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.

New books in the Library for Social and Political Science TAGS: African Studies | anthropology | Books | e-books | history | International Relations | Main Library | new | online resources | 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 →

New Cambridge University Press E-Books Available TAGS: American History | American Literature | Archaeology | astronomy | British History | Classical Studies | Computer Science | Drama and Theatre | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Economics | Engineering | English Literature | European and World Literature | European History | Film media mass communication | General Science | History Cross Discipline | Language and Linguistics | Law | Life Sciences | Management | Medicine | music | Philosophy | Physics | Politics and international relations | psychology | religion | Sociology | Statistics and Probability A further 173 e-books are available from Cambridge University Press, Edinburgh University Press and Boydell & Brewer across a wide variety of subject disciplines.  Please see the title list here.  …Continue reading →

New Cambridge University Press E-Books Available TAGS: American History | American Literature | anthropology | Archaeology | astronomy | British History | Cambridge University Press | Classical Studies | Computer Science | Drama and Theatre | e-books | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Economics | Engineering | English Literature | European and World Literature | European History | film | History Cross Discipline | History Other Regions | Language and Linguistics | Law | Life Sciences | Management | mass communication | mathematics | media | Medicine | music | Philosophy | Physics | Politics and international relations | psychology | religion | Sociology | Statistics and Probability We have added to DiscoverEd, 304 new monographs and 113 new coursebooks from the following subject areas: American History, American Literature, Anthropology, Archaeology, Astronomy, British History, Classical Studies, Computer Science, Drama …Continue reading →

Oxford Scholarship Online – new e-books TAGS: American Literature | biology | Business and Management | Classical Studies | e-books | Economics and Finance | history | Law | linguistics | music | Oxford Scholarship Online | Philosophy | Physics | Political Science | psychology | Public Health and Epidemiology | religion | Social Work | Sociology A further 197 e-books across a variety of subject disciplines have been added to Oxford Scholarship Online and these are now  available in DiscoverEd. A list of the new additions …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Academic Video Online TAGS: anthropology | databases | documentary | film | gender studies | history | International Relations | media | news | online resources | Politics | Social & Political Sciences | social anthropology | Sociology | video The Library has recently purchased access to the large and comprehensive online streaming video resource Academic Video Online from Alexander Street Press. Covering a wide range of subject areas, students …Continue reading →

Sage Research Methods Update TAGS: Business & Management | Criminology | database | Datasets | education | health | Nursing | psychology | Sage Reserach Methods | Social Work | Sociology We recently took out a subscription to the Datasets component of Sage Research Methods following a successful trial. The datasets included in SAGE Research Methods Datasets are taken from government sources and …Continue reading →

JSTOR – Arts and Science XV available TAGS: archive | art | Classical Studies | e-journals | Economics | education | film | history | Humanities | JSTOR | Literature | music | Political Science | religion | social sciences and sciences | Sociology We now subscribe to the Arts and Science XV package from JSTOR.  Arts & Sciences XV has extensive coverage in the humanities, social sciences and sciences, including literature, film, art, music, religion, …Continue reading →

New to the Library: British Politics and Society TAGS: Britain | databases | history | online resources | Politics | primary sources | Social & Political Sciences | social policy | Sociology I’m happy to let you know that following a successful trial and positive feedback the Library has now purchased access to Nineteenth Century Collections Online: British Politics and Society from Gale …Continue reading →