What’s on this weekend?
Alice in Wonderland at Laing Art Gallery A British Library exhibition with additional loans from the Victoria & Albert Museum especially for the Laing, Alice in Wonderlanddelves into the world of Lewis Carroll’s classic...
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Creative Review: Why NSPCC is using a dancing dinosaur to teach children about sexual abuse
NSPCC’s new film uses cheerful animation and a catchy song to deliver a serious message about abuse
Creative Review: Nike has put a giant, shoe-shaped running track in the centre of Manila
BBH Asia Pacific, Party New York and Jack Morton Worldwide have created the Unlimited Stadium in Manila for Nike, which sees a 200-metre-long running track installed for 17 days in the centre of BGC,...
Watch BBC iPlayer Shakespeare Lives now
A new dance work created by British dance company Rambert inspired by Macbeth. Choreographer Lucy Guerin evokes the dark psychological world of Shakespeare’s famous villain.
New global travel briefing from Euromonitor
What factors are influencing tourism demand in 2016? The latest Key Insights report from Euromonitor Passport provides the latest market research (including statistics and analysis on topics such as Brexit, travel sales, and mobile...
ELTM08 – Tips and Tricks for Searching Effectively
Don’t stick to just one keyword when searching. Think around your topic and identify some alternatives to make sure you’re covering your subject fully. Use a dictionary, thesaurus or subject handbook to help you...
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...
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 –...
John Johnson Collection: an archive of printed Ephemera
One of the databases the library subscribes to is the John Johnson Collection: an archive of printed Ephemera. This contains thousands of items selected from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera. Ephemera is defined...
Beamish People’s Collection
The People’s Collection brings together photographs, oral history recordings and more, that document the everyday history of the region, from 1860 to the present day. The People’s Collection opens up an archive of material...
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...
Spotlight on Spanish Resources
The University Library has a whole host of resources to help you study Spanish whether you’re new to the language and learning on a University Language Scheme module or are studying on an MFL...
Using Library Ebooks – Top Tips and Troubleshooting
Why can’t I print/copy? You can only print/copy from an e-book when you’re in the Read Online version Why don’t e-books all look the same? Our library ebooks come from several different academic publishers...
Creative writing and publishing at the University of Sunderland
University of Sunderland English department has a history of encouraging creative writing students to flourish evidenced by several publications all available from the library.
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%...