New to the Library: Africa-Wide Information TAGS: African Studies | anthropology | databases | history | literature searching | online resources | Politics | Social & Political Sciences | social anthropology I’m pleased to let you know that after a successful trial earlier this year the Library has now subscribed to Africa-Wide Information from EBSCOhost. Bringing together 50 databases sourced from Africa, …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Academic Video Online TAGS: anthropology | databases | documentary | film | gender studies | history | International Relations | media | news | online resources | Politics | Social & Political Sciences | social anthropology | Sociology | video The Library has recently purchased access to the large and comprehensive online streaming video resource Academic Video Online from Alexander Street Press. Covering a wide range of subject areas, students …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Church Missionary Society Periodicals TAGS: anthropology | databases | history | journals | Letters | primary source | reports Following a successful trial earlier this year the Library has now purchased access to module 1 of Church Missionary Society Periodicals, Global missions and contemporary encounters, 1804-2009. This resource features …Continue reading →

University Press Scholarship Online – new e-books added TAGS: anthropology | biology | Business and Management | Classical Studies | Computer Science | e-books | Earth Sciences and Geography | Economics and Finance | education | Environmental Science | Film Television and Radio | history | Law | linguistics | Literature | mathematics | music | Neuroscience | Philosophy | Physics | Political Science | psychology | Public Health and Epidemiology | religion | Social Work | Society and Culture | Sociology | University Press Scholarship Online | UPSO University Press Scholarship Online provides access to over 15,000 key titles across over 25 subject areas in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law. Delivering academic monograph content from …Continue reading →

Oxford Bibliographies – additional modules purchased TAGS: American Literature | anthropology | Biblical Studies | British and Irish Literature | Criminology | databases | education | Hindu Studies | International Law | International Relations | Jewish Studies | linguistics | Oxford Bibliographies | Oxford University Press | psychology | Social Work | Sociology Following a successful trial at the end of last year, Oxford Bibliographies modules have been purchased in the following subject areas: American Literature Anthropology Biblical Studies British and Irish Literature …Continue reading →

New resource : Migration to New Worlds TAGS: anthropology | history | International Relations | online resources | Social & Political Sciences | Sociology The University of Edinburgh now has access to the online primary source collection, Migration to New Worlds, due to negotiations with JISC to provide free access to all UK higher and further …Continue reading →

Trial access to e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection TAGS: anthropology | Art History & Theory | Asian Studies | Cultural Studies | Duke University Press | e-books | Ethnic Studies | Film & Television | Gender & Sexuality Studies | Latin American Studies | Political Theory | Science Studies We have trial access to all of the e-books published by Duke University Press hosted on the Highwire platform.  This trial runs until 18th January. The e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection …Continue reading →

Bloomsbury E-Books added to DiscoverEd TAGS: anthropology | Biblical Studies | Bloomsbury | Churchill | e-books | International Relations | Politics | Religious Studies All of our recent Bloomsbury e-book collection purchases have now been added to DiscoverEd.  See the full list here. Collections purchased include:  Anthropology Archive 1993-2013, Anthropology 2014, Biblical Studies 2013, …Continue reading →

Cambridge Books Online – More E-Books Added TAGS: American History | American Literature | anthropology | Archaeology | art | astronomy | British History | Chemistry | Classical Studies | Computer Science | Drama and Theater | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Economics | Engineering | English Literature | European and World Literature | European History | Film media mass communication | General Science | Geography | History Cross Discipline | History Other Regions | Humanities | Language and Linguistics | Law | Life Sciences | Management | mathematics | Medicine | music | Philosophy | Physics | Politics and international relations | psychology | religion | Sociology | Statistics and Probability For this academic year we have expanded our holdings to include coursebooks – we have now loaded 8000+ e-books across most subject disciplines to DiscoverEd.  A list of the additions …Continue reading →

*New* Bloomsbury eBook Collections TAGS: anthropology | e-books | International Relations | new | online resources | Politics | social anthropology The Library has recently subscribed a number of collections in the Bloomsbury eBook Collections. Bloomsbury eBook Collections delivers instant access to Bloomsbury’s research publications with unlimited user access and the …Continue reading →