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Territorial Papers of the United States – trial access until 31st August 2025

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Members of the University of Cambridge now have trial access, both remotely and on campus, to the Territorial Papers of the United States

Trial access is available until 31st August 2025.

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From the Readex platform ‘How to use this database’ page:

From the 1760s to the 1950s the United States of America expanded southward and westward, acquiring territories that spanned from Florida to California to Alaska. For over one hundred years the territorial governments and affairs in general were supervised by the Department of State. In 1873 that responsibility was transferred to the Department of the Interior and, with the exception of appointments of territorial officials, was ordinarily referred to the Patents and Miscellaneous Division. From this unlikely source comes the official history of the states’ formative territorial years recorded in primary source documents, many of which are hand-written, that include official correspondence with Washington, Native American negotiations and treaties, military records, judicial proceedings, population data, financial statistics, land records, and more.


The Territorial Papers database is published in four series:

A list of states within the 4 series in the collection

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World Religion Database – trial access until 14th February 2025

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Trial access to the World Religion Database is now available to members of the University of Cambridge until 14th February 2025.

Please send feedback about this trial via the online form.

The World Religion Database (WRD) contains detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world. It provides information from country censuses as well as best estimates for every religion to offer a definitive picture of religion and non-religion in the past, present, and future.

It offers best estimates at multiple dates for each of the world’s religions for the period 1900 to 2050. The WRD is regularly updated with new sources of data, such as estimates of religious affiliation at the province level within countries and religious freedom information for all countries.

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Database Functionality
– Sort, Modify, Print, or Export query results
– Customize reports and download data to generate charts, tables, and graphs
– Simple keyword search
– Browse pre-formatted directories on country, peoples, religions, etc.
– Access user stats (librarians only)

Features and Benefits
– Global comparative figures for every major religion
– Population and religious adherents for every country and United Nations region
– Access to source material on religious affiliation (census and survey figures)
– Breakdown of major religions into traditions (e.g. Sunni-Shi’as within Islam)
– Multiple data points to compare growth rates (1900, 1950, 1970, 2000, 2005, 2025, 2050)
– Feedback mechanism for users to comment on data, sources and methodology

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World Christian Encyclopedia Online – trial access until 14th February 2025

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Members of the University of Cambridge have trial access to World Christian Encyclopedia Online until 14th February 2025.

Please send feedback about this trial via the online form.

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This in the online version of the third edition of the World Christian Encyclopedia, one of the most-cited reference works in mission and World Christianity studies. The Encyclopedia documents the changing status of World Christianity over the past 120 years from historical and social scientific perspectives. It records the continued shift of Christianity to the Global South and contains estimates for religious and nonreligious affiliation in every country of the world, including detail on Christianity to the denominational level. This reference work features comprehensive descriptions of all Christian traditions, including current information on the uniqueness of Christian experiences around the world.

The online version is fully text searchable, contains cross references, links to the World Christian Database and additional photo material.

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Aris & Phillips Classical Texts Online – trial access

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Students and faculty at the University of Cambridge now have online access to select content in Aris & Phillips Classical Texts Online as part of a 30-day free trial taking place from January 22nd 2024 to February 22nd 2024. Please send us your feedback about this trial via the online feedback form.

Aris & Phillips Classical Texts Online makes available over 150 invaluable editions of Greek and Latin texts. The Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series was founded in 1979 to publish modern editions of Classical Greek and Latin texts, with substantial introductions, facing-page text and English translation, with extensive accompanying commentaries. Volumes are designed to be accessible to those without Greek or Latin and support those learning the original language.

You can access 75 volumes in classical studies in the free trial collection. Titles included in the trial include:
Longus: Daphnis and ChloeImage

This edition of Daphnis and Chloe , the best known of the Greek romances, provides the first modern commentary in English on this intriguing work. This is the story of two young people growing up as goatherd and shepherdess, and their discovery of love, sex and their true selves.

ImageAugustine: Soliloquies and Immortality of the Soul 

Augustine’s Soliloquies and the Immortality of the Soul explore the primacy of mind over things of sense, and the immortality of the soul. These central tenets of Neoplatonism are not mere theoretical questions for Augustine —the work offers an insight into his emotions at this time. Latin text with facing translation, introduction and commentary.

ImageHomer: Odyssey I and II

This edition is produced with particular concern for the student coming to Homer for the first time. The text is given with facing translation and commentary, but the usual apparatus criticus at the bottom of each page is replaced by brief notes on Homeric language. This makes the text considerably more accessible for those without Homeric Greek. These notes are cross-referenced to an introduction on Homeric language for those meeting it for the first time. Textual matters are discussed in the commentary itself, though this is, as is usual in the series, mainly concerned with the meaning of the epic.

 

Text from the Liverpool University Press platform

Sage Research Methods Video and SRMV Practical Research & Academic Skills : access until 7th July 2023

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We have trial access to a number of Sage Research Methods Videos and SRMV Practical Research & Academic Skills until 7th July 2023.

Please send your feedback using the online form.

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SAGE Research Methods Video

SAGE Research Methods Video contains more than 125 hours of video, including tutorials, case study videos, expert interviews, and more, covering the entire research methods and statistics curriculum. The videos can help to bring methods to life: instead of reading about how to conduct a focus group, students can watch one in action. Stimulate class discussions by assigning videos for pre-class viewing, or use a clip in class to provide an alternative viewpoint. Videos can also be embedded into course management systems for exam preparation. Through these videos, 60% of which are exclusive to SAGE, students can find extra help and support to guide them through every step of their research project and succeed in their research methods course.

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SAGE Research Methods Video Practical Research and Academic Skills

This collection of streaming video on the SAGE Research Methods platform offers support on the practical skills that you need to successfully complete your research. Key areas such as writing a research proposal, planning and designing a research project, and securing ethical approval are explicitly covered. Practical skills such as project management, writing for publication, presenting work, and building networks are also presented through helpful explanatory videos. This video collection will give you the confidence to successfully navigate your research, take responsibility for your professional development and identify the transferable skills needed to progress your careers

Trial access – Cambridge Archive Editions: Near and Middle East Collection

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We are pleased to announce that Cambridge University members now have trial access to the Cambridge Archive Editions: Near and Middle East Collection from East View.

This trial ends on 18th June 2023.

Please tell us about your use of this resource via this feedback form.

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From the publisher website:

“Cambridge Archive Editions Online presents a wealth of historical reference materials which otherwise would remain unknown, difficult to access, or fragmentary. Considered collectively, this body of documents represents many thousands of original documents of the National Archives (UK) represented in facsimile, including numerous maps, on the national heritage and political development of many countries. The value and discoverability of this content is enhanced immeasurably through CAE’s document-level citations and rich indexing. For many years CAE has specialized in the history of the Middle East, Russia and the Balkans, the Caucasus, Southeast Asia, and China and the Far East. Now, through collaboration between Cambridge University Press and East View, these materials are made searchable and accessible as never before in e-book form.”

 

Women and Social Movements – Trial access

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Trial access to Women and Social Movements is provided to Cambridge University members until 15 April 2023.

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‘The Women and Social Movements collection of products constitute a resource for students and scholars of U.S./World history and U.S./World women’s history. Organized around the history of women in social movements between 1600 and the present, the collection seeks to advance scholarly debates and understanding at the same time that it makes the insights of women’s history accessible to teachers and students at universities, colleges, and high schools.’

From the publisher website

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Communisms and the Cold War, 1944-1986 – Trial access

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Trial access to Communisms and the Cold War, 1944-1986 is provided to Cambridge University members until 10 April 2023.

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From the publisher website –

“This collection contains reports and other records compiled by the Communist Party of Great Britain’s (CPGB) International Department between 1944 and 1986—a period which begins immediately after the dissolution of the Communist International (Comintern) and ends shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Union. 

The majority of the documents cover the Sino-Soviet split and the Chinese-Indian disputes of the 1960s and 1970s. There are also materials relating to Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe, the left in Western Europe, and anti-colonial movements in the developing world. Together, they provide a fascinating insight into the competing power blocs which arose in the communist world during the Cold War, and how British communists reacted to the resulting internecine disputes.”

Please tell us what use you have made of this resource, and if you would have a use for it in the future, please complete the evaluation form here

Trial access: BBC Monitoring: Summary of World Broadcasts access available until 10th April 2023

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The University of Cambridge has trial access to BBC Monitoring: Summary of World Broadcasts Essential Global Media, 1939-2001 until 10th April 2023.

What do you think of these database? Have your say on this feedback form. We value your feedback.


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Nearly 70,000 individual printed reports comprising several million pages were produced during the life of Summary of World Broadcasts.

This digital archive was created from the unique copy of the complete hard-media archive preserved at the BBC Written Archives Centre in Reading, England.

This archive includes transcripts of global radio and television broadcasts, telegraph, and news sources translated into English and summarized by the BBC Monitoring Service. For ease of use, the collection has been divided into several components covering periods in which the content remained largely static, as follows:

  • ImageDaily Digest of Foreign Broadcasts (later Daily Digest of World Broadcasts), August 28, 1939 – April 23, 1945
  • Daily Digest of World Broadcasts (later Digest of World Broadcasts and Radio Telegraph Services), May 24, 1945 – May 6, 1947
  • Digest of World Broadcasting, May 7, 1947 – May 27, 1947
  • Summary of World Broadcasts, May 28, 1947 – May 24, 1949
  • Summary of World Broadcasts, May 25, 1949 – April 15, 1959
  • Summary of World Broadcasts Second Series, April 15, 1959 – November 13, 1987
  • Summary of World Broadcasts Third Series, November 16, 1987 – August/September 1993
  • Summary of World Broadcasts Third Series, August/September 1993 – March 30, 2001

You can also access these databases via the Databases A-Z. Text from the Newsbank platform.

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Trial access: Building Types Online access available until 10th March 2023

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The University of Cambridge has trial access to Building Types Online until 10th March 2023. What do you think of these database? Have your say on this feedback form. We value your feedback. Image Building Types Online The database Building Types Online is a resource for the study and practice of architectural design. It is based on Birkhäuser’s high international standing in professional architecture books, on the knowledge of the authors and editors who are leading experts in their fields, as well as on the technical quality of the illustrations. The database offers exclusive and unparalleled, highly flexible and detailed search and browse access to the contents of the Birkhäuser program on building types. All content was written and selected by internationally renowned authors in architectural design. Your benefits:
  • Large international collection of contemporary buildings, from housing and offices to museums, schools and other building types
  • Focus on floor plans and other architectural drawings in unrivalled quality. A large part of the drawings are vector-based
You can also access these databases via the Databases A-Z. Text from the de Gruyter platform.