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 Handbooks Online – new content purchased TAGS: Archaeology | Business & Management | Classical Studies | Criminology and Criminal justice | e-books | Economics and Finance | history | Law | linguistics | Literature | music | Oxford University Press | Philosophy | Politics | psychology We have purchased the following e-book collections to add to our existing Oxford Handbooks Online holdings: Archaeology – 2015, 2016 Collection Business and Management – 2015, 2016 Collection Classical Studies …Continue reading →

Africa Wide Information – database trial TAGS: Africa Wide Information | agriculture | art | Biodiversity | Cultural history and heritage | databases | Development | Drama | Ebsco | Economics | health | history | Industry | Legal systems | Literature | Mining | music | Natural resources | Politics | religion | sport The Library has set up trial access to Africa Wide Information (Ebsco) until 30th June. Africa-Wide Information comprises an aggregation of 50 databases sourced from Africa, Europe and North America.  …Continue reading →

Palgrave Connect E-Books – New Additions TAGS: Business & Management | e-books | Economics & Finance | education | history | International Relations & Development | Language & Linguistics | Literature | Media & Culture | Palgrave | Palgrave Connect | Political Science Collection | Religion & Philosophy | Social Sciences | Theatre & Performance Over 600 new e-books from Palgrave have been added to DiscoverEd.  Subject areas include:  Business & Management, Economics & Finance, Education, History, Language & Linguistics, Literature, Media & Culture, Political …Continue reading →

E-Book News – January update TAGS: American History | Archaeology | art | astronomy | British History | Business and Management | Cambridge Books Online | Cambridge University Press | Classical Studies | Earth and Environmental Sciences | Economics | Economics and Finance | education | English Literature | Environment and Sustainability | European History | General Science | Geography | history | History Cross Discipline | History Other Regions | Language and Linguistics | Law | Life Sciences | linguistics | Literature | Management | mathematics | Medicine | music | Oxford Scholarship Online | Palgrave | Palliative Care | Philosophy | Physics | Political Science | Politics and international relations | psychology | Public Health and Epidemiology | religion | Social Work | Sociology | Taylor & Francis A further 260 new titles have been added to our Cambridge Books Online Collection across the following subject areas; American History, Archaeology, Art, Astronomy, British History, Classical studies, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Economics, Education, English Literature, European History, General Science, Geography, History …Continue reading →

Trial access to Gunsho Ruiju TAGS: art | cultivated arts | customs | e-books | economy | education | Gunsho Ruiju | history | language | legal codes | Literature | morality | music | Politics | religion | society | Zoku Gunsho Ruiju | Zoku Zoku Gunsho We have trial access to Gunsho Ruiju until the 19th December. Gunsho Ruiju is a collection of old Japanese books published from the ancient times to early Edo era. Subjects …Continue reading →

Loeb Classical Library Online – new e-book collection TAGS: e-books | greek | history | Latin | Literature | Loeb Classical Library | religion Following a very successful trial we have now subscribed to the Loeb Classical Library. The Digital Loeb Classical Library contains more than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek and English texts …Continue reading →

August E-Book News TAGS: Business & Management | Dawsonera | e-books | EBL | Ebsco | Economics & Finance | education | Environmental Studies | history | International Relations & Development | Language & Linguistics | Literature | Media & Culture | Medicine | music | MyILibrary | Palgrave | Political Science | psychology | Religion & Philosophy | Social Sciences | Theatre & Performance | Wiley We have increased our e-book holdings with the following providers. Dawsonera We have added a further 44  titles to the Dawsonera platform.  A list of the new titles is available …Continue reading →

University Press Scholarship Online TAGS: anthropology | Archaeology | biology | Business and Management | Classical Studies | Computer Science | e-books | Economics and Finance | education | Environmental Science | Film Television and Radio | history | Information Science | Law | linguistics | Literature | mathematics | music | Neuroscience | Palliative Care | Philosophy | Physics | Political Science | psychology | Public Health and Epidemiology | religion | Social Work | Society and Culture | Sociology | university press We have extended our e-book deal with University Press Scholarship Online  to provide access to over 14,000 key titles across over 25 subject areas in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, …Continue reading →

Lab Books TAGS: a.n. whitehead | c.h. waddington | c.k. ogden | c.p.snow | dualism | I.A. Richards | institute of animal genetics | Literature | nature | two cultures | what scientists read I have recently been reading about the ‘What Scientists Read’ project, which aims to explore the influence of literature and the arts upon scientific thought and practice. The project has …Continue reading →