New Category in School Resources Collection

We’ve set up a new classification of TF (Teen Fiction) in School Resources, in addition to YF (Young Fiction) and CF (Children’s Fiction). This will allow us to develop our collection of books for teenagers and young adults, but will distinguish them from books intended for younger readers. Although housed in the School Resources Collection, [...]

JSTOR database now available

The Library is now subscribing to the massive JSTOR database of full-text articles. A link to this database is now included on the Online databases section of the Library webpage.

BBC to release archive online free to those with a license fee

Soon we should be able to view online, many of items from the BBC archive.  They will allow those who have paid their license fee (how they will do that online, I’ve not heard.   I’m sure it will have something to do with signing up on the website, and then getting approval back for access.)  
“Up to a million hours of broadcasting [...]

The Depot – Open Access

 Put research publications ‘in the Depot’ - service to be available June 2007
“Put it in the Depot… That is the simple message to be promoted as part of the JISC Repositories and Preservation programme in support ofdeposit of research publications under terms of Open Access.
The general strategy being adopted in the
UK is that every university should [...]

RSS feeds to keep an eye on Legislative changes

Ken Varnum of RSS4Lib writes about this new tool that here in the UK can be used to keep track of changes on the new section of the website Office of Public Sector Information.  I found that the feed that has the most information is the UK statutory Instruments.  The information given is the regulation, when made, [...]

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

The first issue of our print subscription to International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology has arrived; we hold Volume 5 (2007) onwards. We have an online subscription as well, beginning with Volume 1 (2003).

Cultural and Social History

The first issue of our print subscription to Cultural and Social History has arrived; we hold Volume 4 (2007) onwards.