Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
SAGE are currently offering free online access, until the end of October, to over 500 of their electronic journals with content available from 1999-date.
“Earlier this year SAGE celebrated the launch of the 500th journal site on the SAGE Journals Online platform. SAGE Journals Online provides users access to one of the largest collections of social science, humanities, and science, technical, and medical content in the world.”
You can access the 500 free e-journals (along with the 52 e-journals from SAGE to which the University already subscribes), by logging in to the University Portal, at:
(If you are off campus, you will need to log in to the Portal using network\username and password.)
Then, once you’ve logged in, click on the “Free Access” logo (on the right-hand side of the page) to register.
Paul
Tags: 500th journal site, C6, e-journals, free, Online platform, Online Access, SAGE Journals online
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
Need newspapers for your research?
Not to be confused with the trips to the British Library at Boston Spa, the library is organising a minibus trip to Colindale, north London, where the national archive of newspapers is held. The minibus is leaving the University Library at 08.00hrs to arrive at Colindale at approximately 10.30hrs. You will leave Colindale at 16.00hrs to arrive back in Lincoln at around 18.30hrs.
To book a place on this trip just go to the library desk and register. Upon registration a £5 fee is payable.
Upon arrival at Colindale you will need to bring two forms of identification, one as proof of identity showing signature (e.g. passport, credit card, driving licence) and one as proof of current address (e.g. recent utility bill, recent Bank Statement, Driving Licence with address etc) or alternatively a current British Library Pass. Please note, strictly no admittance to the Library will be permitted without proof of ID/address.
For further details about this unique trip, please contact me: Daren Mansfield (Academic Subject Librarian, Journalism & CERD) at dmansfield@lincoln.ac.uk.
Tags: Academic Subject Librarian, Boston Spa, British Library, Colindale, Daren Mansfield, GBP, journalism, Lincoln, London, newspapers, other libraries, trips, University Library
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
We regret that the IOLIS legal study CD-ROM learning package service is currently unavailable, owing to a technical problem with our CD-ROM server. Please contact your Academic Subject Librarian for assistance.
Tags: Academic Subject Librarian for assistance, e-resources, IOLIS Law Courseware Consortium, law, on-campus, problems
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
A minibus trip has been organised by Library and Learning Resources to the Reading Room at the British Library at Boston Spa, Yorkshire .
From the reading room you can consult the 7 million publications housed behind the scenes in the Document supply collections. Reference books, bibliographies and abstracting and indexing publications are available on open access. You must order material in advance of your visit on reading room request forms available from the University Library, although you can order upto 8 items actually on the day.
The trip is open to all 2nd and 3rd year students who are planning/writing their dissertation as well as researchers/academic staff.
Date of the next visit is Wednesday 19th November 2008. Book your place at the ground floor Library help desk. We do make a small charge of £5 which must be paid when booking. There are only 16 places so book as soon as possible.
For more information, please see the Portal and the British Library website . You can also search for material on the British Library catalogue .
Many thanks
Alison Sharman
asharman@lincoln.ac.uk
Tags: Alison Sharman, Boston Spa, British Library, dissertation, GBP, other libraries, reading, trips, University Library
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Here’s another new electronic resource, available now via the University Portal, which provides access to a unique, audio-visual record of British and international post-war art…
“The Arts on Film archive has a wide range of documentary films on artists, architects, dancers and writers produced in the UK since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making. The archive is an invaluable primary research resource for a scholars in arts and humanities.”
Arts on Film is available both on and off campus, and you can log in via the University Portal, at:
(From off campus, you will need to enter your network\username and password.)
Tags: art & design, Arts on Film Archive, e-Library, e-resource, e-resources, media, United Kingdom, video
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Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Now available via the University Portal, a fantastic new resource for art & design subjects, from the world’s leading knowledge base for information about new and innovative materials:
“Material ConneXion is a searchable online database of over 1,400 4,500 materials, products, processes, and processed raw materials, now available online. The online materials database allows you to discover materials originating from a large spectrum of industries.”
You can log in to Material ConneXion from:
This service is AVAILABLE ON CAMPUS ONLY… so to access it, you’ll need to be logged on to a University computer, or using a laptop within wi-fi range.
Paul
Tags: art & design, C6, e-Library, e-resource, e-resources, Material ConneXion, on-campus, online materials database, searchable online database, wi-fi
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Over the summer, a group of students worked with us to develop and produce self-guided audio tours of the GCW University Library (Brayford Pool campus), as part of the University’s 2007 Fund for Educational Development projects.
You can listen to the four audio tours (one for each floor of the building), download the entire tour to your mp3 player, or even borrow an mp3 player (+headphones) with the tours ready-loaded, from the library desk on the ground floor.
Paul
Tags: audio, Brayford Pool campus, fund for educational development, GCW, GCW University Library, Lincoln, mp3, mp3 player, podcasts, tours, University Library, University's 2007 Fund
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Find Full Text Fast with Find It @ Lincoln
Found an article on one database but can’t read it in full text?
Click on the green “Find It” button in your search results and let Find It @ Lincoln locate the article for you!
Find It @ Lincoln is available to use with 18 EBSCO databases and RefWorks.
Find It @ Lincoln is a new service from Library & Learning Resources which makes it much easier for you to track down full-text electronic journal articles via the Web. It will save you time and frustration whilst you look for a full text article and put you in touch with a world of information which it may have been previously difficult for you to access.
If you want to find out more about Find It @ Lincoln then pop into the University Library and have a word with the “Find It” robot a.k.a. “Bob” who will show you how it works. If you have further questions about Find It @ Lincoln or database searching then contact your Academic Subject Librarian. To find out who your Academic Subject Librarian is go to: http://visit.lincoln.ac.uk/C8/C12/AcademicSubjectLibrarians/
 "Bob" the Find It robot! |
 Students meeting the Find It robot |
 Di Walker, Acquisitions Team Leader, shows a student how Find It @ Lincoln works |
Tags: Academic Subject Librarian, Acquisitions Team Leader, e-resources, Find it @ Lincoln, Lincoln, robots, search results, University Library, Walker
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
Now available via the University Portal:
“The Construction Information Service provides electronic access to an index of standards, regulatory and advisory documents for the UK construction industry plus their full-text images.”
Students and staff can log in to the Construction Information Service at: https://portal.lincoln.ac.uk/C9/C15/CIS/
From off-campus, you’ll need to enter your network\username and password. If you’d like any help with using any of our e-resources, please contact your Academic Subject Librarian.
Tags: Academic Subject Librarian, architecture, Construction Information Service, e-Library, e-resources, standards, United Kingdom
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Monday, September 15th, 2008
This semester’s opening hours are now on the University Portal, at:
They’ll be updated again towards the end of semester A with details of any special changes to our usual hours for the Christmas vacation. It’ll be here before you know it…
Tags: Brayford, Christmas, GCW, Holbeach, Hull, opening hours, Riseholme, semester A, University Library
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