The second episode of the Library’s podcast series Top Tips for Smart Searchers is now available from the library website. It focuses on journals and how to locate the right ones for your studies.
Browse Humanities Journals with MetaLib March 20, 2009
You can browse journals by subject within MetaLib. To do this:
- Click on Find E-Journal
- Click on Category
- Select your Category e.g. Arts and Humanities
- Select your Sub-Category e.g. History or Language and Lingusistics or Society and Culture
It is still possible to search for a specific journal in the Title section of Find E-Journal.
You need your College username and password to access MetaLib.
Folllow the Library on Twitter! March 20, 2009
Imperial Library is now using the micro-blogging service Twitter. Follow us to keep up to date with what’s going on!
Sense About Science March 17, 2009
This charitable organisation promotes sound and transparent scientific practice. From the website, Sense about Science aims to:
- respond to inaccuracies in public claims about science, medicine, and technology
- promote the benefits of scientific research to the public
- help those who need expert help contact scientists about issues of importance
- brief non-specialists on scientific developments and practices
Sense about Science also publishes some useful booklets, including information about the media and its role in promoting and disseminating scientific knowledge. Look out for these on the display stands on Level 5 at Central Library.
We Want Your Votes! March 16, 2009
The Library website is now running a series of polls on issues to do with the Library and its use. First up, you can let us know how you feel about studying in the Library – do you like things quiet and solitary?, or do you prefer to mix it with your friends?
Head over to the Library website and let us know. You will find the voting buttons on the right hand side of the front page.
Historical British Newspapers March 6, 2009
The Library’s collections of historical British newspapers have been extended, with two new resources available that you can use to delve into the past history of Britain.
1. The Burnley Collection is the largest single collection of 17th and 18th century British news media. Newly digitised, this collection includes lesser known publications alongside more familiar ones, as well as interesting ephemera such as pamphlets.
2. British Newspapers 1600-1900 is a new interface that allows you to search across both the Burnley Collection, and 19th Century British Newspapers, at the same time.
New Haldane Material for March March 3, 2009
Our latest list of new material for the Haldane collection is now available.
Are We Ready to Recast the History of Science? Towards a Global Narrative March 2, 2009
This is a one day conference to be held Wednesday May 20th, at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.
It presents 5 speakers from highly regarded places of learning including Princeton, Harvard and Cambridge. The conference looks at ways of broadening our view of the history of science beyond traditional constraints. Themes include:
- What do we make of the old strategy of ‘reading-between-the-lines’ of the colonial archive in order to recover indigenous voices? Should a less Euro-centric history of science use the colonial archive as its main source of evidence?
- What is the most effective scale at which to write an account that takes account of the agency of non-European peoples in the history of science: the region, the continent, the ocean; the globe?
Information including the speech topics and booking procedure can be found here
