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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
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 brings your family's past to life…census; immigration records; births, deaths and marriages.
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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 
Search the authoritative dictionary of the English language.
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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.
360,000 Scottish images & media from museums, galleries, archives and media organisations.
Available in
The Mitchell.