Oxford’s Very Short Introductions (VSI) series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, new insights, and enthusiasm to make often challenging topics highly readable to develop a reader’s core knowledge. SOAS library collection holds 554 titles in this series.
This is the link to A Very short introduction podcast
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3MAPgqN8JWhDt2ok5zoOotd7t9xUjccO
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Access to 1000s of academic journals, as well as 12,000+ e-books from leading publishers such as Princeton University Press, Yale University Press, MIT Press, and Harvard University Press.
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Oxford’s Very Short Introductions (VSI) series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, new insights, and enthusiasm to make often challenging topics highly readable to develop a reader’s core knowledge. SOAS library collection holds 554 titles in this series.
This is the link to A Very short introduction podcast
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3MAPgqN8JWhDt2ok5zoOotd7t9xUjccO
For off-campus access use this link
https://academic.oup.com/very-short-introductions
A project to digitize, disseminate, and discover African cultural materials. Its aim is to enable Africa easily to control, digitize, and disseminate its archival riches—those within Africa and items residing internationally. Africa Commons helps to preserve African content and enable African scholars easily to find and access expressions of their heritage in Western collections. The collections includes:
Africa Commons: History and Culture - An index, search engine and preservation tool for more than 500,000 openly available books, magazines and other primary sources. Black South African Magazines - Digital collection of magazines created for Black audiences in Africa from 1937-1973.
Southern African Films and Documentaries - Hundreds of African documentaries, oral histories and other films for study and learning.
The trial is available until 30 April 2025
Any feedback please send to Dawn Wright via dw3@soas.ac.uk
For off-campus access use this link
https://soas.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://africacommons.net/
The Africa Report is one of the leading news organisations on the continent. We are known for our impartial, authoritative stance. The Africa Report is published by Jeune Afrique Media Group (JAMG), the premier publishing and events company in Africa
For off-campus access use this link
https://soas.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.theafricareport.com
Explore the growth of the human rights movement during the second half of the twentieth century through the International Secretariat records of Amnesty International
Trial available until 17 April 2025
Please send your feedback to Yurie Watanabe (yw25@soas.ac.uk) or/and Jotika Khur-Yearn (jk53@soas.ac.uk)
For off-campus access use this link
https://soas.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.amnestyinternationalhumanrights.amdigital.co.uk/
This multi-part resource will contain a century’s worth of correspondence from the British legation and consulates in the cities of imperial and republican China, documenting Sino-British relations and myraid aspects of Chinese history from 1830 to 1939.
Trial available until 17 April 2025
Please send your feedback to Jotika Khur-Yearn (jk53@soas.ac.uk) or/and Anthony Ho (ah145@soas.ac.uk)
For off-campus access use this link
https://soas.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.foreignofficeconsulatelegationchina.amdigital.co.uk/
Jeune Afrique was founded in 1960 in Tunis and subsequently published in Paris by Jeune Afrique Media Group. It is the most widely read Pan-African magazine offering coverage of African political, economic and cultural news.
For off-campus access use this link
https://soas.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com
The world's most comprehensive policy database, with over 17 million reports from 41,000 think tanks, agencies, governments, and cities. The database includes:
Global Think Tanks
North American City Reports
Public Health and Social Care
World Cities
World Governments
The trial is available until 30 April 2025
Any feedback please send to Dawn Wright via dw3@soas.ac.uk
For off-campus access use this link https://soas.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://policycommons.net/
