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?
Women’s History Month 2020 – Mary Anning
Where do you get your blog inspiration? Sometimes I feel bereft of inspiration but sometimes it hits you when you’re least expecting it. I took February half term off work […]
Clay pipes, old maps and archaeological site reports
With so much archaeology going on around the university site at the moment, it’s a good time to find out more about some of the resources available to archaeologists in […]
Your Voice Matters
Using #YourDigitalLibrary to explore the history of UK suffrage in light of the forthcoming general election However you feel, whether passionate or uninterested, staunchly aligned or ambivalent about party manifestos, […]
Picturing your digital library (or not)
Everyone’s brain is different. I’ve known that mine is different in a particular way since I was at secondary school. I can’t picture things in my head. It doesn’t matter what you describe – a sunny beach, the Drill Hall Library where I work, members of my family – I simply cannot “see” it unless it’s right there in front of me. Apparently, this is unusual, though to me it’s perfectly normal.
Six films available to stream for free on Kanopy this Halloween
Kanopy (https://www.kanopy.com/) is a streaming service that allows the Library to bring to you a range of diverse and thoughtful entertainment. There are no fees and no adverts to interrupt your viewing pleasure. […]
The British Education Index: an extremely short introduction
The video below introduces you to the British Education Index. If you would like to know more you can read the full guide. For more information or help with using […]
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. […]
D-Day and how a Kent woman communicated the news to the World
On Friday 9th June 1944, The Kent Messenger reporting on D-day, described Kent as “elated but not exultant at news of beach landings” explaining that the county “had witnessed too much […]