Month: March 2018

ACT on ACCEPTANCE: make the REF 2021

What is Act on Acceptance? From 1st April 2018, changes to UKRI’s open access policy (formerly HEFCE) require researchers to submit their work to City Research Online within 3 months of acceptance to be eligible for the next REF. As soon as you know your research will be published in a peer-reviewed journal, or conference proceedings,…Continue Reading ACT on ACCEPTANCE: make the REF 2021

New resources available on Westlaw

Library Services now provides all current City students access to a huge range of books and looseleaf encyclopaedias on Westlaw. Previously, access was limited to a small selection of titles such as The White Book, Archbold, and Palmer’s Company Law. Our new extended subscription gives access to over 300 books, including 66 looseleaf works  and…Continue Reading New resources available on Westlaw

Resolved: issues accessing online journals

The problems we were experiencing accessing some online journals have now been resolved by our suppliers, and you should be able to access our online titles as usual. If you are still getting a 502 Bad Gateway error when trying to access an online journal please try to clear your browser’s cache.  If the issues…Continue Reading Resolved: issues accessing online journals

Problems accessing some online journals: 502 bad gateway

Update: 22nd March 16:15 The issues we were experiencing have now been resolved.  If you are still getting a 502 Bad Gateway error when accessing our online journals please try to clear your browser’s cache.  If the issues persist then please do contact the Library. We are currently experiencing some problems accessing some online journals,…Continue Reading Problems accessing some online journals: 502 bad gateway

New publications added to PressReader

PressReader is a resource which lets you access over 7,000 newspapers and magazines from 97 countries in 54 languages in full colour, full page format. This month PressReader has added a number of new publications to its catalogue. New titles include: El País (Nacional) + regional editions and supplements (Spain) ABC (Nacional) + regional editions…Continue Reading New publications added to PressReader

Psyched about DPsychs

If you’re in the process of studying to become a practitioner psychologist and preparing to carry out a research project, you will probably want to have at look at past theses submitted by previous City students. You can of course search for theses using CityLibrary Search and/or browse City Research Online, but our Subject Librarian…Continue Reading Psyched about DPsychs

Fairtrade Fortnight

This year Fairtrade Fortnight takes place from Monday 26th February to Sunday 11th March.  This is an opportunity to celebrate the great work which Fairtrade does around the world to make a difference to the lives of the people who grow the things we love: chocolate, coffee, wine, bananas, gold.    How does Fairtrade work? Fairtrade change the way trade…Continue Reading Fairtrade Fortnight