Trial access- SAE Mobilus
November 4, 2016
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
November 1, 2016
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
October 28, 2016
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)
October 24, 2016
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
October 19, 2016
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) …
Kanopy video streaming at Nottingham
October 13, 2016
Following a successful trial back in June, we’ve recently introduced an online video streaming service, Kanopy. The collection contains over 26,000 award-winning documentaries, training videos and feature films which can be streamed from any location on various devices. Around 850 producers contribute to this “Netflix-like” platform, including Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, Media Education Foundation, Green Planet Film, DEFA East …
“Burne this lettre, for it is to dangerons…..” State Papers Online, 1509 -1714
September 29, 2016
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
September 19, 2016
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!
September 15, 2016
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’!
September 8, 2016
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 …
