British library 'Discovering Literature' online project

Discovering Literature covers the Romantic and Victorian periods and brings together, for the first time, some of the British Library’s greatest literary treasures. This online resource includes numerous original manuscripts, first editions and rare illustrations. Material, such as newspapers,  photographs, advertisements and maps, is presented alongside personal letters and diaries from authors.

The site also includes articles, twenty five short documentary films, and contemporary research. William Blake’s notebook, an early draft of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest and the childhood writings of the Brontë sister are examples of the unique collections available.

Research Councils UK - Gateway to Research

Gateway to Research is a new web-based portal funded by all seven Research Councils and Innovate UK.  It enables users to explore the breadth of research across all disciplines and industry sectors and provides access to information and academic experts. Gateway to Research contains information about who, what and where the Councils fund, as well as details about outcomes, outputs and impact. 

Research Councils UK also provide access to a range of publications and resources, including the RCUK Impact Report 2014 which demonstrates how the Research Councils have worked together to achieve greater impact for the research they support. Have a look at their Publications and Resources webpages for further details.

Flickr Commons Collections

The U.S National Library of Medicine's History of Medicine Division collects, preserves, and makes available one of the world’s richest collections of historical material related to human health and disease. The holdings include pre-1914 books, pre-1871 journals, archives and modern manuscripts, historical prints, photographs and films. The first seven health related albums which include book illustrations, posters, prints, trade cards and photographs have currently been uploaded to the Commons : https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlmhmd/

The Internet Archive has uploaded more than 14 million public domain images to Flickr  spanning a huge wealth of topics. Each image includes detailed descriptions, including the subject tags of the book it came from and the text immediately surrounding it on the page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/
One of the purposes of the Internet Archive is to offer permanent access to historical collections that exist in digital format, including texts, audio, moving images, and archived web pages.

The key goal of Flickr Commons is to share material from the world's public photography archives.

Illustrated London News 1914-1918 archive

Illustrated London News 1914-1918 archive - the Illustrated London News Ltd has launched a website featuring 1914-1918 archive material from the Illustrated London News, the world’s first illustrated magazine, and seven other titles in its collection. The first-phase website includes the digitised pages from the Illustrated London News 1914-1918; editorial features providing context for the source material; a range of topical insights from “Animals and War” and “Trench Life” to “Sport and the War”; and a blog written by young historians appointed for the project.

Early European Books - new onlne resource

Early European Books is a comprehensive digitised collection of works printed in Europe between 1450-1700. It is based on the holdings of a variety of major European libraries and provides full-colour, facsimile images scanned directly from the original printed sources. This wonderful resource provides researchers with new ways of accessing and exploring the printed record of early modern Europe, drawing together a diverse array of sources including rare and previously hard to access material.
Early European Books is available on and off campus from the library home page Select the link to databases and you can access this resource from the A-Z list.

New electronic resource - Vogue Archive

The Library now provides access to The Vogue archive which is available on and off campus from the library homepage Select the link to  databases and access the archive from the A-Z list.
The Vogue archive provides full text access to the complete run of US Vogue from 1892 to the most recent edition. It contains over 400,000 pages produced as high resolution full colour images. It is an excellent resource for those researching magazine publishing, fashion, photography, literature, advertising, cultural history, gender issues and celebrity.

British Library images

The British Library has released over one million images onto Flickr Commons. The images have been taken from 17th, 18th and 19th century books and cover a huge mix of subjects. They include comic satire, illustrations, maps, geological diagrams, landscapes, wall paintings and much more. The images are available for anyone to use, remix and repurpose.

The British Library is currently investigating new ways to navigate, discover and display these images which are available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary

'Comic History of Greece from the earliest times to the death of Alexander the Great'...Illustrated by Synder, Charles, M.

Each image is individually addressible, online, and Flickr provies an API to access it and the image's associated description.  - See more at: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digital-scholarship/2013/12/a-million-first-steps.html#sthash.Vm4dGhj8.dpuf