New to the Library: Papers of Neville Chamberlain TAGS: correspondence | databases | history | International Relations | journals | Letters | Politics | primary source | World War Two I’m pleased to let you know that the Library has recently purchased the Papers of Neville Chamberlain, an online resource containing political papers documenting Chamberlain’s policies as Chancellor of the …Continue reading →

Some new Library resources for you TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | Books | China | classics | databases | e-books | e-journals | history | India | Iran | japan | Newspapers | United States On the HCA Librarian blog I have highlighted new resources or material that have been purchased for the Library’s collections from requests from students or staff in the School of …Continue reading →

Spotlight on Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) TAGS: CIA | Cuban Missile Crisis | databases | history | Kissinger | primary source | Spotlight on | The National Security Archive | United States | Vietnam War This is the first in an occasional series highlighting some of the online resources available at the Library that will be of interest to students and staff in History, Classics …Continue reading →

5 things to remember if using the Library this summer TAGS: alumni | Books | borrowing | e-journals | ebooks | graduates | opening hours | SCONUL | summer This post was originally published in May 2016. This Friday, 20th May, is the official last day of semester, so well done for making it this far! Though many of …Continue reading →

New to the Library: The Chicago Manual of Style Online TAGS: Chicago Style | Citations | Cite Them Right Online | Referencing I’m pleased to let you know that following requests from students and staff the Library has recently subscribed to The Chicago Manual of Style Online. Access is available via DiscoverEd …Continue reading →

Newspaper archives on trial TAGS: databases | history | Newspapers | primary source The Library currently has trial access to two newspaper archives, The Telegraph Historical Archive (1855-2000) and British Newspapers Part V (1746-1950). You can access both of these online archives via …Continue reading →

New to the Library for History, Classics & Archaeology TAGS: Archaeology | classics | e-books | history 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 small number …Continue reading →

Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies 2015 TAGS: Ancient history | Archaeology | Byzantine studies | classics | e-books | greek | Latin The Library has recently purchased access to the e-book collection Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies 2015 from the publishers DeGruyter, which gives us access to over 80 titles from …Continue reading →

Trial access extended: Church Missionary Society Periodicals TAGS: databases | history | journals | Letters | primary source Our current trial to Church Missionary Society Periodicals from Adam Matthews has been extended and access to this fascinating resource is now available until 28th April 2016. You can access …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Migration to New Worlds TAGS: correspondence | databases | emigration | history | Immigration | journals | migration studies | primary source I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to the fascinating online resource Migration to New Worlds due to a collaboration between Jisc and the publishers …Continue reading →