The database World-Check Country Risk Ranking from Thomson Reuters is now available for use inside the library. What does it do? World-Check Country Risk Ranking provides a current ranking of countries based on political, economic and criminal factors from hundreds of independent sources and international organisations, including the World Bank, Financial Action Task Force, OECD…Continue Reading Introducing World-Check Country Risk Ranking
The water fountain on Level 3 of the Northampton Square Library is out of use until 17th September. The water supply to the water fountain has been isolated by our colleagues in Property and Facilities as part of the works to improve the coffee shop on the Level 1 walkway. These works are expected to…Continue Reading Water Fountain: Northampton Square Library
On Monday 27th August, the Library will be open from 10am to 10pm to City University students and staff for reference and self-service only. …Continue Reading Late Summer Bank Holiday at Northampton Square Library
Copyright: the Card Game This session provides guidance in an innovative, interactive and fun way, to becoming more confident about copyright, and copying and re-using resources in the context of teaching. It is a team game which has been widely played at universities all over the world (most recently, to my knowledge, in Uruguay), and…Continue Reading Copyright training with a difference!
On Friday 24th August, we will be installing more new furniture on Level 3. It will take all day. As it will be noisy, you might want to go and study in another area. Keep an eye out for our new look!…Continue Reading Northampton Square Level 3: new furniture
Print books are great, but sometimes they can be incredibly popular- so what can you do if the title you want is in high demand? One option is to access the book digitally. We have access to thousands of e-books, including those Essential items on your Reading Lists. We’ve crunched the numbers to find out…Continue Reading Your top 10 most borrowed books also available online
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford DNB) is the national record of men and women who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century. The Oxford DNB includes 60,000 biographies, 11,000 portraits and 250 podcasts. The biographies are concise, up-to-date and written by named, specialist authors. It is overseen…Continue Reading New Resource – Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
This week, City Library is excited to unveil the new and improved City Research Online (CRO), the open access repository showcasing research by City staff and research students. Learn more about the changes on our citylibresearchers blog. …Continue Reading City’s institutional repository receives a makeover
The problems we were experiencing with the walk-in access PC at Northampton Square have now been resolved. Authorised users can now access this machine during staffed hours, please speak to a member of Library staff to use this service….Continue Reading Resolved: walk-in access PC at Northampton Square
The walk-in access PC at Northampton Square is currently unavailable. The fault has been reported to IT who are working to fix it as soon as possible. We hope that this will be resolved the week beginning 21st August. External members and alumni wishing to use the walk-in access can still use the dedicated PC…Continue Reading Walk-in access PC: Northampton Square