New to the Library: Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | classics | e-books | Greece | Hellenistic period | history | Rome I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to the Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome from Oxford Reference Online. This encyclopedia offers a comprehensive …Continue reading →

New! Oxford Handbooks Political Science 2017 collection TAGS: Books | databases | e-books | gender studies | history | International Relations | online resources | Politics I’m pleased to let you know that following a request from staff in Politics & International Relations the Library now has access to the Oxford Handbooks Online Political Science 2017 …Continue reading →

New to the Library: The SHAFR Guide Online TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | 21st century | databases | e-books | history | International Relations | Politics | United States Thanks to a request from staff in HCA the Library now has access to The SHAFR Guide Online: An Annotated Bibliography of U.S. Foreign Relations since 1600. This is a …Continue reading →

Fitba’ crazy, fitba’ mad? A football inspired reading list (yet again!) TAGS: Books | Britain | e-books | ethnography | Europe | football | history | online resources | social anthropology | Sociology The 2018 World Cup kicks off today in Russia and to mark this occasion we decided to resurrect and update our football inspired reading list that we originally published just …Continue reading →

Springer e-books – new titles added to DiscoverEd TAGS: e-books | SHEDL | Springer We have now loaded over 3,200 e-books across most subject areas into DiscoverEd. We will add the remainder of 2018 copyright year e-books available to us on the Springer website …Continue reading →

New books in the Library for History, Classics and Archaeology TAGS: 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Ancient history | Archaeology | Asia | Black history | Books | Britain | China | classics | cultural history | e-books | Europe | film | history | India | medieval | Politics | social history | United States | World War Two 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 →

Law E-books – Hart 2018 TAGS: e-books | Hart | Law We have purchased the Hart 2018 law e-book collection from Bloomsbury Publishing.  We will add the 127 titles listed in this spreadsheet  to DiscoverEd as records become available. Further info …Continue reading →

New books in the Library for Social and Political Science TAGS: African Studies | anthropology | Books | e-books | history | International Relations | Main Library | online resources | Politics | Science Technology and Innovation studies | social anthropology | social policy | Social Work | Sociology | South Asian Studies 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 →

New! Development Bookshelf from Practical Action TAGS: African Studies | agriculture | climate change | databases | disasters and emergencies | e-books | economic and business development | Energy | environment | gender studies | global public health | health | International Development | International Relations | new | NGOs | online resources I’m pleased to let you know that the Library now has access to Development Bookshelf, produced by Practical Action. Development Bookshelf is a specialist peer-reviewed and evidence-based online book collection for …Continue reading →

5 recommended library resources for LGBT+ History Month TAGS: academic support librarian | Books | databases | e-books | e-journals | film | gender studies | history | media | Newspapers | primary sources | Resource Lists | Social & Political Sciences | Womens' Studies February has seen the celebration of LGBT+ History Month in the UK and you may have enjoyed one of the many fantastic events put on by the University’s Staff Pride …Continue reading →