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Jisc Group Purchasing Scheme

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What's Inside

20 Collections
374 Volumes
19,328 Documents
1,617,155 Pages

Introduction

British Online Archives (BOA) offers a unique opportunity for JISC member institutions to make significant savings on twenty of its most popular primary source collections. This will allow students and researchers to benefit from expanded access to primary resources, helping them gain a greater understanding of their chosen subjects. 

Our collections cover a diverse range of subjects and time periods ranging from colonialism and the world wars to political activism and military intelligence. Collections made available on the framework have been selected based on their relevance to subjects and course modules currently being taught and researched in British universities. All are multi-disciplinary. 

The main ethos of the purchasing scheme is simple: the more you buy, the more you could save.

Dates Covered

1559-2009

Contributors

  • Archive Trust of the Communist Party of Great Britain
  • Bethlem Museum of the Mind; Findmypast Ltd
  • British Foreign & Commonwealth Office
  • British Library
  • Illustrated London News
  • Imperial War Museum, Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History
  • India Office Library
  • The National Archives
  • The National Archives (TNA)
  • The National Archives (UK)
  • The National Archives (UK); The British Library

Collections

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Coloured illustration of a British town being bombed. On the left a black and white soldier points to the sky.

Licensed to access Britain Under Threat: Civil Defence in the Era of Total War, 1914-1989 Coming Soon

20th Century International Relations War, Security, and Intelligence Europe Culture and Society
Contributor The National Archives (TNA)
Illustration of The View of Cape Town, Table Bay

Licensed to access British Colonial Rule in the Cape of Good Hope and Basutoland, 1854–1910

19th Century Modern History Colonialism and Empire Africa
Contributor British Foreign & Commonwealth Office Contents 43 Volumes, 4202 Documents (91,459 Pages)
Painting by artist Thomas Luny in 1788 of East India Company's Ships

Licensed to access British Mercantile Trade Statistics, 1662–1809

17th Century 18th Century 19th Century Modern History Economics Europe Asia Colonialism and Empire Africa The Americas Slavery and Abolition
Contributor The National Archives (UK) Contents 4 Volumes, 146 Documents (47,662 Pages)
A black and white image of POWs at a re-education camp.

Licensed to access Building a New Germany: Denazification and Political Re-education, 1944–1948

20th Century Modern History International Relations War, Security, and Intelligence Europe Culture and Society Germany United Kingdom
Contributor The National Archives Contents 1 Volumes, 46 Documents (3,701 Pages)
Beige background with red and black lettering. There is a letter header to the Ministry of Information, stamped with a red SECRET stamp. Underneath it reads U.S. Secret Equals British Secret Confidential. Over the top of the image are various symbols depicting a code language.

Licensed to access Censorship: Policy and Practice During the Second World War

20th Century Modern History International Relations War, Security, and Intelligence Europe Colonialism and Empire Media and Communications Germany United Kingdom
Contributor The National Archives Contents 1 Volumes, 96 Documents (17,397 Pages)
A cover of The Illustrated War News, including an illustration of a tank, the Union Jack flag, and the French flag.

Licensed to access Illustrated War News, 1914–1918 & 1939

20th Century Modern History International Relations War, Security, and Intelligence Europe Colonialism and Empire Media and Communications Politics and Social Movements Science and Technology Culture and Society
Contributor Illustrated London News Contents 6 Volumes, 195 Documents (9,176 Pages)
An illustration of a woman laid in a hammock reading a newspaper. Underneath her sit a dog and a cat. The top left of the image reads The Graphic in white letters.

Licensed to access The Graphic, 1869-1932

19th Century 20th Century Modern History Europe Media and Communications Culture and Society United Kingdom
Contributor Illustrated London News Contents 60 Volumes, 2684 Documents (90,266 Pages)
Sporting photographs of horse racing, and rugby under the title ‘The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News’, 1939

Licensed to access The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 1874-1970

19th Century 20th Century Modern History Europe Media and Communications Culture and Society United Kingdom
Contributor Illustrated London News Contents 97 Volumes, 3870 Documents (169,230 Pages)
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