The Staff Portrait V’s the Selfie Over the years the Digital Imaging Unit have grown into the role of photographing official Library staff portraits. These images are used by the Library online to identify teams and …Continue reading →

Sport and social sciences: A Commonwealth Games inspired reading list TAGS: academic support librarian | e-books | International Relations | online resources | Politics | Sociology | sport The 2014 Commonwealth Games start today and we’ve had a look through the wealth of e-books currently available to University staff and students at the Library, to pull together just …Continue reading →

Interior Challenge In the last couple of weeks I have been out to visit both the Reid Musical Instrument Museum and St. Cecilia’s Music Hall to document the buildings prior to a …Continue reading →

Top 5 women’s studies library resources TAGS: academic support librarian | Books | databases | e-books | e-journals | gender studies | online resources | Womens' Studies Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the British suffragette movement and one of the most important feminist public figures of all time, was born today (15th July) in 1858. To celebrate her …Continue reading →

A Photo Opportunity “A picture is worth a thousand words”. As this often quoted adage alludes to, photographs have the ability to capture a moment in time. Whether they are images of stern …Continue reading →

Trial ending Thursday 17th July TAGS: Dō Sustainability | DōShorts | e-books | trials There are a couple of days left to try out 37 e-books from Dō Sustainability. DōShorts are short, practical ebooks that give you the latest thinking on a broad range …Continue reading →

The World History of Rashid al-Din, 1314. A Masterpiece of Islamic Painting     Iconic Persian Manuscript in New Exhibition at Main Library:  ‘The World History of Rashid al-Din, 1314. A Masterpiece of Islamic Painting’   The Centre for Research Collections and …Continue reading →

Very Short Introductions – Social Sciences TAGS: databases | e-books | new | online resources | Social & Political Sciences The Library has recently subscribed to the online version of Oxford University Press’ Very Short Introduction series for the Social Sciences. The Social Sciences collection includes titles within the following …Continue reading →

Trials ending Tuesday 15th July TAGS: Archives Direct | databases | Foreign Office Files China | trials | Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals Last chance to try out the following databases!  These all expire tomorrow and are available on campus or via the VPN at the links below. From Adam Matthew we have …Continue reading →

Wiley Online Library access restored TAGS: e-books | e-journals | Wiley Access has been restored to our e-books and e-journals accessed via the Wiley Online Library platform.