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TRIALS 2019TRIALS 2019 February is trials month, and this year we have arranged trials for 49 resources. Please find be-
low details of all of the resources that we are trialling. There are limited funds for new resources
and so your feedback is essential to ensure that we spend the money wisely. Please take a look
at resources in your area of interest and complete the feedback form at:
https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/trialfeedback
We will not trial these resources again for another 2 years so if you want them please feedback!
All of the resources mentioned below can be accessed via the ‘Database’ part of FindIt@Bham
http://findit.bham.ac.uk/ Links to either the resource or information about it can be found by click-
ing on the titles below.
Magazine Archives
Women’s Magazine Archive 1
Provides access to fully scanned, colour cop-
ies of the following titles:
Better Homes & Gardens (1922 to 2005)
Chatelaine (1928 to 2005)
Good Housekeeping (1885 to 2005)
Ladies’ Home Journal (1883 to 2005)
Parents (1926 to 2005)
Women’s Magazine Archive 2
Provides access to fully scanned, colour cop-
ies of the following titles:
Cosmopolitan (1886 to 2005)
Essence (1970 to 2005)
Seventeen (1944 to 2005)
Town and Country (1846 to 2005)
Woman’s Day (1937 to 2005)
LGBT Magazine Archive
Provides access to fully scanned, colour copies
of a number of leading LGBT+ magazines from
the United States and the United Kingdom.
Titles included are:
AIDS Weekly (1988-2013)
The Advocate (1989-2008)
Albatross (1974-1978)
Erie Gay News (1993-2015)
Gay News and Gay Times (1972-2014)
Homosexual Counselling Journal (1974-
1976)
Just For Us (2002-2010)
The Pink Paper (1987-2008)
Rainbow Network Wedding Magazine
(2006-2012)
Transgender Tapestry (1983-2005)
Eighteenth Century Journals
Provides fully digitised versions of a broad
range of print journalism from the 18th Century.
The titles covered are both high and low-brow
and cover a range of topics from women’s
magazines, theatre, literature and politics.
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Early American Newspaper Resources
The Following newspaper collections are all provided via Readex, collections can be purchased
individually and we would like feedback on each individual collection. When you enter the da-
tabase you will be taken to a screen that will search across all 10 collections that we are trial-
ling. To search just one collection, click on the ‘Searching 10 of 10 databases’ drop down and
select the collection you wish to try. Please fill in a separate feedback form for each collection
that you are interested in. https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/trialfeedback
Early American Newspapers, Series
1, 1690-1876: From Colonies to
Nation
Series 1 allows you to search across 340,000
issues of 730 newspapers from 23 states with-
in the US and the District of Columbia.
Early American Newspapers, Series
2, 1758-1900: The New Republic
Series 2 covers a time period of mass ex-
pansion in new newspaper titles in America,
with new technologies allowing for smaller
local newspapers. This collection includes
290 newspapers from every part of the US.
Early American Newspapers, Series
4, 1756-1922: The Rise of Industry
Series 4 includes more than 150 newspapers
from across the US. This includes William
Lloyd Garrison’s anti-slavery newspaper The
Liberator and the first African-American daily
newspaper the New Orleans Daily Creole.
Early American Newspapers, Series
5, 1777-1922: An Emerging World
Power
Series 5 includes more than 150 newspapers
from across the US. This includes Frederick
Douglass’ Paper which is a well known anti-
slavery newspaper.
Early American Newspapers, Series
11, 1803-1899: From Agrarian Re-
public to World Power
Series 11 includes more than 130 of the
most influential newspapers from across the
US, including the New York Herald.
Early American Newspapers, Series
13, 1803-1916: The American West
Series 13 covers 2,300 titles published in the
24 US states that are west of the Mississippi
River. Offering insight into early thinking on
the US-Mexico boarder and on the immigra-
tion that followed the railroad.
Early American Newspapers, Series
15, 1822-1879: Immigrant
Communities
Series 15 contains 160 newspapers of gen-
eral interest, as well as those written for and
by the immigrant population in America.
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American History Resources
African American Newspapers, Series
1, 1827-1998
This includes more than 280 newspapers from
35 US States. The newspapers are written for
and by African Americans, and includes Free-
dom’s Journal which was the first African Ameri-
can newspaper in the US.
The Following newspaper collections are all pro-
vided via Readex, collections can be purchased
individually and we would like feedback on each
individual collection. When you enter the data-
base you will be taken to a screen that will
search across all 10 collections that we are trial-
ling. To search just one collection, click on the
‘Searching 10 of 10 databases’ drop down and
select the collection you wish to try. Please fill in
a separate feedback form for each collection that
you are interested in. https://
intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/trialfeedback
African American Newspapers, Series
2, 1835-1956
Series 2 includes additional newspaper titles
from 22 US States and the District of Columbia.
Ethnic American Newspapers from the
Balch Collection, 1799-1971
This resource allows you to search 130 US news-
papers that are in 10 different languages. It has a
focus on Americans of Czech, French, German,
Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Jewish, Lithu-
anian, Polish, Slovak and Welsh descent.
American Periodicals Series
This resource provides full text access to
150 years of American journals and maga-
zines, mainly from the 19th Century. The
titles are from a range of subject areas, in-
cluding: history of American medicine, liter-
ature, art and museums, theatre, engineer-
ing, fashion, politics and housekeeping.
J. Walter Thompson: Advertising
America
Providing access to primary materials, from
1900-2000, of one of leading advertising
agencies in America, who led the advertis-
ing campaigns for world brands such as
Kellogg's and Kraft. Materials in the collec-
tion range from minutes of staff meetings,
market research reports, client briefs and
the final advertisements. The materials al-
low an insight into how a creative team
works and makes decisions and how ad-
vertising influences the development of tel-
evision.
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Theatre, Film, Art and Literature ResourcesTheatre, Film, Art and Literature ResourcesTheatre, Film, Art and Literature Resources
Digital Theatre PlusDigital Theatre PlusDigital Theatre Plus
Includes videos from a range of performance
styles including: modern drama, Shakespeare,
opera, jazz and the London Symphony Orches-
tra. Also provides access to the RSC Live per-
formances. The resource includes videos of re-
hearsals and interviews with cast and crew as
well as sources of theory and criticism.
Routledge Performance ArchiveRoutledge Performance ArchiveRoutledge Performance Archive
Brings together a collection of audio-visual mate-
rials including: excerpts and full length perfor-
mances, interviews with and footage from practi-
tioners. It provides unique access to materials
from the Victoria and Albert Museum's National
Video Archive of Performance recordings.
Screen Studies
Provides access to film scrips in industry studio
format, as well as secondary research books
from Faber and Faber and Bloomsbury, includ-
ing leading series such as Projections. Allow-
ing a user to easily bring together these materi-
als via either individual film title, genre, topic or
person.
Romanticism: Life, Literature and
Landscape
This digitised collection of the Wordsworth
Trust provides users with access to primary
materials from William Wordsworth as well
as his contemporaries such as: Coleridge, De
Quincey, Southey, Arnold and Lamb. It also
provides digital images for over 2000 pieces of
art works, including works by Haydon, Turner,
Constable, Ruskin and Gainsborough.
MuseumsEtcMuseumsEtcMuseumsEtc
Provides access to over 65 titles that are aimed
at helping museum and gallery professionals to
share best practice.
Shakespeare's Globe Archive
This databases does not go live until mid-
March so we are unable to provide access, but
please do use the online feedback form to tell
us if and how this would support your re-
search, teaching or learning.
Provides access to the archive, from 1997-
2016, of the reconstructed Globe Theatre. It
includes prompt books, architectural plans,
wardrobe notes and music scores.
Ethnomusicology
This databases does not go live until August so
we are unable to provide access, but please do
use the online feedback form to tell us if and
how this would support your research, teaching
or learning.
Provides access to field recordings and note-
books, film footage and other materials from 60
field studies from around the world. Ranging
from rare religious music to rap and hip-hop.
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War and Politics Resources
First World War Portal
Allows access to primary materials created be-
tween 1914-1920. These include artwork, car-
toons, film clips, diaries, official papers and
personal documents. The resource is split into
four modules. Please feedback on which
modules you found most useful:
Module I: Personal Experiences
Module II: Propaganda and Recruitment
Module III: Visual Perspectives and Nar-
ratives
Module IV: A Global Conflict
Political Extremism and Radicalism
in the Twentieth Century: Far-Right
and Left Political Groups in the US,
Europe and Australia
Provides access to campaign materials, prop-
aganda, government reports and other primary
materials from a range of political groups in-
cluding: Klu Klux Klan, the Black Panthers,
National Socialist Party of Australia, and the
British Union of Fascists as well as leading fig-
ures including Oswald Mosley, Arnold Leese,
Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky.
The Making of the Modern World: Part
III, 1890-1945
Provides access to digitised monographs and
serials from the Senate House and Goldsmith’s
Libraries. Topics covered by the collection in-
clude:
Expansion of Communism and Capitalism
Production and trade as it relates to the
role of the state
History of immigration and its impact on our
economy
The emergence of the middle class
Temperance movements
Human Rights Studies Online
Providing access to a range of primary sources
related to the impact of Human Rights atrocities.
Items include: diaries, arrest warrants, documen-
tation of forcible detentions, court transcripts and
testimonies from victims and witnesses. It also
highlights how the media and NGOs tried to
raise awareness of human rights abuses.
Die Tagebücher von Joseph Goebbels
Contains more than 6,000 diary entries by Jo-
seph Goebbels (approx. 16,800 pages) across
the years 1923 to 1945 .
Nationalsozialismus, Holocaust,
Widerstand und Exil 1933-1945
A database with fundamental primary sources
on the National Socialist state and the NSDAP,
Nazi ideology and propaganda, National So-
cialist justice and legislation, on resistance and
persecution, and annihilation and expulsion in
the "Third Reich" have been compiled and dig-
itized.
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The East meets Europe, plus German Resources
East India Company (India Office Rec-
ords from the British Library, 1599-
1947)
The East India Company was one of the most
powerful organisations in the World. This re-
source allows users to search across a range
of materials including : correspondence,
minutes of council meetings and texts of legis-
lation. The resource is split into modules.
Please feedback on which modules you found
the most useful:
Module I: Trade, Governance and Empire,
1600-1947
Module II: Factory Records for South Asia
and South East Asia
Module III: Factory Records for China, Ja-
pan and the Middle East
Europe and the Ottoman World: Di-
plomacy and International Relations
Contains documents that explores the complex
and evolving interactions between the Ottoman
Empire and Europe over the course of six hun-
dred years’ of history. Comprising correspond-
ence, treaties, travel accounts and printed
books .
Der literarische Expressionismus
Online
German Literary Expressionism Online pro-
vides full text access to 151 journals, year-
books, collections and anthologies from the
early 20th century, covering topics from litera-
ture, art and politics.
Deutsche Literatur des 18. Jahrhun-
derts Online
This resource provides access to first editions
and first published complete editions by 642
German-speaking authors of the 18th century
are now available online. The 2,675 works with
4,494 volumes reflect the broad spectrum of
German literature from the early stages of the
age of Enlightenment to the later part of the pe-
riod.
Vossische Zeitung 1918-1934 Online
This database contains approximately 10,500
issues of the oldest and most renowned Berlin
daily newspaper, with a total of some 127,000
full text pages. It was one of the most im-
portant sources of public opinion in Prussia, de-
picting and commenting upon daily events in a
period of frequent change: the end of World
War One, the revolution and the workers' and
soldiers' councils, the political discussions and
disturbances of the Weimar Republic's early
days, the world economic crisis beginning in
1929 and the rise of National Socialism.
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Business. Economics and Religion Resources
Studies on the Texts of the Desert of
Judah Online
We are currently unable to provide full-trial ac-
cess to this resource but would still like feed-
back on if you would find it useful for your
teaching, research and learning.
Since 1957 this series publishes monographs
and collections of articles dealing primarily with
the Dead Sea Scrolls. The series contains
scholarly translation and evaluation of Biblical
texts from the papyri and manuscripts of Wadi
Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, and related
bibliographic, linguistic, cultural and historical
aspects of ancient Judaism and early Christian-
ity .
Global Market Model
If you are interested in reviewing this resource
please contact Catherine Robertson
(C.Robertson.1@bham.ac.uk) who will arrange
access for you .
The resource provides access to 5 years of his-
toric and forecast data, industry indicators,
macro-economic indicators, production volume
and value, sales values and export and import
data.
World Financial Information
We are currently unable to provide full-trial ac-
cess to this resource but would still like feed-
back on if you would find it useful for your
teaching, research and learning. The service
provides data of the Chinese financial market,
covering stocks, bonds, funds, indices, war-
rants, commodity futures, foreign exchanges,
macro industry, etc. and would likely have to be
installed on a fixed terminal.
Business, Management and Econom-
ics Journal Archive
We are unable to trial this resource but if it is of
interest do feedback using the trial feedback
form.
The services provide access to over 95 journal
titles.
The Business, Management & Economics Ar-
chive is split into the Classic Archive and the
Modern Archive.
The Classic Archive features content from 1996
back to the journal’s very first volume, where
available.
The Modern Archive looks at more recent histo-
ry and features content from 1997-2006.
Business and Economics De Gruyter
Ebook Collection
We are unable to trial this resource but if it is of
interest do feedback using the trial feedback
form.
Providing full text access to a selection of over
2000 ebooks from the following publishers: De
Gruyter, Harvard University Press, Sciendo,
Bohlau, Birkhauser, De Gruter Olderbourg, De
Gruyter Akademie Forschung, transcript Ver-
lag, University of Toronto Press and Cornell
University Press.
New Testament Tools, Studies and Do
cuments
We are currently unable to provide full-trial ac-
cess to this resource but would still like feed-
back on if you would find it useful for your
teaching, research and learning.
Provides online access to this ebook series
which promote the publication of primary
sources, reference tools, and critical studies
that advance the understanding of the New
Testament and other early Christian writings
and writers into the fourth century.
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BMJ Best PracticeBMJ Best PracticeBMJ Best Practice
A tool to help with real time decision
making for patients care, it includes:
expert opinion and guidelines to aid
diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and
prevention, international guidelines
and is updated daily.
Medicine Resources
BMJ Case ReportsBMJ Case ReportsBMJ Case Reports
BMJ Case Reports is an educational
resource offering a high volume of
cases in all disciplines so that
healthcare professionals, researchers
and others can easily find clinically
important information on common
and rare conditions.
Complete Anatomy (App)Complete Anatomy (App)Complete Anatomy (App)
Download the free version of Complete Anatomy 2019
from the appropriate App Store for your device. To down-
load the app you need to be on the university network to
connect to a registered University IP address. Download
the app and this then Launches Complete Anatomy on
the device. From app’s main screen, select GET START-
ED and complete the in-app registration process by cre-
ating and verifying a 3D4Medical account .
This resource allows you to study human anatomy in 3D
with high levels of accuracy. It contains 13,000 structures
(including the body systems: endocrine, digestive, mus-
cular, nervous, respiratory and skeletal) that can be ex-
plored in detail and are complemented by a rich library of
reference material.
Bates’ Visual Guide to
Physical
Examination
Providing more than 8 hours of video
content on head-to-toe and systems-
based examination techniques to aid
medical students to mater this im-
portant skill.
Visible Body
Providing a comprehensive 3D atlas of the human body
(including a dental section).
Visible Body has over 24,000 items in its visual data-
base. These include: 3D models of anatomical structures
and systems, physiology animations, pathology visualiza-
tions, illustrations, cadaver images paired with CTI or
MRI scans, definitions, pronunciations, learning presen-
tations that use this visual content, and more.
ClinicalKey Medical
Education
We have a trial of this resource until
the end of September.
It provides access to over 200 medi-
cal textbooks, over 850 learning vide-
os and 85,000 images. Plus quick
access summaries to aid student un-
derstanding of medical topics.
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Science Resources
Wiley Digital Archive—Royal Anthro-
pological Institute
Provides access to primary sources from the
collections of The Royal Anthropological Insti-
tute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI) which is
the world's longest-established scholarly asso-
ciation dedicated to the furtherance of anthro-
pology (the study of humankind) in its broadest
and most inclusive sense.
Springer Materials
A comprehensive database for identifying ma-
terial properties which covers data from materi-
als science, physics, physical and inorganic
chemistry, engineering and other related fields.
Enhanced data visualization features display
interactive crystal structures, data tables, and
phase diagrams with export options for further
analysis .
Global Digimap
Global Digimap is a new service in develop-
ment with you the users. The service will pro-
vide access to global datasets in cartographic
styles and downloadable formats that are use-
ful to you. Please use our feedback form to let
us know how useful you think this product will
be for your teaching, research and learning.
Edina would also like users to provide them
with feedback so that they can develop the ser-
vice further. Please email them on:
digimap@ed.ac.uk
GeoScienceWorld eBooks
We are unable to trial this resource but would
like feedback on if this would help to support
your teaching, research or learning.
Provides access to ebooks from 11 publishers
including to name a few: American Association
of Petroleum Geologists, Canadian Science
Publishing and NRC Research Press, Clay
Minerals Society, Geological Society of Ameri-
ca, Geological Society of London, Mineralogi-
cal Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
ACM Books Collection
We are unable to trial this resource but would
like feedback o if this would help to support
your teaching, research or learning.
This ebook collection consists of graduate-level
textbooks, research monographs on estab-
lished and emerging fields, practitioner-level
technical books, and books devoted to the his-
tory and social impact of computing.
ASM Alloy Phase Diagram Database
There is restricted access to this trial. If you
would like to trial the resource please contact
Polly Harper on: p.harper@bham.ac.uk
This fully searchable online database now con-
tains 40,300 binary and ternary alloy phase di-
agrams, from over 9,000 systems. With associ-
ated crystal and reaction data
Wiley Digital Archive - Royal College
of Physicians
There are many archive records defining the
RCP’s changing role in setting standards in
medical practice. As a result the archives con-
tain an eclectic range of 14th- to 19th-century
manuscripts. Personal papers of past fellows
from the 16th century to the 20th century pro-
vide glimpses into the personal lives and social
concerns of many distinguished physicians.
Wiley Digital Archive - The New York
Academy of Science
For 200 years—since 1817—the Academy has
brought together extraordinary people working
at the frontiers of discovery. Among the oldest
scientific organizations in the US, this resource
provides access to their collection.
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Research Skills and Tools
Cochrane Interactive Learning
Resource
Once on the homepage of the resource click
on the ‘New users and subscribers’ button and
click on the ‘Create a Cochrane account’ but-
ton.
This online course provides over 10 hours of
self-directed learning on the complete sys-
tematic review process for both new and ex-
perienced review authors
Covidence
To access this trial please contact Natalie
Blanchard: product@covidence.org .
A tool to help manage the systematic review
process.
Gale Digital Scholar Lab
The Digital Scholar Lab is designed with a da-
tabase-style interface and user workflow that
is familiar to students and researchers who
are new to data mining. It combines analysis-
ready raw text data with digital tools and algo-
rithms to drive visualizations and discoveries
that are the hallmark of data mining and digi-
tal scholarship. This resource only works with
Gale Primary resources that we already sub-
scribe to.
Proquest Central
We currently have a trial of this resource until
the end of December.
ProQuest Central brings together the most
comprehensive, diverse, and relevant multi-
disciplinary research database available. It
provides access to databases across all ma-
jor subject areas, including business, health
and medical, social sciences, arts and human-
ities, education, science and technology, and
religion. The collection includes thousands of
full-text scholarly journals, newspapers, maga-
zines, dissertations, working papers, and mar-
ket reports all together on a powerful, user-
friendly platform.
Very Short Introductions
We currently have a trial for this resource until
the end of August.
Launched by Oxford University Press in
1995, Very Short Introductions offer con-
cise introductions to a diverse range of sub-
ject areas from Climate to Consciousness,
Game Theory to Ancient Warfare, Privacy to
Islamic History, Economics to Literary Theory.
FEEDBACK
If you would like to see us purchasing any of the resources included in this booklet then do feed-
back. Without feedback the resource will not go forward as a potential item for purchase. Please
provide as much detail as possible in your feedback. A link to the feedback form can be found
within the ‘Description’ part on FindIt for each resource. Alternatively go directly to it at:
https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/trialfeedback
If you have any questions about the trials please contact the Library Engagement Advisor for
your College: https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/library-engagement