Investigate six centuries of U.K. History with rare content unavailable anywhere else
ProQuest’s multi-format collections uniquely reveal how U.K. history evolved over time, and how it has influenced – and continues to influence – people and events around the world. Primary source materials including government documents, personal papers, historical books and more – many available only from ProQuest – enable exploration of six centuries of history from the Early Modern period through the present day, spanning such topics as arts and literature, government and politics, colonization, diplomacy and war, society and social movements.
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British Illustrated Newspapers & Magazines: Resource Guide
Explore some of the topics found in Collection III, including the British Women’s Suffrage Movement, Zeppelins in WWI, British Relations with Egypt, Medicine and War, Women and Work in WWII and more.
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The Impact of Digital Collections
Digitization is fundamentally important to modern scholarship. This study focuses on two collections – Early English Books Online and House of Commons Parliamentary Papers – and their impacts on teaching and learning.
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Queen Victoria’s Journals
Queen Victoria was the longest serving British monarch. She reigned from 1837 to 1901. In total, 141 volumes of her journal survive, numbering approximately 33,000 pages. Previously, her journals were only accessible by appointment at the Royal Archive.
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Annual Register
British Periodicals
Colonial State Papers
Country Life Archive
Documents on British Policy Overseas
Early English Books Online
Early European Books
