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 Cambridge Archive Editions East & Southeast Asia Collection (Eastview)Access information:Access on and off campus.Description:Cambridge Archive Editions present a wealth of historical reference materials from the 18th-20th centuries on the national heritage and political development of numerous countries. The East and Southeast Asia Collection covers the geographic areas of Japan, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan and, under the title Straits Settlements, Penang, Singapore, Malacca and Labuan. These titles deliver insight with historic political and economic reports and a sound basis for research of East and Southeast Asia.Trial ends:27/03/2026 Click here to provide trial feedback The Bystander, 1903-1940Access information:Access on and off campus.Description:Established in 1903, The Bystander joined a series of publications belonging to The Illustrated London News (ILN). In 1940 The Bystander merged with its sister title: The Tatler. It thus became known as The Tatler and Bystander. Much like its successor, The Bystander focused on British “high society”, thereby appealing to a conservative, affluent readership. Publishing articles on fashion, theatre, and sports, this publication reflected everyday life amongst Britain’s social elite, its coverage typically defined by a suitably whimsical, satirical tone. This collection includes over 136,000 images collated from nearly 2,000 issues of The Bystander, published between December 1903 and October 1940.Trial Ends:19/04/2026. Click here to provide trial feedback The Sketch, 1893-1958Access information:Access on and off campus.Description:The Sketch began publication in 1893 as a light-hearted sister paper to The Illustrated London News and described itself as ‘A Journal of Art and Actuality’. It was published weekly and was for ‘the cultivated people who in their leisure moments look for light reading and amusing pictures, imbued with a high artistic value’. The Sketch was the first newspaper to publish the short stories of Agatha Christie, who wrote 49 stories for the paper between 1923 and 1924.Trial Ends:19/04/2026. 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
