Google Scholar provides an easy way to search the Internet for scholarly literature. You can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic […]
Read all about it! News sources online
Daily news is an important source of information for many degree subjects. Find out how you can access news stories online and use them in your assignments.
PubMed v MEDLINE
PubMed is probably the world’s most famous freely available medical database. In this blog post, we’re going to look at PubMed and MEDLINE (PubMed’s older more established cousin) and find out more […]
The Power of Open Athens
Have you tried to access a journal article online but couldn’t get access to the full text of the article? Did you try to access the article using OpenAthens?
Creating a poster
With assignments approaching, here are some tips from the Learning Developers on creating a poster. If you would like more support you can contact them via the Learning Skills Hub.
Visiting the Cathedral Library
When Fawn Todd, Canterbury Cathedral Librarian invited CCCU library staff to visit the Cathedral Library we jumped at the chance. Read Fawn, Jack, Jodie and Michelle’s story here.
Exploring Curriculum Resources – Story Sacks
Story Sacks enable children to develop a deeper exploration into the world of reading. They encourage fun, creative and imaginative ways in which children can take the story further and […]
Fictional Truths: using newspaper articles for inspiration
‘The wolf in your handbag’ (2008), ‘The degradation of the kilt’ (1899) and ‘Poisonous stockings’ (1879) are some of the intriguing headlines of articles available via the library’s newspaper databases. […]
The mystery of Anna Charlier’s piano music
I found three of Anna Charlier’s music scores a few years ago, when I was doing some re-cataloguing of stock. But, you may well ask, who is Anna Charlier and […]