Library News

Academic Liaison Librarians will be on hand to help you make the most of our huge range of resources, during regular drop-in sessions at Wednesday lunchtimes. As well as being able to ask a Librarian about finding printed resources for your subject, you can get one-to-one help with using Internet resources such as e-journals, bibliographic […]

 From 1 July 2005 any FT postgraduate student on a taught Masters level course can apply under the UK Libraries Plus scheme to borrow books from up to 3 other university/college libraries in the UK, as part of a pilot project. Application forms can be downloaded from the UKLP website http://www.uklibrariesplus.ac.uk/ or may be obtained […]

Database Changes over Summer: The new look Butterworths law databases (renamed LexisNexis Butterworths) are now available at: http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/legal/auth/athensredirection.do (Athens password required).The contents are: All England Law Reports 1936 onwards CaseSearch Acts of Parliament Halsburys Laws of England Halsburys Statutes Halsburys Is it Force? Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law If you wish to access […]

Database Changes over Summer: The Education Datasets (British Education Index, Australian Education Index, ERIC) have moved from Dialog@site to Datastar, making searching simpler and more powerful. The new URL is http://www.datastarweb.com/athens Login using your Athens password.

Database Changes over Summer: IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences) has recently moved from the BIDS interface to the Ovid Silverplatter interface at http://arc.uk.ovid.com/. The BIDS version will be turned off in the next few months. The Silverplatter interface offers several advantages, including the facility to cross-search several other databases within the social sciences […]

Database Changes over Summer: The Library has recently purchased the online backfile for the ISI Science Citation Index, meaning that this index is now available with uninterrupted coverage from 1900 to the present day, via the ISI Web of Knowledge interface. Previously coverage began at 1981. The backfile is only available via the new WOK […]