The library has commenced a trial of the database British and Irish Women’s Letters and Diaries.
British and Irish Women’s Letters and Diaries spans more than four hundred years of personal writings, bringing together the voices of women from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Complementing Alexander Street’s North American Women’s Letters and Diaries, the database lets researchers view history in the context of women’s thoughts—their struggles, achievements, passions, pursuits, and desires.
Extending back to the 1500s, the collection shows researchers the various shapes and formats of the diary as it evolved, including the travel diary, offering detailed accounts of journeys and descriptions of places; the daily personal diary, in which women reflected more broadly on aspects of their lives; letter diaries, wherein a daily dated letter to a recipient served simultaneously as a diary entry; and other forms.
Automatic access has been set up at: http://bwl2.alexanderstreet.com for those on site. For those not on site please contact i.okelly@qub.ac.uk.
Survey monkey details are at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NNC56FB
We would appreciate your feedback on this resource.
The trial will run until 30 June 2014.