Politics
This is UCLan's Politics library page.
For more help and guidance please contact your Subject Librarian: Francesca Robinson
Books
Use Library Search to find books and eBooks
For module specific reading please refer to UCLan Reading lists.
• UCLan Special Collections - including Temperance material, local history information, books on Irish home rule and illustrated books amongst other topics. You will need to make an appointment to visit the Special Collections and university archive.
Journals and Articles
Subject Specific databases
- Political Science
- Arts and Humanities Database
- Historical Abstracts
- Humanities International Complete
- JSTOR - arts and humanities database
- Project Muse - arts, humanities and media database
- Social Policy and Practice
- Social Science Database
Multi Subject databases
Government and Legal Information
- Westlaw UK
- Lexis Library
- House of Commons Parliamentary Papers - 1715-present
- Proceedings of the Old Bailey - transcripts of trials from 1674-1913
Journal Archives
- British Periodicals
- Brill
- Nineteenth Century UK Periodicals Online
- Periodicals Archive Online Collection (1981-2000)
If you want to find out if we subscribe to a particular journal or magazine title, use the, use the Journal Finder. If the library does not have access you may be able to request a copy from the Inter-library loan Service.
- Diffusion Journal - an UG research journal for humanities and social science students
Additional Resources
News
- Nexis - contemporary worldwide news
- Artemis Primary Sources - archive articles from The Economist (1843-2011), The Times (1785-2011), The Daily Mail (1896-2004), Financial Times (1843-2011), The Picture Post (1938-57), Illustrated London News (1842-2003) and 19th Century Periodicals and British Library Newspapers.
- The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer(1791-2000)
- New York Times (1851-2010)
- The Telegraph (1855-2000)
- FBIS Daily Reports, 1974–1996, is a multidisciplinary resource consisting of translated broadcasts, news agency transmissions, newspapers, periodicals, and government statements from nations around the globe.
Census
- Digimap - online maps including historic data and information from 2011 census within 'society' section
Ephemera
- John Johnson Collection - Bodleian's collection of printed ephemera
- Burney Newspaper Collection - early English news media collected by Rev Burney (1757-1817)
- Slavery in America and the World - statutes and cases on slavery
- Black Freedom Struggle in the US (1790 - 2000s)
- British Labour History Ephemera (Microfilm) - 1880-1926. A full list of the contents can be viewed by searching on library search.
- Papers of the American Board of Commissioners Missions to Asia 1812-1919 (Microfilm). Also available online from the Digital Library for International Research
- Access to the Microfilm collection is available on request.
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Francesca Robinson
Subject Librarian for Culture and the Creative Industries
frobinson3@uclan.ac.uk
01772 895132
