5 recommended library resources for LGBT+ History Month TAGS: academic support librarian | Books | databases | e-books | e-journals | film | gender studies | history | media | Newspapers | primary sources | Resource Lists | Social & Political Sciences | Womens' Studies February has seen the celebration of LGBT+ History Month in the UK and you may have enjoyed one of the many fantastic events put on by the University’s Staff Pride …Continue reading →

Academic Search Complete now available TAGS: Animal science | anthropology | astronomy | biology | Chemistry | database | e-books | e-journals | Engineering | Ethnic and multicultural studies | General Science | Geography | Geology | Law | mathematics | Multidisciplinary | music | Pharmaceutical sciences | Physics | psychology | Religion and philosophy | science and technology | Veterinary science | Womens' Studies | zoology We have upgraded our Academic Search Premier subscription to Academic Search Complete. The Academic Search Complete multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 8,500 journals, including full text for …Continue reading →

Olive Schreiner Letters Online TAGS: African Studies | gender studies | Letters | online resources | Politics | social anthropology | Sociology | Womens' Studies Olive Schreiner was an author, feminist and social theorist. Although she received no formal education Schreiner would become one of the most important social commentators of her day. Her writings …Continue reading →

International Women’s Day 2015: Make it Happen TAGS: Events | IWD | Womens' Studies On Sunday 8th March 2015 International Women’s Day (IWD) will be celebrated worldwide. IWD has been observed since the early 1900s and has been sponsored by the United Nations (UN) …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 →

BFI InView – new e-resource TAGS: BFI InView | Politics | social anthropology | social policy | Sociology | videos | Womens' Studies We now have access to BFI InView. BFI InView is an online resource which offers a unique window on Britain’s changing political, economic and social landscape in the age of …Continue reading →

SPS Librarian Top 5 blog posts 2014 – no. 4 TAGS: databases | gender studies | media | new | online resources | Politics | social anthropology | Sociology | Womens' Studies As exams are almost over and semester one nears its end we are reposting our Top 5 blog posts from this year, every day in the final week of semester. …Continue reading →

SPS Librarian Top 5 blog posts 2014 – no. 5 TAGS: academic support librarian | Books | databases | e-books | e-journals | journals | media | online resources | Social & Political Sciences | Womens' Studies As exams are almost over and semester one nears its end we are reposting our Top 5 blog posts from this year, every day in the final week of semester. …Continue reading →

#16days lecture at University of Edinburgh: further reading and research TAGS: Books | gender studies | journals | online resources | violence | Womens' Studies Today, Monday 8th December, the School of Social and Political Science, in partnership with Scottish Women’s Aid and PeaceWomen is holding a 16 Days Lecture. The lecture is being delivered by feminist researcher …Continue reading →

New E-Resources TAGS: anthropology | Communication | education | Irish Times | Kanopy Platform | Media Education Foundation | New York Tribune | ProQuest Historical Newspapers | psychology | Race Studies | Sociology | videos | Weekly Irish Times | Womens' Studies  Media Education Foundation – videos Following a successful trial on the Kanopy platform, we now subscribe to the Media Education Foundation video package.  This has been added to our A-Z …Continue reading →