• Additional collaborative study space for students
• A bookable group study room for practising presentations, group work, library tutorials, etc.
• Improved location and visibility for the self-service machines
• New reception/help zone
• Laptop benching for short stay work
• Distributed Library catalogue access
• Improved décor, lighting and flooring

Obviously, we don’t have a lot of time until the new academic year but the Library and Estates are working very closely with our designers and contractors to achieve the majority of the changes in the time available.  The Library aims to remain open during the works but, inevitably, there will be noise and disruption in the foyer area for which we apologise in advance.

We look forward to welcoming you to a new look Library at Newton Park in the autumn.

LION Literature Online

Over the last few months our electronic database provision has increased. You now have access to:

LION

Literature Online provides you with access to over 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, as well as 300 full text journals.

Empire Online

A collection of original documents relating to Empire studies, sourced from libraries and archives around the world.  They include exploration journals, periodicals, diaries, slave papers, maps and many others.

Illustrated London News Archive, 1842 to 2003

When it began in 1842 the Illustrated London News became the world’s first illustrated weekly newspaper, sparking a revolution in journalism and news reporting.  The publication presents a vivid picture of British and world events – wars, disasters, royalty, social affairs, the arts and science: in fact, its first issue covered the war in Afghanistan as well as the latest fashions from Paris!

In addition to this:

• Periodicals Archive Online has been extended from 80 to almost 400 journals covering the arts, humanities and social sciences: this includes the backfiles for Art Journal, Harper’s, Sight and Sound, Spectator and many others
• more Eighteenth Century Journals have been added to our collection, featuring periodicals from Chetham’s Library, Manchester, and the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

Refworks users

Some Refworks users have been confused by the single sign-on project. By removing Athens access we are not cancelling our subscriptions to academic databases, we are simplifying the way you access them.

Some Refworks users have also expressed concern that their data will be lost during this transition. This is not true; if you have difficulties migrating your data between accounts then please let me know. I will contact Refworks and make sure the transfer will be done for you.

Below is my new video, instructing users on migrating data between Athens/single sign-on accounts:

My contact details:

Matt Durant

m.durant@bathspa.ac.uk

Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers, providing 100% full-text, affordable and user-friendly online access to a comprehensive selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals.

• There are no embargoes on journal content, the MUSE issue appears online before the print version.

• Journals are heavily indexed and peer-reviewed, with critically acclaimed articles by the most respected scholars in their fields. MUSE is also the sole source of complete, full-text versions of titles

• MUSE provides full text access to current content from over 400 titles representing nearly 100 not-for-profit publishers.

Project MUSE can be accessed by visiting their website,http://muse.jhu.edu/, Use your Athens username and password to access your institution’s online subscription to Project MUSE when not on campus. If you do not have an Athens account, please visit either of the libraries at Newton Park or Sion Hill.

Resources available on MUSE

• Receive email notification when new issues and new journals become available on MUSE.

• Install the browser plugin to be able to search MUSE from any page on the web.

• https://muse.jhu.edu/about/resources/guides/guide_intro.pdf

• http://muse.jhu.edu/about/resources/guides/guide_searching.pdf

EBSCOhost have now made many of their services available via Internet enabled mobile phones, allowing Bath Spa students to search and retrieve information on the move.

This means that Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Education Research Complete, Theatre & Dance, MLA & SocINDEX are all available on popular devices such as the iPhone.

EBSCOhost Mobile has the following features:

• Basic Searching
• HTML and PDF Full Text
• Search Modes
• Limiters
• Image Quick View
• Image Collection (depending on the database that has been selected)
• E-mailing articles
• Preferences
• Multi-database Searching
• Branding

To access this service, please enter http://m.ebscohost.com into your mobile’s browser. You will need your Athens username and password.

For support on using this service, please visit the EBSCO Support site.

However when you log-in to the service with your new username and password for the first time, your references will not be migrated across. To make sure this happens, you will have to do it manually:

We would like to encourage all students and staff to assist us in testing access, which so far has been very successful. The feedback has been excellent, and we hope to move over to single sign-on in the very near future.

The following resources can be accessed using a Bath Spa username/password:

It has come to my attention that many students are struggling to access ECCO from home. Athens access to this resource was removed earlier this month in order to test our new ’single sign-on’ system. This means that students and staff trying to access ECCO using links provided in module handbooks or emails may find that they have lost access.

Never fear! You can still access ECCO from home! Simply visit the webpage below (the welcome page for ECCO via the Library webpages) and follow the on-screen instructions. From this page you will be prompted to access ECCO using your Bath Spa username/password.

http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/services/library/electronic-services/ecco.asp

Despite this change for accessing ECCO at home, you will still find that you are taken straight to the resource (no log-in required) when visiting the site on campus.

If you still find you have difficulties accessing ECCO at home, please contact me! m.durant@bathspa.ac.uk

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