The library’s collections expand far beyond the physical collection. We have access to 119,000 electronic journals through a range of local and national agreements with publishers. We have access to over 320,000 ebooks, now more than the 315,000 printed books we hold. We are adding to these collections on a daily basis but, if we […]
Category: Databases
Focus on: Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive
If you are studying the history of film, broadcasting, theatre or the music industry, you will want to take a look at the Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive. This is an online archive of 50 entertainment magazines, from their first issues up to 2000. Titles covered include: Variety Billboard Broadcasting The Stage Picturegoer American Film The […]
Spotlight on…. American Periodicals
The Library subscribes to an online resource called American Periodicals, which includes digitised American magazines and periodicals published between 1740 and 1900. This is a good resource if your subject is American Literature or History, particularly if you are interested in the following topics: 19th century literature; women’s magazines; popular culture; American politics and government […]
Webinar: An updated PubMed is on its way!
On Wednesday, August 14th at 4pm, NCBI staff will show you PubMed Labs, a test site that will become the default PubMed early next year. PubMed comprises over 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals and online books. PubMed citations and abstracts include the fields of biomedicine and health, covering portions […]
Journal Citation Reports: 2019 release
This year’s edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is now available. JCR is an immensely useful tool that lists Journal Impact Factors (JIFs) and other journal metrics. JCR can help you: – identify journals with the highest citation impact in your field – find the most influential journals in which to publish Each edition of […]
Students – we want to hear from you! Tell us what you think about Digital Technology at the University and have a chance of winning an Amazon voucher…
For the third year in a row, we are participating in the JISC Digital Experience Insights survey (previously ‘Tracker’). We use this survey to find out how you are using digital technology at the University and what we can do to improve our services and support. For example, after you told us in last year’s […]
#StirCyberSec 2018 – Week 2 – Expand your digital skills
Welcome to week 2 of our #stircybersec campaign. This week we’re concentrating on Digital Skills. The fast pace of technological change and the change in digital technologies in all aspects of study, work and life places new demands on everyone. It’s important for students and staff to be able to learn and work in this […]
Unpaywall for open research: plans for Scopus integration
Described as a “ground-breaking development” towards achieving a true open research infrastructure, Unpaywall is a database listing almost 20 million freely available scholarly articles. This free service locates open-access articles and presents paywalled papers that have been legally archived and are freely available on other websites to users who might otherwise have hit a paywalled […]
Altmetric Update: new highlights tab and streamlined interface
Altmetric is a tool that tracks online attention surrounding research papers. Their recent update makes it easier to see top influencers, international reach and most-mentioned journals. New Highlights Tab When you first login to Altmetric you will now immediately see a new Highlights tab. The tab contains various “data blocks”; each provides […]
Journal Citation Reports: 2018 release
This year’s edition of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is now available. JCR is an immensely useful tool that lists Journal Impact Factors (JIFs) and other journal metrics. JCR can help you: – identify journals with the highest citation impact in your field – find the most influential journals in which to publish Each […]