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The Oxford English Dictionary has relaunched OED Online with a new look and feel. The site not only contains new content but new features and functionality.



Find out more by reading the welcome letter from the Chief Editor or the OED and then start exploring.

You can access Oxford English Dictionary from the Databases A-Z and use your LJMU username and password to log in (make sure you've set the cookie)





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Have problems accessing LJMU resources?

Being asked for a username and password?

Want to use resources off-campus?

Did you know that if you Set LJMU as your institution (the cookie) from the Electronic Library page, you can access most resources with your LJMU username and password?

Wherever you see this symbol next to a resource name you can use your LJMU username and password as long as you have set the cookie

If you need further help with this get in touch

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Go Mobile again!!

Cambridge Journals Online has joined other resources in providing a mobile friendly version of it's services. CJOm has been optimised for smartphones and other mobile devices.

Mobile devices are detected automatically and directed to CJOm

It's only rock and roll...

Get access to thousands of classic articles by rock's finest writers spanning 50 years of music journalism.

Who said "You know the odds of us landing in a fight before the night’s over are about even...” ? - find out using Rock's Backpages.

Rock's Backpages is accessible to you as a member of LJMU, find it on the Database A-Z - please note that this is an on campus only resource.

Proquest Databases

Proquest will be performing infrastructure maintenance on Sunday 31 October 2010 from 2am for a period of 12 hours. During this time the following services will be unavailable

ProQuest platform products,
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
CSA Illumina products such as ANTE, ASSIA, LISA

L&SS apologise for any inconvenience this may cause

Wiley Online Library

Wiley Online Library will be unavailable on Saturday 30 October 2010 between 9am and 12 noon in order for essential work to be completed.

"Art does not reproduce the visible; rather it makes the visible" - Paul Klee

Don’t suffer for your art...

Grove Art Online is the ultimate source of information on all aspects of art! From mosaics to multimedia, from performance art to printmaking, and from Tracey Emin to J.M.W. Turner,
Grove Art Online can tell you everything you need to know about visual art worldwide. Illustrated with over 5,000 images, Grove Art Online lets you see the works of art, as well as read about the people and processes involved in creating them.

Free online access through this library, any time, any where: Select Oxford Dictionary of National Biography from the Databases A-Z

Go Mobile - 3 more resources get mobile-friendly

Wilson resources Art Index Retrospective, Art Full Text and Library, Literature & Information Science now all have mobile-friendly versions.

To access them either search the Database A-Z or click on the links below. You will need a username and password to access these resources, which is available from here

Art Index Retrospective Mobile

Art Full Text Mobile

Library Literature and Information Science

"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it" - Samuel Johnson

Oxford Reference Online is a vast collection of dictionaries and
reference books offering over 1.4 million facts and definitions,
many of them illustrated.

The meaning of everything! from astronomy to zoology.
Topical timelines from the ancient world to British prime ministers.
Explore the globe with the range of illustrated maps and flags.
Who said that? (and when and why!) find the answer in
The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.


Free online access through this library, any time, any where: Select Oxford Reference Online from the Databases A-Z

"History is the essence of innumerable biographies" - Thomas Carlyle

Who do you want to meet today?

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography includes the life stories of over 57,000 men and women who shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century. That’s Julius Caesar to George Best, Anne Boleyn to Virginia Woolf - all available through this library.

Written by specialist authors, Oxford DNB entries are ideal starting points for the people behind British history’s great events - as well as its literature, science, art, music and ideas.

Free online access through this library, any time, any where: Select Oxford Dictionary of National Biography from the Databases A-Z

"Language is fossil poetry" - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Uncover the secrets of the language….

The Oxford English Dictionary traces the evolution of more
than 600,000 words, over the last 1,500 years. The OED is a
historical dictionary: it illustrates how a word is used, when it
first entered the language, and how the meaning of it has
changed over time by quoting from source material – from film
scripts to wills, classic literature to blogs. It is absolutely unique.
Free online access through this library, any time, any where:

Select Oxford English Dictionary from the Databases A-Z

Pharmacy students....

Did you know that we now have electronic access to 6 titles via Medicines Complete?

1. Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference
2. Stockley's Drug Interactions
3. The Merck Index
4. Rules and Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Distributors
5. Clarke's Analysis of Drugs and Poisons
6. Pharmaceutical Excipients

To access Medicines Complete:

• Go to the Electronic Library page


• Set LJMU as your institution (Do this just once on an LJMU PC and on any other PC/Laptop you use)


• Select Databases A-Z, type in Medicines Complete and hit Go


• Click on the link, you will be taken to the login page where you will enter your LJMU username and password.


• From the Medicines Complete homepage you will see links to the 6 titles we subscribe to.

Alternatively all 6 titles are listed in the Library catalogue and you can link directly to the relevant title from there (make sure you have Set LJMU as your institution) .

Why not log in, either on or off-campus and have a look at the information available via this resource.

Studying Law or Crimial Justice?

Don’t forget that you can find out about how to access and use Electronic Resources for Law and Criminal Justice by visiting the Library and Student Support Resources for Law page or the Library and Student Support Resources for Criminal Justice page and selecting from a range of online tutorials.

For further help, contact your Research and Learner Support Officer by email (s.a.jones@ljmu.ac.uk or n.m.taylor@ljmu.ac.uk) or phone them on 01512313184.

Built Environment Students....

Did you know that access to Construction Information Service has been simplified? To access this database which has loads of useful information for all Built Environment courses all you need to do now is:

• Go to the Electronic Library page and Set LJMU as your institution
  
• Select Databases A-Z, type in Construction Information Service and hit Go
  
• Click on the link to be taken to the login page and after logging in and you'll then be taken directly to the resource

Why not log in, either on or off-campus and have a look at the information available via this resource

Electronic Journals via Library Catalogue downtime

We will be carrying out some work on Electronic Journal records within the Library Catalogue from 7pm on Friday 10th September.

Whilst the work is ongoing you will not be able to access Electronic Journals via the Library Catalogue.

We expect that the work will be finished by Monday morning. During this time access to Electronic Journals via the Electronic Library will not be affected.

If you need any help accessing journals via the Electronic Library please ask a the Hub or contact the Central Enquiry Service

Built Environment Students....

Did you know that access to Construction Information Service has been simplified? To access this database which has loads of useful information for all Built Environment courses all you need to do now is:

• Go to the Electronic Library page and Set LJMU as your institution
  
• Select Databases A-Z, type in Construction Information Service and hit Go
  
• Click on the link to be taken to the login page and after logging in and you'll then be taken directly to the resource

Why not log in, either on or off-campus and have a look at the information available via this resource

Athens downtime

There will be a short period of Athens downtime tomorrow morning (1st September) at 9am. This affects access to all Athens authenticated resources. Never fear this should only be for an hour then normal service will be resumed.

Go Mobile - mobile versions of key resources

Some of our electronic resource providers have created moblie versions of their search interfaces:

Ebscohost provide a number of our journals databases such as Academic Search Complete and Business Source Complete - you can get through to the full text of article using the mobile version.

IEEE Xplore delivers full text access to the world's highest quality technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics - the mobile version gives you 10 articles for your search, you can read the abstracts and are able to email a link to the full article to yourself.Both mobile versions are available from the Database A-Z and should work on most mobile devices.

PubMed was developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). It was developed in conjunction with publishers of biomedical literature as a search tool for accessing literature citations and linking to full-text journals at web sites of participating publishers.

They are all available from our Database A-Z or use the direct links below. They should work on most devices.

Ebscohost mobile
IEEE Xplore mobile
Pubmed

Try them out and let us know what you think

Informaworld downtime

Informaworld will be unavailable on Wednesday 4th August 2010 between 8am and 10am BST in order for essential work to be completed.

Digimap Collections - downtime

Digimap Collections will be unavailable on Tuesday 3rd August 2010 from 10am until approximately 4pm. This is to allow for a major hardware upgrade to take place.

Zetoc problem resolved

Please be advised that the Zetoc service is now available again.

We do apologise for the inconvenience caused as a result of this problem.

Zetoc Service currently unavailable - Thursday 15th July

Zetoc Service Currently Unavailable
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Please be advised that the Zetoc service is currently unavailable due to technical problems with the Zetoc website.

The team are working urgently to fix the problem and as soon as we have any further information we will issue an update.

Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience as a result of the problem.

PubMed Mobile

You can now access PubMed on your mobile device

Go to http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/ or link to it from the Databases A-Z in the Electronic Library

Two new resources

We have acquired two new resources. Both will provide automatic access on-campus and access is available via your LJMU username and password off-campus

Financial Times Historical Archives, 1886-2006 - A complete searchable facsimile run of the world's most authoritative daily business newspaper. Every article and advertisement ever printed in the paper can be searched and browsed individually and page by page.

and

Illustrated London News Historial Archives, 1842-2003 - With its debut in 1842 the Illustrated London News became the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper, sparking a revolution in journalism and news reporting. The publication presented a vivid picture of British and world events - including news of war, disasters, royalty, social affairs, the arts and science. Containing over 260,000 full colour pages, fully searchable and browseable.

Both of these new resources add depth to our expanding collection of newspapers

Wiley Interscience Downtime

Due to essential maintenance, the Wiley Interscience site will be unavailable on Saturday 19 June 2010 from 1pm until approximately 5pm.

This is to prepare for the migration to the new Wiley Online Library on Saturday 24 June 2010

New Resource - Brad Connect

Brad Connect is a comprehensive reference tool that allows you to source up to date information on the UK media industry, both quickly and efficiently.I

t does this by giving you detailed editorial, advertising sales and production information for all media channels in a format that's intuitive and user friendly.

Brad has provided accurate, comprehensive advertising information to advertisers and agencies for over 50 years. Today, Brad Connect encompasses every media platform - from newspapers to hot air balloons.
Each entry contains all of the information you need to make advertising decisions:

• contact details
• audience and readership figures
• advertising rates
• production data and more

You can access this resource from the Electronic Library using the Databases A-Z - you'll need a username and password to access the resource available from our password page. If you are accessing the password page from off-campus you need to input users\ before your username in order to get to the page e.g. users\bltjsmit

Downtime - digital collections

The Digital Collections system will be out of action from Friday night (28th May) until Monday 31st am, whilst the server is upgraded. This will affect Electronic Key Texts accessed via Blackboard.

Trial - French Language Journals

We have arranged a trial to a collection of French language journals from CAIRN

A variety of subject areas are covered, including geography, history, political science and sociology

To access go to: http://www.cairn.info Access is only available on-campus for the duration of the trial

The trial ends on 14 June 2010

Please explore this resource and send any feedback to Sarah Robbins

Service Disruption - Saturday 15th May 2010

There is a planned power outage in the JMU tower between 8am and approx. 6pm on Saturday 15th May 2010 - this will affect many of our service including access to the Electronic Library and the Off-Campus Applications Service.

Informaworld - scheduled maintenance

Please be advised, Informaworld will be unavailable on Thursday 6th may from 07.30-08.30am in order to complete some essential work

Trial - Skills 4 Study Campus

We have arranged a trial of Skills4studycampus.

It is an interactive e-learning resource focusing on the core study skills required to create successful coursework and achieve top grades. The site combines activities, practice and reflection to help users to learn and develop their study skills

To access go to: http://www.skills4studycampus.com/orglogin.aspx
Click on the Athens Authentication point link
Users will need to register the first time they use the site

Users need to allow pop-ups for the site to work properly

The trial ends on 28 May 2010

Please explore this resource and send any feedback to Sarah Robbins

ARTstor scheduled maintenance outage

ARTstor will be performing temporary maintenance on Saturday evening 1st May 2010 between 9pm and 2am EDT (8pm and 1am BST). At this time service will be temporarily suspended.

Trial - The Illustrated London News Historical Archive

We have arranged a trial of the Illustrated London News Historical Archive.

It became the world's first illustrated weekly newspaper, sparking a revolution in journalism and news reporting. The publication presented a vivid picture of British and world events - including news of war, disasters, royalty, social affairs, the arts and science. Containing over 260,000 full colour pages, fully searchable and browseable, the ILN Historical Archive 1842-2003 provides users with unprecedented access to the entire run of this unique historical record.

To access go to: http://www.galeuk.com/trialsite/

Username and password are required

Username and password are both case sensitive and the trial ends on 6 May 2010

Please explore this resource and send any feedback to Sarah Robbins

Service disruption - Saturday 17 April - Update

While the University systems are down, access to many of our e-resources will be available via Athens. Login via http://www.athensams.net/myathens with your LJMU username and password.

Service Disruption - Saturday 17th April

There is a planned power outage in the JMU tower between 8am to approx 5pm on Saturday 17th April 2010 - this will affect many of our services including access to Electronic resources via LJMU and the Off-Campus applications service.

For further updates please check the Announcements page.

Severe Network problems

Due to a major electrical disruption in one of our buildings some Liverpool John Moores University computing services are at present unavailable - this includes areas of the Electronic Library.

Computing and Information Services are working to restore all disrupted services.

New Resource - Law

We are pleased to announce that we have purchased the Law module of Oxford Scholarship Online, which is a collection of e-books.

It is available from the Database A-Z on the Electronic Library - search for Oxford Scholarship Online - Law. On campus you do not need to log in to access the resource, off-campus you will need to log in via Athens.

The academic law list at Oxford has a strong tradition of developing exceptional work across the full breadth of legal scholarship. The publications range from the foundations of legal history and philosophy to analytic and comparative work on legal doctrine and empirical research on law in modern society.

In addition to the full text access in law it is possible to access the abstracts and keywords at book and chapter level for the other subject areas.

Trial - The Financial Times Historical Archive 1888-2006

We have arranged a trial of The Financial Times Historical Archive. This archive is the complete searchable facsimile run of the world's most authoritative daily business newspaper. Every article and advertisement ever printed in the paper can be searched and browsed individually and page by page. This is an essential, comprehensive and unbiased research tool for everyone studying public affairs, and economic and financial history of the last 120 years.

To access go to: http://www.galeuk.com/trialsite/

Username: xLJMU3
Password: FTarchive

Username and password are both case sensitive and the trial ends on 29th March 2010

Please explore this resource and send any feedback to Cath Marlowe

ARTstor - scheduled maintenance

Please be advised, ARTstor will be performing temporary maintenance this Saturday evening, February 27th, into Sunday morning, February 28th, between the hours of 7:00 PM and 1:00 AM EST. (12 midnight to 6am GMT)

During this time, service will be intermittently interrupted. We anticipate full service to return by 1:00 AM (6am for UK).

Trial - Global Issues in Context

We have arranged a trial to Global Issues in Context.

Global Issues in Context delivers the tools for understanding the state of the world today. With a balanced selection of articles, references, video, audio, images and more to support the search
for current, authoritative and accurate information.

Coverage of broad issues – like human rights, world trade and climate change – is complemented by more narrowly focused subjects, such as the genocide in Darfur and the product safety of Chinese-made products. Together, this depth of content ensures an eye-opening and thought-provoking research experience.

To access this trial go to: http://www.galeuk.com/trialsite/

Username: xLJMU2
Password: Globaliss

These are case sensitive and trial runs until 17th March 2010.

Please send any feedback to Cath Marlowe

Trial - Oxford Scholarship Online

A trial has been set up to Oxford Scholarship Online.

This resource is a vast and rapidly expanding cross-searchable library which now offers quick and easy access to the full text of over 3,000 of the very best scholarly Oxford books in Biology, Business and Management, Classical Studies, Economics and Finance, History, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Mathematics, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health and Epidemiology, Religion and Social Work.

You don't need to log on to access this resource on campus just go to: www.oxfordscholarship.com

To trial off-campus you would need to use the Off-Campus Applications Service

The trial runs until 10th March 2010

Please send any feedback to Cath Marlowe

Trial - Global Reference on the Enviornment, Energy and Natural Resources

We have trial set up to Global Reference on the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources (GreenR)

GreenR is a new online resource that offers authoritative content on the development of emerging green technologies and discusses issues on the environment, sustainability and more.

It is interactive and current, allowing users to navigate issue, organisation and country portals. A one-stop site, this resource includes: - News - Videos - Unique commentaries - Primary source documents - Statistics

GREENR's reliable content is organised in highly accessible, visually appealing research areas covering relevant categories, including: energy systems; population; climate change; and others.

To access go to http://www.galeuk.com/trialsite/
Login details:

username: xLJMU
password: GREENR

Please note both are case sensitive. Trial runs until 23 Feb 2010. Send feedback to Cath Marlowe

New Resource

We have just purchased a new resource - Bibliography of British and Irish History

It's available from the Databases A-Z on the Electronic Library page. On campus you don't need to log on to access. If you want to use this off-campus you need to use our Off-Campus Applications Service.

This resource provides bibliographic data on historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British Empire and Commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation is available - from 55BC to the present. As well as providing details of publications, the Bibliography provides links to online catalogues to help you find the items that it lists in research libraries in Britain, Ireland and the USA, and it provides links to online text where available (you or your institution may need an appropriate subscription to take advantage of some of these links).

New Trial

We have just arranged a trial to Cinema Image Gallery, this resource is advertised as one of the world's finest and most comprehensive still image archives of film, television and entertainment history. It has coverage starting from the latter part of the 19th century and features links to biographies and other related articles.

You shouldn't need to log on to use this resource on-campus, just click on Cinema Image Gallery. If you are off-campus the UserID and password are as follows:

UserID: AXF16

Password: UNEN024268

Try it out and let us know what you think. You can post comments here or email Cath Marlowe with your views on the resource

Go Mobile

A couple of our electronic resource providers have created moblie versions of their search interfaces:

Ebscohost provide a number of our journals databases such as Academic Search Complete and Business Source Complete - you can get through to the full text of article using the mobile version.

IEEE Xplore delivers full text access to the world's highest quality technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics - the mobile version gives you 10 articles for your search, you can read the abstracts and are able to email a link to the full article to yourself.

Both mobile versions are available from the Database A-Z and should work on most mobile devices.

Try them out and let us know what you think.