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 APA PsycBooksAccess information:Access on and off campus.Description:The APA PsycBooks collection provides full-text access to APA’s latest peer-reviewed books, as well as classic and historical works dating back to the 1600s. APA PsycBooks covers the full spectrum of behavioral and social sciences, including: Behavior Disorders, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Psychology, Educational Psychology, Experimental and Comparative Psychology, History and Systems, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Mental Health Treatment and Prevention, Neuroscience, Personality Psychology, Philosophy, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Religion, and Social Processes and Social Issues.Trial ends:27/06/2026 Click here to provide trial feedback The Renaissance World (Routledge Resources Online)Access information:Access on and off campus. Please note, no institutional login is required when using the above link - users can browse to content and access will be available.Description:The Renaissance World features peer-reviewed content that supports the teaching and learning of the 14th to the 18th century in the subject areas of Art and Architecture, Economy and Commerce, Environment, Literature and Drama, Politics and Governance, Religion, and Society.Originating in Europe, the “Renaissance” would reach across the globe to the Americas, Asia, and Africa, with these interactions shaping Europe in turn. This resource emphasizes the era's travel of people, ideas, and objects. It offers entries that illuminates cultural crosscurrents in the arts, politics, social history, economics, religion, material culture, and media, but also considers the “Renaissance World” in the context of the natural environment.There are two main ways to explore the site. The “Topics” filter will take users into subjects that span geographies. Alternatively, the “Places” filter will allow users to focus on a particular region.Trial ends:05/07/2026 Click here to provide trial feedback China and the Modern World: Hong Kong, Britain and China I, 1841-1951Access information:Access on and off campus.Description:China and the Modern World: Hong Kong, Britain and China 1841–1951 presents a collection of British government documents on colonial Hong Kong, spanning a period of over a century. Digitized from the British Colonial Office records grouped under the CO 129 Series titled "War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Hong Kong, Original Correspondence,” the collection consists of despatches and correspondence between the governors of Hong Kong and the Colonial Office, as well as letters and telegrams of other government departments and organizations such as the Foreign Office, Home Office, and War Offices.Trial ends:16/07/2026 Click here to provide trial feedback China and the Modern World: Records of the Maritime Customs Service of China, 1858–1949Access information:Access on and off campus.Description:This archive provides an excellent primary source collection for the study of China and its relations with the West in the late Qing and Republican periods. The Maritime Customs Service of China (MCS) was an international, although predominantly British-staffed bureaucracy (at senior levels) under the control of successive Chinese central governments. The records included in this collection - official correspondence, despatches, reports, memoranda, and private and confidential letters - constitute invaluable and often unique evidence of Chinese life, the economy, and politics through the Taiping Rebellion, the Boxer Rebellion, the Revolution of 1911, the May 30 Movement, the two Sino-Japanese Wars, and the Chinese Civil War.Trial ends:16/07/2026 Click here to provide trial feedback Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability StudiesAccess information:Access on and off campus.Description:Disability studies is an established interdisciplinary subject that spans the fields of social science, the humanities, and education, not to mention the many academic subjects therein, be it progressively or potentially. The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability Studies provides current and peer-reviewed articles that can be read in 30 minutes or less, providing an accessible entry point to the topic. The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability Studies is overseen by David Bolt and an editorial board of subject experts, ensuring a comprehensive, encyclopedic map of the field.Trial ends:17/07/2026 Click here to provide trial feedback Expired trialsExpired trials are listed on a separate webpage. 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