In November 2021, Coherent Digital acquired the Taylor & Francis Digital Primary Source archive, with plans to migrate four collections to History Commons, including: 

Cold War Eastern Europe

British Society, 1939-1951 (formerly War, State, & Society)

Secret Files from World Wars to Cold Wars

Weimar and Nazi Germany 

Effective September 30, 2022, History Commons is now live and all traffic is being automatically redirected to history-commons.net.

Immediate improvements include: 

• a modern, mobile-responsive platform that works on all browsers;

• search, page, and image loading that is ten to twenty times faster than before; 

• an advanced search UI that includes NEAR operators and wildcard truncation; 

• advanced keyword in context searching (KWICK); 

• a feature-rich custom Viewer;

• a user interface that displays more than 100 languages;

• print and download capability;

• the ability for users to create lists, share, and upload content.

Authentication for Legacy Customers: 

• History Commons uses four frictionless protocols for remote user authentication. 

• All legacy customers were pre-authenticated using TCP/IP. We’ve  preloaded the IP ranges existing with Taylor & Francis into our system. 

• Moving forward, please update and maintain your IP ranges at theIPregistry.org. More about why we use this workflow here. 

• You may also install the History Commons proxy stanza now.

MARC records: 

• Your existing installed base of records for all modules will be redirected automatically on Sept 30. No action is required at this time.

Customer portal:  

• Our customer portal for accessing MARC records and COUNTER usage reports is under development and will be available  within a few months. 

• Until then, please email support@coherentdigital.net, and we’ll work directly with you to get you the information you need.