University of Sunderland Library Blog Blog

Spotlight on resources

JSTOR

What is JSTOR? JSTOR is a digital library of more than 1,500 academic journals, books, and primary sources covering economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities...

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Asian EFL Journal

This is a (mostly) open-access academic journal that you can find good full text research in, but some special content is charged for.  You do need to register to access the free content –...

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Library resources for historians

The library isn’t just a place for finding information on subject topics and content for assignments – it’s also a great place to find information to help you develop your research skills as a...

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Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline investing in UK

Brexit isn’t putting GlaxoSmithKline off. The announcement that the pharmaceutical company are investing in their UK sites follows news that their second quarter profits increased – consumer healthcare and vaccines for example were up 7%...

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Euromonitor webinar: The new consumerism

Watch this free webinar exploring the rise of the “New Consumerism”, a term coined by Euromonitor to describe the changing priorities and values of today’s consumers. This shift in attitudes, driven by trends such...

New School of Nursing

Senior health partners joined the University of Sunderland today, (Thursday 16th June 2016), to launch a new School of Nursing in the North East region, based in Sunderland. The new School of Nursing will...

What is open access?

This article by Charles W. Bailey Jr. is now a decade old, but it gives a thoughtful, and comprehensive, overview of the philosophy behind OA; something that often gets lost in the current climate...