Recommended for: Bibliographic information RecordsAbstracts
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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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Indexing and abstracting service. Links out to full text where available.
Recommended for: Film and documentaries
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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Available until 02/01/2019
Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides across a variety of subject areas Give us your feedback
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Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopaedia, this cutting-edge resource directs researchers to the best available scholarship across a wide variety of subjects.
Recommended for: Journal articles
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.
Recommended for: eBooks
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.
Recommended for: Journal articles Primary sources Women’s interest magazines from the late 19th Century - 2005
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Backfiles of leading women’s interest magazines from the late 19th Century through to 2005. Useful for research in history, social history, economics & marketing, fashion, politics, gender studies and media & popular culture.
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Manchester Met users have access to Women's Magazine I. Articles are full text.
Available until 05/01/2019 Part of Gale Primary Sources
The Women’s Studies Archive is an examination of the social, political, and professional aspects of women’s lives and offers us a look at the roles, experiences, and achievements of women in society. Give us your feedback
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The archive covers primarily the 19th and 20th centuries and incorporates a range of primary sources, providing a close look at some of the pioneers of women’s history
