ACM: theses
Updated: 2012-04-27 09:00:15
ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) has an A-Z list of over 64,900 North American theses. To access the list logon to ACM go to Browse all literature by type and select theses.
Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) Knowledge Portal
Updated: 2012-04-26 10:31:16The Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC) ”aims to enhance..knowledge of the sector through independent and critical research”. A useful feature of the website is The Third Sector Knowledge Portal, which provides access to research and information on the third sector in the UK and beyond. It is a free to use and topics covered includecommissioning, social and economic impact, [...]CFP: Second Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference
Updated: 2012-04-23 21:23:47A reminder that the call for papers for the Second Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference (University College Dublin, 31 August – 1 September 2012) closes on 27 April. Proposals for papers and panels on any aspect of society in Ireland during the Tudor and Stuart eras are welcome. Postgraduates are particularly encouraged to offer papers. [...]World Bank Repository Now Available
Updated: 2012-04-23 14:15:45The World Bank’s Open Knowledge Repository is now freely available at https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/. The OKR contains research from thousands of works including: World Bank published books from 2009-2012, Policy Research Working Papers (PRWP) from 2009-2012, Economic and Sector Work (ESW) studies from 2009-2012 & Journal articles from 2007-2010 published in World Bank Economic Review (WBER) and World [...]British Library Historic Photographs
Updated: 2012-04-23 09:00:28Much of British Library’s large photographic collection remains uncatalogued, but with funding from the Jerwood Charity its holdings will progressively be made available through an Integrated Catalogue. This is a three project but the Catalogue is already searchable. For an introduction to the Library’s holdings click on Historic Photographs. You will find a link to [...]Dr Helen Smith, ‘Materialising the Book: Print and Practice in Moxon’s Mechanick Exercises’
Updated: 2012-04-20 14:49:58Dr Helen Smith, ‘Materialising the Book: Print and Practice in Moxon’s Mechanick Exercises’ Friday 27 April, 6.30 pm, Malet Street, room B02 A warm invitation to our next event. Dr Helen Smith works at the University of York where she teaches early modern literature. Her research interests include the history of the book, women and [...]Springer Journal Author Academy
Updated: 2012-04-19 09:00:24The Springer Journal Author Academy is a joint venture between Springer and Edanz to give guidance on writing and publishing research. There are also two videos, How to write and publish your scientific paper and Peer review and how to deal with it. Both are available with Chinese or Japanese subtitles. Edantz provides a fee [...]CFP: Bonds, Lies, and Circumstances: Discourses of Truth-Telling in the Renaissance
Updated: 2012-04-17 18:58:42Bonds, Lies, and Circumstances: Discourses of Truth-Telling in the Renaissance An International and Interdisciplinary Conference 21st – 23rd March, 2013 School of English, University of St Andrews If a lie had no more faces but one, as truth had, we should be in farre better termes than we are: For whatsoever a lier should say, [...]British Library Help For Researchers
Updated: 2012-04-16 09:40:57This is an excellent service. You can find help by subject, time period, industry, region, language, resource type, or British Library department. You can also get help online or by post, if you want copies of documents, images, newspapers, permission rights. U. U. Library’s Document Delivery Service can assist you in getting material from BL’s [...]Early Modern Cities in Comparative Perspective: Folger Institute
Updated: 2012-04-11 11:05:49Early Modern Cities in Comparative Perspective Folger Institute, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC 27-29 September 2012 Schedule (abstracts are being added as they are received) How does the space of a city function as the figure or ground of scholarship, and what difference does it make? Folger Institute faculty weekend seminars on early modern cities [...]Royal Devotion: Monarchy and the Book of Common Prayer
Updated: 2012-04-11 10:22:04Monarchy and the Book of Common Prayer Lambeth Palace Library 1 May – 14 July 2012 Tuesday – Saturday & Bank Holiday Mondays 7 May & 4 June This exhibition traces the close relationship between royalty and religion from medieval to modern times. It tells the story of the Book of Common Prayer and its [...]Corpus Vitrearum Medi Aevi (Medieval Stained Glass)
Updated: 2012-04-11 09:00:06The Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (CVMA). There is the international research project dedicated to recording medieval stained glass in Great Britain. There is free access to a picture archive of over 23,000 images most of which are in colour. There is a section on the conservation and restoration of stained glass and links to other conservation websites. [...]Index of Legal Terms – now available in Westlaw
Updated: 2012-04-06 10:40:01The library’s Westlaw subscription now includes the Index of Legal Terms. This allows you to search the following authoritative legal dictionaries: Jowitt’s Dictionary of English Law Stroud’s Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Osborn’s Concise Law Dictionary Searching the Index will also help you find definitions from cases, legislation or journals. Why not try it out?Picture of the Week #170
Updated: 2012-04-05 01:09:09Walking up the entrance to Dover Castle. Photo May 2003.GoGeo
Updated: 2012-04-04 09:00:38GoGeo is described on their home page as, “the place to discover geospatial information and services for those in education and research”. Their resources links include links such as Megalithic Portal and Megalithic map; the Geodemographics database and the BBC 2005 election map. GoGeo has a learning and resources section which, for example, links to a bibliography [...]