{"id":2125,"date":"2022-03-21T10:21:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T10:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2022-03-21T10:21:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T10:21:12","slug":"am-explorer-database-millions-of-pages-of-primary-sources-spanning-the-15th-21st-centuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/library\/2022\/03\/21\/am-explorer-database-millions-of-pages-of-primary-sources-spanning-the-15th-21st-centuries\/","title":{"rendered":"AM Explorer Database: Millions of pages of primary sources spanning the 15th\u00a0\u2013 21st\u00a0centuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Trial Access to AM Explorer Database<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have trial access to <strong>AM Explorer<\/strong> from Adam Matthew Digital until 5 May 2022.<\/p>\n<p>This fascinating resource will be of interest to staff and students in the School of Arts &amp; Creative Industries and the School of Applied Science, but it is very wide-ranging and potentially useful to all.<\/p>\n<p>AM Explorer brings together a range of the most popular database products from Adam Matthew Digital.\u00a0These award-winning digital resources which cover the social sciences and humanities were developed in collaboration with leading libraries and archives. 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