Volunteering at the CRC: Charlotte’s experience TAGS: Archives | children's books | illustrators | Theatre Today we’re introducing Charlotte Holmes, a postgraduate student who is doing some volunteer work under the supervision of archivist Aline Brodin. Her main task is to catalogue and box-list two …Continue reading →

Things I wish I’d Known: Work, Rest, Play TAGS: exercise | film | student societies | students | Theatre | TV programmes | well-being | wellbeing In my last post I shared six things I wish I’d known sooner about the Library. But there’s more to university life than studying! Even though in the depths of …Continue reading →

Database trial – Shakespeare’s Globe Archive: Theatres, Players & Performance TAGS: English Literature | Globe Theatre | Performance | Shakespeare | Theatre We have been offered a free trial of Shakespeare’s Globe Archive: Theatres, Players & Performance published by Adam Matthew Digital. Please click here to access the trial. EASE login is …Continue reading →

New to Library: Greek Tragedy and Latin Poetry TAGS: Ancient history | Books | classics | e-books | Greek tragedy | Latin | poetry | Texts | Theatre I’m happy to let you know that the Library now has access to two further modules from Oxford Scholarly Editions Online (OSEO). This gives us online access to a further …Continue reading →

On trial: primary source databases TAGS: 16th century | 17th century | 18th century | 19th century | 20th century | Archives | Britain | correspondence | cultural history | databases | history | history of book | Magazines | Manuscripts | poetry | primary source | social history | Theatre I’m happy to let you know that Adam Matthew Digital are very kindly giving us trial access to 7 of their fabulous primary source databases. This gives you a unique …Continue reading →