Online Resources Updates

HeinOnline

HeinOnline is a premier online database containing more than 188 million pages and 292,000 titles of historical and government documents in a fully searchable, image-based format. HeinOnline bridges an important research gap by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 2,800 law-related periodicals. In addition to its vast collection of academic journals, HeinOnline contains the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, and entire databases dedicated to treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and much more.

Nature

From major discoveries in the last 175 years to today’s breakthroughs – you can find important research from across science, technology, medicine, social sciences and humanities.  Nature is a flagship portfolio of high quality journals, products and services across the life, physical, chemical and applied sciences.

For more information on these resources please contact AskaLibrarian@hope.ac.uk

The following online resource is currently available for trial access:

The British Union of Fascists: Newspapers and Secret Files 1933-1951

These chart the rise and fall of fascism in Britain during the 1930s and 1940s, with a particular focus on Oswald Mosley’s blackshirt movement. 

The bulk of the documents are official BUF publications, including Fascist Week¸ The Blackshirt, The East London Pioneer, and Action. In addition, there are hundreds of government documents relating to Mosley’s internment under Defence Regulation 18B during the Second World War.

The series covered include: CAB 127 (Cabinet Office: Private Collections of Ministers' and Officials' Papers); HO 45 (Home Office: Registered Papers); HO 262 (Ministry of Information: Home Intelligence Division Files); HO 283 (Home Office: Defence Regulation 18B, Advisory Committee Papers); KV 2 (The Security Service: Personal Files); PCOM 9 (Prison Commission and Home Office, Prison Department: Registered Papers: Series 2); and PREM 4 (Prime Minister's Office: Confidential correspondence and papers).

Trial access to this resource is available until 5th February 2021 both on and off campus for all Hope students and staff by clicking on the following link:

The British Union of Fascists

Drama Online

Drama Online is a fast-growing study resource which now features 2,750 playtexts from 1,000 playwrights, 400 audio plays, 345 hours of video, and 370 scholarly books from leading theatre publishers and companies, offering a complete multimedia experience of theatre.

Trial access to this resource is available until 28th February 2021 both on and off campus for all Hope students and staff by clicking on the following link:

Drama Online

British Online Archives 

As part of their response to COVID-19, British Online Archives (BOA) has provided Liverpool Hope University with free access to their entire database of digital primary resources for 30 days from 1st February.

The website hosts over 4 million records drawn from both private and public archives. These records are organised thematically, covering 1,000 years of world history, and are of use to undergraduate students and experienced academics alike.

Themes include:

• American Studies, 1621-1952
• British Broadcasting Corporation, 1927-2002
• The Industrial Revolution in Britain and the World, 1635-1970
• British Communism at Home and Abroad, 1944-1986
• Global Governance in the 20th Century
• Governing Africa: British Records from African Countries under Colonial Rule, 1808-1995
• Politics and Protest: From Major Party Politics to Popular Protest and Parliamentary History, 1102-1994
• India under Colonial Rule, 1752-1933
• Representing Britain: International Relations and Diplomacy, 1796-1962
• British Records from West Indian Countries under Colonial Rule, 1678-1950
• Spreading the Word: Missionary Work Around the World, 1808-1967
• The Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1675-1907
• World Wars, 1863-1974

Trial access to this resource is available until 28th February 2021 both on and off campus for all Hope students and staff by clicking on the following link:

British Online Archives

To help us decide whether this resource would be useful for Liverpool Hope, please send any feedback to AskaLibrarian@hope.ac.uk

Recommended browsers for OneSearch 

When using OneSearch it is recommended that the following browsers are used:

Chrome

Firefox

Microsoft Edge

From May 2021 OneSearch will not be compatible with Internet Explorer and you should upgrade to Microsoft Edge or use one of the other recommended browsers.

I’m having problems when I try to download the full text of a journal article; what should I do?

It’s a good idea to clear your computer’s cookies, cache and saved preferences, as these have sometimes been the cause of error messages.

To do this in:

Firefox:

Go to Tools and select ‘clear recent history’. Tick everything and choose the timeframe to clear (e.g. a day), then click ‘clear now’.

Internet Explorer:

Go to Tools, and select ‘Internet Options’. Under Browsing History select ‘delete’. Tick everything, then click ‘delete’.

Chrome:

Click on the spanner icon and select ‘Settings’. Click ‘show advanced settings’ and under Privacy choose ‘clear browsing data’. Tick everything and choose the timeframe to clear (e.g. a day), then click ‘clear browsing data’.

Close the browser and then re-enter the online resources.

A small number of students are having problems linking to the full text of an article when using Internet Explorer 9; you might want to try using Firefox or Chrome.

If you are still having problems, call the Library on 0151 291 2079 (ground floor Subject Support Point) or 0151 291 2007 (first floor Subject Support Point).

If you need any further assistance please contact AskaLibrarian@hope.ac.uk

Scheduled Downtime Notification

Please be aware that regular software updates are undertaken on the second weekend of the month between Saturday 23.00 and Sunday 9.00 and some services including OneSearch may not be available during these times.

Covid-19 related research