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Rock's Backpages
The ultimate archive
of music journalism.
Classic articles on
artists from all genres and by the finest
music writers of the
last 50 years.
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ProQuest:ABI/Inform
ABI/INFORM® is the original aggregated business journals database with online access to over 4,975 business and management journals from
around the world
19th Century British Library Newspapers
48 UK titles giving a detailed view of life in 19th century Britain. Scottish titles include The Glasgow Herald, Aberdeen Journal, Dundee Courier and
Caledonian Mercury. Full text searching. Fantastic resource for genealogists and historians.
Ancestry 
Ancestry brings your family's past to life…census; immigration records; births, deaths and marriages.
British Standards 
COBRA 
Credo Reference 
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Gale Literature Resource Center

The world’s most current, comprehensive - and reliable - literature database with biographical entries, articles, journals, reviews, literary criticism, full text-poems, plays and interviews. Fabulous tool for students - and teachers. Or anyone interested in books and authors.
key Note 
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 
Oxford English Dictionary 
Search the authoritative dictionary of the English language.
Oxford Reference Online

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Proquest Central 
An award winning database, combining 30 of ProQuest's most popular databases covering over 160 subject areas including business, science and technology, medicine and health, literature and language, society, culture, the arts, history, and more.
ProQuest: Historical Newspapers - The Scotsman (1817 - 1950)
Full text searching. Results available in PDF format. Fantastic resource for genealogists and historians.
The ultimate archive of music journalism contains classic articles on artists from Aaliyah to ZZ Top, on all genres from rockabilly to hip hop and by the finest music writers of the last 50 years including Lester Bangs and Nick Kent.
Rock's Backpages also features a library of over 300 audio interviews, including classic conversations with Leonard Cohen, Morrissey, Little Richard, Arthur Lee,
Joni Mitchell, Johnny Cash and Kurt Cobain
360,000 Scottish images & media from museums, galleries, archives and media organisations.
Available in
The Mitchell.
SPORTDiscus
The definitive research tool for all areas of sports & sports medicine literature. Journal coverage dates back to 1985.
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