Once the system is implemented our users will gain the following benefits:

• All documents, when available, will be delivered in colour.
• Articles supplied as hardcopy will be in an A4 sized stapled booklet format (A3 folded in half).
• Users will receive reminders if they have not downloaded documents supplied to them electronically 7 days before the end of the 30 day download period.
• The current loan period will be extended from 3 weeks to 5 weeks.

During the deployment period the current service will not be disrupted.

IMPORTANT: There will be a change to the email address for documents sent by the British Library Secure Electronic Delivery (SED) service. The sender’s name will appear as noreply@bldss.bl.uk. This should be added to your approved or safe senders list in Outlook so you do not delete the email.

New Humanities Course Books January 2012

New Recreational Reading, CDs & DVDs January 2012

Just click on the book title to go straight to the Library catalogue record to see if the item is on the shelves, if it isn’t, you can click to reserve the item.

Please let us know if you have any suggestions for titles to be purchased for the Library.

The Library has recently purchased the Springer Mathematics & Statistics e-book collection, covering titles published between 2005 and 2011. This comprehensive collection includes titles released by Springer during these years.

This collection is made up of 2,340 titles.

There are several titles within the collection which you may find of interest, including:

• A History of the Central Limit Theorum by Hans Fischer (2011)
• A Short History of Mathematical Population Dynamics by Nicholas Bacaer (2011)
• Crossroads: History of Science, History of Art by Kim Williams (2011)
• Mathematics and its History by John Sitwell (2010)
• A History of Algebraic and Differential Topology, 1900-1960 by Jean Dieudonne (2009)
• History of Mathematics by Craig Smorynski (2008)
• A History of Abstract Alegbra by Isreal Kleiner (2007)
• A History of Parametic Statistical Inference from Bernoulli to Fisher, 1713-1935 by Anders Hald (2007)

These e-books can currently be accessed via SpringerLink though we will also be adding the collection to Library Search over the coming weeks.

Springer maths and stats ebook collection title list

Springer eBooks in Mathematics & Statistics gives you more information about series and titles included in this collection.

Now in its 4^th edition, Bell’s book finds a place on most students’ desks who are undertaking qualitative research. It covers the basic principles involved in planning your research, and makes no assumptions of prior knowledge.

The book is divided into three sections:

• Preparing the ground: including approaches to research, planning, ethics, reading, and searching and reviewing the literature
• Selecting methods of data collection: looks at dealing with documentary evidence, designing questionnaires, conducting interviews, and observation studies
• Interpreting the evidence and reporting findings: covers some principles for analysing qualitative data collected and how to write up your research

The advice is plainly explained and is suitable for both undergraduates and postgraduates.

Access to this resource is controlled by the IP address of your computer when on-campus. For off-site access log in to the College VPN, or authenticate using your College username and password.

New Humanities Course Books December 2011

New Recreational Reading, CDs & DVDs December 2011

Just click on the book title to go straight to the Library catalogue record to see if the item is on the shelves, if it isn’t, you can click to reserve the item.

Please let us know if you have any suggestions for titles to be purchased for the Library.

Spiral, the Digital Repository for research output of Imperial College London, aims to:

• increase the visibility of the College’s research publications
• allow free and open access to all material added to it, and
• provide links to academics’ professional web pages

To find out more about Spiral, click here.

The newspapers mainly date from the 19th century also include some runs dating back to the first half of the 18th century, and cover every aspect of local, regional and national news. Highlights include reports, commentaries and letters to the editor on topics such as 19th century railway mania, and the wonders of the Great Exhibition in 1851.

For more information from the British Library about this service click here.

Please be aware that although searching is free, there is a charge to view the actual content/newspaper pages.

Medical campus libraries will close at 17.00 on Friday 23rd December 2011 and reopen at their normal opening times on Tuesday 3rd January 2012.

For further details please consult the relevant campus library page available by clicking here.

The Wavewatcher’s Companion

Other shortlisted titles were:

Alex’s adventures in numberland by Alex Bellos

Through the language glass: why the world looks different in other languages by Guy Deutscher

The disappearing spoon and other true tales of madness, love, and the history iof the world from the periodic table of the elements by Sam Kean

Massive: the missing particle that sparked the greatest hunt in science by Ian Sample

The rough guide to the future by Jon Turney

Click on the title to be taken to the Library record for the book and find it on the shelves. If the book is on loan already, click on the Reserve button to place a reservation.