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 →

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 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 library subject guides for SPS TAGS: African Studies | anthropology | Canadian Studies | International Development | International Relations | Politics | Science Technology and Innovation studies | social anthropology | social policy | Social Work | Sociology | South Asian Studies We’ve been revamping the library subject guides for School of Social and Political Science. So if you’re just starting at the University or you are a returning student why not …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 E-Books from Cambridge Core TAGS: American Literature | Archaeology | art | astronomy | British History | Classical Studies | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Economics | Engineering | English Literature | European and World Literature | European History | film | Film media mass communication | General Science | Geography | History Cross Discipline | History Other Regions | Language and Linguistics | Law | Life Sciences | mathematics | media | Medicine | music | Philosophy | Physics | Politics and international relations | psychology | religion | Sociology | Statistics and Probability A further 253 e-books across most subject areas have been added to DiscoverEd.  Cambridge Core hosts books from a variety of publishers including Edinburgh University Press, Cambridge University Press, Boydell …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 →

ProQuest Congressional on trial TAGS: databases | history | International Relations | online resources | Politics | social policy | Sociology The Library currently has trial access to the full range of digital collections for ProQuest Congressional. In addition to our existing Congressional Record access this provides access to the ‘Congressional Research …Continue reading →

ProQuest’s ‘Black Newspapers’ on trial TAGS: African Studies | databases | history | International Relations | Newspapers | online resources | Politics | Sociology *The Library has now purchased the New York Amsterdam News (1922-1993), one of the titles in the Black Newspaper Collection. See New to the Library: New York Amsterdam News* For …Continue reading →

Oxford Scholarship Online – new e-books added TAGS: biology | Business and Management | Classical Studies | e-books | Economics and Finance | history | Humanities | Law | linguistics | Literature | Medicine | music | Oxford Scholarship Online | Philosophy | Physics | Political Science | psychology | Public Health and Epidemiology | religion | sciences | Social Sciences | Social Work | Sociology We have added 110 new Oxford Scholarship Online e-books to DiscoverEd.  A title list can be found here.