New eresources – JSTOR collections (Lives of Literature, Security Studies, Sustainability, Arts & Sciences XV)

We are pleased to announce that Cambridge University members now have permanent access to the JSTOR collections Arts & Science XV, Lives of Literature, Security Studies, and Sustainability.

All of our JSTOR databases are listed in the A-Z Databases.

Arts & Sciences Collection XV

Collection XV has been added to our library in addition to collections I to XIV that are already available to us. A title list for this collection is available here. Now, when you search the JSTOR platform, you will have full text access to all of the collections.

Lives of Literature

JSTOR Lives of Literature is a collection of academic journals devoted to the deep study of writers and texts associated with core literary movements. Key topics include: Medieval Authors & Texts; Modernist Authors; Victorian, Edwardian & Gothic Authors; and Literary Theorists.

A complete title list is available to view here.

Security Studies

Explore a wide range of journals, ebooks, and research reports in the field of security studies. This content looks at security studies through a broad lens, encompassing research on international security and peace and conflict studies from all corners of the globe.

Sustainability

Discover a wide range of journals, ebooks, and research reports in the field of sustainability. The subjects of resilience and sustainability are explored broadly, covering research on environmental stresses and their impact on society.

We now have access to all 15 of the Arts & Sciences archive collections along with individual JSTOR collections, including  Global Plants, Hebrew journals (title list) and Struggles for Freedom, Irish Studies, and World Heritage Sites.

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New e-resource : British Archaeological Reports

Cambridge University members now have online access to the entire online archive of the British Archaeological Reports from BAR Publishing and via the Fulcrum platform.

HOW TO ACCESS

Access is available now via this link.

Also available via the Cambridge E-Resources A-Z.

Title-level records for the BAR reports are discoverable in iDiscover. We are currently working with the publisher and Ex Libris, our supplier of MARC records, to improve the discoverability of the BAR reports by improving these records to include author names and subject headings.

RESOURCE DESCRIPTION

Cambridge University members can now access the entire digital archive of over 3600 titles in the International and British series published from 1974-2021. Also available are all reports published in 2022.

The publishing of British Archaeological Reports was started by the archaeologists Anthony Hands, and his partner David Walker, in 1967 with the mission to make the then difficult and costly publishing of key excavation data easier and available to archaeologists in the field.

From the beginning, it was the founders’ commitment “to create a worldwide databank in archaeological research that is relevant in 100 years’ time”. Conceived decades before access to computers, BAR aims after nearly 50 years to fulfil that ambition with the launch of the BAR Digital Collection.

   
Stonehenge (1835). Watercolour, 38.7 x 59.7 cm. Victoria and Albert Museum, London       

This resource has been funded by the Cambridge University Libraries “Digital Shift Fund” set up to improve access to online resources post-Covid-19 to support the teaching and research of the University. 

 

E-resources Advent Calendar Window 6 : Reining in Rudolph

Have you ever wondered when reindeer were first domesticated?

We found many peer-reviewed scientific articles on the topic of reindeer domestication by searching ScienceDirect, a large, multidisciplinary database that provides access to scholarly publications in scientific, technical and medical research. It hosts content from over 4,000 academic journals and 30,000 ebooks.

You can use ScienceDirect to find answers to your own research questions and gain insights into trending research topics.

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The earliest archaeological evidence  for domesticated reindeer use among the Sámi dates to the 14th century (Salmi et al. 2021) –

“The domestication of the reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and the development of reindeer herding among the Sámi of Northern Fennoscandia was a gradual and regionally variable process, probably beginning in the Late Iron Age and intensifying in the 15th to 17th centuries AD. It has been suggested that early reindeer herding in Fennoscandia was small-scale and that reindeer herding was supplemented by other means of livelihood such as hunting, fishing, and gathering. This kind of mixed subsistence pattern prevailed among the Sámi of Northeastern Fennoscandia into the 17th century and later, when large-scale reindeer nomadic reindeer pastoralism had already been established as the basis of the economy and society of the Sámi in Western Fennoscandia.”

JSTOR collections available until 30th June 2023 (Lives of Literature, Security Studies, Sustainability, Arts & Sciences XV)

Our access to the JSTOR collections that have been made available during the Covid-19 pandemic will continue until 30th June 2023.

All of our JSTOR databases are listed in the A-Z Databases.

Please send your feedback about these collections via the online form.

Arts & Sciences Collection XV

Collection XV has been added to our library in addition to collections I to XIV that are already available to us. A title list for this collection is available here. Now, when you search the JSTOR platform, you will have full text access to all of the collections.

Lives of Literature

JSTOR Lives of Literature is a collection of academic journals devoted to the deep study of writers and texts associated with core literary movements. Key topics include: Medieval Authors & Texts; Modernist Authors; Victorian, Edwardian & Gothic Authors; and Literary Theorists.

A complete title list is available to view here.

Security Studies

Explore a wide range of journals, ebooks, and research reports in the field of security studies. This content looks at security studies through a broad lens, encompassing research on international security and peace and conflict studies from all corners of the globe.

Sustainability

Discover a wide range of journals, ebooks, and research reports in the field of sustainability. The subjects of resilience and sustainability are explored broadly, covering research on environmental stresses and their impact on society.

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JSTOR collections available until 30th June 2022 (Lives of Literature, Security Studies, Sustainability Arts & Sciences XV)

We have access to 4 further JSTOR collections until 30th June 2022.

Please send your feedback about these collections via the online form.

Lives of Literature

JSTOR Lives of Literature is a collection of academic journals devoted to the deep study of writers and texts associated with core literary movements. Key topics include: Medieval Authors & Texts; Modernist Authors; Victorian, Edwardian & Gothic Authors; and Literary Theorists.

A complete title list is available to view here.

Security Studies

Explore a wide range of journals, ebooks, and research reports in the field of security studies. This content looks at security studies through a broad lens, encompassing research on international security and peace and conflict studies from all corners of the globe.

Sustainability

Discover a wide range of journals, ebooks, and research reports in the field of sustainability. The subjects of resilience and sustainability are explored broadly, covering research on environmental stresses and their impact on society.

Arts & Sciences Collection XV

Collection XV has been added to our library in addition to collections I to XIV that are already available to us. A title list for this collection is available here. Now, when you search the JSTOR platform, you will have full text access to all of the collections.

Photo by Oladimeji Ajegbile from Pexels

Photo ’15’ by Duncan C from Flickr.

New e-resource: World Heritage Sites: Africa

Key online e-resource to support African studies, and related interdisciplinary studies: World Heritage Sites: Africa

Cambridge University now has access to World Heritage Sites Africa, a versatile collection of more than 86,000 objects of visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage and rock art sites.

This collection aids researchers in African studies, anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art history, geography, history, and literature, as well as those focused on geomatics, historic preservation, urban planning, and visual and spatial technologies.

It is a comprehensive tool for museums, libraries, NGOs, and government organizations engaged in the conservation and management of cultural heritage sites. World Heritage Sites: Africa offers more than 86,000 objects in 30 sub-collections, providing visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage sites.

This new digital archive has been made available through special funding provided by the University to support teaching and learning impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and the unavailability of library resources on campus.

See for more information on African studies resources, the African Studies Library LibGuide.

BAR Digital Collection : access until 1 July 2020

Cambridge University members have access to BAR Digital Collection until 1 July 2020.

Please send your feedback using the online form.

The new Bar Digital Collection contains 3500* international academic archaeology titles covering all geographic regions and time periods.

For the first time this vast body of archaeological data will be searchable. The collection encompasses all periods from prehistory, through classical archaeology, to 20th century archaeology around the globe. These are presented in data rich monographs, edited collections of paper, excavation and site reports and conference proceedings.

*Over 3000 titles available now with a further 500+ titles to be added during 2020

You can also access this collection via the Databases A-Z.

JSTOR collections available until 31st December 2020 (Struggles for Freedom South Africa, World Heritage Sites, Lives of Literature, Security Studies, Sustainability)

We have access to 6 further JSTOR collections until 31st December 2020.

Please send your feedback about these collections via the online form.

Aluka : Struggles for Freedom Southern Africa

The liberation of Southern Africa and the dismantling of the Apartheid regime was one of the major political developments of the 20th century, with far-reaching consequences for people throughout Africa and around the globe. This collection focuses on the complex and varied liberation struggles in the region, with an emphasis on Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. It brings together materials from various archives and libraries throughout the world documenting colonial rule, dispersion of exiles, international intervention, and the worldwide networks that supported successive generations of resistance within the region.

Aluka : World Heritage Sites Africa

World Heritage Sites: Africa is a versatile collection of more than 86,000 objects of visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage and rock art sites.

It offers more than 86,000 objects in 30 sub-collections, providing visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage sites.

Lives of Literature

JSTOR Lives of Literature is a collection of academic journals devoted to the deep study of writers and texts associated with core literary movements. Key topics include: Medieval Authors & Texts; Modernist Authors; Victorian, Edwardian & Gothic Authors; and Literary Theorists.

A complete title list is available to view here.

Security Studies

Explore a wide range of journals, ebooks, and research reports in the field of security studies. This content looks at security studies through a broad lens, encompassing research on international security and peace and conflict studies from all corners of the globe.

Sustainability

Discover a wide range of journals, ebooks, and research reports in the field of sustainability. The subjects of resilience and sustainability are explored broadly, covering research on environmental stresses and their impact on society.

Arts & Sciences Collection XV

Collection XV has been added to our library in addition to collections I to XIV that are already available to us. A title list for this collection is available here. Now, when you search the JSTOR platform, you will have full text access to all of the collections.

Photo by Oladimeji Ajegbile from Pexels

Photo ’15’ by Duncan C from Flickr.

Periodicals Archive Online (complete) : access until 31st May 2020

Complete access to Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) is available until 31st May 2020 in addition to our perpetual access of the JISC colecltions within PAO.

Please send any feedback you have about this archive via the online form.

Periodicals Archive Online is a major archive that makes the backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences available electronically, providing access to the searchable full text of hundreds of titles. The database spans more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages.

Providing access to the full text of a growing number of digitized periodicals that have been indexed in its sister database, Periodicals Index Online.

Currently, Periodicals Archive Online contains over 700 journals comprising more than 3 million articles and 15 million article pages. Periodicals Archive Online continues to add new titles, to give undergraduate and graduate students, university faculty and libraries access to a growing collection of key journals in the humanities and social sciences.

All of the journals in Periodicals Archive Online are of significant value to scholars. Whilst the majority of titles are peer-reviewed academic journals, a number of carefully selected publications are included that were not originally scholarly in nature but now represent essential research material.

Newspapers, journals composed entirely of pictorial matter and journals that are indexes (i.e. abstracts, current contents services or bibliographies) are not considered. Monograph series may be included, however.

Trends in cancer

New on ejournals@cambridge A-Z : TRENDS IN CANCER

 

From the  website for the journal:

“Trends in Cancer is a new member of the Trends review journals, offering concise and engaging expert commentary articles that address key frontline research topics and cutting-edge advances in the rapidly changing field of cancer discovery and medicine. The journal provides a unique platform for multidisciplinary information, discussion and education that is valuable for scientists, clinicians, and policy makers, as well as patients & advocates. The latest opportunities, challenges and potential impact of basic, translational and clinical findings, industry R&D, technology and innovation, ethics, or cancer policy and funding are equally presented and debated in an authoritative but reader-friendly format.

Critical issues to be covered in the journal include: Adult and Pediatric Cancers; Personalized Medicine; Tumor Microenvironment, Resistance and Metastasis; Immunotherapy; Metabolism; Genetics and Epigenetics; Diagnostics, Biomarkers and Treatment; Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention; Cancer related Ethics, Policy and Funding Initiatives.”

Now available to the University of Cambridge electronically from volume 1 (2015) to present.

Access Journal of Pacific Archaeology via the Journal Search or from the iDiscover record.

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