Box of Broadcasts

Missed Benefits Street or researching Buffy and fan fiction? Box of Broadcasts, our great TV and radio programme streaming service now has a brand new interface. View or listen to over 1 million TV and radio programmes, record from 60+ channels, create clips, search transcripts, compile playlists and more. Try out the new interface today….Continue Reading Box of Broadcasts

A taste of Japan at City University London Library

Myself and our Systems Librarian and Digital Repository Manager at City University London Library were very pleased to welcome some colleagues from Kyoto University Library, Japan recently. We had some mini Danish pastries and orange juice to celebrate. Our colleagues were visiting the UK for a week and had been to University of Oxford, University…Continue Reading A taste of Japan at City University London Library

British Library Doctoral Open days

The British Library Doctoral Open Days are a chance for new PhD students to discover the British Library’s unique research materials. From newspapers to maps, datasets to manuscripts, ships’ logs to websites, collections cover every format and language and span the last 3,000 years. You will learn about BL collections, find out how to access…Continue Reading British Library Doctoral Open days

Read for Research promotion #2

Since 8 November, at City University London Library, we have been working with our researchers to enhance our research book collections http://www.city.ac.uk/library/read-for-research A selection of titles currently on order can be found here: http://www.librarything.com/catalog/Citylibresearchers…Continue Reading Read for Research promotion #2

Read for Research promotion

Read for research You choose, we buy! Want to share your research expertise? City University Library Services are giving our research students the opportunity to help build up our research book collections. You have the chance to suggest titles that will help your research, are key works in your field or are generally useful for…Continue Reading Read for Research promotion

RefWorks Library guide

Ever considered using reference management software? Some advantages are: Store your references in one place and organised in folders Search, edit your references etc. Create bibliographies and in text citations Access your references over the Internet Sharing your references with other researchers Saving PDFs/ links to full text resources City University London subscribes to RefWorks,…Continue Reading RefWorks Library guide

ONS Consultation on Statistical Products 2013

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/get-involved/consultations/consultations/statistical-products-2013/index.html The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is holding a consultation which will inform decisions on spending cuts to some of its statistical products. The statistical products include: • General Lifestyle Survey data collected via the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey • General Lifestyle Survey reports • Integrated Household Survey core questions in the Living Costs…Continue Reading ONS Consultation on Statistical Products 2013

University of Sussex researcher support

I recently visited University of Sussex Library to explore their researcher support. The Research Support section in the Library Academic Services provides dedicated support to research faculty and research students in the University. The team works in close collaboration with the Learning and Teaching Support team and the Doctoral School delivering high quality, innovative information…Continue Reading University of Sussex researcher support

Visit to Warwick University Library

I recently visited University of Warwick Library to look at their researcher support. It’s great to go out and meet other colleagues and see what they are doing. Like many other Universities, Warwick University Library was restructured into 3 divisions (Client Services, Academic Services and Digital Services) in 2009. Client Services supports general enquiries, roaming…Continue Reading Visit to Warwick University Library