Author Archives: Michael O'Connor

Thesis digitisation project at the Library

The Library at Queen’s is delighted to announce that it is undertaking an exciting new initiative of retrospectively digitising theses of the university. One hundred of the most heavily used theses will be digitised and, thereafter, uploaded to Pure, in … Continue reading

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Thesis Thursday

What is Thesis Thursday? Thursday 25 October is upon us: Thesis Thursday! This is the date chosen from within the wider Open Access community to promote good practice, share stories and boost awareness around Open Access theses. This was partially … Continue reading

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Trial Access to ProQuest Historical Newspapers Online

QUB staff and students now have an ADDITIONAL 30 days of trial access to Pro Quest Historical Newspapers Online.  Access ends on 05/04/2018.  Trial access is available at the following URL: https://trials.proquest.com/trials/trialSummary.action?view=subject&trialBean.token=ZD9Q5VA5KO7SCBJ518BJ From leading issues and events, like the U.S. … Continue reading

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Trial Access to ProQuest Historical Newspapers Online

QUB staff and students now have trial access to Pro Quest Historical Newspapers Online.  Access ends on 03/03/2018.  Trial access is available at the following URL: https://trials.proquest.com/trials/trialSummary.action?view=subject&trialBean.token=ZD9Q5VA5KO7SCBJ518BJ From leading issues and events, like the U.S. Civil War, immigration, westward expansion, … Continue reading

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Eighteenth-Century Collections Online (ECCO)

Eighteenth-Century Collections Online or ECCO consists of every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom during the 18th century. This includes thousands of important works from the Americas also. ECCO is one of the most ambitious single … Continue reading

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Secret Files from World Wars to Cold War

Now trialling: Secret Files from World Wars to Cold War Ends: Friday 18th August 2017 http://www.secretintelligencefiles.com/ Provides 144,000 pages of British government secret intelligence and foreign policy files sourced from The National Archives U.K. Content which is only available elsewhere … Continue reading

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Electronic Enlightenment

Queen’s students and staff have trail access to Electronic Enlightenment. Electronic Enlightenment is the most wide-ranging online collection of edited correspondence of the early modern period, linking people across Europe, the Americas and Asia from the early 17th to the … Continue reading

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Trial Access to Mass Observation Online

QUB staff and students now have trial access to Mass Observation Online.  Access ends on 31/07/2017. Access is available at the following URL: www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk You can also gain access via the ‘trial access login’ link, which is located on the homepage and … Continue reading

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