We will shortly go live with our new library catalogue, however you can test it out now by using the link below:
The new catalogue has a range of features including book-jackets and search term links. We will be running both versions of the catalogue for the next couple of weeks so you can get used to the differences, and then we’ll move to the new catalogue permanently. Do ask the Librarians if you have any questions or need help finding resources.
The Library has entry forms (with the terms & conditions) for the Mslexia Women’s Short Story Competition 2010 (see the English Subject Librarian). First prize is £2,000, including a one-week writing retreat at Chawton House Library and a day with a Virago editor.
The closing date is 25 January 2010.
Many new English books have been ordered by the Library in time for the start of the new semester. Take a look at the New English Books link to see some of the latest arrivals.
Most of the Library’s online resources can be accessed off-site during the vacation period.
Check the Login Help Sheet links under the resources you want to use so you can access them successfully.
Subject Librarians will be here whenever the Library is open if you have any logging in problems. For information about our Christmas Opening Times, click the ‘Opening Times’ link on the left menu on the Library Services Home page in Portia.
In addition to our large number of hard copy library books on study skills we also now have many e-books on the subject available on our Dawsonera database. These include the following titles:
Biggam, J. – Succeeding with your Master’s dissertation (2008)
Creme, P. – Writing at University (2008)
Denscombe, M. – The good research guide (2007)
Gilbert, G. – From postgraduate to social scientist (2006)
Jamieson, C. – Managing dyslexia at University (2007)
Levin, P. – Conquer study stress (2007)
Levin, P. – Write great essays! (2004)
Neville, C. – How to improve your assignment results (2008)
Powell, S. – Returning to study for a research degree (2008)
Race, P. – How to get a good degree (2008)
Rugg, G. – The stress-free guide to studying at University (2008)
Rumsey, S. – How to find information (2008)
Talbot, C. – Studying at a distance (2007)
Access to Dawsonera is through Portia in the usual way. The full Dawsonera login procedure is shown on the Login Help Sheet link under Dawsonera link on the Electronic Resources page. Please see your Subject Librarian if you have any queries.
The Shakespeare Quartos Archive expands the British Library’s Shakespeare in Quarto website to provide digital access to all 32 pre-1642 copies of Hamlet held by partner libraries which include the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Huntington Library, the Bodleian Library, the National Library of Scotland and the University of Edinburgh in addition to the British Library.
Best viewed using the web browser Firefox 3.5 or above, the Archive provides a wealth of functionality and advanced features, although it is best to view the Video tutorials before you start searching.
From this week until the 17th December the Learning Resource Centre will be open until midnight (Monday to Thursday). This will mean that you will be able to work in the library or the computer rooms up until this time. Do remember though, the library issue counter will close at 9.45pm if you need to take any items home.
This link is to a podcast recording of an event which took place last Friday at the LSE:
Fiction and Reality: writing novels in a world weirder than anything you could make up.
Lionel Shriver in conversation with Daniel Johnson
Daniel Johnson is editor of Standpoint and Orange Prize Winning Novelist Lionel Shriver is the author of We Need to Talk About Kevin.
Project MUSE® has recently acquired the journal, WSQ: Women’s Studies Quarterly. This is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal on women, gender and sexuality. Each thematic issue is guest edited and combines contemporary developments in feminist theory and scholarship with essays, poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction and the visual arts. Back issues are available from Spring/Summer 2008.
See the ‘Table of Contents’ link to the current issue:
WSQ Vol 37, Nos. 1 & 2, Spring/Summer 2009
Access to the full-text is available through Portia in the usual way.
Take a look at this substantial digital collection from the University of Texas at Austin on Edgar Allan Poe.
The site includes manuscripts, letters, portraits and other documents related to Poe.
