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Alexander Street & ProQuest Trial Collections

12 Jul 2022

The new trial collections provide multidisciplinary videos and e-Journals. Learn more about Art, Fashion, Film, Language and Science by watching online videos and reading e-Journals in below trial collections.

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Alexander Street Trial Collections

 

Database

Description

Period

1

American Film Scripts Online, Volumes I & II

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Contains over 1,100 scripts with detailed, fielded information on the scenes, characters and people related to the scripts.

On Trial until 28 Jul

2

BBC Horizon Collection

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Reveals the science behind a broad range of topics, including astronomy, physics, math, the environment, disease and more.

3

BBC Landmark Video Collection, Volume 2

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Includes Blue Planet, Blue Planet II, Life, Frozen Planet, Planet Earth, Africa, Nature’s Great Events, Spy in the Wild and others.

4

Fashion Studies Online: The Videofashion Library

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Contains 1,200 hours of video capturing the faces of fashion, including nearly 40 years of worldwide fashion shows, designer profiles and documentary segments.

5

Film Platform Collection

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An innovative collaboration between leading filmmakers and film distributors. The global selection of films includes many Oscar nominated documentaries and film festival winners.

6

National Theatre Collection: Volumes I & II

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Volume I provides 30 performances. Volume II offers an additional 20 high-quality video productions featuring fresh takes on the classics and compelling performances.

7

Royal Shakespeare Company Collection

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Includes high-definition online videos of William Shakespeare’s plays.

 

ProQuest Trial Collections

 

Database

Description

Period

1

GQ Archive

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The backfile of GQ magazine, from its launch in 1931 (as Apparel Arts) to the present.

On Trial until 28 Jul

2

Harper's Bazaar Archive

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Includes the complete runs of the US and UK editions of Harper’s Bazaar, from 1867 to the present (US edition) and 1929-2015 (UK edition).

On Trial until 31 Jul

3

Vogue Archive

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A complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution color page images.