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“Burne this lettre, for it is to dangerons…..” State Papers Online, 1509 -1714

We’re delighted to bring you news that all four Parts of British State Papers Online are now available. A few years ago (before our blogging days!) we acquired Parts 3 and 4. We trialled Parts 1 and 2 in March, when usage surged at 6,984 full text downloads and 7,099 retrievals, giving a clear indication …

The Nation Digital Archive

Back in June, we offered you trial access to The Nation Digital Archive. Towards the end of the financial year, we were fortunate to receive some grant money. We’re delighted to bring you ongoing access! The Nation Archive contains indexing, abstracting, and full text for the complete archive of The Nation, beginning with its first issue in …

Nick Hern Books Modern Plays #theatre #lovey!

Working with the School of English, the library recently bought this groundbreaking collection of almost 400 titles from specialist theatre publisher, Nick Hern Books. The collection of plays, screenplays and theatre books features important works from Jez Butterworth, Caryl Churchill, David Edgar, Helen Edmundson, Liz Lochhead, Conor McPherson, Rona Munro, Enda Walsh and Nicholas Wright. My dad said he jumped buses. …

Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen: world-class productions, just ‘as you like it’!

Globe on Screen is dedicated to the exploration of Shakespeare’s work and the theatre for which he wrote. We’re delighted to have been able to invest in this collection to support one of the School of English’s priority teaching areas.   Dr Peter Kirwan, Assistant Professor in Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama writes: “Globe on Screen is an invaluable …

A satisfying result – National Student Survey

The results of the latest National Student Survey (NSS) are in! Everyone within Libraries, Research and Learning Resources (LRLR) here at The UoN is chuffed to discover that student satisfaction with our libraries has increased again, for the second year running, and now stands at an all-time high. Analysis of the latest NSS results shows that satisfaction with …

Publishing with Springer Open Choice

Publishing open access makes your research freely available online to anyone, worldwide. Ever since October 2015 publishing open access articles in eligible Springer Open Choice journals  has been at no cost to University of Nottingham researchers. The agreement with Springer covers all Article Processing Charges (APCs) and provides ongoing access to all subscription content in …