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Guide to free eresources

Access a list of free eresources selected by our experts, including websites, full text databases, abstracting and indexing databases and other reference sources

Asian studies

Afghanistan Digital Library, The 

The long-term objective of this digital library is to collect, catalogue, digitize and provide access to as many publications, as possible, that were published in Afghanistan between 1870 and 1930. 

Archaeopress Open Access 

A large collection of free archaeology books and content published by Archaeopress that can be downloaded as PDFs to users' own devices. 

International Dunhuang Project 

Explore manuscripts, paintings, textiles and artefacts from the Eastern Silk Roads, digitised as part of the International Dunhuang Programme. 

Medical History of British India 

A collection of digitised reports related to disease, public health and medical research between around 1850 to 1950 from the National Library of Scotland's India Papers collection. This resource provides an entry into the history of disease and its prevention in 19th and 20th-century British India, including veterinary medicine and animal husbandry. 

Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu 

An English-language translation of Ming reign chronicles (14th-17th Centuries) references to Southeast Asia by Geoff Wade, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.