Archive for the ‘Electronic Library’ category
Increased access to Taylor and Francis archives
August
9
T&F’s online archives are collected into subject areas and provide electronic access to journals from the very first issue. The Library has recently purchased the Anthropology & Archaeology subject archive, and also the Engineering, Computing and Technology archive. These include backfile access to titles such as Ethnos, Norwegian Archaeological Review and the International Journal of […]
Wiley Interscience unavailable
August
5
The Wiley Interscience website will be unavailable from 9 a.m. on Saturday 7th August until 5 p.m. on Sunday 8th August while a new interface is being introduced. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Digimap unavailable August 3rd
July
30
Digimap Collections will be unavailable on Tuesday 3rd August 2010 from 10.00hrs until approximately 16.00hrs. This is to allow for a major hardware upgrade to take place. We apologise for any inconvenience.
The Guardian and Observer Historical Archive
July
27
We have added the Guardian and Observer archives (covering 1791 – 2003) to our newspaper coverage. The Historical Archives are fully searchable and contain scans of the papers as they were printed. This allows users to see articles in context with other news stories and to see the photographs, adverts and images that were printed. […]
Eighteenth Century Journals IV
July
26
A further collection of journals have been added to Eighteenth Century Journals. The new titles consist mainly of material sourced from Chetham’s Library in Manchester and include rare magazines and newspapers, literary periodicals and political journals which have been included to chart the transformation of Manchester during a time of rapid industrialisation and political turmoil. […]
The Economist Historical Archive
July
23
The Library has increased its coverage of the Economist by purchasing the Historical Archive. This resource is a fully searchable record of the Economist as it was printed and includes content dating from the first issue in 1843 up to 2006. Access to the Economist Historical Archive is through the Online Resources link on the […]
Wiley Online Library to replace Wiley Interscience
July
23
During the weekend of 7-8 August, Wiley are going to launch all their products on a new platform. For more information about the changes, go to http://info.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/view/0/index.html
Psychology e-books
July
22
The Library has access to over 150 Psychology e-books from Elsevier. Our coverage includes titles such as the Handbook of Behaviorism, Memory and the Psychology of Academic Cheating. All of the titles in our e-book collections are searchable through the Library catalogue, and you can browse this particular collection through ScienceDirect (via the Online Resources […]
State Papers Online
July
21
The State Papers Online allows users to search the Domestic, Foreign, Borders, Scotland, and Ireland State Papers of Britain alongside the Registers of the Privy Council and other State Papers. This resource also makes available the Calendars (chronological catalogues prepared during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries) which had previously only been available in print and […]
The Lancet backfiles
July
20
Our online coverage of the Lancet now includes archival material from 1823 onwards. Access issues of this key medical journal from the first to the most recent via the Electronic Library.