AAAS TAGS: e-journals | Library | science Following a successful trial last year, we now subcribe to Science Immunology and Science Robotics, both published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Science Immunology – …Continue reading →

On trial: National Geographic Magazine Archive TAGS: 19th century | 20th century | anthropology | Archaeology | Archives | Cartography | cultural history | Magazines | natural history | photojournalism | science | technology | world history Thanks to a request from a HCA student the Library currently has extended trial access to the National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1888-1994 from Gale. This databases allows you to explore …Continue reading →

On trial: Gale Primary Sources (even more content!) TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Africa | Archives | Asia | Black history | Britain | China | correspondence | crime | cultural history | databases | Europe | gender studies | history | International Relations | Law | Legal history | Letters | Literature | Manuscripts | Medicine | Newspapers | official documents | periodicals | Politics | primary source | science | slavery | social history | technology | United States | women's history I’m very pleased to let you know that the Library has been given extended trial access to an extensive range of primary source databases and collections from Gale. This is …Continue reading →

NEW! Rhizomata: a journal for ancient philosophy & science TAGS: Philosophy | science We now have full access from volume 1 to this De Gruyter title, first published in 2013.

Blood Cells and Blizzards in Antarctica TAGS: Adventure | digitisation | history | science | Thesis digitisation project | Travel writing When I picked up a thesis entitled ‘Eosinphils and Stress’ I did not expect to read sentences like the following; ‘The word “Antarctic” has always been associated with cold, death …Continue reading →

Given in Good Faith : Science TAGS: Funk | New College Library | rare books | science The School of Divinity has recently been receiving praise for the MSc in Science and Religion programme. Visitors to the Given in Good Faith exhibition on the 6th floor of the Main …Continue reading →

Science during Wartime TAGS: campus | science | students | Untold stories We have a more detailed analysis of the University’s response to the experience and aftermath of WW1 to come later on.  This article looks instead highlights a few of the …Continue reading →

New books for Social and Political Science: April 2015 TAGS: African Studies | Books | e-books | International Relations | Politics | science | Science Technology and Innovation studies | social anthropology 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 →

Imagining Noah’s Ark : Special Collections on display at New College Library TAGS: Biblical Studies | Divinity | New College Library | science Noah’s Ark has been in the news lately with the recent block buster film Noah. Currently on display in the entrance to New College Library is a nineteenth-century imagining of …Continue reading →

New Books for SPS in the Main Library – April TAGS: Books | e-books | science | Social & Political Sciences This month we’re featuring a selection of new titles purchased to support the area of Science, Technology and Innovation Studies in the School of Social and Political Science. Science in …Continue reading →