Database for the History of Contemporary Chinese Political Movements The Library has arranged a free trial of the Database for the History of Contemporary Chinese Political Movements, 1949 – 1976. The resource is published by the Chinese University in …Continue reading →

Book conservation skills for paper conservators TAGS: basic repairs | book conservation | National Library of Scotland This week’s blog post comes from Projects Conservator, Katharine Richardson, who recently attended a workshop to learn basic book conservation techniques…. Last month I attended a two day workshop, Book Conservation …Continue reading →

Philosopher’s Index with Full-Text The Philosopher’s Index is a current and comprehensive bibliographic database covering scholarly research in all major fields of philosophy, and is a resource to which Library have users have had …Continue reading →

Oxford Bibliographies – Music module added TAGS: database | music | Oxford Bibliographies | Oxford University Press We have now added the Music module to our Oxford Bibliographies collection.  This can be accessed via DiscoverEd or via the Databases AZ list. See http://oxfordbibliographiesonline.com/obo/page/music for further information about …Continue reading →

We are Open for Business! We are very excited to announce that the new study spaces on the Lower Ground Floor are now open! We know how hard it can be to find a study …Continue reading →

1066 and all that (by ‘that’ I mean Box of Broadcasts) TAGS: Anglo-Saxons | Archaeology | Battle of Hastings | history | medieval | Normans | William the Conqueror I’m sure all history lovers know today is the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. Probably one of the most famous battles in England’s history, this led to the …Continue reading →

Nearly there! Everything is almost ready for the study spaces on the Lower Ground Floor of the Main Library to open, we just have a few last minute things to put in …Continue reading →

Getting referencing right: some useful resources TAGS: Citations | Endnote | good academic conduct | plagiarism | Social & Political Sciences | writing Working on your, possibly first, assignment and unsure how to do your references? Not know the difference between references and citations, endnotes and footnotes, Harvard or Chicago, etc? We’ve got …Continue reading →

‘ANIARA: en revy om människan i tid och rum’ – 60 years since its publication by Bonniers, Stockholm – 1956-2016 TAGS: Aniara | Elspeth Harley Schubert | Harry Martinson | Hugh MacDiarmid III – IN THE HUGH MACDIARMID COLLECTION…: MS LETTERS AND OTHER MATERIAL RELATING TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION of ANIARA BY MACDIARMID AND ELSPETH HARLEY SCHUBERT, 1963 13 October 2016 sees …Continue reading →

A Hurdy-Gurdy Experience TAGS: Hurdy-gurdy | musical instruments | West Dean College Today’s blog post comes from Michelle Kirk, a West Dean College student (MA Conservation of Furniture and Related Materials) who undertook a conservation placement with the CRC this Summer… Although …Continue reading →