I would like to talk to you about e-books. More than ever, access to e-books for teaching, learning and research is vital and is a hotter-than-hot topic. You may have […]
Changes to permissions for Pearson e-books
At the end of November, the e-book publisher Pearson made changes to its digital rights management (DRM) policies. Pearson has reduced the 5% print, copy and paste allowance on all […]
Finding local history resources online
One of the frustrating things about lockdowns, self-isolating and restrictions is not being able to get to libraries and archives close to home. To celebrate History Day 2020, Michelle Crowther […]
This screen is driving me crazy
Yesterday, Dean Irwin, a postgraduate reseacher at CCCU, asked me if I had any tips for students who struggle to read on computers (even with assistive technology) and who don’t […]
Black History Month 2019 – Doreen Lawrence
The murder of Black British teenager Stephen Lawrence on 22nd April 1993, and the revelations that followed in the wake of this horrific event of a bungled investigation by an […]
Wonderful Adventures of Mary Seacole
Our last blog for the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Year of the Nurse and Midwife focused on Florence Nightingale and her innovative use of statistics and visual data representations in […]
Did Chaucer visit Canterbury?
To mark Heritage Open Days in a virtual way, we are celebrating Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales. In this blog post researched and written by Charlotte Worthington, 3rd year BA […]
New databases for Early Years and Education
Good news if you are studying Education, Childhood Studies or Early Years! The library has just subscribed to two new excellent resources that will benefit you in your studies and […]
An introduction to transformative agreements
CCCU has signed agreements with the publishers Wiley and SAGE to enable researchers at the University to publish their research articles open access. Authors submitting articles for publication in journals in these agreements will have open access fees (usually known as […]