Tomorrow (Saturday November 11th), City, University of London students will be taking part in the Annual Lord Mayor of London’s Procession. Although our involvement in the procession goes back many decades, the history of the procession dates right back to the reign of King John in the 12th Century. A Short History King John, having…Continue Reading From the archive: The Lord Mayor’s Show
Online resources update for School of Health Sciences
CINAHL Complete The library has upgraded CINAHL database from CINAHL Plus with Full Text to CINAHL Complete which allows access to more full text journal articles. CINAHL provides contents mostly in nursing specialties but it also covers general health and medicine, speech and language pathology, radiography, psychology and more. CINAHL Complete can be accessed via…Continue Reading Online resources update for School of Health Sciences
From the archive: The Beacon
The Archives Group at City Library are responsible for maintaining and preserving City’s Archives and Special Collections. We are currently working on a number of exciting projects to make the content more accessible to staff, students and external researchers. In our new series From the archive, each month we’ll be selecting a collection from the…Continue Reading From the archive: The Beacon
Library Staff Love #17: City Novel / City Crime
Our students studying for an MA in Creative Writing are a super talented bunch and benefit from a sector leading course which has led to graduates becoming successful and award-winning published authors. You can get a flavour of their creativity by reading City Novel and City Crime: brilliant collections of their stories available in the…Continue Reading Library Staff Love #17: City Novel / City Crime
Reading Well
Today is World Mental Health Day. Library Services and the Student Counselling and Mental Health Service have worked collaboratively to bring students and staff a selection of self-help resources which have been displayed together in this new self-help resource page (select the book jacket to find availability in the Library). This resource includes a large selection of books…Continue Reading Reading Well
Get the PressReader app for your phone or tablet
Download the PressReader app to access your favourite news and magazine titles on the move. This includes over 7,000 newspapers and magazines from 97 countries in 54 languages in full colour, full page format. PressReader offers offsite access to the platform on your mobile device, courtesy of City Library. This means that registered library users…Continue Reading Get the PressReader app for your phone or tablet
10 CityLibrary hacks for new students
Planning on venturing into the Northampton Square Library for the first time? Here are 10 hush-hush hacks only those in-the-know know…. (1) There’s a lift from the main entrance direct to Level 2 Our Library is accessible which is great if you use a mobility aid, and even greater if you just don’t like stairs….Continue Reading 10 CityLibrary hacks for new students
Calling all freshers
Have you collected your official tie? Fancy being a cox? Ready to share with the world your moderate singing voice usually confined to the shower? Well you’re in luck because Welcome Week can meet all your needs. At least it did fifty years ago. The images featured here are taken from September and October 1967…Continue Reading Calling all freshers
Find your Library Guide
Our Library Guides bring together the essential resources in your subject area and connect you quickly and easily to information about Library Services. From the Library Guides homepage select your school to see the Subject Guides relevant to you. In each of these guides our Librarians have gathered together the most important resources for you…Continue Reading Find your Library Guide
ORCID: how to set up a unique researcher identifier
ORCID – Open Researcher and Contributor ID – is a persistent digital identifier which distinguishes individual researchers. If you are carrying out research at City, you may want to register for an ORCID. Your ORCID can also be linked to your City Research Online record. For more information on the benefits of having an ORCID…Continue Reading ORCID: how to set up a unique researcher identifier