On trial: Early European Books TAGS: Books | databases | e-books | Europe | history | history of the book | primary source | rare books Following a request from staff in History the Library currently has trial access to all collections available in ProQuest’s Early European Books, a database that aims to trace the history …Continue reading →

Knovel – additional subject collections available TAGS: Aerospace & Radar Technology | Civil Engineering & Construction Materials | e-books | Electrical & Power Engineering | Environment & Environmental Engineering | Fire Protection Engineering & Emergency Response | General Engineering & Project Administration | Knovel | Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering We have expanded our subscription to Knovel to include e-books in the following subject collections: Aerospace & Radar Technology Covering all aspects of aircraft, helicopter, spacecraft and ballistic system design …Continue reading →

Oxford Scholarship – new e-books added TAGS: Business and Management | Classical Studies | e-books | Economics and Finance | History. Law | linguistics | Literature | mathematics | music | Oxford Scholarship Online | Oxford University Press | Philosophy | Physics | Political Science | psychology | religion | Social Work | Sociology 81 e-books published last month by Oxford University Press and available from Oxford Scholarship Online have now been added to DiscoverEd. Subject disciplines include Business and Management, Classical Studies, Economics …Continue reading →

New! The Encyclopedia of Political Thought TAGS: databases | e-books | history | new | online resources | Politics I’m happy to let you know that following requests from staff in Politics & International Relations the Library has purchased access to The Encyclopedia of Political Thought online from Wiley …Continue reading →

New Chemistry E-Books TAGS: e-books | Royal Society of Chemistry | RSC  We have purchased the 2017 copyright year collection of Royal Society of Chemistry e-books, the initial batch of published books are now available in DiscoverEd.  Additional titles will be added …Continue reading →

New Law E-Books Available TAGS: Bloomsbury | e-books | Hart | Law We have purchased the 2017 Hart Collection from Bloomsbury.  We have already added 61 titles to DiscoverEd and the remaining titles will be added as they are published.  A full …Continue reading →

5 things to remember if using the Library this summer, 2017 TAGS: alumni | Books | databases | DiscoverEd | e-books | e-journals | opening hours | summer vacation I wrote a “5 things to remember if using the Library this summer” post last year and it is the second most viewed post on this site. So shamelessly clinging …Continue reading →

ClinicalKey – new subscription TAGS: Clinical search engine | ClinicalKey | database | e-books | e-journals | Elsevier | Medicine Following a successful trial, we now subscribe to Elsevier’s ClinicalKey. ClinicalKey is a clinical search engine that helps health professionals make decisions anywhere, anytime, in any patient scenario.  It allows …Continue reading →

New books in the Library for Social and Political Science TAGS: African Studies | anthropology | Books | e-books | gender studies | history | International Relations | new | 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 books in the Library for History, Classics and Archaeology TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | Books | 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 (very) small …Continue reading →