We recently added Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966 to our collection of Adam Matthew Digital products.

Spanning the full era of the modern European colonisation of Africa, from the occupation of Algeria by France, through increasing British presence on the west African coast and around the Cape of Good Hope in the south, the Berlin Conference which set off the ‘Scramble for Africa’, the high-water mark of economic exploitation of Africans in the Congo Free State, rivalries amongst European powers and the era of withdrawal that followed the Second World War, Confidential Print: Africa serves as a resource for academics, students and researchers studying modern Africa and its recent history.

We recently acquired Nineteenth Century Collections Online from Gale.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online contains 3 separate collections:

British Politics and Society

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: British Politics and Society includes tens of thousands of primary sources related to the political climate in Great Britain during the “long” nineteenth century.

Asia & West Diplomacy & Cultural Exchange

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange features a range of primary source collections related to international relations between Asian countries and the West during the 19th century. These documents include government reports, diplomatic correspondence, periodicals, newspapers, treaties, trade agreements, NGO papers, and more.

Corvey Collection of European Literature

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection includes the full-text of more than 9,500 English, French and German titles. The collection is sourced from the library of Victor Amadeus, whose Castle Corvey collection was discovered in the late 1970s. The Corvey Collection  includes fiction, short prose, dramatic works, poetry and more.

We’ve acquired another collection from Readex, Afro-Americana Imprints, 1535-1922

With a focus on African American history, literature, and culture, Afro-Americana Imprints, 1535-1922, has been created from the Library Company of Philadelphia’s collection. It offers more than 12,000 searchable books, pamphlets and broadsides.

We have added a new module to our existing ProQuest History Vault collection, the NAACP Papers.

This collection contains nearly 2 million pages of internal memos, legal briefings, and direct action summaries from national, legal, and branch offices throughout the country. It charts the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)’s work and delivers a first-hand view into issues including: lynching, school desegregation, and discrimination in the military, the criminal justice system, employment, and housing, among others.

YUL has acquired two new collections of leadership development streaming videos from Books 24×7.

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The two collections are 50 Lessons and Leadership Development Channel

The 50 Lessons collection features over 1,200 interview presentations from business leaders sharing personal experiences of today’s most pressing business issues.

The Leadership Development Channel (LDC) collection is more diverse in both learning design and presentation format and features over 2,000 on-demand video programs featuring business authors, experts and Executives. The LDC includes content of varying lengths from 2-60 minutes long.

Both collections include downloadable video formats suitable for mobile devices, meeting starters and classroom integration. Both collections also offer live events. An annual series of live, interactive satellite and webcast events provide executives with thinking in business and leadership through live and interactive presentations featuring  thought leaders including Ram Charan, Tom Peters, Lynda Gratton, Patrick Lencioni and more. Up to seven live events are produced annually.