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

On trial: Area Studies – Japan, China and Southeast Asia TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Asia | Britain | China | correspondence | cultural history | databases | e-books | history | International Relations | japan | Letters | Manuscripts | official documents | Politics | primary source | social history The Library currently has trial access to two primary source databases from Adam Matthew, Area Studies: China and Southeast Asia and Area Studies: Japan. These provide digital access to primary …Continue reading →

New! Royal Society of Chemistry E-Books 2018 TAGS: e-books | Royal Society of Chemistry The Library has purchased the 2018 copyright year of Royal Society of Chemistry e-books.  The first batch of titles have now been added to  DiscoverEd. (50 titles). A title list …Continue reading →

New to Library: Greek Tragedy and Latin Poetry TAGS: Ancient history | Books | classics | e-books | Greek tragedy | Latin | poetry | Texts | Theatre I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to two further modules from Oxford Scholarly Editions Online (OSEO). This gives us online access to a further …Continue reading →

New! More Springer Protocols added to DiscoverEd TAGS: biomedical and life sciences | e-books | library resources | SpringerNature | SpringerProtocols Used primarily in the life sciences, protocols provide individual sets of instructions to allow scientists to recreate experiments in their own laboratories. These documents provide written procedural methods in the …Continue reading →

New! Sage Research Methods Videos and E-Books TAGS: e-books | library resources | Practical Research and Academic Skills | Sage Research Methods | Sage Videos | videos Just in time for the new academic year, we now have access to new Sage e-resources… Sage Research Methods Video: Practical Research and Academic Skills – This newest collection of streaming video …Continue reading →

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 →