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30 day trial to Church Missionary Society Periodicals

As of today, we have a 30 day trial to Church Missionary Society Periodicals Modules I and II–

• Church Missionary Society Periodicals, Module I: Global Missions and Contemporary Encounters, 1804-2009
• Church Missionary Society Periodicals, Module II: Medical Journals, Asian Missions and the Historical Record, 1816-1986

Publisher description from the Adam Matthew website:

Against the backdrop of colonialism and its decline, this fully text-searchable, global history resource allows a myriad of themes to be explored, from gender and families to medicine, education, the development of native churches, political conflict, social reform, linguistics and exploration. Founded in 1799 as an Anglican evangelical movement, the Church Missionary Society (CMS) has been active across the globe, proving one of the key agents of evangelism in the non-Western world. The publications featured in Church Missionary Society Periodicals span more than 200 years of this rich history, making published content like journals, letters and reports easier to research than ever before.

The periodicals were key in promoting the work of the society, fundraising and reporting from a great number of countries as well as communicating within mission communities. As such they offer the modern researcher an interesting perspective on world events through the eyes of an organisation which enjoyed (or sometimes endured) a unique relationship with the countries and people with which it worked. Detailed woodcut illustrations and thousands of photographs offer a further angle on the societies’ work as well as thought-provoking presentations of indigenous cultures…. More info

The resource will be available for the next four weeks (ending 19th July 2017).

Off campus access is through this link: http://proxy.library.cornell.edu/login?url=http://www.churchmissionarysociety.amdigital.co.uk (Please let me know if you encounter access problems!)

Downloading pdfs during a trial is not possible but please do explore the content and functionality and send your feedback to me (vac11). Also let me know which of the two modules would be most valuable to you.

Please feel free to share this info with other Cornellians you know who may be interested!

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