Employ.Ed Hidden Collections Intern – Weeks 7 to 8 It is all over now! Or at least, very soon now. The 8 weeks flew past, my internship is nearly over and now all that is left is to take …Continue reading →

July E-Book News TAGS: e-books We have increased our e-book holdings with the following providers. 123Library We added a further 259 books to 123Library.  Lists of the new titles are here.  These are in the process …Continue reading →

New databases in July TAGS: ACO Music Data Analysis | Indext to Printed Music | Law Info China | PAIS International | PhilPapers | Routledge Performance Archive | Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | TAIR Database | Thermophysical Properties of Matter Database We have added the following new databases to our general and subject A-Z lists this month, these will appear on the catalogue soon. ACO Music Data Analysis The ACO Music …Continue reading →

Pressing Matters TAGS: Special Collections As a conservator, you can often find some rather surprising and unexpected ephemera in archive and book collections. Take, for example, this folder from the University’s Aitken Collection. At first …Continue reading →

New online resources for SPS: China Law Info and PAIS International TAGS: databases | International Relations | literature searching | new | online resources | Politics | Social & Political Sciences | social policy | Sociology The Library has recently subscribed to the online databases China Law Info and PAIS International. China Law Info China Law Info is a bilingual database for China legal documents and …Continue reading →

IVF: 36 years on TAGS: beatty | controversy | edwards | in vitro | ivf | louise brown | media | test tube Since its beginnings, the science of genetics has been concerned with questions of how life is made, how characteristics are passed down through generations, and how variations occur within species. …Continue reading →

Oxford Bibliographies – new modules purchased TAGS: Buddhism | Chinese Studies | Cinema & Media Studies | classics | databases | Islamic Studies | Latin American | Medieval Studies | Oxford University Press | Philosophy | Victorian Literature Our existing Oxford Bibliographies collection has been expanded so we now have access to modules in Buddhism, Chinese Studies, Cinema & Media Studies, Classics, Islamic Studies, Latin American Studies, Medieval …Continue reading →

Making the Most of the Intern(et) Our wonderful Intern Gemma is leaving us today, but she has managed to squeeze in one more post before she goes. Gemma has done some really amazing work for us, …Continue reading →

Service interruption for ScienceDirect – July 26 TAGS: e-books | e-journals | ScienceDirect The ScienceDirect platform will be unavailable for 30 minutes of scheduled maintenance on Saturday, July 26 from 12:00 BST until 12:30 BST.  It is also possible that you may experience …Continue reading →

Festival Concerts We are looking forward to the last Festival before we close for redevelopment, and the fantastic series of concerts being organised by the Friends of St Cecilia’s Hall. We have …Continue reading →