Dance, Film and Theatre – What's New in Your Subject

Vogue Archive is now available on the Online Library

Academic Liaison Librarian — Fri, 30 May 2014 14:37:43 +0000

The Vogue Archive contains the entire run of Vogue magazine (US edition), from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution color page images. Every page, advertisement, cover and fold-out has been included, with rich indexing enabling you to find images by garment type, designer and brand names. The Vogue Archive preserves the work of the world’s greatest fashion designers, stylists and photographers and is a unique record of American and international fashion, culture and society from the dawn of the modern era to the present day.

Support from your Academic Liaison Librarian

Karen Gravett — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 12:51:01 +0000

There is a lot of help available for you from your Academic Liaison Librarian. Find out more by watching our new videos – available from the My Subject pages: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/library/subject/

Liaison Librarians Drop in Sessions – update

Academic Liaison Librarian — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:03:42 +0000

Liaison Librarian drop in sessions in SPLASH will restart for the semester on Monday 13th January 2014. During the vacation period please contact your Academic Liaison Librarian or Library enquiries.

You can now watch Digital Theatre Plus on your iPad and iPhone!

Academic Liaison Librarian — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 17:31:15 +0000

By visiting Digital Theatre Plus on your iPhone or iPad you can now watch high quality theatre wherever you are.

Watch full-length production of Much Ado About Nothing – starring Catherine Tate and David Tennant – on your iPad while planning lessons, watch our illuminating interview with David Suchet on acting while travelling with your iPhone.

Access is available on campus with your Surrey username and password.

For off campus access login details are available at: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/library/Private/password.htm

Reference Manager 12 – no longer available after 27 November 2013

Academic Liaison Librarian — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 11:46:04 +0000

Reference Manager is a software package which allows you to store bibliographic references, to insert citations as you write a document, and to generate a bibliography.

As from, 27 November 2013 Reference Manager 12 will not be available to download from the University of Surrey Software Portal.

Users are advised to back up their data and move it to another bibliographic reference software platform such as RefWorks or Endnote.

This helpsheet explains how to backup your Reference Manager data and import it into RefWorks.

If you have any queries please contact us at libvirtualsupport@surrey.ac.uk

New edition of Cite Them Right Harvard Referencing Guide

Academic Liaison Librarian — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 14:55:00 +0000

The new 9th edition of Cite them right the Harvard referencing guide by Pears and Shields is now available in the library and online. The online version of the book is available both on and off campus and is easy to search.

The main changes are how to reference eBooks and ejournals which is now much simpler.

Links to the online book, as well as updated examples, can be found on the Referencing page of the Library website http://www.surrey.ac.uk/library/subject/bibref/index.htm or via the Library catalogue.

Students using the previous Harvard referencing style on a continuous piece of work e.g. dissertation can continue to do so.

Advance warning – noisy building work outside the Library from Monday 17 June

Karen Gravett — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:56:35 +0000

Work to clad the outside of the old Library building, to improve temperature control and air circulation, begins in earnest on Monday 17 June and we are expecting some particularly noisy construction work in the first 2-3 weeks. This noisy work may affect you if you are planning to use the Library between 17 June – 5 July – worse affected areas will be outside the old Library building. Library staff will be on hand if you need help finding a quieter place to study but if you have any concerns about using the Library over this period please contact Clare West, Customer Services Experience Manager (clare.west@surrey.ac.uk 01483 683951).

Library building improvements for Autumn 2013

Karen Gravett — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:55:19 +0000

The next phase of the Library redevelopment project begins summer 2013 with refurbishment of Levels 4 and 5 of the old Library building – Level 5 work taking place this summer and Level 4 in summer 2014.
Externally work also begins soon to clad the old building in line with the look of the new Learning Centre. This is not just cosmetic but will also help to keep out the leaks and cold!

New Level 5 facilities

There are some great new facilities planned for Level 5, building on the successful learning spaces which are so popular with students in the Learning Centre and providing some dedicated training and networking facilities for PGRs:
• A new silent study room (similar to the one in the Learning Centre), to provide insulated silent study space
• Additional computers in the open plan areas with new, modern furniture
• Flexible and dedicated PGR training room to support the extended researcher training programme
• An informal collaborative space for researchers to meet and network with other researchers across campus

We look forward to welcoming you to this much improved space in the Autumn, and to bear with us during some unavoidable noise and disruption in the summer. We will be providing regular updates about when noisy work is planned and Level 5 stock relocations, but if you have any particular concerns or queries please don’t hesitate to contact Clare West, Customer Services Experience Manager (clare.west@surrey.ac.uk 01483 683951).

Oxford Handbooks Online trial

Jean Portman — Fri, 03 May 2013 10:45:02 +0000

We have a trial of the full collection of Oxford Handbooks Online during May 2013. Subject areas covered include Criminology/Criminal Justice, Economics and Finance, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Music, Politics and Psychology.

Access is via the databases pages. Use Institutional log in for off campus access

NEW TRIAL! ProQuest Historical Newspapers Online

Miriam Tarron — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:02:19 +0000

ProQuest Historical Newspapers is the definitive newspaper digital archive offering full-text and full-image articles for significant newspapers dating back to the 18th Century. For the trial we have access to:

– Boston Globe (1872-1981)
– Chicago Tribune (1849-1989)
– Los Angeles Times (1881-1989)
– New York Tribune / Herald Tribune (1841-1962)
– The New York Times (1851-2009) with Index (1851-1993)
– The Washington Post (1877-1996)

The trial can be accessed via the Online Library / Databases on the library webpages with Institutional Login.

The trial will run until 22nd March 2013. So try it out and let us know what you think.
Please send any feedback to your Academic Liaison librarian