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 The Slave Trade, c. 1830–1893: British Foreign Office Confidential PrintAccess information:Access on and off campus.Description:After decades of campaigning, the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in 1807 ended Britain’s involvement in the transatlantic trade in enslaved people. It also marked a new chapter of international anti-slavery diplomacy in the nineteenth century. Comprising over 32,000 images from Foreign Office files at The National Archives (UK), this collection includes diplomatic correspondence and reports sent between London and British officials, agents, and naval officers working across the world. It offers insights into official attitudes towards slavery and the formation of policies relating to formerly enslaved people. It highlights the confluence, and contradictions, of political strategy, military strength, and moral mission, in the high imperial era.This collection will appeal to historians of slavery, abolition, empire, and diplomacy as well as scholars of economics, international relations, and political science.Trial ends:05/11/2026 Click here to provide trial feedback Warfare in China, 1839-1945 British PerspectivesAccess information:Access on and off campusDescription:The collection covers military conflicts in China from the early nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries, and offers a British view as recorded in the sources of this crucial period of global history. During the 100 years covered by this collection, China underwent seismic political, social, and cultural changes, including the radical modernisation of the Chinese armed forces, with the country emerging in 1945 as one of the so-called ‘Big Four’. Britain’s involvement in East Asia over the century waxed and waned, and the British military presence was a major yet complex aspect of the relationship with China. The period was marked by a series of conflicts, political upheavals, interventions, and peacetime activities that had far-reaching consequences for both countries. The collection publishes online for the first time a wide range of unique primary source documents from The National Archives, UK.Trial ends:27/11/2026 Click here to provide trial feedback Diaolong Zhongguo Riben Guji Quanwen Ziliaoku - 雕龍 : 中日古籍全文資料庫Zhongguo Difangzhi (China Gazetteer).4 - 中国地方志～第四集Access information:Access on and off campus. Click on 古籍文獻/古籍文獻 on the home page. This resource can then be accessed from the sidebarDescription:Zhongguo Difangzhi (China Gazetteer) 4 - A comprehensive encyclopedia covering various regions and provinces in China. 中国地方志～第四集 - 為中國各地區省份之綜合性百科全書.Trial ends:30/11/2026 Click here to provide trial feedback Diaolong Zhongguo Riben Guji Quanwen Ziliaoku - 雕龍 : 中日古籍全文資料庫Epigraphy Database - 金石库（1-4） Access information:Access on and off campus. Click on 古籍文獻/古籍文獻 on the home page. This resource can then be accessed from the sidebarDescription:The Epigraphy Database is a large-scale compilation of ancient Chinese historical documents covering various aspects including politics, economy, military affairs, ethnicity, religion, literature, science and technology, folklore, education, geography, and more.金石庫是一部涵蓋中國古代政治,經濟,軍事,民族,宗教,文學,科技,民俗,教育,地理等各個方面的大型中國古代史料文獻彙編.Trial ends:30/11/2026 Click here to provide trial feedback Diaolong Zhongguo Riben Guji Quanwen Ziliaoku - 雕龍 : 中日古籍全文資料庫Ming–Qing Poetry and Prose Collection - 明清诗文汇编Access information:Access on and off campus. Click on 古籍文獻/古籍文獻 on the home page. This resource can then be accessed from the sidebarDescription:The "Ming Bieji Series" is a collection of personal poets with high historical and documentary value. The entire set is divided into five volumes.The "Compilation of Qing Dynasty Poetry and Prose" includes poems and writings by prominent figures from the 268 years of the Qing dynasty in politics, economics, academia, and culture. The entire set consists of four volumes.《明別集叢刊》有高度史料價值、文獻價值的個人詩人集。全套共分為5輯。《清代詩文彙編》收錄了清代268年間，在政治、經濟、學術文化等領域具知名度人士的詩文。全套合計4輯。Trial ends:30/11/2026 Click here to provide trial feedback Radical Irish Newspaper ArchivesAccess information:Access on and off campus.The above link lands on the home page of Irish Newspaper Archives - to access Radical Irish Newspaper Archives, click "BROWSE" in the top left hand corner of the screen, click "BROWSE DIRECTORY" from the drop-down menu then select the "Radical News Archive" button at the top of the page, or the "Radical News Archive" radio button on the left hand side navigation pane.Description:The RNA archive is a special collection of Radical and Political journals from the early 20th century. The Radical archive is a new product that will see the release for the very first time of this important collection of 115 newspapers, journals, pamphlets, and bulletins. The archive will allow historians from across the World to research the political, social, and industrial unrest of the Irish nation through some of our country's most revolutionary publications. Trial Ends:30/11/2026 Click here to provide trial feedback Expired trialsExpired trials are listed on a separate webpage. 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