Friday, 27 November 2009

Thunderstorms sessions: week beginning 30th November

General session: Tuesday 1st December:

How to cite references in your assignments

This thunderstorm will show how to reference the material you find when you use printed sources and the internet.


Location: Thunderwall, Level 1, Hallward Library, 11am

Postgraduate Research session: Thursday 3rd December:

How to disseminate research


This thunderstorm will provide guidance on disseminating your research, including open access publishing.

Location: Thunderwall, Level 1, Hallward Library, 11am

Monday, 23 November 2009

Gallica

Gallica is a digital library of works in the public domaine from the collections of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France and its partner libraries. In addition to Gallia Classique which contains works from the middle ages through to the nineteenth century, there are a number of special collections relating to Voltaire, Proust and Zola. The collections are searchable and there is a facility to assemble your own digital library and tag your documents. A link has been added to the e-Library Gateway

Friday, 20 November 2009

Thunderstorms sessions: week beginning 23rd November

General session: Tuesday 24th November:
How to evaluate print and electronic information
This thunderstorm will provide the skills to judge the quality of the material you find in printed texts and through an internet search.

Location: Thunderwall, Level 1, Hallward Library, 11am

Postgraduate Research session: Thursday 26th November:
How to manage your research
This thunderstorm will provide guidance on managing your research using services such as EndNote and CiteULike

Location: Thunderwall, Level 1, Hallward Library, 11am

Trial of electronic version of (RHS) Bibliography of British and Irish History

From 1 January 2010 the Bibliography of British and Irish History (previously known as the Royal Historical Society Bibliography) will be integrated into the BREPOLiS platform as a subscription service, but a trial version is already available. We have signed up to this trial until 21st December.

In order to access the database, please use the eLibrary Gateway.

Monday, 16 November 2009

Thunderstorms sessions: week beginning 16th November

General session: Tuesday 17th November:
How to find quality information on the Internet
This thunderstorm will provide an introduction on how to search the internet effectively.

Location: Thunderwall, Level 1, Hallward Library, 11am

Postgraduate Research session: Thursday 19th November:
Collaborative research
This thunderstorm will provide guidance on identify services for collaborating with other researchers.

Location: Thunderwall, Level 1, Hallward Library, 11am

Friday, 6 November 2009

Thunderstorms sessions: week beginning 9th November

General session:
Tuesday 10th November: How to find full-text journal articles

This thunderstorm will show how to find and use full-text journal articles.

Location: Thunderwall, Level 1, Hallward Library, 11am

Postgraduate Research session:
Thursday 12th November: How to use Manuscripts and Archives

This thunderstorm will provide guidance on how to find and use material held in Manuscripts and Archives.

Location: Thunderwall, Level 1, Hallward Library, 11am

Irish Newspaper Archives

We have started a one month trial of the Irish Newspaper Archives.

username: Nottingham
Password: Nottingham

There are currently 25 titles, with many more scheduled for digitised. The archives of the Independent titles (Ireland’s Leading National Newspaper) run from its inception in 1904-2002; they will be fully up to date by year end.

Many more historically important titles are scheduled for completion by the year end. Next year the Lawerence Collection will be added which consists of 50,000 photographic images from late Victorian Ireland.

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Ramus

We have a new journal subscription for Ramus. The first issues will be in the Hallward Library soon.

Monumenta Germaniae Historica

Monumenta Germaniae Historica is now available via the eLibrary Gateway.

This is the free digital version of Monumenta Germaniae Historica. It is a comprehensive series of sources for the study of German history from the end of the Roman Empire to 1500.

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae off-campus

Thesaurus Linguae Graecae is now available off-campus through the eLibrary Gateway.

Bach Digital

A new resource for music staff and students has been added to the e-Library Gateway. Bach Digital is a library of Johann Sebastian Bach's autographed manuscripts and original parts in high-resolution scans. In the Bach-Source catalog you will find information about all of Johann Sebastian Bach's works and their written transmission. The Library also covers other members of the Bach family. The site has been created by the Staatsbibliothek Zu Berlin and the Bach-Archiv Leipzig

Monday, 2 November 2009

Thunderstorms sessions: week beginning 2nd November

Undergraduate session: Tuesday 3rd November:
How to find journal articles
This thunderstorm will show how to use bibliographic electronic databases
Location: Thunderwall, Level 1, Hallward Library, 11am

Postgraduate session: Thursday 5th November:
How to use Special Collections

This thunderstorm will provide guidance on how to find and use material
held in Special Collections
Location: Thunderwall, Level 1, Hallward Library, 11am