From Monday April 30th we will be making Group Study Room 3G at the Northampton Square Library available for last minute bookings only. This is a pilot and will last until June 30th. This has come directly from your feedback at SSLCs and the recent Library Loves Feedback campaigns. To book room 3G on or…Continue Reading Late availability group study room trial
Charlton Heston, Vietnam and the NUS Grants Campaign
City has a long tradition of its student publications featuring strong and politically charged editorials stretching right back to its founding as the Northampton Institute in the 1890s. Take this edition of Beacon from May, 1968 as an example: The front cover features a quote from a Royal Shakespeare Company production of a play called…Continue Reading Charlton Heston, Vietnam and the NUS Grants Campaign
Do a good deed on World Earth Day
UN International Mother Earth Day (sometimes called World Earth Day) is on the 22nd April. This day celebrates planet earth and its many interdependent ecosystems. The day reminds us each that we have a collective responsibility to live in harmony with nature and achieve sustainable balance. The UN have developed a series of Sustainable Development Goals. These…Continue Reading Do a good deed on World Earth Day
From the archives: Decline and Fall
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire One of the gems of our rare books collection is a complete copy of Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire which was published in 1789. It’s a six volume work. Each volume is split in two making twelve books in total. The complete work covers the…Continue Reading From the archives: Decline and Fall
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
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
The Prospects for Women’s Suffrage
Many of you will have come across the New Statesman, the liberal left-leaning magazine featuring writers such as Laurie Penny, Will Self and the late Christopher Hitchens. But most of you probably haven’t heard of its forerunner, The Athenaeum. Published weekly between 1828 and 1931, The Athenaeum was a highly influential periodical covering topics such…Continue Reading The Prospects for Women’s Suffrage