Trial to Drama Online

The library currently has a trial subscription to Drama Online

Bloomsbury Publishing have already uploaded over 700 titles to this database and they will be adding more content during this trial period.

• Discover - browse works by playwright or practitioner, genre and period
• Read - view texts in the Drama Online Reader
• Study - with a personal account, bookmarks and notes can be saved
  
• Perform - view information on cast size, gender of roles and performance rights
  

Access

This trial will end on 29 December 2013.

There is access to the full-text plays without having to login here. However, Bloomsbury recommend that by signing up for free personal accounts, end users will then be allowed to make use of the personalisation tools on the site.

Please tell us what you think of this database by using our feedback form.

Trial access to Nineteenth Century Collections Online

There is currently trial access available to four archives from Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO). NCCO, is a multi-year global digitization and publishing program focused on primary source collections of the nineteenth century. The four archives currently available are:

·         Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange

·         British Politics and Society

·         British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture

·         European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection

To access this database you will need a username and password (you may also be prompted to log in to MUSE).

The NCCO trial will be made available until 31 March 2013.

If you wish to comment on the trial please do so by completing the online feedback form.

RILM - Music Database

RILM is a key database that will allow you to search for music literature by topic. Using keywords you can browse abstracts that cover all areas of music including:

• historical musicology


• ethnomusicology


• instruments and voice


• librarianship


• performance practice and notation


• theory and analysis


• pedagogy


• liturgy


• dance


• criticism and music therapy

RILM is available to view via the Library tab in MUSE. Under 'Library eResources' click the link  'Access the Library's subject databases' and use the A-Z table to search for RILM.

You may also want to look at RIPM - Retrospective Index Music Periodical. We currently have trial access to this index which provides access to Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth century music literature.

This trial will be available to registered staff and students of the University of Sheffield until 4th March and we would welcome your feedback. Follow the link above and click on the 'Access arrangements' link in the Quick links box for further details. You may be prompted to log into MUSE.

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online - Trial until 30 November!

Hello,

All those of you who regularly use foreign language dictionaries - in School of Modern Language and Linguistics - in particular we now have access to Oxford Language Dictionaries Online. Please do make use of it and fill out the feedback form.

This is the page that links to the Trial:

http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/cdfiles/trialoxfldo.html

Here is the feedback form:

http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/cdfiles/trialfeedback.html

Do let us know what you think. Many thanks, Clare

Cairn French Language Journals - trial electronic resource

We currently have trial access to Cairn French Language Journals online.

This collection contains over 150 journal titles in the humanities and social sciences. Access is available to over 35,000 articles in full text format. Journals range in date from 2001 to the present.  

Access to this electronic resource is available to registered staff and students of the University of Sheffield until 31 May 2010. You may be prompted to log into MUSE.

You can comment on this trial using the online feedback form.

Bibliography of British and Irish History - trial electronic resource

We currently have trial access to the Bibliography of British and Irish History.

The BBIH provides bibliographic data on historical writing relating to British and Irish history from the Roman period to the present day. It includes the details of books, articles in books and articles in journals. For more details on the range of information included take a look at the 'Introduction' tab.

Both advanced and simple searching options are available. Take a look at the 'how to search' section to help you get started.

Access to this electronic resource is available to registered staff and students of the University of Sheffield until 31 December 2009.

Trial electronic resource - British Literary Manuscripts Online c.1660-1900

Just to let you know that we currently have trial access to British Literary Manuscripts Online c.1660-1900.

Sourced from a number of different library collections this database includes over 400,000 digitized manuscript pages. It includes letters and diaries, drafts of poems, plays, novels and other literary works.

An advanced search gives you more searching options including document type and collection. To help you navigate the site take a look at the 'search tips'.

This resource is available to registered staff and students of the University of Sheffield until December 28 2009.

Mass Observation online trial

Just to let you know that we have a trial running to Mass Observation online. It's available to registered staff and students of the University of Sheffield until 16th November 2009.

The Library has a number of trials to electronic resources provided by publishers and electronic resource suppliers. These are often for a limited time and are an opportunity to explore a resource.

Mass Observation online provides access to digital images of material from the Mass Observation Archive (MOA). You can view material generated by Mass Observation (MO) between 1937 and 1949 plus some later additions from the 1950s and 1960s. It includes a number of file reports (1937-1972) and publications produced by members of the central team of researchers, as well as material submitted by volunteers.

Take a look at the 'nature and scope' section and 'brief history' to find out what material is available and further background information.