Archive for the ‘News’ category
Refurbishment Phase 8
March
21
We are now moving in to the final main phase of the refurbishment, which focuses on a large part of the ground floor. The large computer cluster (G70) and the accessible North Entrance will remain accessible during the works via a covered walkway going through the area being refurbished. The North Basement (which currently holds […]
North door accessible entrance
February
14
Update: based on user feedback we have now arranged that the accessible North Entrance will remain in use throughout the work in that part of the building. Due to essential building works the accessible entrance at the north end of the building will be closed from March to June. This may cause some users significant […]
Dedicated study area for finalists
February
11
We’ve created a space for finalists in the Library for quiet study (including quiet laptop use). The room is located on the first floor at the front of the building, near the group study rooms.
Tell us your views on our plans for future developments online
February
7
The Library is currently looking at how we can best serve our users online, both through our local services and working with others on the web. In particular we are looking at how we can enable you to discover content and resources relevant for your research more easily. With that aim, we’re developing a broad […]
Alternative places to study on campus
February
4
With the current works in the Library there are times when the building can be noisy and busy, you may be interested some of the other study spaces available around campus, these include: Essex House: Seats on ground floor next to the café Meeting House: Quiet Room Fulton: Ground floor general purpose Bramber House: Second […]
Refurbishment update : January 2011
January
28
Take a look at the recent improvements and changes that have been made, and what’s still to come as the Library Refurbishment moves in to its final phase. Our Refurbishment newsletter is online and focuses on what’s new, before and after, and what is still to come.
January book moves completed
January
14
Good news, the current book moves have now been completed. Thanks for your patience while we having been moving a lot of our stock around. Quick Reference has been moved to the First Floor Shelfmark H and J has also been moved to the First Floor Shelfmarks R-V have been relocated on the Ground Floor […]
New JSTOR Collections
December
23
The Library now has access to three new collections from JSTOR: JSTOR Arts and Sciences 5, JSTOR Arts and Sciences 6 and JSTOR Life Sciences, which contains JSTOR Biological Sciences, for which we already had a subscription, as well as a number of other titles. JSTOR journals can be found either via the Online Journals […]
ARTstor
December
21
We now have a subscription to ARTstor. ARTstor provides more than one million images covering artistic traditions across many times and cultures: architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design as well as many other forms of visual culture.
Gale Newsvault
November
12
NewsVault provides a way of cross-searching to explore Gale’s range of historical newspaper collections. Users can simultaneously search or browse across the Times Digital Archive, the 17th and 18th Century Burney Collection, 19th Century U.S. Newspapers, and others. Provides access to over 10 million digitized facsimile pages. To access NewsVault go to http://find.galegroup.com/dvnw/start.do?prodId=DVNW&userGroupName=sussex