• Learning Services in Manchester

    New Centre..New Library  Development of Learner Support at Armstrong House- Manchester Learning services have been working in collaboration with colleagues from the Faculty of Health to develop facilities and resources in Manchester The new library and learning space on the ground floor has:              Help and Support desk for library and information queries              Self…

  • New Collection of Ejournals

    We have taken out a subscription to the entire collection of journals from the publisher “Walter de Gruyter”. This is an interdisciplinary collection of over 100 titles. All the titles are now in the library catalogue and can be accessed at Walter De Gruyter Journals

  • Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS)

    We now have access to Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports 1974-1996. FBIS Daily Reports offer foreign views and perspectives on historical events from thousands of monitored broadcasts and publications. Translated into English from more than 50 languages these comprehensive media reports from around the globe include news, interviews, speeches and editorial commentary. We have…

  • ICT Self Help Guide

    Unsure of how to create a table in Word? Need help with setting up a colour scheme in PowerPoint? Want to know how to add a formula in Excel? Help with all these questions and many more are available in the recently released Blackboard module “ICT Self help guide”. The guide also helps you download…

  • History Online Database on trial

    We have got a trial of The Bibliography of British and Irish History Online (BBIH).  This resource has grown out of, and will supersede, the Royal Historical Society Bibliography of British and Irish History. This is a database of around 470,000 records, updated 3 times per year, with around 10,000 references added annually. It covers…

  • New Business Resource Available – GMID

    GMID: The Global Market Information Database  is a one-stop source to find statistics, market reports, company profiles and information sources for country, market, consumer and lifestyle profiling. It will be invaluable to all marketing students and very useful for other business students. We will be monitoring usage in the next eight months so please do…

  • Requesting Inter Library Loans Online

    Learning Services are now offering the facility to place Inter Library Loans requests for books online via the library catalogue. You can choose My Account from the front page of the  library catalogue or you can go directly to My Account in the library catalogue. Once in your account, click on the ILL button which is…

  • New JSTOR Collections Available

    We have added 2 new JSTOR collections.  Arts & Sciences III includes journals in languages and literature, as well as essential titles in the fields of music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, and the history and study of art and architecture. There are 151 titles in this collection. The 180 titles in Arts &…

  • Law Journals on Trial

    We have 9 law journals from Hart Publishing on trial until end of December.  These  journals are now in the library catalogue and the collection can be accessed at Hart Journals

  • Drop-in… …to successful study

    Come along a Library Drop-in session. With friendly, helpful staff on hand, you can learn how to – Use the Library catalogue, Get into Blackboard Work through the Infozone, our online Library induction Familiarise yourself with email Get as much help as you want. Take as much time as you need, No start or end…