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Early European Books Online

June

16

We’ve recently added Early European Books Online to our Electronic Library collection. This complements our existing access to Early English books online and provides scholars with new ways of accessing and exploring the printed record of early modern Europe, drawing together a diverse array of printed sources from the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries. Early […]

Scopus Alerts (Lite) iPhone application

May

28

Elsevier has built a new iPhone application, Scopus Alerts (Lite), that gives researchers mobile access to the searching and alerting features of Scopus. The new application, which is available on iTunes and the Apple App Store, gives iPhone users the ability to find and display abstracts and reference information from Scopus. Application features include the […]

IEEE Xplore new interface

February

17

IEEE has now got a new interface. IEEE Xplore  includes the full text of IEEE journals, conference proceedings, and standards. You can see the new interface by going to: http://ieeexplorepreview.ieee.org Major new features include: “type-ahead” technology — a list of search suggestions is made when you type in keywords in the search box (try typing […]

Lloyds Law Reports no longer on Westlaw

February

17

Unfortunately, Lloyd’s Law Reports will no longer be available on Westlaw UK from 20th April 2010, as Westlaw have been unable to negotiate a renewal of their licence.

JSTOR and pop-up blockers

February

12

Some users may be having problems downloading PDFs from JSTOR. This usually comes about because they’ve got pop-ups blocked on Google. For information about how to unblock your Google pop-ups, go to http://www.google.com/support/toolbar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=9171

Nature backfiles

February

10

We  have increased our backfile coverage of Nature to include the years 1997 -2007. This means that we now have full access to the journal from 1869 to the current issue available through the Electronic Library.

FAME

February

2

Recently added to our online resources, FAME offers comprehensive information on companies in the UK and Ireland. It has a total coverage of 7 million companies, and allows the user to research individual companies, search for businesses with specific profiles, and to carry out detailed analysis.

Digimap improvements

January

25

Digimap Roam (released in October 2009) is replacing Classic as the standard mapping facility in Digimap OS Collection.  Key features of Roam include: 12 fixed scale map views, click-and-drag navigation or “slippy maps” and enhanced printing options enabling you to generate printable PDF maps in landscape or portrait and A4 or A3 size.

Springer Journals update

January

22

The beta version of the new SpringerLink platform is now available. When you visit springerlink.com you will see a link on the left side of the screen under the Springer logo that will take you into the new site. This button will be visible on every page. The new version includes the following: Related documents […]

Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive

January

20

We now have access to expanded coverage of the Times Literary Supplement.  The TLS Historical Archive adds an additional 15 years to our previous access and now includes content from 1902 – 2005. The updated resource also offers a much improved search function including the ability to search the full-text of reviews.