access to the Confidential Print series issues by the British Government covering the Levant and the Arabian peninsula, Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Sudan.

explores the study and analysis of gender. Primary sources from the fifteenth to early twentieth century provide an insight into both traditional models of gender and contemporary perceptions

collection of edited correspondence linking people across Europe, the Americas and Asia from the early 17th to the mid-19th century

all British Foreign Office files dealing with China, Hong Kong and Taiwan between 1919 and 1980

access to formerly restricted top level discussions and correspondence from the British Embassy and consulate in Japan. Includes detailed assessments of key events, speeches, maps, and topics of special interest.

primary sources documenting the changing representations and lived experiences of gender roles and relations from the nineteenth century to the present.

fully searchable colour images of 65,000 items from the Bodleian Library's John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera, offering unique insights into the changing nature of everyday life in the 18th, 19th and early 20th Centuries

contains over 61,000 primary source documents and books essential to the understanding of the social, political and economic development of the western world, from the mid-15th to the mid-19th century

The Mass Observation Archive is a huge database of diaries, directives, surveys, photographs and reports collected in the UK from 1937-1992

manuscripts for the study of Meiji society, culture, ethnology and education covering the period 1856-1925

searchable full-text primary sources for the 'long' 19th century (1789-1914). Collections include: British Politics and Society, European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection; Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange; and British Theatre, Music,and Literature: High and Popular Culture

search the records in the manuscripts and muniments database of the University Library's Special Collections.

BBC Monitoring was founded in 1939 at the start of WWII. Its purpose was to listen to radio broadcasts and gather open-source intelligence to help Britain and its allies understand global dynamics and assess emerging global threats. Over the next 60 years, the scope of its monitoring grew quickly. Trained specialists transcribed broadcasts of speeches, current affairs, political discussions, and social and cultural events worldwide. Transcripts, in turn, were translated into English, then read by experts who carefully selected critical content for publication. Finally, selections were summarized and curated into daily reports that comprise the Summary of World Broadcasts. These original daily reports often included commentary and evaluation by subject matter experts, as well as synopses and specialist briefings. Series 1:1939-1958 and Series 2: 1959-1973 available.

authoritative guide to articles on British and Irish history, from the Roman period to the present day, from over 600 journals and essay collections. Covers British and Irish relations with the rest of the world, including the British empire and Commonwealth
55 BC - to present; updated 3 times yearly

British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, it aims to support academic and personal users around the world in their learning, teaching and research.

facsimile of the weekly paper covering 1843 - 2014

a database of men and women who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century. Over 58,500 people included

a directory of the noteworthy and influential in every area of public life, published worldwide. Who Was Who includes 100,000 people, now deceased, who were included in previous editions of Who's Who creating the definitive roll-call of British history.

access to full-text of over 23,000 digitised 19th century pamphlets held in UK research libraries that focus on the political, economic, and social issues that fuelled the Parliamentary debates and controversies of the 19th century

formerly known as Jisc Historic books, full-text; contains the full text or page images of over 350,000 books published in Britain from 1475 to 1900. The service draws together content from two of the best-known and long established early book collections: Early English Books Online (EEBO) and Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) plus 65,000 19th century books from the British Library collection

a collection of 48 newspapers specially selected by the British Library to represent nineteenth century Britain

Over 100 19th century full text periodicals. Subscription covers part 1: New Readerships.

newspaper collections from the British Library which span from 1732 - 1950 and include both regional and local titles reflecting social, political and cultural events of the times

This database provides access to the searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth, comprising millions of high-resolution facsimile page images. Topics covered include literature, philosophy, history, science, the social sciences, music, art, drama, archaeology and architecture.

presents a vivid picture of British and world events - including news of war, disasters, royalty, social affairs, the arts and science. Over 260,000 full colour pages, fully searchable and browseable

The English Language Japan Chronicle Weekly (1902-1940) is the newspaper of record for Japan’s engagement with modernity and its emergence, through war, political and social upheaval and seismic social change in East Asia, onto the world stage in the first half of the twentieth century.

Formerly known as Newsvault, Gale Historical Newspapers is a search engine that allows simultaneous search across a number of Gale newspaper: Burney Collection (17th and 18th Century Newspapers); Economist Historical Archive 1843-2006; Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842-2003; Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers, Parts I and II; Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals; Times Digital Archive 1785-1985; Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive 1902-2005

Fulltext coverage of The Guardian (1821-2003), The Manchester Guardian (1828-1959), and The Observer (1791-2003)

digital newspaper archive containing every issue of The Scotsman between 1817 and 1950.

complete digital edition of The Times (London). Scanned original pages.

complete browsable digital version of the Times of India covering the period 1838-2003.

Core records of the British Cabinet have been digitized, and include: Conclusions of cabinet meetings, Cabinet memoranda, Cabinet Secretaries' notebooks, Cabinet Office precedent books, etc. ... Cabinet records are regularly released to the public throughout the year, usually 30 years after they have been created; in adherence with the 30-year rule. The main conclusions and memoranda of Cabinet are generally released at New Year. ... Some of the files on this site contain redactions under the Public Records Act. Where material becomes open to public view as a result of a Freedom of Information request the papers on this site will be updated
Records are added yearly as they are released to the public domain, per the UK 30-Year copyright rule

provides comprehensive coverage of legal history from inception. It includes more than 1,800 law and law-related periodicals

PDFs of over 200,000 House of Commons Sessional Papers. Covers 18th Century (1688-1834); 19th Century (1801-1900); 20th Century (1901-2004), and Current (2004 session onwards). Also includes the full-text of Hansard (1803-2005).

digitised full-text historical sources for Medieval and Early Modern Britain. Published by Tanner Ritchie with some material from the University of St Andrews Library's Special Collections

the Statistical Accounts of Scotland cover the 1790s and the 1830s. They provide a record of a variety of topics including wealth, class and poverty, climate and education.

Over 11,000 archive films from the British Film Institute's national and regional archives.

national collection of over 150,000 British social and political cartoons, the work of over 250 British cartoonists, held at the University of Kent; includes 15,000 cartoons from the Carl Giles Archive, which includes rare seaside postcards as well as political cartoons

Over 50,000 unique sound recordings from all over the world, covering the entire range of recorded sound - music, drama and literature, oral history, accents and dialects, sound recording history, wildlife and environmental sounds. Smaller subset of sounds is available without logging in at http://sounds.bl.uk

freely available online repository of over 7,000 text, image, audio, and video items for studying the First World War and the literature it inspired. Includes important primary material from major poets of the period, including Wilfred Owen, Robert Graves, Vera Brittain, and Edward Thomas

extensive collection of photography held within the Special Collections Department of the University of St Andrews Library

unique archive of the complete Picture Post, the pioneering illustrated newspaper published in Britain between 1938-1957, and containing thousands of images

Rock and Roll library. Provides over 22,000 searchable, full-text articles, interviews and reviews from the world's best music writers and critics, from the late 1950s to the present day. Also includes MP3 audio files of original artist interviews. Updated weekly

600 Technicolor films from the cinemagazine Roundabout (1962-1974)
It was designed to promote British values, manufacturing and the ethos of the Commonwealth to audiences.

Scottish learning resource base with over 360,000 images & media from museums, galleries, archives and the media

more than 8,000 rare photographs of Chinese life, between 1850-1950