Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service TAGS: Archaeology | Archaeopress | e-books Following a successful trial last year we now subscribe to the Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service. This is a package of e-books in archaeology.   Around 10-15 new books are added …Continue reading →

Trial – ACLS Humanities E-Book package TAGS: African | American | Asian | Australasian/Oceanian | Byzantine | Canadian | Caribbean | Central European | Comparative/World | e-books | Eastern European/Russian | Economic | Environmental | European | Humanities E-Book | Jewish Studies | Latin American | Law | LGBT/Queer Studies | Medicine | Methods/Theory | middle east | Native Peoples of the Americas | Science/Technology | Womens' Studies We have trial access to ACLS Humanities E-Book package until the 5th April. This electronic resource includes 4,315 full-text, cross-searchable books in the humanities selected by scholars for their continuing …Continue reading →

Trial – Cambridge Archive Editions Online TAGS: Cambridge Archive Editions Online | Cambridge University Press | Caucasus | e-books | EastView | Far East | history | middle east | Russia and the Balkans | Southeast Asia We have trial access to Cambridge Archive Editions Online until the 20th February. Cambridge Archive Editions Online is an extensive collection of historical archive materials on the modern political development …Continue reading →

China Local Gazetteers and China Economic Statistics – New E-Resources TAGS: China Economic Statistics | China Local Gazetteers | databases | e-books | economic indicators | industry and sector data | macro-economic data | regional data Following a successful trial on the Wanfangdata platform, we now subscribe to China Local Gazetteers and China Economic Statistics. China Local Gazetteers is a collection of Chinese local gazetteers published …Continue reading →

Dawsonera – unable to download e-books TAGS: Dawsonera | e-books One of our major e-book providers – Dawsonera is suffering from technical issues relating to downloading e-books for off-line use.  E-books can still be read online. They will post to https://twitter.com/dawsonera …Continue reading →

Can RAB help you get the book you need? TAGS: Books | e-books | inter-library loans | new | Request A Book | request services | Social & Political Sciences Library doesn’t have a book that you want? Did you know as a student at the University you can request the Library buys books for its collections via the RAB …Continue reading →

New books for Social and Political Science: December 2014 TAGS: Books | e-books | International Relations | new | Social & Political Sciences | social anthropology | social policy | Social Work | Sociology 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 →

Gunsho Ruiju – new e-book collection TAGS: e-books | Gunsho Ruiju | Japan Knowledge Platform | Japanese | Zoku Gunsho Ruiju | Zoku Zoku Gunsho Ruiju Following a successful trial, we have now purchased Gunsho Ruiju. Gunsho Ruiju is a collection of old Japanese books published from the ancient times to early Edo era. Subjects cover …Continue reading →

Downtime alert – Emerald insight TAGS: e-books | e-journals | Emerald Emerald Insight will be unavailable for up to 2 hours on Friday 9 January 2015, between 23:00 GMT and 03:00 GMT.  This affects both e-books and e-journals.  If you access …Continue reading →

December E-Book News TAGS: American History | American Literature | art | Berg Fashion Library | British History | Business & Management | Cambridge Books Online | Classical Studies | Computer Science | Dawsonera | Dictionaries | Drama and Theater | e-books | Earth and Environmental Sciences | EBL | Ebsco | Economics | education | Elsevier | English Literature | European and World Literature | European History | film | Fine Arts | General Science | Geography | History Cross Discipline | History Other Regions | Humanities | Language and Linguistics | language reference works | Law | Life Sciences | mass communication | mathematics | media | Multidisciplinary | music | MyILibrary | Oxford Reference Online | Oxford University Press | Philosophy | Politics and international relations | psychology | religion | Science Direct | Social science | Sociology We have additions to the following e-book packages. Berg Fashion Library – We have added 70 e-books to our catalogue in December.  See a list of the Berg e-books (currently …Continue reading →