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The first volume of Music Online: Classical Scores Library  is now available. It includes more than 400,000 pages of the most important classical music scores and manuscripts ever written. Scholars and students will find countless works from classical music’s most studied composers, including Bach, Schubert, Mozart, Handel, Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms, Chopin, plus thousands more. Additional material in Volume I includes 100 scores from the Barry S. Brook Center’s collection of French Opera in the 17th and 18th centuries, providing access to the music and libretti of the early operas during an important period in the development of the genre. Access to Music Online: Classical Scores Library Vol. I is available here . Collection Development

Due to scheduled maintenance, ProQuest Ebook Central will be down on: Saturday July 20th 17:00 - 20:00

The new reading list interface is now available. This new view improves the overall reading list experience, by providing additional information on each item, without needing to leave the list page. It incorporates:  improved graphical layout book covers (where available) more immediate access to online links and holdings for students notes and ‘reading intentions’ made by students easier to set  The image below displays an example of the new interface. Click here to view the live  reading list  .  More information about our reading list service including dates of our current summer training is available from the Reading List Service page. Collection Development

Trials of the following music resources from Alexander Street (ProQuest) are now available until 30 June: Music Online: Classical Music Library Music Online: Classical Music Reference Library Music Online: Classical Scores Library Package (Vols. I-IV) Music Online: Music Periodicals of the 19th Century Access to the trials and further information on each resource is available here . We would welcome your feedback on these resources. Please submit your feedback via the link available for each trial. Collection Development

What is known? What isn’t known? Knowable Magazine , the digital publication from Annual Reviews , seeks to make that knowledge accessible to all. Knowable Magazine explores the real-world significance of scholarly work through a journalistic lens. It reports on the current state of play across a wide variety of fields — from agriculture to high-energy physics; biochemistry to water security; the origins of the universe to psychology. Review articles written by leading scholars from the 50 Annual Reviews journals serve as springboards for stories in Knowable Magazine. Through in-depth features, explainers, articles, essays, interviews, infographics, slideshows, and comics, Knowable Magazine presents insights from research to a broader audience. Knowable Magazine content is thoroughly researched, reported, edited, copy-edited and fact-checked. Access to Knowable Magazine is available here. Collection Development

The AWC is pleased to announce that thanks to a generous grant provided by the Dean of Students, Dr Michelle Millar, we will be able to open in July and August for special workshops, write-in sessions, and one-on-one consultations.  Booking and Time-table.  The following workshops will be available for booking from 28 June via the library training events portal. (The workshops will take place during the following times: Mon 11-1 or 3-5, Tue 11-1 or 3-5, Friday 11-1 or 3-5) 1. Dissertation Write-in  2. General Write-in  3. Using Sources Correctly 4. Editing Techniques 5. Academic Writing and Dyslexia 6. Reading Difficult Texts 7. Writing and Exams 8. Time Management, Writing, and the Pomodoro Technique.  One-on-one appointments and phone consultations will be available on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. To book, simply email awctutors@gmail.com stating your preferred time. We'd love to hear from those of you working on repeat assi...

Please see the message below from OVID RE the PsycINFO reload: The PsycINFO database will be reloaded by OVID. The reload will implement the latest APA Thesaurus Tool. We expect it to be live on Tuesday 28 May, 2019 .  Change to MP searching: By customer request, we are adding the PsycINFO MesH (MH) field to the .MP field list for unqualified searches. After the reload, Ovid Advanced Search will change its default fields for PsycINFO to: [mp=title, abstract, heading word, table of contents, key concepts, original title, tests & measures, MeSH] Please note, this change may affect (increase) the results output of existing saved searches and AutoAlerts when MesH terms are used in .mp searches. APA Thesaurus changes (already in place) As announced on 16 March 2019, Ovid has applied new APA thesaurus tool in advance of the reload. The following changes have been implemented already: 25 existing subject headings* are being replaced in the new APA thes...

The Cambridge History of Ireland is now available online via the Library catalogue: The Cambridge History of Ireland. Volume I, 600-1550 The Cambridge History of Ireland. Volume II, 1550-1730 The Cambridge History of Ireland. Volume III, 1730-1880 The Cambridge History of Ireland. Volume IV,  1880 to the present Diarmuid Ferriter, (Lecturer in Modern Irish History, UCD) has described The Cambridge History of Ireland as: "a collective scholarly endeavour by 100 contributors..., covering the Irish experience from the year 600 to the present and bursting with provocative, intelligent analysis and accessible narratives. The volumes continue a tradition of historians collectively stocktaking, distilling and pronouncing on the current state of their areas of expertise."  ( The Irish Times , Dec. 01, 2018) The Library also holds print copies of all 4 volumes of The Cambridge History of Ireland , please click here for full details. Collection Development