New to the Library: Oxford Classical Dictionary TAGS: Ancient history | Antiquity | classics | databases | e-books | greek | Hellenistic | history | Latin | Roman I’m very pleased to let you know that following a request from staff in Classics the Library now has a subscription to the Oxford Classical Dictionary (online) from Oxford University …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Online Egyptological Bibliography (OEB) TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | classics | databases | Egypt | Egyptology | history I’m happy to let you know that following a successful trial last semester the Library has now got a 1 year subscription to the Online Egyptological Bibliography from the University …Continue reading →

New books in the Library for History, Classics and Archaeology TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | Books | classics | e-books | history | Medieval history Thanks to recommendations from members of staff and requests via RAB from students the Library is continually adding new books to its collections both online and in print. Here are just a (very) small …Continue reading →

Trial access: Online Egyptological Bibliography and First World War primary sources TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | classics | databases | Egyptology | First World War | history | primary source | the Great War | World War I *The Library has subsequently subscribed to Online Egyptological Bibliography. Find out more at New to the Library: Online Egyptological Bibliography (OEB)* The Library currently has trial access to the Online …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Samos archaeological reports TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | Books | classics | Mediterranean Further to a request from staff in HCA the Library is currently in the process of trying to purchase a copy of all available volumes of the Samos series of archaeological reports …Continue reading →

Some new Library resources for you TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | Books | China | classics | databases | e-books | e-journals | history | India | Iran | japan | Newspapers | United States On the HCA Librarian blog I have highlighted new resources or material that have been purchased for the Library’s collections from requests from students or staff in the School of …Continue reading →

Oxford Reference updates TAGS: Art & Architecture | Bilingual Dictionaries | Biological Sciences | classics | Computing | e-books | Earth & Environmental Sciences | Economics & Business | English Dictionaries and Thesauruses | English Language Reference | Food & Nutrition | History & Archaeology | Law | Literature | mathematics | Medicine | Military History | Mythology & Folklore | Names & Places | natural history | OUP | Oxford Reference Premium | Performing Arts | Physical Sciences | Politics & Social Sciences | Quotations | Religion & Philosophy We are about to reload all of our Oxford Reference Premium package e-book titles in DiscoverEd to take account of edition changes, additions and deletions.  A list of the 313 …Continue reading →

Periodicals Archive Online – additional titles available TAGS: American | Architecture | area studies (African | Art History | Asian | book history | Canadian | classics | Cultural Studies | e-journals | Economics | education | European languages | fashion | Geography | health and medicine | history | history of science and medicine | Indian | international studies | Irish) | JISC | Law | Literature | Periodicals Archive Online | Philosophy | Political Science | ProQuest | science and technology | Sociology | theology | women's and children's studies Thanks to funding from JISC Collections, we have access to 50 archival e-journals in the humanities and social sciences subject areas.  These e-journals are available on the ProQuest website and …Continue reading →

New to the Library for History, Classics & Archaeology TAGS: Archaeology | classics | e-books | history Thanks to recommendations from members of staff and requests via RAB from students the Library is continually adding new books to its collections both online and in print. Here are just a small number …Continue reading →

Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies 2015 TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | Byzantine studies | classics | e-books | greek | Latin The Library has recently purchased access to the e-book collection Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies 2015 from the publishers DeGruyter, which gives us access to over 80 titles from …Continue reading →