South Asian Newspapers on trial TAGS: databases | history | India | Newspapers | Pakistan | primary source | South Asia | Sri Lanka The Library currently has trial access to South Asian Newspapers (1864-1922). This unique collection provides online access to a select group of South Asian newspapers from the 19th and early …Continue reading →

Medieval Manuscripts from the Dirt Ages TAGS: David Laing | medieval manuscripts | paper | parchment | surface cleaning February saw the start of a new project to surface clean and rehouse the CRC’s most important collection of Western medieval manuscripts, which were bequeathed to the library by David …Continue reading →

Were the Tudors terrible? TAGS: correspondence | databases | Elizabethan | history | Manuscripts | primary source | Tudor *The Library has access to The Cecil Papers until 31st July 2024 as part of ProQuest Access 350.* The Library currently has trial access to The Cecil Papers, which may …Continue reading →

100 Great Ideas TAGS: happylibrary We’re always thinking of ways to improve the library, and today we’ve been asking for your ideas.  As part of Innovative Learning Week, we’ve been in the foyer today trying …Continue reading →

5 library databases you didn’t know you needed in your life… TAGS: databases | film | gender studies | images | International Relations | media | moving images | Newspapers | official documents | online resources | Politics | Science Technology and Innovation studies | social anthropology | Social Work | Sociology | TV …until now. The many bibliographic and indexing databases you can access through the Library are fantastic and essential resources for your research and study whether you are an undergraduate, postgraduate …Continue reading →

All you need is library love TAGS: happylibrary As Valentine’s Day approaches this weekend, we want to let all students know that their library loves them! We were down in the Library Foyer today handing out origami hearts …Continue reading →

Copyright waffle and the illusion of choice. TAGS: copyright | open access | post-2014 REF An academic colleague of mine recently had an article accepted for publication in a journal. As usual they were emailed by the publisher who asked them to sign an Author Publishing …Continue reading →

New Subscription to Duke University Press E-Journals Collection TAGS: Duke University Press | e-journals | humanities and social sciences Following a successful trial last year to additional e-journal content from Duke University Press, we now subscribe to the  e-Duke Journals Scholarly Collection There are now 45 titles in the …Continue reading →

*New* Medieval Family Life TAGS: 15th century | databases | history | Letters | Manuscripts | medieval | War of the Roses The Library has recently purchased access to Medieval Family Life, a collection of letters and manuscripts from c1400-1490. Only five major letter collections exist from fifteenth century England and they …Continue reading →

E-Resources currently on trial TAGS: American National Bibliography | databases | Oxford Reports on International Law | Sage Videos | trials | videos American National Biography on trial until 11th February.  This database offers portraits of more than 19,000 men and women — from all eras and walks of life — whose lives …Continue reading →