More Palgrave Connect e-book collections available

We have purchased the following e-book collections on the Palgrave Connect platform (1,059 books in all):

Business & Management Collection Extended Backlist (1992 -2009) (102 books)
Economics & Finance Collection Extended Backlist (1990 - 2009) (147 books)
Language & Linguistics 2011 & 2012 (48 books)
Media & Culture 2011 & 2012 (74 books)
Political & International Studies 2011 & 2012 (466 books)
Social Sciences 2011 & 2012 (222 books)

Access is available now from http://www.palgraveconnect.com.ezproxy.liv.ac.uk/index.html.

The Library Catalogue, Discover, and the library web pages will be updated in due course.

Note that all Palgrave Connect e-books from 2011 are available in EPUB as well as PDF format and come without Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions.

Resource of the week: JISC Media Hub

What is it?

JISC MediaHub provides a single point of access to a collection of multimedia archives.
It enables cross-searching and exploration of sources such as the AP Archive, Getty Images, ITN, Design Council Archives, Imperial War Museum, Royal Geographical Society ,PYMCA,  NewsFilm Online from the ITN/Reuters archives, the complete Gaumont and Paramount newsreels, from 1910 and 1934 respectively, Film & Sound Online, Imperial War Museum, Wellcome Library and the Biochemical Society. The archive also includes over 50 hours of classical music recording from the Culverhouse collection.
JISC MediaHub also enables users to search and link out to external media collections such as the Open Video Project, Wellcome Images, ADS, ARKive and the First World War Poetry Archive.
It is fully searchable by collection, time, subject, place or learning materials.


Why use it?

There are any number of ways to use this resource, from simply searching for still or moving images to incorporate into assignments(most images can be used for educational purposes), to using individual collections for in-depth research.
Below is just a snapshot of some of the things you can do using JISCMediaHub.

• Search unrivalled collection of news footage, including some previously unbroadcast and unseen material, such as rushes and programme scripts. Silent cinema newsreels are also included.
• Explore a substantial selection of films charting the development of biochemistry in the later 20th century through the experiences of some of the subject's most celebrated practitioners.
• Explore a unique global initiative, gathering together into one centralised digital library, films, photographs and audio recordings of the world's species.
• Search for and share high quality archaeological images to enhance the learning experience of scholars, educators, lecturers and researchers within archaeology and its related disciplines.
• Search 5,900 images of contemporary youth culture. These images provide powerful documentation of changing fashions and lifestyles of young people, depicted at their finest (and worst).
• Explore documentaries and feature films from the Amber film-making collective established in the north-east of England in 1968. Of interest to students, teachers and researchers in the fields of media studies and of UK political and social history in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

If you would like more information regarding this resource, please contact the Liaison Librarian for your subject.

Palgrave Connect e-books purchased

We have purchased the following e-book collections from Palgrave Connect:

Business & Management Collection 2009 - 60 titles
Business & Management Collection 2010 - 95 titles so far
Economics & Finance Collection 2009 - 70 titles
Economics & Finance Collection 2010 - 78 titles so far
History Collection 2009 - 70 titles
History Collection 2010 - 100 titles so far
Language & Linguistics Collection 2009 - 22 titles
Language & Linguistics Collection 2010 - 26 titles so far
Literature & Performing Arts Collection 2009 - 100 titles
Literature Collection 2010 - 110 titles so far
Theatre & Performance 2010 - 22 titles so far
Political & International Studies Collection 2009 - 150 titles
Political & International Studies Collection 2010 - 136 titles so far
Religion & Philosophy Collection 2009 - 30 titles
Religion & Philosophy Collection 2010 - 41 titles so far
Social & Cultural Studies Collection 2009 - 100 titles
Social Sciences Collection 2010 - 83 titles so far
Media & Culture 2010 - 30 titles so far
Education 2010 - 39 titles so far

Each of the 2010 collections will have a futher release of titles in October, and this will bring our total number of purchased titles from 1,362 to 1,624.

Palgrave Connect employs 'permissive Digital Right Managament (DRM)', which means you can download e-book content without any physical restrictions. E-book content can be copied, pasted, saved and printed. All ebook pages are watermarked to show that the content is copyright material from palgraveconnect.com. When a Palgrave Connect e-book is downloaded a watermarked coversheet is added, including the name of the subscribing institution.

The links above above how been updated so that they are routed via EZproxy for off-campus access.