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UCL Library Services provides you with access to 1000s of electronic books (e-books) which you can access both on- and off-site.

Our Electronic books (e-books) guide contains information on finding, using, and citing e-books at UCL.

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Trial access to Africa Commons

UCL has trial access to Africa Commons until 31st March 2025. Africa Commons is a project from Coherent to digitize, disseminate, and discover African cultural materials. The database consists of five collections: African History and Culture – an index, search engine and preservation tool for more than 500,000 openly available books, magazines, and other primary […]

Trial access to The Japan Times Digital Archive

UCL has trial access to The Japan Times Digital Archive until 31st March 2025. The Japan Times Digital Archive contains every published issue, from March 1897 to present (approx. 500,000 pages), including special supplements going back to the 1890s. The Japan Times was launched on March 22, 1897 during the Meiji era. This was a time […]

Trial access to ProQuest Entrepreneurship Collection

UCL has trial access to ProQuest Entrepreneurship Collection until 28th March 2025. The Entrepreneurship Collection provides access to key scholarship, tools, and resources to help entrepreneurs and students navigate the complex world of small business. It contains a diverse collection of resources including journals, industry reports, video clips, “how to” books, templated forms, business plan […]

Trial access to BBC Monitoring: Summary of World Broadcasts, Essential Global Media, 1939-2001

UCL has trial access to BBC Monitoring: Summary of World Broadcasts, Essential Global Media, 1939-2001 until 19th March 2025. BBC Monitoring was founded in 1939 at the start of WWII. Its purpose was to listen to radio broadcasts and gather open-source intelligence to help Britain and its allies understand global dynamics and assess emerging global […]

Trial access to Policy Commons Complete Suite

UCL has trial access to Policy Commons Complete until 31st March 2025. Policy Commons is a discovery, access and preservation service for informally published policy content from IGOs, NGOs and think tanks. The full suite of modules consists of: Oceania : The complete policy picture for Oceania. The only comprehensive grey literature database in the […]

Trial access to the El Comercio Digital Archive (East View)

UCL has trial access to the El Comercio Digital Archive until 2nd March 2025. El Comercio Digital Archive was founded in 1839 and is the longest-running newspaper in Peru and one of the oldest Spanish-language newspapers in the world. It is considered Peru’s newspaper of record and is one of the most influential newspapers in South […]

UCL now has access to JFLIX

UCL users now have access to JFLIX video streaming platform. JFLIX is a platform dedicated to award winning films on various topics dealing with Judaism and Israel. From Jewish history through biographies of leaders, along with films about Israeli society and culture. These films discuss questions such as Jewish identity and coping courageously with moral […]

Trial access to Political Extremism and Radicalism (Gale)

UCL has trial access to Political Extremism and Radicalism via Gale until 13th February 2025. Political Extremism and Radicalism consists of three collections: Political Extremism and Radicalism: Far-Right and Left Political Groups in the U.S., Europe, and Australia in the Twentieth Century Political Extremism and Radicalism: Far-Right Groups in America Political Extremism and Radicalism: Global […]

UCL now has access to the Social History Archive : Records, Newspapers and the 1921 Census

UCL users now have access to Social History Archive : Records, Newspapers and the 1921 Census. Access is restricted to current UCL students and staff only. This archive features a collection of British and Irish primary source material: Records: consisting of 3.5 billion transcribed records, 375 million digitised scans of original records in over 2,800 […]

Trial access to The Scotsman, 1817-2002 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)

UCL has trial access to The Scotsman, 1817-2002 via ProQuest Historical Newspapers until 5th February 2025. The Scotsman was established as a liberal weekly to challenge the establishment’s dominance of Edinburgh’s press. With a commitment to “impartiality, firmness, and independence,” the newspaper quickly rose to prominence for its bold reporting and objective stance. Transitioning to […]

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