New eBooks for Media & English – suggested by you!
Did you know you can suggest new eBooks for us to buy? Maybe you’re looking for eBook alternatives to print books or you’d like more titles on a particular topic? Thank you to those...
Tagged: English
Box of Broadcasts help videos
How are you getting on with using Box of Broadcasts? Isn’t it a brilliant resource?! For anyone who hasn’t discovered it yet, Box of Broadcasts (often know as BoB) is an on-demand TV &...
Doctoral research
Sunderland University Library has a wealth of resources to support you during your doctoral studies. Check out our recent blog post for new students which highlights key ways in which we do this.
Give your eyes a break, and listen to your reading instead
After doing most everything – socializing, lectures, essays, projects, entertainment – on the screen, could your eyes use a break? I’m going to suggest two methods for listening to your academic reading with a...
Free webinars for PhD students
Calling all researchers! What do you know about the British Library? Does it have anything relevant to your research? The British Library are running a series of webinars in the new year where you...
Ebook error on Library Catalogue – what does it mean?
The Library have received some reports from students about an error message when accessing ebooks on the Library Catalogue. Unfortunately you may see this error message when accessing a book on our Catalogue if...
Box of Broadcast – 2 minute video tutorials
Box of Broadcasts is an amazing resource! It is often referred to as ‘BoB’ and is an on-demand television and radio service that the University Library subscribes to – if you haven’t looked at...
Museum of Boundless Creativity – needs your help
September sees the first digital collection from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)- the Museum of Boundless Creativity which will be open 24/7. This new initiative is part of the Boundless Creativity campaign...
New ebooks to support the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries
Ebooks are now more important than ever for giving us access to our reading from home. See which ebooks your librarians Suzie and Leah have bought in April, May and June this year to...
Shakespeare – Othello podcast and ebooks
Are you researching or studying Shakespeare? Is Othello one of your plays? Bloomsbury Academic publishing has released their latest podcast which features Ayanna Thompson. She has written several books on Shakespeare and is a...
Academic writing – phrases you can use in your dissertations
If you’re working on your dissertation and you’re looking for some academic phrases that you can use when writing up your research you will find the University of Manchester Academic Phrasebank very useful. About...
Pride reading highlighted for Media & Humanities
Happy Pride month everyone! Over the past year, the library has purchased some great new titles that describe, represent, and seek to understand the interplay between sexuality and the media. Because our print collections...
Pride 2020 – LGBT+ Reads
The Library have added a lot of ebooks to our collections over the last year and in recognition of Pride Month 2020 we are highlighting the latest LGBT+ ebook titles: Toft, A., and Franklin,...
New ebooks to support the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries
Ebooks are now more important than ever for giving us access to our reading from home. See which ebooks your librarians have bought in February, March and April 2020 to support teaching and learning...
How to keep up-to-date with new blog posts
Our team of Academic Liaison Librarians are doing a excellent job of keeping you up-to-date with resources and services relevant to you. One of the ways we do this is by posting to the...