JISC Collections endorses Nineteenth Century Collections Online

April 11, 2013 - PRLog -- Group negotiates special pricing for UK academic community

Gale, part of Cengage Learning and a leading publisher of research and reference resources, is pleased to announce JISC Collections’ endorsement of Nineteenth Century Collections Online (http://gale.cengage.co.uk/product-highlights/history/nineteenth-century-collections-online.aspx) (NCCO), a multi-year global publishing programme that offers researchers and students digital access to the most provisionally comprehensive collection of nineteenth century materials of its kind. As part of this new agreement, JISC Collections has negotiated discounted pricing for Higher Education institutions in the UK that opt to purchase either the first four or first eight archives in the programme. Significant discounts for archives I-IV and I-VIII are based on the number of participating institutions and range between 30% and 55%.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online unites multiple, distinct archives into a single resource offering researchers and students access to a wide range of primary sources from the “long” 19th century (1789-1914) and beyond, including books and newspapers to manuscripts, photographs and maps. Archives published in the programme include works in Western as well as non-Western languages and are sourced from rare collections at libraries and other institutions around the globe. Selected with the guidance of an international team of expert advisors, these primary sources are invaluable for a wide range of academic disciplines and areas of study. The first eight archives in the programme and offered to Higher Education institutions in the UK at a special price are:

British Politics and Society
European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection
Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange
British Theatre, Music, and Literature: High and Popular Culture
Europe and Africa: Commerce, Christianity, Civilization, and Conquest

Photography: The World Through the Lens
Science, Technology and Medicine, 1780-1925
Women: Transnational Networks

In addition to the 20 million pages of content within the archives, the resource is built on an innovative technology platform that features a range of tools to support teaching, learning and research. By negotiating special pricing for Nineteenth Century Collections Online, JISC Collections is making these unique collections more widely available to the UK academic community. The full details of the offers can be found on the JISC Collections website at
http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Catalogue/FullDescription/index/1509 and http://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Catalogue/FullDescription/Index/1503 and are valid only until June 2013.

For more information on Nineteenth Century Collections Online, please visit http://gale.cengage.co.uk/product-highlights/history/nineteenth-century-collections-online.aspx