Women’s Studies Quarterly: New on Project MUSE®

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.

The Edgar Allan Poe Collection

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.

New E-books Online

The following E-books are now available on the Dawsonera E-book database:

Price, F. – Revolutions in Taste, 1773-1818
Whitworth, M.H. – Virginia Woolf (Authors in Context series)
Dolin, T. – George Eliot (Authors in Context series)
Ingham, P. – The Brontes (Authors in Context series)
Thomas, K. – Changing conceptions of National Biography: the Oxford DNB and historical perspective
Fisher, B.F. – The Cambridge Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe
Stoddart, H. – Angela Carter’s Night’s at the Circus
Heilman, E.E. – Critical perspectives on Harry Potter 2nd ed.
Spooner, C. & McEvoy, E. – The Routledge companion to gothic
McLeod, J. – The Routledge companion to postcolonial studies
Bould, M. et al – The Routledge companion to science fiction

Dawsonera is available in the usual way through Portia – do consult the Help Sheet under the database entry on the Electronic Resources page for access information.  If you have any problems or questions about e-books, then please ask your Subject Librarian.

Access to Electronic Resources

Enquiries to the Library HelpDesk are showing that students are having problems accessing our Electronic Resources following the introduction of Shibboleth, the new authentication system. Please use the Login Help Sheet links under each of the relevant databases on the Electronic Resources page in Portia. Printed copies of these sheets are also available in the Library.

JSTOR Training

Do you want to improve your search results from JSTOR?

For a brief overview of searching JSTOR then try this link: Searching JSTOR

For more comprehensive training materials go to this link JSTOR where you can find recorded webinars (online classes) and power point presentations.  Whether you are a recent or experienced user you’re bound to learn something new and any skills you develop can be applied to your search strategies with other electronic databases.

As always, please come and see your Subject Librarian if you need any assistance.

The Byron Journal new to Project MUSE®

Project MUSE® has recently acquired The Byron Journal.  The journal is published twice a year by Liverpool University Press for The Byron Society and includes scholarly articles and notes on all aspects of Byron’s life and related topics.  Take a look at the Tables of Contents for the latest issue using the link below.

Vol. 37, Issue 1, 2009

Access to the full text is available through Portia in the usual way.

Welcome Back

Welcome back to all our students for the start of the new semester. 

You will notice a few changes have taken place in the Library over the summer.  The most noticeable physical change is on the ground floor, where the IT HelpDesk has moved outside of the main Open Access IT room (G11) to the area previously occupied by the photocopiers and Reprints.  The ground floor photocopiers are now adjacent to the Otter Gallery and Reprints are on the 1st floor.  The new IT HelpDesk covers both IT and Media Centre queries. 

IT HelpDesk

The Pay2Print machine where you can credit your printer and photocopy account is now on the corridor wall to the left as you come into the LRC (opposite the Equipment Loan lockers).

On the technical side, access to our Electronic Resources has changed to Shibboleth.  As each database provider operates Shibboleth in a different way, you may have difficulty logging into some databases which require selections to be made from drop-down menus.  The Librarians have provided guidance for each database with HelpSheets available in the Library.

Keep checking back on the blog for more changes and information throughout the semester.

William Blake & the Bard of Eartham: A Chichester Friendship

As part of the Chichester Festivities Dr. Diana Barsham will be giving an illustrated talk on the extraordinary life of the eighteenth-century Chichester poet and biographer William Hayley, his troubled friendship with William Blake and his contribution to the cultural heritage of his native city.

The talk will be held at the Mitre Lecture Theatre at the University of Chichester on Saturday 4th July at 2.30pm.  Free admission.

Get a Head Start on your Dissertation

The Library will be open all through the summer, so for those who live nearby do come and use the facilities.  This is especially useful for students entering their final year and wanting to get together a few dissertation ideas.  I will also be here all summer so take advantage and let me show you all those electronic resources you’ve been avoiding in your first 2 years.  If you’re not able to come in person, then contact me for help over the ‘phone or by email.

If you’ve already tried these resources without much success, then let me show you some techniques that should improve your results.  Remember that an ability to research using electronic resources is a valuable skill that will stand you in good stead in your future careers.

The summer is also a good time to use up your 2nd year entitlement of inter-library loans which lasts until 31st August.

American Jewish Literature new to Project MUSE®

Project MUSE® has recently acquired the journal Studies in American Jewish Literature (SAJL).  This is the official journal of the Society for the Study of American Jewish Literature.  It publishes peer reviewed articles, book reviews, poetry and short stories dealing with all aspects of the Jewish experience in literature. Take a look at the Tables of Contents for the latest issue.

Volume 27, 2008

Access to the full text is available through Portia in the usual way.