Library News

September 2007 will see the official opening of SPLASH (Student Personal Learning And Study Hub), a new student-centred resource area within the University Library. Find out more here.

Work starts on 18th June to develop an area of the Library First Floor as the Library Learning Café. This café area will be equipped with vending machines serving hot and cold drinks and light snacks and will provide an area for those working in the Library to get some refreshment while they study without […]

Xreferplus has now changed it’s name to Credo Reference, beginning June 2007. There are no immediate changes in features or functionality; the full database has remained the same (over 3 million entries from 273 titles), but with an updated website to reflect the new name and identity.

The document delivery service for titles now held in the Journal Store (Closed Access) will begin as from Thursday 24th May 2007. Collections will take place at 2:00 pm Monday – Friday, with items then available from 4:00 pm of that day. Request forms are available from the Information Desk. See here for more details.

African American Song This database documents the history of African American music in the form of an online listening service. Contains 50,000 tracks of jazz, blues, gospel, and other forms of African American musical expression. http://surrey4.classical.com/   Classical Music Library A database of classical recordings offering over 50,000 tracks from more than 30 different labels. […]

As a result of an upgrade over January 2007, wireless networking is now operational on all floors of the Library, though users should be aware that there will always be weak spots, in particular behind some shelving and in carrels. However, signs indicating hotspots will be mounted on all floors.