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What content is available in Bloomsbury History?
Bloomsbury History connects students, researchers and faculty with primary and secondary history resources including eBooks, audio, articles, museum objects, maps, manuscripts and more; bringing global history to life for all learners.
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Is the content included in Bloomsbury History available online anywhere else?
While some content is available on ABC-Clio or Bloomsbury Collections, a lot of the content is exclusively available here.
The majority of the Cultural History series are available online exclusively in Bloomsbury Cultural History. A limited number of eBooks in the Bloomsbury Cultural History: Core Collection are available on other Bloomsbury digital products, including the Bloomsbury Food Library and Bloomsbury Collections. BCH is the only way to purchase an entire set, and allow cross searching of the content. All eBooks and images in the resource are fully-indexed exclusively for the resource and can be cross-searched with other related content.
The articles included in Bloomsbury History: Theory and Method were written exclusively for the collection. A limited number of eBooks in the collection are available on other Bloomsbury digital products, including Bloomsbury Collections. All eBooks and images in the resource are fully-indexed exclusively for the resource and can be cross-searched with other related content.
The growing Encyclopedia of the Global Middle Ages is available exclusively through the Bloomsbury Medieval Studies: Core Collection and is not available elsewhere. The incunabula and manuscripts from the Senate House Library have been digitized for the first time, exclusively for the Bloomsbury Medieval Studies: Core Collection.
Medieval Clothing and Textiles is the only opportunity to purchase the entire series in a single, cross searchable online package. Annuals 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are exclusive to Bloomsbury Medieval Studies and are not available for purchase from any other sources at an institutional level.
Many of the titles in Medieval Life and Culture are also available on Bloomsbury Collections. However this is the only online platform that provides access to the titles at an institutional level in one unified collection.
The content included in the Medieval Literature Aloud: Chaucer Studio Audio Collection is digitally exclusive to Bloomsbury Medieval Studies. While the individual works are available for purchase to single users, this is the only way to purchase unlimited user access to the titles at an institutional level in one unified collection.
Many of the titles in the Medieval World Reference Library are also available on Bloomsbury Collections. However this is the only online platform that provides access to major reference works, from encyclopedias to dictionaries, covering the study of the global middle ages.
How global is the coverage on Bloomsbury History?
With contents indexed by place as well as topic and period, users can easily discover a wealth of materials on countries throughout the world.
What time period is covered?
The entire span of history from antiquity to the present days is covered in this resource.
Who is the resource for?
The collections on Bloomsbury History are an invaluable resource for students, researchers and instructors of History and related courses as wide-ranging as Religion, Literature, Politics, Visual Culture, History of Art, Fashion and Textiles and more.
