Archival access to The Nation
Aug
24
The Nation is America’s oldest weekly magazine and has published contributions from writers including James Baldwin, Hunter Thompson, Eleanor Roosevelt and Jean-Paul Sartre. The Library has purchased the archive and we can now offer online access to the full text of the magazine beginning with its first issue in 1865 and continuing to the present […]
Science Direct and Scopus unavailable 28 August
Aug
24
Science Direct and Scopus will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 9 hours on Saturday, 28 August, between 12:30 pm and 9:30 pm, while they are upgrading their system. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Web of Knowledge maintenance Sunday 22 August
Aug
19
Thomson Reuters will be performing maintenance to the Web of Knowledge, EndNote Web and Researcher ID this coming Sunday, 22 August, 2010 beginning 14.00 GMT (9:00 AM EST). During this time, there will be disruption of service and access to these products. We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause.
Increased access to Taylor and Francis archives
Aug
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
Aug
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
Jul
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
Jul
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
Jul
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
Jul
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
Jul
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