UMBC now has trial access to the database British Records on the Atlantic World, 1700-1900.
This series brings together a wealth of collections spanning two centuries of Britain's colonisation, commercial, missionary and even literary relations with Africa and the Americas. Thirty-three collections are included, ranging from early colonial and missionary records from West Africa to Australian records to Jamaican plantation records to eccleastical, court and land records from Manchester cathedral.
You are free to search and browse results from all collections, but you may only view images in items included in the trial. These are identified with the following icon:
For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu) and follow the link to the UMBC Library Homepage. Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the Library's homepage to return to this post and click on the "View Website" button to access the database. For more info on remote access, see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php .
This series brings together a wealth of collections spanning two centuries of Britain's colonisation, commercial, missionary and even literary relations with Africa and the Americas. Thirty-three collections are included, ranging from early colonial and missionary records from West Africa to Australian records to Jamaican plantation records to eccleastical, court and land records from Manchester cathedral.
You are free to search and browse results from all collections, but you may only view images in items included in the trial. These are identified with the following icon:
For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu) and follow the link to the UMBC Library Homepage. Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the Library's homepage to return to this post and click on the "View Website" button to access the database. For more info on remote access, see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php .
The trial runs through May 12, 2012. Feedback on the usefulness of this database is appreciated. Leave us a comment to let us know what you
think.
