... of our resources and services
During investigations into a heating system leak, two of the 5th Floor Silent Study rooms must be closed on Monday 28 May. We hope it can be fixed in time for Rooms 500 and 502 to be soon reopened, at least by the following day.
Meanwhile, you can use several other study rooms on the 5th Floor and other study areas on other floors.
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If you need Arts and Humanities or certain reference resources over the summer, please be prepared to use our ‘fetch and carry’ service.
The University Library’s 5th Floor, and sequential sections of the 3rd Floor, will be closed to Library users when our Rewiring Project resumes to upgrade power and lighting. However, we will fetch any ‘out-of-bounds’ material for you and you will find plenty of space to study on other floors.
When visiting certain Library staff usually on the Ground Floor, you may also find them relocated to the 5th Floor or elsewhere. Occasionally we may need to temporarily close certain staircases for safety reasons, but there will be alternatives and we will re-route Fire Exit access.
We apologise for any inconvenience during these essential works. We’ll keep you up-to-date with changes on this University Library News blog or follow the Library on Twitter.
You will be able to access all areas again by mid-September.
The University is updating the Library’s electrical provision over a several-year period, phased to minimise disruption to Library users. Last summer an up-to-date power distribution system was installed. Work halted until the Christmas Vacation when better lighting and some additional power and data sockets were installed on the 5th Floor (Silent Study Areas). Basement Reference lighting was also improved.
This summer the 3rd Floor and Ground Floor staff areas will be upgraded, displacing Library staff to the 5th Floor and causing its closure to Library users.
In the near future, further work will upgrade lighting and power on the 4th and 2nd Floors.
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Our latest ‘Featured Resource’ is now available, which this month focuses on PsycARTICLES. Check out the feature for tips on using this resource to find full-text articles in psychology and related areas.
This is one of a series of tips helping you to save time and effort finding information.
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If you are leaving the University this summer then please don’t forget to return your loans and pay outstanding fines before you go.
If you are interested in borrowing after you graduate, annual Library membership is half-price at £40!
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From Monday 21 May we will be holding a special book sale covering American history and literature. It includes over 250 books, in excellent condition, on the following subjects:
The sale is on the Ground Floor of the University Library and books can be purchased at the Collection Point from 09:00 until 19:00.
The books included in the sale are donations not required by the Library and all the money raised from the sale will go into Library funds.
If you have any enquiries about the sale please contact Barbara Mathers: email b.h.mathers@reading.ac.uk, telephone 0118 378 8778.
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The Summer Term issue of Essential Reading (PDF), our newsletter for students, is now online and will also soon be available in print.
This issue includes tips for revision from the Study Advice Team, information on joining the Library once your course has finished, details of new online resources, and how rewiring work this summer might affect your use of the Library.
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Need to look something up? Your Library gives you access to many different respected resources - both in print and online - like dictionaries and encyclopedias.
Here is just this month’s list of new reference works!
The encyclopedia of war / edited by Gordon Martel.
Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
4TH FLOOR REFERENCE–355.09-ENC
Shi yong ying han shi pin ke ji chi huia = A practical English-Chinese dictionary for food science and technology / chief editor, Qian Jianya.
Beijing : Chemistry Industry Press, 2008.
2ND FLOOR REFERENCE–664.003-SHI
British music education yearbook 2012
London : Rhinegold Publishing, 2012.
3RD FLOOR REFERENCE–780.71058-BRI
Oxford thesaurus of English.
Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009.
4TH FLOOR INFORMATION DESK
Collins dictionary.
Glasgow : HarperCollins, 2011.
4TH FLOOR INFORMATION DESK
Political atlas of the modern world : an experiment in multidimensional statistical analysis of the political systems of modern states / Andrei Melville; with Yuri Polunin … [et al.]; translated by Igor Romashkevich … [et al.]; illustrations by Vitaly Kabernik.
Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
4TH FLOOR REFERENCE–320.3-MEL
Resort to war : a data guide to inter-state, extra-state, intra-state, and non-state wars, 1816-2007 / Meredith Reid Sarkees and Frank Whelon Wayman.
Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2010.
4TH FLOOR REFERENCE–355.0904-SAR
The UK primary education directory 2012.
Redhill : The UK Education Directory Company Ltd, 2012
4TH FLOOR REFERENCE–372.942058-UK
For more reference works, look up individual titles on the Unicorn catalogue.
Reformist Voices of Islam: Mediating Islam and Modernity
Making of Modern Economics: The Lives and Ideas of Great Thinkers
Comprehensive Handbook of Psychopathology
Springer International Handbooks of Education: International Handbook of School Effectiveness and Improvement
Scientific Exploration and Expeditions: From the Age of Discovery to the Twent-First Century
If the Paintings Could Talk
Key Concepts in Radio Studies
Key Concepts in Marketing
Key Concepts in Health Psychology
New editions of :
The American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia
Marquis Who Was Who in America 1985-present
Marquis Who’s Who in America
Marquis Who’s Who in the World
Debrett’s People of Today 2012
To find existing titles go to our Online dictionaries and encyclopedias page or search the Unicorn catalogue.
Other new books and new e-books are listed on the Unicorn catalogue.
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The latest in our series of monthly ‘Info tips’ has just been published, which this month gives guidance from the Study Advice Team on doing the best in your exams. Read the tip for revision hints and information on spaces for revision across campus.
This is one of a series of Info tips to help save you time and effort finding or using information.
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Our latest ‘Featured Resource’ is now available, which this month focuses on Film Indexes Online. Check out the feature for resources to find information and articles relating to film and television.
This is one of a series of tips helping you to save time and effort finding information.
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Need to look something up? Your Library gives you access to many different respected resources - both in print and online - like dictionaries and encyclopedias.
Here is just this month’s list of new reference works!
British pharmacopoeia (veterinary). 2012.
London : The Stationery Office, 2011.
2ND FLOOR REFERENCE–615.1142-BRI
British pharmacopoeia. 2012 / [prepared by the British Pharmacopoeia Commission, with the collaboration and support of its Epert Advisory Groups, Panels of Experts and Working Parties].
London : The Stationery Office, 2011.
2ND FLOOR REFERENCE–615.1142-BRI
Bengali (Bangla) practical dictionary : Bangla – English, English – Bangla / Hanne-Ruth Thompson.
New York : Hippocrene Books, c2011.
3RD FLOOR DICTIONARIES–491.4432-THO
Oxford-River Books English-Thai dictionary / translated by the Chalerm Prakiat Translation and Interpretation Centre, the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok ; chief editors, Prima Mallikamas, Narisa Chakrabongse, Paisarn Piammattawat.
Oxford : Oxford University Press ; Bangkok : River Books, 2010.
3RD FLOOR DICTIONARIES–495.9132-OXF
Actors’ yearbook 2012.
London : Methuen Drama/Bloomsbury Publishing, 2011.
3RD FLOOR REFERENCE–792.02805-ACT
The Palgrave dictionary of Anglo-Jewish history / edited by William D. Rubinstein ; associate editors: Michael A. Jolles and Hilary L. Rubinstein.
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
4TH FLOOR REFERENCE–325.256930942-PAL
Chronology of the Cold War, 1917-1992 / Lester Brune ; Richard Dean Burns, consulting editor.
New York ; London: Routledge, 2006.
4TH FLOOR REFERENCE–327.1-BRU
The IALL international handbook of legal information management / edited by Richard A. Danner and Jules Winterton.
Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate, 2011.
4TH FLOOR REFERENCE–340.017-IAL
Deutschland, Benelux, Suisse/Schweiz/Svizzera, Österreich, Česká Republika [cartographic material] : Strassen- und Reiseatlas = Tourist and motoring atlas / Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin.
Watford : Michelin, 2012
MAP REFERENCE–912.4-PNE
For more reference works, look up individual titles on the Unicorn catalogue.
Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society
To find existing titles go to our Online dictionaries and encyclopedias page or search the Unicorn catalogue.
Other new books and new e-books are listed on the Unicorn catalogue.
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The latest in our series of monthly ‘Info tips’ has just been published, which this month focuses on how you can find and use maps in the Library. Read the tip to explore the wide range of map resources on offer.
This is one of a series of Info tips to help save you time and effort finding or using information.
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Our latest ‘Featured Resource’ is now available, which this month focuses on Mintel. Check out the feature for information on using Mintel resources to find marketing information.
This is one of a series of tips helping you to save time and effort finding information.
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