New trial: PressReader

Trial Jan 25 – Feb 25, 2025 Online reader for current newspapers and magazines covering news, science, technology, sports and travel. 120 publications in 60 languages.  Access PressReader here or on the A-Z Database page.

Want to watch a good movie during the break?

In addition to academic support and documentary films, these two streaming platforms, available to the Wesleyan community, offer current popular domestic and international films, as well as classic Hollywood films, KanopySubscription access to over 9000 films, including The Criterion collection SwankAccess to the 1000 most-requested feature films in Swank’s collection from the largest movie studios. … Read more

New Trial: U.K. Parliamentary Papers

TRIAL through Jan. 6, 2024 Sessional papers of the British House of Commons and the 19th Century House of Lords. It includes detailed primary source for the history of Britain, its colonies, and the wider world. It covers working documents of government for all areas of social, political, economic and foreign policy. Access this resource … Read more

New Trial: Early Arabic Printed Books from the British Library

TRIAL through Dec 6, 2023 Early printed books in Arabic script (1475-1900) covering religion, law, science, mathematics, astrology, alchemy, medicine, geography, travel, history, chronicles, and literature. Including European translations of Arabic works and Arabic translations of European works. Access this resource through the A-Z Database or here.

New trial: British Literary Manuscripts Online: Medieval and Renaissance

TRIAL through Nov.1, 2023 Contains facsimile images of a range of literary manuscripts — including letters, poems, stories, plays, chronicles, religious writings, and other materials — from roughly 1120 to 1660. This trial is an addition to the library’s access to Gale’s British Literary Manuscripts Online: c1660-1900, so you will see results for both subcollections … Read more

New Trial: Flyover Zone – Virtual Museum

TRIAL through Dec 31. 2023To access create account using your Wesleyan email address.Select any collection on the Floor Plan and then any model. At top click on “To view the interactive 3D model, please login” Virtual Museum is a collection of over 750 interactive 3D models of classical sculpture digitized from museums across the US … Read more

New Resource: The Atlantic Monthly (Digital edition)

New subscription to The Atlantic Monthly (digital edition). Content from 1857 to current includes audio, video and podcast extras.  You can access this resource through the A-Z Database page or through OneSearch.  Please note, when linking to resource choose “Sign in through your institution”: Wesleyan University Library  To access this database via the library website … Read more