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5 ways to #TakeABreak from coursework/exams

A screenshot of a range of feature films and documentaries on Kanopy.

Are you looking to move away from the stressfulness and embrace a little calmness? Here are 5 things you can do via CityLibrary to take your mind off of coursework and exams for a few minutes:…Continue Reading 5 ways to #TakeABreak from coursework/exams

24/7 opening of Northampton Square Library

Two PCs with green and leafy Northampton Square visible in the background through a window

The Northampton Square Library will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the January exam period, from Monday 6th January to Friday 24th January, 2025. Library staff will be available at Help Desks and roving around as usual, with a security team in place overnight. Detailed opening hours can be found…Continue Reading 24/7 opening of Northampton Square Library

Freshers’ Fair: visit the library stall

Two members of Library Staff behind the library stall, holding the Lucky Dip box and the voucher to collect the notebook.

Welcome (or welcome back) to City St George’s! Library Services will be at the Freshers’ Fair on Friday 27 September to celebrate the beginning of a new academic year. Curious about the library? Want to know how to access resources and how many books you can borrow? Stop by our table, have a chat with…Continue Reading Freshers’ Fair: visit the library stall

Shakespeare, songs & sonnets

Screenshot of the Drama Online homepage.

If you’re a Shakespeare fan, you’ll love the Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama video collection available via Drama Online. A video resource suitable for students and researchers at every level, it includes content such as ‘Shakespeare in the Present’, Maxine Peake as ‘Hamlet’, ‘Stage on Screen’ and ‘Shakespeare’s Heroes and Villains’. Drama Online is just…Continue Reading Shakespeare, songs & sonnets

HiVis fortnight at CityLibrary

From 1 June – 14 June, we are celebrating HighVis 2024! This initiative from Share the Vision helps libraries highlight services and support for individuals who are blind or visually impaired. In this post, we will highlight how CityLibrary can support individuals to access and connect to services and formats that suit them best. Accessible…Continue Reading HiVis fortnight at CityLibrary

Banned Books

If you’ve visited the library at Northampton Square recently, you may have noticed our new display of banned books. Throughout history, books have been burned, withdrawn, suppressed, and censored by organisations such as governments and religious institutions. Just last year, the American Library Association documented over 1,200 challenges to books held in libraries and schools,…Continue Reading Banned Books

Take a Break book displays

Bookshelves containing book displays for Travel through time, wellbeing and study skills.

As part of our #TakeABreak campaign to support you through the busy and sometimes stressful exam period, we have created some book displays with resources designed to help you. Our displays focus on three key areas to help you achieve your best results, read more about each display below. Take a Break – Travel through…Continue Reading Take a Break book displays

Getting your copyright right

Screenshot of the updated Copyright Guidance Notice.

You may have noticed when you print, photocopy or scan material at City, that there is a guidance notice displayed next to the multi-functional device (MFD) you use. This guidance notice is issued by the Copyright Licencing Agency (CLA)….Continue Reading Getting your copyright right

3 new Lancet journals added to the collection

Screenshot of The Lancet Psychiatry

We’re excited to announce that students and staff now have full-text access to The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, The Lancet Psychiatry and The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. The Lancet publishes a series of world leading journal titles across a range of disciplines related to medicine, science and healthcare – and these 3 new additions to…Continue Reading 3 new Lancet journals added to the collection

Bookable individual study spaces

Bookable individual study spaces are returning at Northampton Square Library for the January assessment period. The bookable spaces are on Level 4 and Level 5 of the library and can be found on the Spencer Street side of University Building. Students can book a space to study for up to three hours, a maximum of five times a…Continue Reading Bookable individual study spaces