occupied territories. Accordingly, it provides a wealth of information from all countries outside of the United States - from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. A unique 20th-century archive for students studying political science and world history. Helps researchers develop a layered understanding of the Cold War, the Soviet Union, China, the Middle East and Latin America.

Hispanic American Newspapers 1808-1980
Represents the single largest compilation of Spanish-language newspapers printed in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries. The distinctive collection features hundreds of Hispanic American newspapers, including many long scattered and forgotten titles published in the 19th century. It is based on the "Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project," a national research effort directed by Nicolás Kanellos, Brown Foundation Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Houston. Offers unabridged voices, ranging from intellectuals and literary notables to politicians, union organizers and grassroots figures.

Immigrations, Migrations and Refugees: Global Perspectives 1941-1996
This resource provides a wide-ranging perspective on human migration that stretch far beyond the borders of the United States. This fully searchable digital archive includes firsthand accounts from reputable sources around the world, covering such important events as post- World War II Jewish resettlement, South African apartheid, Latin American migrations to the United States and much more. An invaluable tool for researching one of the most gripping subjects of our time. Firsthand reports and global analysis not available anywhere else that support a wide range of academic disciplines.

Latin American Newspapers 1805-1922
Offers unprecedented coverage of the people, issues and events that shaped this vital region during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Featuring more than 280 newspapers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and a dozen other countries, these resources provide a wide range of viewpoints from diverse Latin American cultures. Latin American Newspapers chronicles the evolution of Latin America over two centuries through eyewitness reporting, editorials, legislative information, letters, poetry, advertisements, obituaries and other items.

Middle East and North Africa: Global Perspectives 1958-1994
For anyone seeking to understand one of the world's most complex, volatile and internationally significant regions this is an indispensable resource. This fully searchable online archive offers firsthand reporting and deep analysis on important issues and historic events from Morocco to Egypt to Afghanistan. And with unique content not available anywhere else, it allows researchers unprecedented opportunities to delve into the cultural, economic and political forces that are integral to an array of interdisciplinary topics. Firsthand reporting and deep analysis on global and regional issues. A critical resource for 20th-century global studies, with widespread interdisciplinary applications.

Rand Daily Mail, The
Published daily in Johannesburg from 1902-1985, is a critically important title that pioneered popular journalism in South Africa. It is renowned today for being the first newspaper to openly oppose apartheid and contribute to its downfall. Acclaimed 20th-century newspaper contains a wealth of unique perspectives on South Africa and the African continent. First newspaper to openly oppose apartheid and contribute to its downfall.

South Asian Newspapers
Is a one-of-a-kind collection that 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 Sub-continent 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. Created in partnership with the Center for Research Libraries and its contributing members. Opportunities for fresh insights into South Asian history, politics, culture and daily life.

Annual subscription prices are based on the number of Full Time Students (FTEs) - contact us now with your FTE count so that we can quote. Subscriptions provide unlimited user access at school and remote access.

Format: Online
Key stage: 3, 4, 5+
Age range: 11-19

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides. Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, this cutting-edge resource guides researchers to the best available scholarship across a wide variety of subjects. Now offering a rapidly expanding range of subject areas and on-going enhancements to the site, Oxford Bibliographies is reaching more scholars and students than ever before, increasing productivity, saving time, and elevating the quality of research.

Key Features:
Selective: Expert recommendations on the best works available in each discipline - whether it be a chapter, a book, a journal article, a website, an archive, or data set - streamline the research process
Credible: Each subject area is overseen by an Editor in Chief, an Editorial Board, and peer reviewers, ensuring a balanced perspective with scholarly accuracy, authority, and objectivity
Original Scholarly Content: Each article includes an introduction written by a top scholar in the field, with original commentary and annotations by top scholars, making it an authoritative guide to the current scholarship
Seamless Pathways: Intuitive linking and discoverability tools help users quickly locate full text content to prevent dead ends
Customization: Oxford Bibliographies personalization allows you to sign in to create a personalized list of citations with your own notes and annotations
Up to Date and Expanding: A robust updating program keeps researchers informed of advances in their field
Discoverability: MARC 21 records available at the subject and article level; Open URL and full-text DOIs seamlessly link citations to the library's catalog increasing discoverability and usage of library resources

Modules currently available:
African Studies, American Literature, Anthropology, Atlantic History, Biblical Studies, British & Irish Literature, Buddhism, Childhood Studies, Cinema & Media Studies, Classics, Communication, Criminology, Ecology, Education, Geography, Hinduism, International Law, International Relations, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, Latin American Studies, Latino Studies, Linguistics, Management, Medieval Studies, Military History, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health, Renaissance & Reformation, Social Work, Sociology, Victorian, Literature.

Bundle deals also available on whole range of Oxford Schools Online titles - please contact us for details. Authority wide pricing, and free trials available, please contact us for details.. Prices increase on 1st April each year. IP Address access only.

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Format: Online
Key stage: 4, 5
Age range: 14-16+

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Oxford Classical Dictionary - Annual Subscription Edition:

Now available as an online, continuously updated resource for research as part of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia range of titles (see separate entry for bundled rates). The transition from a static collection of articles and entries to a more dynamically digital environment embraces the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of Classics scholarship, and allows users to keep pace with current findings in the field.

The new Oxford Classical Dictionary transforms the acclaimed 4th edition of the text by offering accessible, interdisciplinary articles in a digital, multimedia-rich environment. In print since 1949, the Oxford Classical Dictionary contains over 6,500 entries, and is an unrivalled reference source for students and scholars of the ancient world. The Dictionary provides a solid foundation on a variety of topics and continues to serve as the go-to source for authoritative information.


Features:
- A foundation of continuously updated overview entries, peer-reviewed by an editorial board of leading international experts
- A gateway to further research and enquiry, with links to citations and related sources
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4th Edition, 2012. Over 6,700 entries. Unrivalled in scope for over sixty years, this established reference work has been thoroughly updated for this edition to reflect modern scholarship. Written by distinguished scholars from around the world, it covers all aspects of the classical world from literature and history to religion, science, and archaeology. As well as providing factual information, the Dictionary contains many thematic entries on subjects relevant to the 21st century such as nationalism, race, gender, and ecology. Anthropology and reception have been added as new subject areas, covering topics such as creolization and kinship, as well as dance reception and translation. The most authoritative and accessible dictionary of its kind, this is an essential reference for both scholars and non-specialists with an interest in the classical era.

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Publisher: Oxford University Press

Edited by Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, and Peter McClure

Over 45,000 entries

This huge new dictionary is the ultimate reference work on family names of the UK, covering English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Cornish, and immigrant surnames. It includes every surname that currently has more than 100 bearers, and those that had more than 20 bearers in the 1881 census.

Each entry contains lists of variant spellings of the name, an explanation of its origins (including the etymology, lists of early bearers showing evidence for formation and continuity from the date of formation down to the 19th century, geographical distribution, and, where relevant, genealogical and bibliographical notes, making this a fully comprehensive work on family names.

This authoritative guide also includes an introductory essay explaining the historical background, formation, and typology of surnames and a guide to surnames research and family history research. Additional material also includes a list of published and unpublished lists of surnames from the Middle Ages to the present day.

- Covers over 45,000 family names in the UK, including immigrant names
- Each entry includes the current and 1881 frequencies of the name, its main GB location, and its language or culture of origin
- Each main entry explains the name's origins and history, supported by a selection of early bearers taken from a wide range of sources such as wills, tax records, court records, parish registers, Nonconformist circuit records, and many other documents
- Entries for variants direct the reader to the main entry where the history and etymology of the name is covered
- Contains a full list of published and unpublished sources consulted
- Introductory essay explains the origin, history, and typology of family names in Britain, Ireland, and elsewhere in the world, the research methods used, the sources used. and some of the problems encountered in researching family names
- Explains many surnames never previously explained and corrects many widely believed errors in the light of new evidence

PRINT: publication date 2016 - ISBN 9780199677764
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Publisher: Oxford University Press

Explore the lives of over 50,000 people worldwide who have shaped the British past over the last 2400 years. From the 4th century BC Greek explorer Pytheas to Princess Diana, and from the founding fathers of America to the Nawabs of Bengal. Over 50,000 biographies, 60 million words, 10,000 portrait illustrations.

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Publisher: Oxford University Press

The Oxford Reference Library is an online collection of in-depth, specialist content from Oxford's award-winning Encyclopedias and Companions, as well as a critical selection of partner publishers scholarly works. These major reference titles are available to access online exclusively through Oxford Reference.

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Publisher: Oxford University Press

Oxford Reference Premium includes collection of 350+ foundation titles spanning 25 different subject areas, plus a broad selection of more in-depth single-volume works from Oxford Reference Library many of them Oxford Companions. Oxford Reference Premium provides the best Oxford content for both quick fact-checking and deeper research and covers a wide-range of core subject areas. Subscribers receive access to new editions of Reference Library titles available through Oxford Reference Premium.

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Publisher: Oxford University Press

Oxford is building dynamic range of digital encyclopedia in over 20 disciplines that will be continuously updated by the world's leading scholars, scientists, and researchers. With expert editors and peer-reviews, the ORE Project will combine the discoverability of digital with the standards of academic publishing.

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Publisher: Oxford University Press

'This is a game-changing online file that surpasses the equivalent print editions and is recommended for serious scholarship in the humanities ...'

Oxford Scholarly Editions Online (OSEO) are the cornerstones of humanities scholarship, and Oxford University Press's list is unparalleled in breadth and quality.

Provides access to more than 750 scholarly editions of material written between 1485 and 1837, plus Classical Latin poetry, history, and drama. Currently includes all of Shakespeare's plays, the complete works of Jane Austen, Ovid, and Virgil, the poetry of John Donne and much more.

The collection is set to grow into a massive virtual library, ultimately including the entirety of Oxford's distinguished list of authoritative scholarly editions, from the Oxford Classical Texts to the Romantic poets and from medieval Latin chronicles to the twentieth century.

By publishing these texts online, OSEO makes highly sought after editions more accessible, searchable, and interconnected than ever before.

Overseen by a prestigious editorial board of prominent academics, led by Michael F. Suarez, S.J. (Director of the Rare Book School at University of Virginia) , ensuring the highest editorial standards. Unlocking texts with OSEO, users can...

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OSEO will grow into a massive virtual library, with new content added in chronological steps until ultimately it will include all of Oxford's distinguished list of authoritative scholarly editions, from the Oxford Classical Texts to the Romantic poets, and from medieval Latin chronicles to the twentieth century.

Readership: Academics, postgraduates, undergraduates working primarily in the fields of English Literature, Philosophy, History, and Religion.

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Publisher: Oxford University Press

Combines excellence with innovation, a unique and invaluable tool for both teaching and research. The most important scholarly books that Oxford University Press publishers in the humanities and social sciences are now accessible online for a one-time purchase fee or by annual subscription.

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Special features make research easier and results more relevant. Oxford has commissioned keywords, book and chapter abstract for each work. Vast majority are written by the original author, alongside journal abstracts through a variety of online services. Reference linking from bibliographies and footnotes to available online content, such as journals from wide range of publishers, helps scholars and students discover new resources. Classic works of scholarship and newly published works are more accessible than ever before, making this a unique and invaluable research tool for scholars and students. Includes: full text of 1000+ carefully selected titles, 250,000+ book pages, 100+ million words, with at least 200 new books added each year. Each book has to be approved by a board of leading academics from Oxford University.

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Publisher: Oxford University Press

Social Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to historical census data and demographic information. It creates fast, intuitive, and appealing maps and reports to help users visually analyse and understand demography and social change throughout history.

An invaluable repository of information, the site currently includes the entire US Census history from 1790, all annual updates from the American Community Survey, and the Religious Congregations and Membership Study from 1980. More than just a data source, Social Explorer offers a high level of functionality and control. Users can customize, save, print, and email maps and reports and export them to a variety of programs and statistical packages for further analysis and use in reports and presentations.

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Publisher: Oxford University Press

Delivering the best scholarly publishing from leading university presses around the world. University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO) is regularly updated with new releases. Subscribers to the annual service will receive new releases as they become available. UPSO brings together the best scholarly publishing from around the world, making disparately-published works easily accessible, highly discoverable, and fully cross-searchable via a single, state-of-the-art online platform.

UPSO concentrates research through its powerful and sophisticated search and browse functionality, providing access to thousands of books across over 20 subject areas in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law. Offers over 6000 titles in 29 subject areas:

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Publisher: Oxford University Press

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in 1995, Very Short Introductions offer concise introductions to a diverse range of subject areas from Climate to Consciousness, Game Theory to Ancient Warfare, Economics to Documentary Film - now available Online. All titles provide intelligent and serious introductions, written by experts in the field who combine facts, analysis, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make challenging topics highly readable. Brilliant. Sharp. Inspiring. Over 370 Very Short Introductions are now available as an online resource offering scholars and students OUP's premier publishing series in an easily discoverable, fully cross searchable, and highly accessible format. Titles can now be found directly alongside reference, biography, bibliography,monograph, dictionary, scholarly, and journal content, making them a more integrated and accessible part of digital research journeys than ever before. Inspiring services for Librarians. Very Short Introductions cover the following subject areas:

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Age range: 11-16+

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Since the print edition was first published in 1849, Who's Who has reflected a constantly changing society. It is the most established, comprehensive and respected general biographical reference, and the only work of its kind with 'autobiographical' entries. As you will know, the information comes directly from over 33,000 people of prominence and distinction who represent us, interest us, or who influence our lives. Entries include present post, family details, education, career, publications, recreations and address. Much more than a work of reference it is a source of endless speculation and entertainment, of admiration and amusement. Includes influential people in all areas from the arts, sport, medicine, law, education, religion, politics and the environment, to those renowned for their culinary skills or journalistic prowess.

The online subscription provides access to Who's Who and Who Was Who, the historical archive dating back to 1897 and containing almost 100,000 biographies.

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Key stage: 4
Age range: 14-16+

Publisher: World Book Inc

Premier collection of highly illustrated, engaging titles that supports a span of curriculum areas and reading levels. Goes above and beyond other eBook platforms by providing a child-friendly layout and extensive subject coverage, as well as such interactive features as games, videos, and audio clips.

eBook Series: selection of World Book's acclaimed series of nonfiction titles in eBook format. Supports a span of curriculum areas and reading levels. These highly illustrated and engaging titles can be accessed 24/7 on desktop computers, iPad®s, iPhone®s, and a selection of Android devices.

Open Access: collection of popular fiction and nonfiction eBooks from timeless authors available on World Book's easy-to-use online digital platform. Students fulfilling curriculum- based reading requirements benefit from unlimited simultaneous access to eBooks, no holds or waiting for the entire school or classroom! All ages.

Key Features:
- Personalize your eBooks account with customized Bookshelves
- Annotate and highlight text
- Save annotations, highlights, and bookmarks to individual accounts
- Collection spans nearly all curriculum areas
- 24/7 unlimited simultaneous access and unlimited downloads for offline reading
- Offline notes synchronize with online reader
- Automatically updated and continually growing collection at no additional charge
- Interactive features include fun educational games and quizzes
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- Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
- Great Expectations, Charles Dickens
- Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen
- Macbeth, William Shakespeare
- The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky.

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Format: Online
Key stage: 2, 3, 4
Age range: 10-18+