Cambridge Histories Online

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Cambridge Histories Online

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ILL

Summary: no

Relevant License Text: Cambridge UP does not permit ILL. Furthermore, they insisted that any language regarding interlibrary loans not be added to the agreement.

Ereserves

Summary: yes

Relevant License Text: 4. COURSE PACKS AND ELECTRONIC RESERVE

4.1 Members and Authorized Users may incorporate parts of the Licensed Materials in printed Course Packs and Electronic Reserve collections for the use of Authorized Users in the course of instruction at a Members institution, but not for Commercial Use. Each such item shall carry appropriate acknowledgement of the source, listing title and author of the extract, title and author of the work, and the publisher. Copies of such items shall be deleted by the Member when they are no longer used for such purpose. Course packs in non-electronic non-print perceptible form, such as audio or Braille, may also be offered to Authorized Users who, in the reasonable opinion of the Member, are visually impaired.

Archival Access

Summary: yes

Relevant License Text: 7.3 The Licensor undertakes to use reasonable endeavours to provide or to make arrangements for a third party to provide an archive of the Licensed Materials for the purposes of long term preservation of the Licensed Materials, and to permit Authorized Users to access such archive after termination of this License.

License Begins:

January 1, 2019

License Ends:

December 31, 2019

Vendor:

Cambridge University Press

Description:

Cambridge Histories Online brings together over 300 volumes from the renowned Cambridge Histories series. The volumes are grouped into topics, making it quick and easy to search and browse through an array of historical subject areas. The extensive bibliographic referencing and other leading functionality, enhances usability and makes this resource ideal for any type of historical research.

Cambridge Histories Online is also a dynamic resource, being continually updated with new volumes taken from the print series as soon as they become available.

Key Features:

over 300 volumes published since 1960, equating to around 196,000 pages of scholarship
over 15 different academic subjects
personalization features including, saved & most recent searches, work spaces and bookmarks
citation export functionality
librarian support resources including, COUNTER compliant usage statistics, library branding, MARC records and title lists
user display control features including, switchable hit term highlighting, pagination of results and the ability to control the number of hits per page
bibliographic reference functionality; fully referenced content with all references displayed, OpenURL compliant and linked online through CrossRef

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Simultaneous Users:

Unlimited

Chron coverage:

1960-present

FT Titles:

300 volumes

Usage Stats:

Usage statistics are available, and are updated near the start of each month. Log in with your account administrator username and password, then go to the Account Administrator area (within Subscriber Services) and click the Usage Statistics link.

Note that for Cambridge Companions Online, Cambridge Histories Online, and Shakespeare Surveys online, usage statistics for dates prior to November 28, 2012 must be retrieved from http://subs.sams.cup.semcs.net

To retrieve a single report showing usage across all University Publishing Online products, including Cambridge Books Online, Cambridge Companions Online, Cambridge Histories Online, and Shakespeare Survey Online, you can retrieve the reports from the Account Administrator area of http://universitypublishingonline.org

Participating institutions:

Content Types:

FullText, Ebooks

Title Lists:

2019 title list (Dec 2018)

Counter-Compliant:

Yes

Notes on Subscribers:

2018 Entitlements

Cambridge Histories Online are available as a one-time purchase with perpetual access rights. An annual maintenance fee is charged to maintain access to purchased content.

A combined annual maintenance fee is charged to maintain access to these products:

Cambridge Books Online
Cambridge Histories Online
Dictionary of Irish Biography
Econometric Society Monographs
Shakespeare Survey Online
University Publishing Online

New content is available for purchase each year. Pricing varies according to the number of titles published during the year.