Find books using the George Green Library Interactive Map
February 26, 2019
There is now a 3D interactive map of George Green Library that will help you to plan your visit in advance, navigate around the library or perhaps discover something new! The map is available via our Library website as a beta Phase 1 version. It will help as a wayfinder, to find a book or …
New web resources supporting researchers undertaking systematic reviews
February 19, 2019
The Libraries Research Support team have produced new guidance and support for researchers at the University of Nottingham taking on the task of a Systematic Review. The web resources take researchers through the process of ‘Conducting a Search’, one of the key aspects of a Systematic Review. A systematic review aims to be a comprehensive …
On trial: Proquest LGBT Magazine Archive
February 15, 2019
We are pleased to announce that we are providing trial access to: Proquest LGBT Magazine Archive This archive offers backfiles to many of the leading, established, long-running LBGT periodicals. Key titles include The Advocate, Gay Times, The Pink Paper, Man and Society and Transgender Tapestry. Coverage is from the first issue of each publication, with the earliest …
Love Data Week and the new Research Data Management course
Coinciding nicely with Valentine’s Day yesterday, this week is Love Data Week which you can follow on twitter with the hashtag #LoveData19. Love Data Week encourages researchers to think about how they look after their data, and whether they’re treating it right. Data is for life (or the 10 years your funder requires that you …
On trial: Colonial State Papers
February 12, 2019
We are pleased to bring you trial access to Colonial State Papers Colonial State Papers The Colonial State Papers offers access to over 7,000 hand-written documents and more than 40,000 bibliographic records with this incredible resource on Colonial History. In addition to Britain’s colonial relations with the Americas and other European rivals for power, …
On trial: The Cecil Papers
We are pleased to bring you trial access to The Cecil Papers The Cecil Papers The Cecil Papers is a major collection of early-modern historical documents from the reigns of Elizabethan I and James I/VI. More than 150,000 pages have been digitised in full colour to create a definitive online archive of almost 30,000 manuscript …
Are you Studying Effectively?
February 11, 2019
Do you have an assignment deadline approaching and need a refresher on making the best use of the library and its resources? Are you struggling to find information? Are you unsure if information you’ve found is good enough to use? Do you need help with referencing? Th University’s Studying Effectively website has a collection of …
NUsearch November upgrade – it’s all about choice
February 7, 2019
The library discovery tool NUsearch has undergone some recent enhancements to improve the Explore features and the appearance of some of our screens. In this blog, we’ve highlighted the changes you’ll see and shared ways that NUsearch can help you to make resource choices. Explore books using the related reading panel We’ve renamed the option that …
On trial: Harper’s Bazaar
January 18, 2019
We are pleased to announce that we are providing trial access to Harper’s Bazaar Harper’s Bazaar, a comprehensive, searchable archive of every page, advertisement, and cover of the Harper’s Bazaar US and UK editions, from 1867 to the present. The issues are reproduced as high-resolution colour page images and supported by fully searchable text and …
On trial: Women’s Magazine Archive
January 17, 2019
We are pleased to announce that we are providing trial access to: Women’s Magazine Archive WMA is an archival research resource comprising the full backfiles of leading women’s interest consumer magazines. Titles are scanned from cover to cover in high-resolution color and feature detailed article-level indexing. Coverage ranges from the late-19th century through to 2005 …
