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Alexander Street & ProQuest Trial Collections
- On Trial until 11 Apr 2024

15 Mar 2024

The new trial collections provide multidisciplinary videos and e-Journals in health sciences, history, language, literature, science, social science and technology. Learn more in below trial collections.

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The BBC Horizon Collection

The BBC Horizon reveals the science behind a broad range of topics, including astronomy, physics, math, the environment, disease, and more. Spanning the years from 2009 – 2023, The BBC Horizon Collection is a comprehensive run of recent years of this series.

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BBC Literary Adaptations in Video, Volume 2

This collection, building on the strength of the first volume, brings more than 250 additional hours of literary works. Adding performances of works like David Copperfield, Jane Eyre, Persuasion, and Les Miserables.

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Clinical Nursing Skills in Video

Clinical Nursing Skills in Video is a collection of demonstration and training videos produced by ProQuest to help students improve their clinical skills. The skills demonstrated in this collection were selected and reviewed by an advisory board of licensed nurses, nursing educators, researchers, and librarians to ensure students are accessing videos displaying current best practice and meet standards of clinical judgement. Videos are peer-reviewed and accredited by the ANCC.

 

ProQuest Trial Collections

 

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Health & Fitness Magazine Archive

This collection focuses on health and fitness topics. With publications aimed at a male readership (e.g. Flex, Men’s Health) and women’s titles (e.g. Women’s Health, Women’s Health Activist), this collection supports research in topics such as the history of sex roles, body image, fitness/exercise, public health, food/nutrition, and medicine.