{"id":1833,"date":"2020-05-13T08:10:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T07:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/history.port.ac.uk\/?p=1833"},"modified":"2020-08-13T12:59:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T11:59:12","slug":"summer-vacation-2020-a-virtual-tour-round-marseille","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/history.port.ac.uk\/?p=1833","title":{"rendered":"Summer vacation 2020: a virtual tour round Marseille"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this post, PhD student and Gale ambassador Megan Ison shows that even under lockdown conditions, our horizons need not be limited, as she takes us on a virtual vacation in France, using Gale primary sources, to get us in the mood for that holiday we plan to take, next year …<\/em><\/p>\n

Summer 2020 – a vacation period with a difference<\/strong><\/p>\n

After a busy exam season each May, students up and down the country look forward to long summer vacations. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, we can\u2019t catch a flight this summer holiday.\u00a0 Excitingly,\u00a0Gale Primary Sources<\/a>, an online database of digitalised primary sources, allows you to still explore your cancelled holiday destination – in a completely virtual way, from the safety of your own home!\u00a0 For example, I had planned to go to Marseille in June, which is a historic city in the South of France well-known for its Roman and medieval remains.\u00a0 Instead, I had a really fun afternoon using some rare and quirky Gale Primary Sources that the University of Portsmouth have purchased, to explore the South of France – and I\u2019m taking you there with me in this blog post!<\/p>\n

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How to access Gale Primary Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can access the Gale Primary Sources collections purchased by the University of Portsmouth by following these five simple steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Log on to the University of Portsmouth Library website<\/li>\n
  2. Click to search library resources<\/li>\n
  3. Type your discovery query as Gale Primary Sources<\/li>\n
  4. Click Gale primary sources [electronic resource]<\/li>\n
  5. Scroll down, click online access<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Gale Primary Sources we have permanently available at the University of Portsmouth<\/strong><\/p>\n