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An extensive guide to published writing on British and Irish history, including the history of British and Irish relations with the rest of the world and British and Irish domestic history. Includes over 594,000 records, including books, articles in journals and articles within collective volumes. Updated three times a year.
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Available until 08/08/2018
BioOne Complete is an online aggregation of primary research in the fields of organismal biology, ecology,zoology,and environmental science. On campus only Give us your feedback
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A valuable resource for students, faculty, and researchers, featuring timely content on a wide-array of today’s most pressing topics, including global warming, stem cell research, and ecological and biodiversity conservation.
History Vaults: Slavery and the Law features petitions on race, slavery, and free blacks that were submitted to state legislatures and county courthouses between 1775 and 1867. These petitions were collected by Loren Schweninger over a four year period from hundreds of courthouses and historical societies in 10states and the District of Columbia. The petitions document the realities of slavery at the most immediate local level and with amazing candor. Slavery and the Law also includes theimportant State Slavery Statutes collection, a comprehensive record of the laws governing American slavery from 1789-1865
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World cinema, documentaries and independent film. Playback of films works with Google Chrome, Edge and Mozilla Firefox browsers. Not compatible with IE browser.
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Also includes some instructional films and lessons.
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Includes 40 internationally respected books as well as Gothic Studies, the official journal of the International Gothic Association. Published by Manchester University Press.
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Manchester Gothic is an unrivalled collection of gothic literature including 40 books and 1 journal written by leading names in the field and covering literature, film, television, theatre and visual arts, dating from the eighteenth century to the present day.
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French-language scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences
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Persée is a digital library of 277 open access, mostly French-language scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences, established by the Ministry of National Education of France. The website launched in 2005 and is maintained by the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, French National Centre for Scientific Research, and University of Lyon.
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Two bespoke eBook packages in the subject areas of Sport and Linguistics
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Two bespoke eBook packages are available to Manchester Metropolitan in the disciplines of Sport and Linguistics.These authoritative guides to theory and method are fully searchable and contain overviews of both classic and current research. Content is available in HTML and PDF format.
