The Library regularly arranges trials to new resources. Publishers are usually willing to provide trial access to allow us to use and evaluate a resource before making a decision about purchase. Current trialsThe services listed below are currently available for a trial period. They are listed by trial closing date. Your feedback is important and helps to inform decisions about future subscriptions.Please tell us what you think of the current trials using the feedback form Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian HistoryAccess information:Access on and off campusDescription:Substantive, peer-reviewed, and regularly updated, the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History offer synopses of key historical topics and themes throughout the Asian continent, including the Middle East. Each article includes overview information, a discussion of the scholarly literature, a list of key primary sources, links to digital resources, and suggestions for further reading.Trial Ends:12/04/2025 Click here to provide trial feedback China and the Modern World series, Records of Shanghai and the International Settlement, 1836–1955Access information:Access on and off campus.Description:The eighth collection in the China and the Modern World series, Records of Shanghai and the International Settlement, 1836–1955, provides a primary source collection vital to understanding and researching the social, political, and economic history of not just the British-dominated yet highly globalised International Settlement in Shanghai but the history of modern China. Comprised of British Foreign Office files from The National Archives in the UK, that are directly related to the history of Shanghai and the International Settlement, plus a small number of files selected from the records of the British Ministry of Labour, Treasury, and War Office, this collection deciphers and illuminates the International Settlement as the seat of formative events that shaped the history of modern China as it transitioned from an imperial dynasty to a globally engaged republic.Trial ends:15/04/2025 Click here to provide trial feedback Chinese Dictionary Compendium (漢語辭典總匯)Access information:Access on and off campus.Description:With more than 120 volumes and databases, the Chinese Dictionary Compendium houses the largest collection of high-quality dictionaries and reference works in modern and traditional Chinese. This includes a revised and extended digital edition of the most important Chinese dictionary, the Hanyu Da Cidian (Diyiban + Dingbu) 漢語大詞典（第一版+訂補).Trial ends:15/04/2025. Click here to provide trial feedback Memorix Anatomy and Memorix Histology The above link directs to the library's protected usernames/password page. Please follow the access instructions provided there.Access information:Access on and off campus. Please refer to the library's passwords/usernames page for details.The trial is available on Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and requires downloading an app.Please note that initial set-up may take up to 24h.Description:This trial is for Memorix Anatomy and Histology ebooks.Memorix Anatomy is a student-friendly textbook with a modern design and didactic approach. All important anatomical facts and principles are covered in this 600-page text, supported by 1500 simple illustrative schemes. The original Memorix educational system has been created in collaboration with experts in adult learning and implemented in this book.Memorix Histology combines structured textual emphasis on cytology, basic histology and microscopic anatomy with simple design, including more than 1200 colourful images and 300 micrographs. Schemes and deciding algorithms help students and teachers with specimen identification as well as clinical notes highlighting the importance of histology.Trial ends:30/04/2025 Click here to provide trial feedback Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide IndexAccess information:Access on and off campusDescription:Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide indexes literature about wild mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. It covers many wildlife subjects including individual species, habitat types, wildlife behaviour, ecotourism and zoology. It is comprised of records from Wildlife Review Abstracts, formerly Wildlife Review. Content is continually being incorporated into the database, which is updated on a weekly basis.Trial ends:30/04/2025 Click here to provide trial feedback Archives of Latin American and Caribbean History, Sixteenth to Twentieth CenturyAccess information:Access on and off campus.Description:The Archives of Latin American and Caribbean History, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century offer a range of content for the region, providing opportunities for research into issues and events in contemporary Latin American and Caribbean history, as well as historical perspective back to the colonial period. Coverage extends from the 15th to 20th century, providing information about the indigenous peoples of the region, the Conquest (la Conquista), colonial rule, religion, struggles for independence, and political, economic, and social progress and issues in newly independent nations.”Trial ends:28/07/2025 Click here to provide trial feedback British Literary Manuscripts OnlineAccess information:Access on and off campus.Description:British Literary Manuscripts Online presents facsimile images of literary manuscripts, including letters and diaries, drafts of poems, plays, novels, and other literary works, and similar materials for research and teaching. The manuscripts range from medieval texts to the works of Oscar Wilde, and users can browse the manuscripts individually or search the metadata for author names, titles, manuscript numbers or notes.British Literary Manuscripts Online is divided into two parts. Part One: c1660-1900 contains works of major literary figures from the Restoration through the Victorian era: Charles Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, William Morris, and Oscar Wilde, among others. Part Two: Medieval and Renaissance presents a range of literary manuscripts — letters, poems, stories, plays, chronicles, religious writings, and other materials — from roughly 1120 to 1660Trial ends:28/07/2025 Click here to provide trial feedback State Papers Online: Part IV: The Stuarts and Commonwealth, James I - Anne I, 1603-1714: State Papers Foreign, Ireland and Registers of the Privy CouncilAccess information:Access on and off-campusDescription:State Papers Online, 1509-1714 ('SPO') offers a completely new working environment to researchers, teachers and students of Early Modern Britain. Whether used for original research, for teaching, or for student project work, State Papers Online offers original historical materials across the widest range of government concern, from high level international politics and diplomacy to the charges against a steward for poisoning a dozen or more people. The correspondence, reports, memoranda, and parliamentary drafts from ambassadors, civil servants and provincial administrators present a full picture of Tudor and Stuart Britain. Part IV includes State Papers Foreign, Ireland and Registers of the Privy Council.NB: The Library has purchased access to three modules of SPO - "Part II: The Tudors, 1509-1603", "Part III : The Stuarts: James I to Anne, 1603-1714", and "The Stuart and the Cumberland Papers" - which can be found on the S databases page.Trial ends:28/07/2025 Click here to provide trial feedback Sunday Times Historical Archive (1822-2021)Access information:Access on and off campusDescription:Easily explore two centuries of news, investigative reporting, and commentary from Britain's premier Sunday publication. The Sunday Times is famous for many of its stories, including Kim Philby's outing as a Soviet spy, the thalidomide investigation, and the publishing of Adolph Hitler's diaries. The Sunday Times Historical Archive 1822-2021 brings together, for the first time, the complete run of the newspaper and its supplements, in one cross-searchable and browseable platform.Trial ends:28/07/2025 Click here to provide trial feedback . Expired trialsExpired trials are listed on a separate webpage. Privacy statementInformation about you: how we use it and with whom we share itThe information you provide will be used by the Library to support purchase decisions on trialled e-resources.We will use the supplied information to contact you should there be any queries or problems with eg access issues, platform feedback.We will use your e-mail address to alert you if the trial has resulted in a purchase/subscription.We are using information about you because your feedback supports business cases for new e-resources and is part of our contractual obligation.Further queriesIf you have any questions about this privacy statement, please contact Elize Rowan, Content Acquisition & Access Manager [Elize.Rowan@ed.ac.uk] Need any help?If you have any problems accessing online services, then please: HTML Contact the IS Helpline This article was published on 2024-08-21
