Your Digital Library: behind the scenes September – December 25

Have you ever thought about how and what is used to build your virtual bookshelves? No need to ponder anymore, we’re going to give you a sneaky peek into some of the new e-books we’ve added to the digital collection. We’ve popped them into subject areas to make it helpful for you and support your studies.

You can find the full list of resources here: Augustine House Library – New e-books by Academic school | Canterbury Christ Church University

See below for a taste of e-titles you may find within the academic area:

School of Business Law and Policing

Crime scene to court: the essentials of forensic science. 5th edition edited by Niamh NicDaeid and Peter C. White.

The captivating field of modern forensic science can be challenging to understand. Written for those with little or no scientific knowledge, this book covers the three main areas of an investigation where forensic science is practised: at the scene of the crime, in the forensic laboratory, and in court.

The fifth edition of this popular book has been fully updated including new chapters and authors. With practitioners once again providing these chapters, readers are able to gain information on the forefront of current practices across the forensic science disciplines.

Ideal for anyone studying forensic science or law, this book details how crime scene and forensic examinations are conducted in the UK, courtroom procedures, and the role of the expert witness. It is an excellent source of information for anyone with a role in an investigation, including the police and crime scene investigators.

Measurement problems in Criminal Justice Research: workshop summary

Most major crime in this country emanates from two major data sources. The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports has collected information on crimes known to the police and arrests from local and state jurisdictions throughout the country. The National Crime Victimization Survey, a general population survey designed to cover the extent, nature, and consequences of criminal victimization, has been conducted annually since the early1970s.

This workshop was designed to consider similarities and differences in the methodological problems encountered by the survey and criminal justice research communities and what might be the best focus for the research community. In addition to comparing the methodological issues associated with self-report surveys and official records, the workshop explored methods for obtaining accurate self-reports on sensitive questions about crime events, estimating crime and victimization in rural counties and townships and developing unbiased prevalence and incidence rates for rate events among population subgroups.

School of Science, Psychology, Arts and Humanities, Computing, Engineering and Sports.

The Independent Filmmaker’s guide to the New Hollywood: Success in the Era of Netflix and Streaming Video Campisi, Gabriel.

Netflix and its competitors like Disney+, Amazon Prime and Hulu have brought unprecedented levels of entertainment to consumers everywhere, providing the richest, most abundant aggregate of motion pictures and cinematic television the world has ever seen. Behind the facade, however, things are not as pleasant.

A very costly paradigm shift is underway, altering not only conventional business and finance models, but also threatening long-established avenues of entertainment such as movie theatres, traditional television, and home video, and wreaking havoc on independent filmmakers and veteran producers alike.

You can also find a print version of this book on the shelves by going to LibrarySearch

Mood machine: the rise of Spotify and the cost of the perfect playlist. Pelly, Liz.

An unsparing investigation into Spotify’s origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism, illuminating how streaming is reshaping music for listeners and artists alike. Drawing on over one hundred interviews with industry insiders, former Spotify employees, and musicians, Mood Machine takes us to the inner workings of today’s highly consolidated record business, showing what has changed as music has become increasingly playlisted, personalized, and autoplayed.

Building on her years of wide-ranging reporting on streaming, music journalist Liz Pelly details the consequences of the Spotify model by examining both sides of what the company calls its two-sided marketplace: the listeners who pay with their dollars and data, and the musicians who provide the material powering it all. The music business is notoriously opaque, but here Pelly lifts the veil on major stories like streaming services filling popular playlists with low-cost stock music and the rise of new payola-like practices.

For all of the inequities exacerbated by streaming, Pelly also finds hope in chronicling the artist-led fight for better models, pointing toward what must be done collectively to revalue music and create sustainable systems.

You can also find a print version of this book on the shelves by going to LibrarySearch

School of Nursing, Midwifery, Allied and public health

Oxford Handbook of Medical Education in Practice. Finn, Gabrielle M., editor.

This book aims to provide a practical, easy-to-read guide on medical education for doctors and healthcare professionals. Starting as an educator can be daunting and this book can act as a resource for those who are beginning their journey within medical education, as well as those who are more experienced and seeking to develop their educational skillset’

Clark’s essential Guide to Preliminary Clinical Evaluation of Musculoskeletal X-rays, Martin, Amanda.

This easy-to-understand guide in the highly respected Clark’s stable of diagnostic imaging texts is an invaluable tool for student and qualified radiographers, providing practical advice and instruction on how to formulate a comment following image evaluation of musculoskeletal X-rays. Covering both trauma and pathology of the musculoskeletal system, the reader can find essential information quickly, with content including key points and take-home messages throughout.

Clark’s Essential Guide to Preliminary Clinical Evaluation of Musculoskeletal X-rays takes the systematic approach adopted within books in the Clark’s family and is designed to be clear and consistent.

School of Social work, Education and Teacher Education

Happiness Factories: a success – driven approach to holistic physical education, Mathe, Phil.  

Happiness Factories explores the ideas, concepts and arguments behind an expanded focus in physical education beyond just the physical. It attempts to discuss the value and benefits of identifying other aspects – whether we call these ‘holistic strands’, ‘character traits’, ‘life skills’ or something else – that we can introduce into our curriculum design to identify other areas that our subject potentially touches on and influences.

Taking the reflections and thoughts of PE educators, leaders and academics from across the world, Happiness Factories will seek to offer reflections and practical ideas for adapting PE provision to widen the impact for all pupils, regardless of their specific contexts and the book argues that a physically rich, dynamic and context-driven curriculum approach will expand opportunities for success for all, in turn inspiring future generations of PE pupils to strive for greater engagement, understanding and progression in all aspects of PE. Happiness Factories is the story of the author’s career in PE, reflecting on the lessons he has learned, with the successes (and failures) along the way.

You can also find a print version of this book on the shelves by going to LibrarySearch

How to lead it: primary history. Pethick, Alex.  

Finding it hard to know what to prioritise as subject lead or how to work out which research is relevant and how it applies to your subject? The How to Lead It series are the go-to guides for primary subject leads in schools and trusts. In them you will find:- clear summaries of relevant research and thinking around best practice- age-specific and inclusive classroom examples- case studies- reflective questions- suggestions for short PD sessions with colleagues.

Everything in the book is applied thoughtfully to the specific subject area of history. These books enable busy subject leaders to confidently make good decisions for effective teaching and impactful curricula. All the key elements of the primary history curriculum are explored including curriculum design, assessment, storytelling, vocabulary, oracy and historical enquiry as well as support on how to approach research and a step-by-step guide to creating your own implementation plan for your school’s context and needs.

Your Learning Skills Team

If you need to find out more about locating resources for your studies, developing your academic and library skills, improve your writing and referencing and much more! Don’t forget to contact your Learning Skills Team.

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You can find out which team to contact by going to the Learning Skills Hub and selecting your academic school / subject area.

New e-book collection by academic school is now Live!

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We hope we have given you a flavour of some of the e-books available for you to access, checkout the ‘New e-book collection by academic school’ reading list which is now…Live! This list will be updated by us for you, every month so you can see when we add new titles to the e-collection. 

Note from the Collections Team

From Autumn 2025, we will be introducing a new digital reading list platform for module readings. Please check Blackboard to see whether a reading list has been created for your module. If it is not there yet, it will be added as the rollout progresses.

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