Women and fiction TAGS: happylibrary “Women and fiction remain, so far as I am concerned, unsolved problems.” – Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own To celebrate International Women’s Day 2016, and to remind students that …Continue reading →

Trial access: Church Missionary Society Periodicals TAGS: databases | history | primary source The Library currently has trial access to the Church Missionary Society Periodicals from Adam Matthew Digital. This resource features publications from the Church Missionary Society, the Church of England Zenana Missionary …Continue reading →

Popping up again TAGS: happylibrary For the last few weeks, we have been running small events, designed to help students relax, in the Main Library Foyer. This article suggests that as little as six minutes …Continue reading →

Some thoughts on the impact of Sci-Hub Sci-Hub has been getting a lot of attention recently – for those of you not up to date there are some really good pieces written here: What should we think …Continue reading →

Where there is tea, there is hope TAGS: happylibrary Everyone uses different things to relax. For around two hundred years, a popular way to take a break has been to have a cup of tea. In fact, this website suggests …Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

*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 →