Archive for the ‘Electronic Library’ category
Changes to Project Muse platform
December
5
Project Muse have informed us that they will be changing their platform. The new platform will go live in January 2012, but is currently available to view in beta form at http://beta.muse.jhu.edu. Please feel free to take a look and feed back any questions or issues you might have about it. Muse have alerted us […]
Proquest products unavailable 4th December 2011
December
1
ProQuest will be performing infrastructure maintenance on December 4th, 2011. A twelve hour window will be required for this maintenance, from 03:00 for twelve hours. As a result, most Proquest products will be unavailable during this period. Apologies for any inconvenience.
No access to Reaxys 3rd December 2011
November
28
Due to scheduled maintenance, there will be no access to Reaxys on Saturday 3rd December. Access will be fully restored on Sunday 4th December. Reaxys apologise for any inconvenience.
Web of Knowledge Maintenance, 17th July 2011
July
14
Thomson Reuters will be performing maintenance to Web of Knowledge, EndNote Web and ResearcherID this coming Sunday, July 17th beginning at 2.pm. They expect this maintenance to last approximately 12 hours. During this time, there may be disruption of service and access to these products, including Web of Knowledge Personalization. We apologize for any inconvenience […]
The Listener Historical Archive 1929-1991
July
1
The Library has bought the Listener Historical Archive, 1929-1991. This features the complete 62-year run of The Listener, the BBC periodical published from 1929-1991. The Listener was a weekly magazine established by the BBC in 1929 under its Director-General Lord Reith. It was the intellectual counterpart to the BBC listings magazine, Radio Times. Developed as […]
State Papers Online Parts III and IV
July
1
The University has purchased State Papers parts III and IV, to add to the Library’s previous purchase of parts I and II. The State Papers provides a digital edition of the Domestic, Foreign, Borders, Scotland, and Ireland State Papers of Britain with the Registers of the Privy Council and other State Papers now housed in […]
Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice Online
July
1
The University has bought Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice Online. This resource provides access to many thousands of original manuscripts, pamphlets, books, paintings, maps and images. There are 17 thematic areas: Slavery in Early Americas, African Coast, Middle Passage, Slavery and Agriculture, Urban and Domestic Slavery, Slave Testimony, Spiritualism and Religion in Slave communities, Resistance […]
Making of the Modern World
July
1
The University has purchased the Making of the Modern World. This resource provides access to the theories, practices, and consequences of economic and business activity in the West, from the last half of the 15th century to the mid-19th century. Contains collections from the Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature at the University of London Library […]
Picture Post Archive online
June
27
The Library has bought the Picture Post Archive Online. This consists of the complete, fully text searchable facsimile archive of the Picture Post, the iconic newspaper published in Britain between 1938-1957 that defined the style of photojournalism in the 20th century. Picture Post was read by an estimated 80% of the British population at its […]
African Newspapers 1800-1922
June
27
The Library has purchased African Newspapers 1800-1922 online. This resource provides access to more than 40 fully searchable African newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries. Featuring English- and foreign-language titles from Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Includes publications such as the […]