Essential maintenance is to be carried out on the Campus networking equipment on the morning of Saturday 9th of January. Work will commence at 08:00 and is planned to be completed by 17:00. During the first hour, 08:00-09:00am, the campus will be disconnected from the Internet, resulting in the following services being unavailable: University websites […]
Category: Websites
Introducing: the British Library Shared Research Repository
The British Library is hosting a new online repository for research produced by its staff, as well as staff of its partner organisations: the British Museum, MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), National Museums Scotland, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Tate. It’s particularly useful for research on Heritage, Archaeology, History and Art. It’s easy to search […]
European data sources – two resources to explore
Looking for data about the EU or a European country? The newly launched European Data Portal may have just what you need. This vast portal from the European Commission searches over 240,000 datasets of public sector information and open (government) data from 28 European countries. Categories of data include agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food; education, […]
Election 2015: keep up to date
Want to keep up to date with the Election? Check out http://www.scoop.it/t/election-2015 which gathers together the latest Election information, including manifestos, broadcasts and comment. The site is curated by the ALISS (Association of Librarians and Information Professionals in the Social Sciences). Helen Beardsley Senior Subject Librarian
New Information Services Website Launched
Information Services is pleased to announce the launch of our new website on Thursday 12th July 2012. In addition to updating the design and much of the content, the website features a new concept: it tailors content depending on who you are (staff/student/researcher/Highland/visitor), enabling you to access relevant Library and IT information faster than ever […]
Connected Histories – British history sources 1500 – 1900
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 […]
Census 2011 – information about completing your form and finding and using historical census data
 The 2011 Census will take place on Sunday 27th March 2011 and everyone living in the UK will be asked to take part. The Census takes place every 10 years and the data gathered is used to decide how taxes are allocated to services such as health, education and transport. A short video about filling in the […]
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 […]
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 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