Library News Including e-Resources News and Trials

Depositing your thesis in the University Research Archive: Training Workshop

2012-01-23T15:18:00.000Z

Did you register as a research postgraduate after 1st August 2008? If so, you need to know about submitting your thesis electronically.Training event: Monday 6th February, 1:00pm - 2:00pm, Wolfson Suite, Harold Cohen Library.All research postgraduates who registered for an MPhil, PhD or MD since 1st August 2008 are required to deposit an electronic version of their thesis in the University

Noise Awareness in the Libraries - response to your feedback

2012-01-17T11:05:00.004Z

We've been keen to hear your comments on the current Noise Awareness campaign in the libraries - find out what we're doing in the Harold Cohen Library and Sydney Jones Library in response to your feedback.Be Noise Aware – Know Your Zone!

Recent Acquisition on Etruscan Vases

2012-01-16T12:05:00.003Z

SC&A's latest acquisition is a famous auctioneer's study of the mysteries of Etruscan vase paintings, and their connection with Chinese mythology. More...

New online listing: Papers of Professor Frank Walbank, Classicist

2012-01-16T11:50:00.003Z

An extensive collection of papers of Frank W. Walbank largely covering his academic career as a classical history professor and as an author.Papers of Professor Frank Walbank, Classicist

HCL Computer Rooms re-zoned for exam period

2012-01-16T11:24:00.001Z

Following student feedback we are making changes to the zoning of some of our computer centres in the HCL commencing Monday 16th January until Friday 24th February. HCC1 and HCC2 to remain social.HCC3 and HCC4 to remain quietHCC5 and HCC6 to become silentHCC7 and HCC8 to become quiet. We will continue to monitor feedback with a view to keeping or amending the designated zones once this trial

Getting published in the Social Sciences: SAGE researchers seminar

2012-01-12T10:51:00.003Z

Are you a social scientist looking for advice on how to get published? Researchers seminar: Tuesday 24th January 2012, 1:00pm - 2:00pm, Taylor Room, Sydney Jones Library. The Library is delighted to welcome Katie Metzler, Commissioning Editor for Research Methods at SAGE, to talk to Liverpool researchers and provide an insight into SAGE's commissioning strategy. What kind of books are SAGE

Noise Awareness in the Libraries

2012-01-09T11:16:00.002Z

The libraries will be running a “Noise Awareness” campaign from Monday 9th January – Friday 20th January.Be Noise Aware – Know Your Zone!

New subscription to JISC MediaHub

2011-12-13T16:29:00.000Z

We now subscribe to JISC MediaHub a single point of access to three major multimedia archives purchased on behalf of JISC Collections. Access is from http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk/ which will prompt for institutional login, and it is listed in our catalogue and (soon) our A-Z list of databases powered by LibGuides. Content in JISC MediaHub cannot be found via Discover. JISC MediaHubenables

Rock's Backpages - full-text music magazines now available

2011-12-13T10:37:00.000Z

We now subscribe to Rock's Backpages - the biggest online database of rock music writing in the world. Sourced from the pages of the music and mainstream press, it is a massive library of articles (reviews, interviews, features and more) from the early 1960s up to the present day. There are nearly 20,000 articles on the site and around 300 audio interviews. They feature over 2,500 artists and

Struggling to get hold of textbooks?

2011-12-12T09:55:00.000Z

Introducing Reference Tree - a service that lets students rent e-book chapters or whole e-books. The Library strives to make sure that we have at least one copy of every item on a reading list, and multiple copies of core texts. Furthermore we monitor borrowing statistics and buy additional copies to meet demand. However, we recognize that at times of peak demand it can be hard to obtain the

New Wiley-Blackwell journal agreement

2011-12-08T16:30:00.000Z

The Library has signed up to the new JISC Collections NESLi2 'Big Deal' journal agreement with Wiley-Blackwell. Under the new agreement, which runs for 3 years from 2012 to 2014, we have decided to cancel a few low-use (but usually high-price) titles and we have been able to fund a subscription to Geography Compass which was requested in this year's journals review. The previous agreement

New Elsevier journal agreement

2011-12-03T14:50:00.002Z

The Library has signed up to the new JISC Collections NESLi2 'Big Deal' journal agreement with Elsevier. Under the new agreement, which runs for 5 years from 2012 to 2016, we have decided to cancel a few low-use (but usually high-price) titles: Advances in Mathematics Annals of Pure and Applied Logic Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans Information and Computation International Journal of

Borrowing books over Christmas

2011-12-02T11:31:00.005Z

The Library remains open during the Christmas vacation (see opening hours) and the loan procedure remains unchanged throughout this period.This means that books will incur fines if they are not renewed or returned by the due date.- You can renew your books online via My Library Record- You can use the 24/7 telephone renewal line: 0151-794-5010You are allowed 12 renewals on 14-day and 7-day loan

21 recent years added to The Times Digital Archive

2011-12-01T13:34:00.000Z

The Times Digital Archive now covers 1785-2006. Previously it only covered up until 1985. It has also been given a much needed new interface with powerful new search options and a much cleaner look, bringing it into line with our other Gale newspaper archives: the Economist, FT, Illustrated London News, Picture Post and TLS, as well as our collections of 17-19th century UK and US newspaper

SCONUL Library Access Student Survey

2011-11-29T13:09:00.004Z

Do you use other academic libraries? Would you like to? Can you get what you need?The Higher Education library community wants to provide the best possible service to students, researchers and staff who, for all sorts of reasons, wish to access other academic and specialist libraries.Please help SCONUL develop the services and access you need by completing this short online survey.*WIN VOUCHERS*

JoVE Journal of Visualized Experiments now available

2011-11-25T14:36:00.000Z

Following a successful trial we now subscribe to JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments. JoVE takes advantage of video technology to capture and transmit the multiple facets and intricacies of life science research. Visualization greatly facilitates the understanding and efficient reproduction of both basic and complex experimental techniques, thereby addressing two of the biggest

EBSCO Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source now available

2011-11-25T14:22:00.002Z

We now subscribe to EBSCO Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source, a collection of more than 160 full-text journals, including many of the top ranked titles in the discipline, as well as dozens of full-text monographs. It also contains cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for 210 journals and dozens of monographs. Of particular importance are journals from Quintessence Publishing including their

Volunteers sought for a focus group on use of other libraries

2011-11-16T14:11:00.000Z

The University of Liverpool participates in a number of access and borrowing schemes. The Higher Education library community wants to make sure that library visitor ‘access’ schemes meet users’ real needs for resources, services, and support. SCONUL, the UK-wide university and colleges library group, is therefore holding library user focus groups in 12 locations across the UK in order to capture

Speed up your web research – plug-ins, portals and pinboards

2011-11-16T11:44:00.000Z

Date: Monday 28th NovemberDescription: You'll be using countless web sites and services during the course of your research. It can be all too easy to forget web addresses, or get behind with your journal reading, or find that web page you thought was useful eight months ago has disappeared from the web. Tis brief presentation will introduce you to some of the simple tools available to help you

TRIAL: German Literature databases - BDSL Online and KLG Online

2011-11-04T15:29:00.016Z