Year: 2016

Library Systems Update Tonight

Due to a library systems update overnight tonight, a few of our online services will be unavailable. You won’t be able to login to your Library Account to renew items or access some E-resources for about half an hour from 2:30am. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.  Normal services will resume soon after….Continue Reading Library Systems Update Tonight

New Study Room at Cass

Library Services are pleased to announce that our long standing relationship with Bureau van Dijk has been celebrated with the sponsorship of one of the Cass Learning Resource Centre rooms. The Bureau van Dijk Study Room (Room 1012) allows students a dedicated space to use PCs with direct access to Bureau van Dijk’s databases; Orbis,…Continue Reading New Study Room at Cass

New books selected by you

Our More Books scheme is your chance to tell us what’s missing from the Library collections. It might be a classic text or a brand new release that will help with your dissertation. All you have to do is complete our online form and if the book costs less than £80 we’ll buy it straight away. What’s…Continue Reading New books selected by you

5 of The Best Magazines in Press Display

As well as full digital replicas of today’s newspapers from over 95 countries, Press Display also gives you access to hundreds of popular magazine titles from around the world. The magazines can be read on any computer or mobile device. Here are 5 of our favourites: 1. Total Film Each month, Total Film provides a range of…Continue Reading 5 of The Best Magazines in Press Display

Easter reading

If you’re looking for a break from studying this Easter weekend why not borrow some light reading from the Library? Fiction is now available at each Library site with collections that include modern and classic titles.   To search for individual titles use CityLibrary Search….Continue Reading Easter reading

Extended Library Opening

https://vine.co/v/iXP3gEqlpBw Following the success of 24/7 opening in January, we will once again be opening 24/7 at Northampton Square Library and Cass Learning Resource Centre in the lead up to and during the spring assessment periods to give you more time to use the Library for revision and preparation for exams and assignments. From Tuesday…Continue Reading Extended Library Opening

Library Staff Love #5: Naxos

With Easter approaching, what better way to enjoy the bank holiday weekend than taking time out to visit the beautiful Greek island of Naxos? With its picturesque Mediterranean setting, gorgeous food and… Oh, wait, sorry. Let me start this post again….* With Easter approaching, what better way to enjoy the bank holiday weekend than taking time…Continue Reading Library Staff Love #5: Naxos

Hold Up!

You can place a book on hold when there are no copies available at all or if the only available copies are at other sites. Once a hold is placed, a copy of the desired item will be put aside for you upon its return; or a copy will be transferred from another site for…Continue Reading Hold Up!

Books of the Irish

Ireland is known as the land of saints and scholars. This is partly because of its preeminence in monastic scholarship during the early medieval period, but is there more to Ireland than this? The answer is, of course, yes. Ireland is famous around the world for the massive contribution its writers have made to literature. This…Continue Reading Books of the Irish

Thank you

Did you notice the Library Loves Feedback campaign in February? You may have seen the library staff popping up around the university, soliciting your feedback in exchange for chocolates, pens or post-it notes. Or you might have written a suggestion on one of our feedback walls. Or you may even have gone online to add…Continue Reading Thank you