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Library Christmas Cheer with the #singinglibrarian

Back by popular demand, and in case you missed our Singing Librarian last year, here she is again. Happy Christmas one and all! We have so many wonderful festive musical treats in our library collections at the Denis Arnold Music Library , ranging from the heavy duty vocal score Gloria in excelsis Deo (Cantata) for Soprano,Tenor-Solo and …

NOOC winter study stress!

It’s that time of year again, with deadlines and exams looming, so now is a good time to remind everyone about our Nottingham Open Online Courses (NOOCs), which you can access and sign up for through Moodle. Our NOOCs are comprised of different activities and materials which explore library and study skills to support your …

We love this project – Words for Walls

You may have heard about the Words for Walls project already because it’s been running since May 2016, and was officially launched as part of the Festival of Literature at the Nottingham Five Leaves Bookshop. We have fallen a bit in love with this project at Library Matters, and have been promoting via Twitter @UoNLibraries …

“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so”, but not “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” Reading Groups!

As part of this year’s Nottingham Reading Programme the university has chosen Douglas Adams’ classic “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”. All first year students were given the opportunity to pick up a special UoN edition. We are running a series of Reading Groups until Thursday 8th December in libraries. It’s an opportunity to get involved with …

Trial access – Routledge Historical Resources: History of Feminism

Until 20 December, we have trial access to Routledge Historical Resources: History of Feminism. Use this research tool to study the long nineteenth century (1776–1928) through thematic collections in areas such as Feminism, the History of Economic Thought, Romanticism and Empire. History of Feminism contains primary and secondary resources, including full books, selected chapters, and journal …

Trial access- SAE Mobilus

Until 30th November, we have trial access to SAE MOBILUS. The platform includes over 200,000 resources covering a wide range of technologies all surrounding the aerospace, automotive, and commercial vehicle industries. These content types include: aerospace standards, ground vehicle standards, historical standards, technical papers, eBooks, magazines, and videos. Please note: Access is only available on-campus We’d love to …

Trial access – Telegraph Historical Archive, 1855-2000

Until 21st November, we have trial access to the Telegraph Historical Archive. Researchers and students can perform a full text search across 1 million pages of the newspaper’s backfile from its first issue to the end of 2000, including issues of the Sunday Telegraph from 1961. Over on the Gale blog, the content creation team have …

Open access monographs – changing the nature of the traditional academic book

It’s Open Access Week. As part of our own celebrations, we thought we’d tell you more about the library’s support for open access monograph publishing. The benefits and challenges associated with publishing monographs as open access have been well articulated (HEFCE report on open access and monographs). At the core, however, it is about ensuring …

5 minutes with… Tony Simmonds, Senior Research Librarian (Social Sciences)

Welcome to our series ‘5 minutes with …’, where we introduce staff working within the Libraries Research and Learning Resources at the University of Nottingham. Tony Simmonds has kindly agreed to talk to us about his role and open access at the University. Questions: Hello Tony, could you tell us more about your role? I’m …

Trial access to ProQuest Congressional Research Digital Collection

Until 11th November, we have trial access to ProQuest Congressional Research Digital Collection. The collection comprises: – Congressional Research (CRDC) Part A 1830-2003 – Congressional Research (CRDC) Part B 2004-2010 – Congressional Research (CRDC) Part C 2011 – Congressional Research (CRDC) Part D 2012 – Congressional Research (CRDC) Part E 2013 – Congressional Research (CRDC) …