Eresource News: April 2009 Archives

JSTOR recently announced the release of The 19th Century British Pamphlets Project, a collection of more than 20,000 of the most significant British pamphlets from the 19th century held in UK research libraries.

The collection brings together many of the pamphlets which played a vital part in the intellectual, economic and social landscape of 19th century Britain. Highlights include:

• Pamphlets by and about: Charles Babbage, W.E. Gladstone, Florence Nightingale, Charles Bradlaugh, Joseph Hume, Thomas Paine, John Bright, John Stuart Mill, Robert Peel
• Valuable content inside and appended to pamphlets: Advertisements, diagrams and maps, petitions, annotations, engravings, portraits, cartoons, letters
• 7 Collections represented, including Selections from the London School of Economics and Political Science, the Earl Grey Pamphlets Collection, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection

These pamphlets are freely accessible to all JSTOR participating institutions through June 30, 2009.

TU Libraries now has access to Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period!

Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period is a collection of works from approximately 70 Scottish women lyric poets written between 1789-1832.

Each author entry offers a bio-biographical sketch or essay, including what is known about their lives, plus a bibliography of their primary works and of criticisms and reviews.

Examples of poets include: Carolina Oliphant, Catherine Ward, Frances Chadwick, Margaretta Wedderburn, and Jessie Stewart.

Additional information about the database is available.