University of Sussex Library Updates

News and information from the University of Sussex Library

Alternative places to study on campus

Feb

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

Jan

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.

Photographic Youth Music Culture Archive (PYMCA)

Jan

27

The Library is now subscribing to PYMCA, the Photographic Youth Music Culture Archive. PYMCA represents the content of hundreds of contributors from around the World, offering photographic, film, design and writing to form a collection of global youth culture content. PYMCA is available through the Online Resources page of the Electronic Library.

Trial of Ethnographic Video Online

Jan

21

The Library is currently trialling Ethnographic Video Online.  The collection covers every region of the world and features the work of many influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, including interviews, previously unreleased raw footage, field notes, study guides and more. To take a look at this resource, please go to the trials page of […]

Trial of Oxford Bibliographies Online

Jan

20

We are currently trialling three subject areas from Oxford Bibliographies Online: Atlantic History, Philosophy and Renaissance and Reformation. To take a look at the these resources, please go to the trials page of the Electronic Library at http://www.sussex.ac.uk/library/electronic/trials

Bibliography of British and Irish History

Jan

20

The Library has taken out a subscription to the Bibliography of British and Irish History, which provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British Empire and Commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation is available – from 55BC to the present.

January book moves completed

Jan

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

Dec

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

Dec

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.

Refurbishment Update : first floor reopening, more PCs and Study space

Nov

26

First floor refurbishment reopening We are pleased to report that part of the first floor, which has been closed off for refurbishment, has now been reopened and can be reached via the central stair case. The area contains a number of study areas, however there is still work ongoing in this area and hence some […]