JSTOR – expanded set of content freely available now TAGS: Africa | Ancient history | anthropology | Archaeology | Archives | Art History | Arts | Black history | Britain | classics | cultural history | databases | e-books | e-journals | history | Humanities | journals | primary source | Social Sciences *JSTOR have extended their expanded access to e-journals and digital primary source databases until 31st December 2020 and their expanded access to e-books until 31st August 2020.* I’m delighted to …Continue reading →

E-Resource trials ending soon TAGS: databases | e-books | Humanities | Law | trials Less than 1 week left to try out some potential new e-resources. Elgar Advanced Introductions to Law Introductions to major fields in Law. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they …Continue reading →

Oxford Scholarship Online – new e-books added TAGS: biology | Business and Management | Classical Studies | e-books | Economics and Finance | history | Humanities | Law | linguistics | Literature | Medicine | music | Oxford Scholarship Online | Philosophy | Physics | Political Science | psychology | Public Health and Epidemiology | religion | sciences | Social Sciences | Social Work | Sociology We have added 110 new Oxford Scholarship Online e-books to DiscoverEd.  A title list can be found here.

JSTOR – Arts and Science XV available TAGS: archive | art | Classical Studies | e-journals | Economics | education | film | history | Humanities | JSTOR | Literature | music | Political Science | religion | social sciences and sciences | Sociology We now subscribe to the Arts and Science XV package from JSTOR.  Arts & Sciences XV has extensive coverage in the humanities, social sciences and sciences, including literature, film, art, music, religion, …Continue reading →

Open Book Publishers Library Membership TAGS: e-books | Humanities | open access | Social Sciences The Library has recently taken out membership to Open Book Publishers (OBP).  OBP are an open access publisher, primarily for humanities and social sciences but now expanding into other disciplines.  …Continue reading →

Mass Observation Parts III and IV now available TAGS: database | e-books | history | Humanities | Mass Observation | Social Sciences We have recently purchased two extra collections within Mass Observation – Mass Observation Parts III and IV.  Access this resource via the database A-Z list and DiscoverEd. Detailed information about …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 →

Trials – New E-Resources on Trial TAGS: Access Latin America | American Antiquarian Society | Annual Review of Linguistics | Annual Reviews | Arts | Asia and the West: Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange | Behavioral | Caribbean Newspapers | database | E-book | e-journal | education | Encyclopedia of Political Thought | Foreign Broadcast Information Services (FBIS) Daily Reports | Gale Cengage | Humanities | Latin American Newspaper | Newsbank | Physical and Environmental Sciences | Readex | Social | Wiley These new trials are now available… Access Latin America from Newsbank is on trial until 27th March.  Access Latin America provides indepth coverage of local and regional issues and events …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 →

Still places available at Searching Research Literature and Managing Bibliographies 27 March TAGS: Bibliographies | Humanities | online | research | students | University of Edinburgh There’s still time to book a place on Searching Research Literature and Managing Bibliographies course run by the Institute for Academic Development for College of Humanities and Social Sciences postgraduate …Continue reading →