The improved UK RED (Reading Experience Database, 1450-1945) was launched with a series of two-day workshops. The first, What are we reading? A workshop for librarians, archivists and information managers, took place on the 24th February at the Open University; the...
‘Big Bang’ in 1986 signalled the end of the historic jobbing system of the London Stock Exchange. Jobbers were market-makers who acted as intermediaries between stockbrokers on the floor of the exchange. With few records left of their activities, this collection of...
Part of the joy of searching the internet is the serendipitous discovery of new resources. While searching for some reference to the Gerard Du Maurier play An Englishman’s Home (1909) I came across a mention of the Conservative Party Archive and its poster collection....
The following articles are now available online in Historical Research’s Early View issue: Exhibiting a new Japan: the Tokyo Olympics of 1964 and Expo ’70 in Osaka by Sandra WilsonA catalyst for secession? European divisions on the parliamentary right of...
One of the largest and most used digital resources is the Times Digital Archive. Available from Gale, the archive is one of over 600 other resources including a formidable newspaper collection. The company has now released a platform that allows cross searching of...
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