Connected Histories is a brand new resource which searches a range of digital resources relating to British history in the period 1500 – 1900. It cross-searches several key sources for historians including the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, British Newspapers (1600-1900), the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera and the Proceedings of the Old Bailey […]
Category: Databases
RefWorks webinars in April
RefWorks have announced their schedule of webinars, live online training sessions, for April. You can register and join the live webinar or watch a recording of the session. Â Remember to visit our online training pages for RefWorks help, videos and other information. Â Here are the details and dates of the webinars as circulated […]
British Science & Engineering Week: 11th – 20th March 2011
Celebrate National Science and Engineering Week! Take a new look at the great science resources we have for your research.  The British Science Association web pages list events throughout the country for National Science and Engineering Week; there are different projects, festivals and online experiments.    We are always striving to offer you the best resources we […]
Extra databases now included in StirGate
The StirGate service continues to expand with several additional databases now available to include in your search. Once you have run a search, a list of the additional databases is available from the right hand side of the search screen. You can add results from as many additional databases as you would like.  The new […]
John Johnson Collection – an archive of printed ephemera
Students and staff can now access the John Johnson Collection – a fascinating online resource for anyone studying or researching British social history from the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The collection contains over 67,000 digitised documents and is divided into the following categories: 19th century entertainment the booktrade popular prints crime, murders and […]
New semester – new and improved StirGate service
Information Services has invested in a replacement for our StirGate service. This new and improved service simultaneously searches many Library resources and offers a new, efficient way of searching for academic information. StirGate is available on and off campus from the A-Z list of online resources or from the Resources tab in the University Portal. What […]
New resource for law students
A new single place to search for the legislative content currently held on the OPSI website (original unconsolidated) and revised legislation from the Statute Law Database is now available http://www.legislation.gov.uk
StirGate is changing – help us choose a new name
Information Services is investing in a new search tool to help students and staff find quality information resources. This will replace our StirGate service. This new toool will search simultaneously across many of the Library’s databases such as Web of Science, Historical Abstracts, CINAHL and Business Source Premier as well as our electronic journal and […]
New subject research guide for Environmental History
A new subject research guide for Environmental History has been produced by Library staff. This guide brings together a list of the major databases and journal archives of interest to those studying or researching environmental history as well providing a list of recommended websites. The research guide can be seen here. You can keep up to […]
ZETOC – 10 years of keeping researchers up to date
ZETOC (the British Library’s Table of Contents alerting service) is ten years old this Autumn. This multidisciplinary search tool offers a current awareness service for researchers and is a useful way to keep up to date with what is being published in your field. ZETOC Alert allows you to register your topics of interest, or a list of your […]