America and Great Britain, Diplomatic Relations 1775-1815
May 4, 2016
Until the end of May, we have trial access to ‘America and Great Britain, Diplomatic Relations 1775-1815’. Published via Cambridge Archive Editions, ‘America and Great Britain, Diplomatic Relations 1775-1815’ is a digitised collection of British diplomatic primary source material, charting the emergence of an independent United States. The nine volume collection consists of c.8,000 pages …
Open access toolkit
April 26, 2016
From the 1st of April 2016 all journal articles and conference proceedings must be made open access (OA) in order to be eligible for submission to the next round of the Research Excellence Framework run by HEFCE. In making your publication OA you will need to consider compliance with HEFCE, your funders and your institutional …
University of Nottingham Library Research Week Symposium
April 11, 2016
Between 29 February and 4 March 2016, Libraries, Research and Learning Resources (LRLR) hosted Library Research Week. The highlight of the week was the first ever Library Research Week Symposium, held on Wednesday 2 March. The excellent line up of speakers included Professor Dame Jessica Corner DBE Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange, and representatives …
Vice-Chancellor’s Medal winner for library development
April 5, 2016
We don’t often make time to step back and celebrate our successes. The Vice-Chancellor’s Medal encourages us to do just that and indeed to think broadly about achievements. It is an annual award for exceptional achievement by staff or students. Any current member of staff or student at any of the University’s campuses in China, …
New trial resource from the United Nations
April 4, 2016
UNiLibrary, the first comprehensive online collection of knowledge created by the United Nations, provides seamless access to UN publications, journals data and series. Topics covered include: • Agriculture Rural Development and Forestry • Children and Youth • Democracy and Governance • Disarmament • Drugs, Crime and Terrorism • Economic and Social Development • Environment and …
Money, money, money – it’s Budget day!
March 16, 2016
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
March 14, 2016
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
March 10, 2016
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!
March 3, 2016
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…
February 26, 2016
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 …
