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Money, money, money – it’s Budget day!

  Feeling flush? Will you tonight? The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, will be presenting the Budget statement to the House of Commons today. How much will your beer go up or down? Last year there were two budgets (pre- and post- general election). You can revisit the March and Summer budgets online, or you …

New Law Journal Titles and International Law Content

We now have online access to Oxford Public International Law which covers an extensive range of international law topics and materials. International law consists of the system of laws that regulate the relations between states. You can access the following key resources via the Databases link on the right hand side of the NUsearch hompepage: …

Trial access to Academic Video Online

We have trial access to Academic Video Online (via Alexander Street Press) until 30th April.  During the trial, you can access more than 48,000 video titles from 1,500 providers spanning subject areas such as american studies, art, health sciences, history, literature, music, psychology, engineering, social sciences, and many more. To help you explore the collection, …

We’ve raised over £1,100 to support literacy projects in Tanzania!

Today is World Book Day,  a global celebration of books and reading marked in over 100 countries all over the world. We’ve chosen today to announce (trumpet fanfare!) that in just 6 months, we’ve raised £1,144.64 to help fund educational resources in Tanzanian secondary schools. Here’s how…. Last September, we started sending withdrawn library stock to Better World …

You can find more than Hollywood in Hallward…

On Sunday evening the 88th annual Academy Awards (Oscars) are taking place in Hollywood. The event has been dogged by controversy as for the second year in a row no actors of colour have been nominated for awards. This has prompted the re-emergence of #OscarsSoWhite trending. The debate highlights on-going issues about a lack of …

Did you know you should avoid Grapefruit Juice if prescribed Statins?

New content has been added to MedicinesComplete.  Pharmacy, Medical and Healthcare students can now access Stockley’s Drug Interactions.  This authoritative international source of drug interaction information is based upon the many thousands of published clinical papers and reports.   Stockley’s Interactions Checker also allows you to search for the interactions of one drug, interactions between …

More journals across all disciplines!

We’ve extended our e-journal access and are delighted to bring you 364 journal titles from the Cambridge Journals Collection. Key areas covered are mathematics, physical sciences, environment and conservation, agriculture, neuroscience and biomedicine, history, area studies, language and linguistics, and political science and international relations. You can discover the content through NUsearch, or browse by title or subject to …

We’ve increased our e-journal coverage for healthcare titles

Medical, Nursing and Veterinary Science students will be pleased to know that they now have access to the full healthcare journals collection from Mark Allen Healthcare. The package includes a wide range of clinical nursing journals as well as leading titles in midwifery, dental nursing, pre-hospital care and veterinary practice. Journals which are new to …

Turn over a new Greenleaf….

You’ve been using the digitized Greenleaf Online Library (GOL) for more than 6 months now. Between July and December 2015, there were over 700 full text downloads and 600 abstract views. Good to see that you’re finding it useful!   Greenleaf Publishing is a specialist publisher of books covering corporate responsibility, business ethics, environmental policy and management, responsible …

Love your library this LGBT History Month!

LGBT History Month is in full swing. Library Matters is delighted to join the celebrations with a guest post from Claire Henson, People and Culture Events Co-ordinator. When I think of libraries, I remember a nine year old me, trotting off to Basford Library in Nottingham, to get six new books. I remember vividly the library staff removing the …