Discover our collections: Black History Month
October 11, 2024
October is Black History Month in the UK, an event that has been celebrated nationwide for more than 30 years. This year’s Black History Month theme is ‘reclaiming narratives’ – a call to action for Black communities across the UK to step into the role of storytellers, historians, and custodians of black heritage. UoN Libraries continues the work of improving …
NUsearch upgrade: live chat, improved searching and more
March 15, 2023
Find out about the new features in the latest upgrade to the university’s library discovery tool, NUsearch. Extension to the Libraries live chat service Since September 2020, we have offered live chat on the Libraries website to make it easier to contact Library staff. Now, we’re pleased to extend our this service so you can …
Support for assignments – preparing and researching
November 24, 2022
Do you have an assignment coming up? Libraries have got you covered every step of the way. In this blog post we’ll discuss how libraries provide support for your studies as you prepare and research for your assignments. Visit our help and support website for our contact details, and our events and training calendar to …
NUsearch upgrade: improvements to saving items to favourites and reporting issues
November 7, 2022
Find out about the new features in the latest upgrade to the university’s library discovery tool, NUsearch. Changes to feedback tool to report e-resource access issues When you report a broken link using our feedback tool you will now need to provide your email and a short description of the problem. This was previously optional, …
NUsearch upgrade: easier reporting of e-resource access issues
May 3, 2022
Find out about the new features in the latest upgrade to the university’s library discovery tool, NUsearch. New feedback tool to report issues with accessing e-resources In the latest NUsearch upgrade we have introduced a new feedback tool which you can use to let us know when an Available online link is not working for …
You Said, We Did – how we’ve responded to your feedback
March 23, 2022
We love feedback at University of Nottingham Libraries. We love hearing what you love about our services and spaces also how we might be able to make changes to better support you during your time at Nottingham. We regularly make changes based on feedback received through surveys, emails, social media, whiteboards in libraries, conversations with …
From classmarks to oversize: your guide to common library terms
March 18, 2022
Using the library for the first time can be a daunting experience, especially when you come across terms such as classmark, Interlibrary Loan, Issue and MFD. Read on for our guide to what some of the most used terms in our libraries really mean. Don’t forget if you have any questions about using our libraries, …
January assessments – support from Libraries
January 24, 2022
Libraries are here to help you prepare for your assessments. Not sure where to start? Read on for more information about how we can help, top tips for studying effectively and links to some useful resources from across the university. 1. Get support for your studies Libraries offer a range of services to support students with their academic learning, including our helpline, useful online resources and weekly webinars. – If …
NUsearch upgrade: search across all our Digital Gallery collections
November 8, 2021
Find out about the new features in the latest upgrade to the university’s library discovery tool, NUsearch. Digital Gallery – search across all collections We’ve added a search box to the Manuscripts and Special Collections Digital Gallery to allow you to search for items across all our digital collections and their sub-collection Here is an …
Discover our collections: Open Access Books
October 28, 2021
Academic monographs continue to play an important role in the humanities and social sciences. For International Open Access Week 2021, we’re taking a look at publishing monographs open access. UK Research and Innovation recently announced a new Open Access policy. This includes a new requirement for monographs, book chapters and edited collections published from 1 January …
