A world classic from Australia Oscar and Lucinda is a great little book. It follows the adventures of the two eponymous characters both in Australia and Europe. Oscar Hopkins and Lucinda Leplastrier are Southern star crossed lovers [geddit?] and gamblers from different sides of the world. Their will they/won’t they relationship is just one of the many elements in this novel,…Continue Reading Book Review: Oscar and Lucinda
Library Staff Love #3: City Research Online
For January we thought we’d share Samantha’s nomination for City Research Online (or CRO for short): “I love City Research Online because it’s a great showcase of all the amazing research our academics produce. It’s a repository of different versions of our academics’ work, freely available for anyone to download and benefit from.” Research is shared…Continue Reading Library Staff Love #3: City Research Online
Explore the Vogue Archive
The Vogue Archive contains the entire run of Vogue magazine (US edition) from 1892 to the present day, reproduced in high-resolution colour page images. You can explore every page, advertisement and cover, with rich indexing enabling you to find images by garment type, designer, model and brand. Subject Coverage: Popular Culture Gender studies Fashion history Photography …Continue Reading Explore the Vogue Archive
Library Staff Love #2: Purple James Bond style chairs
The name is Librarian, University Librarian. Yes, this month’s recommendation comes from Louise D. and highlights how the Northampton Square Library now offers all of our students and staff the chance to play out a fluffy-white-cat-spinning-chair fantasy… But why does Louise love the purple chairs? “I love these chairs, because… they were in use the…Continue Reading Library Staff Love #2: Purple James Bond style chairs
High Five a Librarian Day
Friend to Libraries, Neil Gaiman, told us (and the rest of Twitter) a couple of days ago that today is High Five a Librarian Day! (and that it’s Alan Moore’s Birthday – you can find his book, Watchmen, on Level 5, btw). Just learned that Wednesday will be #High5ALibrarianDay. (it will also be Alan Moore’s…Continue Reading High Five a Librarian Day
Library Loves…Exams
We’re here when you need us the most. Throughout December and January Library Loves… Exams. Look for stalls in the library at Northampton Square, outside Cass Learning Resource Centre and at the Law Libraries at Innovation Centre and Gray’s Inn Place with special information on how Library Services can support you during the exams period, with…Continue Reading Library Loves…Exams
Resource of the month: Cite Them Right Online.
What is it? Your go-to resource for proper citing and referencing. It covers how to cite and reference resources in your work using Harvard, the standard style for City, as well as APA, MLA, MHRA, OSCOLA and Vancouver referencing styles.Content includes step-by-step instructions for citing and referencing anything you use in your work including: Book…Continue Reading Resource of the month: Cite Them Right Online.
Library Staff Love #1: LISTA
Welcome to our brand new feature, Library Staff Love! Each month, a member of the Library Services team here at City University London will share what they love about the Library and tell you why. Our first recommendation has come from James, who has nominated LISTA (Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts) as his choice….Continue Reading Library Staff Love #1: LISTA
A fresh fair full of friendly folks
It was great to meet so many of you at the City Library Services stall at Freshers’ Fair set in the University’s brilliant new sports facility, CitySport. We hope you enjoyed meeting us, finding out a bit more about the Library Services and learning how to search for resources. If you missed our stalls you…Continue Reading A fresh fair full of friendly folks