Library News

Academic Staff and Research Postgraduates will be able to request that their Inter-Library Loans are delivered electronically from 1st March. The new service takes advantage of the British Library’s Secure Electronic Delivery facility. Requests can be made via the “Place Request” facility on the Library Catalogue. More details about how the service works, and the […]

These two major weekly publications are now available online in their most up-to-date versions, so you can catch up on the latest research before the paper copy hits the shelves. Both are available on campus without a password, and off campus via the Secure Web Access from Anywhere service. Nature is available from 1997 onwards […]

The Library has recently subscribed to a set of Mintel Reports, which are now available online to students and staff. Access is available both on and off campus, using your Athens password. Over 800 individual reports are available, going back to 2000. The following collections are available: Leisure Intelligence Market Intelligence Retail Intelligence UK Travel […]

There are two more group study rooms now available for use in the Library on the 4th floor: The Presentation Room which has projection equipment The Interactive Group Study Room which has an interactive whiteboard kindly donated from the Alumni Fund If you would like to book either room, please go to the Information Desk […]

Two major reference works from Oxford University Press are now available online, with your Athens password. Grove Music Online incorporates the full text of “The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians”, “The New Grove Dictionary of Opera”, and “The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz”. The Dictionary of National Biography is an illustrated collection of […]

The following databases are now available (using your Athens password to log in): Food Sciences & Technology Abstracts (FSTA), 1969- International Political Sciences Abstracts (IPSA), 1989- PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) International, 1972- RILM Abstracts of Music Literature, 1967- These databases index/abstract relevant journal articles and book chapters. For more information and links, please go […]