Library News

Since December 2004 the Library has been working on a project to assess the feasibility of setting up an online repository of research articles written by academic staff at UniS. Recent statements by Research Councils UK supporting the deposit of research in such repositories has highlighted the importance of this work. The pilot repository is […]

The Informer – the Library newsletter for September 2005 can be downloaded in Word format.   INFORMER2SEPT05

Sage publishers are opening up access to all of their e-journals for institutions that subscribe to any of their titles already (including UniS). See: http://online.sagepub.com/misc/free_access.dtl

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 […]