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African American Periodicals (1825-1995) – Trial Access

African American Periodicals, 1825-1995, features more than 170 wide-ranging periodicals by and about African Americans. Published in 26 states, the publications include academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations bulletins, annual reports and other genres. These diverse periodicals—which … Continue reading

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Valentine’s All the Law of Northern Ireland now available from the Lexis Library

Valentine’s All the Law of Northern Ireland is now available through the commentary section of the Lexis Library. The database includes the full annotated text of Acts, Orders, Rules and regulations applying to Northern Ireland, along with a note of … Continue reading

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Phaidon Atlas of Architecture – trial access

We currently have trial access to the Phaidon Atlas of Architecture. Featuring tens of thousands of previously unpublished technical drawings and plans of key buildings completed since the year 2000, the Atlas is one of the world’s largest resources for … Continue reading

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Creative Arts Featured Database March 2014 : JISC Media Hub

What’s it about? JISC MediaHub enables cross-searching and exploration of TV news, documentary films, still images and classical music from the following archives: Digital Images for Education including:  AP Archive, Getty Images, ITN, Design Council Archives, Imperial War Museum, Royal … Continue reading

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Scopus Training Course

Tuesday 25 March 2014 10 am to 11.30 am Auditorium, the McClay Library Scopus is the world’s largest bibliographic and citation database and the source of the citation data used by some of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment panels. … Continue reading

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Cancellation of the Compendex Database

Following a consultation with the engineering schools during the summer, the Library’s subscription to the Compendex database is ending on Saturday 7 December 2013. This is because the more recent content in Compendex is covered by the Scopus database. Access … Continue reading

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New improved Construction Information Service

Our access to the Construction Information Service just got even better with the addition, until May 2013, of the Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning Supplement. CIS already provided users with a comprehensive range of full-text documents covering all aspects of … Continue reading

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Scopus Hands-on Training Course

Thursday 2nd August 10.00 am to 12.15 pm Training Room 1, the McClay Library  Scopus (http://www.scopus.com) is the world’s largest bibliographic and citation database and will be the source of the citation data used by some of the Research Excellence … Continue reading

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New Library Database: SCOPUS

The Library now has a subscription to SCOPUS which is the world’s largest bibliographic and citation database. It covers nearly 20,000 academic journals from a wide range of subjects and dates from 1996 to the present. SCOPUS will also be … Continue reading

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SCOPUS Trial

The Library has arranged trial access to SCOPUS until 17 April 2012. It is the world’s largest bibliographic and citation database covering over 19,500 research journals from a wide range of subjects. It can be used to view citation counts, … Continue reading

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