Year: 2019

Email reminders

Last night’s upgrade to our system prevented our email reminders from being sent out.  Our suppliers are working to resolve this and we will send them out later today.  In the mean time, you can log in to your Library Account to view the due dates of your items and renew them if necessary….Continue Reading Email reminders

Library system downtime: March 11th-12th

We are upgrading our library systems overnight Monday 11th – Tuesday 12th March.  As a result you may experience intermittent periods of downtime during which you will be unable to: login to online resources see book availability through CityLibrary Search request items, or login to your CityLibrary Account to renew items. Please plan ahead to…Continue Reading Library system downtime: March 11th-12th

CEPR Discussion Papers

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The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) is an independent, non-profit organisation, that was founded in 1983 “to enhance the quality of economic policy-making within Europe and beyond, by fostering high quality, policy-relevant economic research, and disseminating it widely to decision-makers in the public and private sectors.” The CEPR’s network of Research Fellows and Affiliates…Continue Reading CEPR Discussion Papers

CRSP: Center for Research in Security Prices Survivor Bias Free US Mutual Database

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Do you want a large amount of historical time series data covering security prices, returns and volume data for stock exchanges in the US like the NYSE, AMEX, ARCA and NASDAQ? CRSP is the dataset for you. It is usually pronounced ‘crisp’ and is hosted on WRDS (pronounced like ‘words’), along with research datasets like Compustat,…Continue Reading CRSP: Center for Research in Security Prices Survivor Bias Free US Mutual Database

Changes to Literature Online

LION Homepage

Literature Online (LION) has moved to the Proquest platform and is now cross-searchable with ProQuest journals, newspapers, and other relevant content.  The new Literature Online site will be available in parallel with the legacy Literature Online site until August 1, 2019. The new site will be accessible via A-Z Database List and Subject Guides but…Continue Reading Changes to Literature Online

Counseling and Therapy in Video

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Counseling and Therapy in Video is an online database which may be of interest to students, researchers and academics from the health and social sciences. The database provides access to videos (in the form of instructions, lectures/presentations and documentaries) which demonstrate the realities and challenges of working with clients and the challenges of putting theoretical…Continue Reading Counseling and Therapy in Video

Article access: scheduled maintenance Saturday 9th February

Due to scheduled maintenance by one of our suppliers,  direct ejournal and Journal Article links  from CityLibrary Search, Reading Lists, and Google Scholar will not work on Saturday 9th February. The maintenance will start at 1am on Saturday and last for up to 24 hours. Links to journals from the Journals A-Z, and the Is it  @CityLibrary…Continue Reading Article access: scheduled maintenance Saturday 9th February

New Books – February 2019

We are regularly addding new books to our collection. Use the carousel below to browse a diverse selection of the new titles added over the last few months. Click on any cover to see where the book is located or to place a request. Want to recommend a book? Tell us what’s missing from our collections via our More…Continue Reading New Books – February 2019

Want help with your citing and referencing?

Are you confused about Harvard citing and referencing, or do you need a refresher on the basics? Good citing and referencing can help: Structure your written work Follow good academic practice Give your written work credibility Avoid plagiarism by crediting other people’s work. If you want some help with your citing and referencing, then the…Continue Reading Want help with your citing and referencing?

CityLibrary’s online resource access and use policy

Library Services has developed an Online Resource Access and Use Policy to ensure a clear relationship between the provision of online resources and City’s Education and Student Strategy and Research and Enterprise Strategy. By providing clarification around licence agreement requirements, user access level rights and the acceptable use of subscribed online resources, the policy aims…Continue Reading CityLibrary’s online resource access and use policy