J. K. Rowling: A Year in the Life

The ITV programme J. K. Rowling – A Year in the Life, is now available for viewing at the Library (823.91 ROW).
Also note that the book, Re-reading Harry Potter – S. Gupta is now available on the Dawsonera e-book database.  Access to Dawsonera is through Portia in the usual way.  Please see the English Subject [...]

17th & 18th Century Burney Collection

We now have full-text access to the Burney Collection of newspapers and news pamphlets collected by Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817) which represents the largest single collection of 17th & 18th Century English news media. With over a million newspaper pages this is a valuable addition to the Library’s Electronic Resources. 

Access to the database is through [...]

Other Worlds…

Please note this book can now be found on the Ebrary e-book database:
The ivory tower and Harry Potter – ed. by Lana A. Whited

The following book has been ordered from the Dawsonera e-book database and should be available shortly. Keep checking back with the blog and I will let you know as soon as it is accessible.
Re-reading Harry Potter [...]

19th Century British Pamphlets

JSTOR has completed the initial release of over 8,300 significant British pamphlets from the 19th Century held in UK research libraries. Pamphlets represented an important means of public debate on social, political and technological issues of the day.
The currently available pamphlets include:
Cowen Tracts 1603-1898
Hume Tracts 1769-1890
Knowsley Pamphlet Collection 1792-1868
The pamphlets can be viewed individually by [...]

Did you know…?

Did you know that Project MUSE® has over 130 full-text journals in Literature.  See the literature list here or click here for the complete journal listings. Project MUSE®  can be accessed in the usual way from Portia.  If you have any trouble linking to the full-text off campus, then have a word with the English Subject Librarian.