It is not unusual for universities and other research organisations to pay publishers twice: Paying to publish: If a researcher wishes a paper to be published Gold Open Access, then an article processing charge may be paid by the university.Paying to read: The university library may then buy a subscription to a package of journals …
What is LibKey Nomad?
https://youtu.be/6umhqr5gGj4 LibKey Nomad is a browser extension that provides instant links to full text content for articles as you research on the web. Nomad works with Oxford Brookes Library to find the fastest path to content across thousands of publisher websites. You can add the browser extension to any of these browsers: Google ChromeFirefoxMicrosoft EdgeBraveVivaldi …
Browsing with BrowZine – introducing our new e- journals service
BrowZine is a new product that we’ve introduced to help you explore and use our electronic journals more easily. BrowZine revisits the world of browsing journals across all our online collection, and the joy of serendipity that comes with it, in a simple and highly attractive user interface adorned with the colour and splendor of …
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How do I find new books in the library?
Tip One: Refine your search results on LibrarySearch When LibrarySearch dispalys your search results, it sorts them by "best match". But, if you want to see the newest books and ebooks on a topic, you can change the order of your results. To do this, look for the 'sort by' box down the left hand …
Decolonising and diversifying the library
A number of academic liaison staff have been involved in projects looking at how the library could help with decolonisation and diversification of the curriculum. Libraries are complicit in supporting constructions of knowledge that perpetuate existing power structures, and how at the same time they may have the potential to serve as sites of resistance …
It’s the little things – but we still want the big things too! A thank you to our suppliers
As we approach the end of this most challenging of years, I want to give a few "thank yous", to selected organisations (and their representatives) who work with our library here at Brookes - the publishers, aggregators, intermediaries, and all those other players who comprise the academic publishing and information community. As librarians, we have …
Academic Integrity Course Success
Over the last year, professional services staff, from Learning Resources (LR), Oxford Centre of Staff and Learning Development, Centre for Academic Development, as well as academics, with expertise in writing and avoiding plagiarism, worked on a new Academic Integrity course for all Oxford Brookes undergraduate students. We released the course in July 2020. Below is …
Exploring novels that break the rules
This summer, we’ve been diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is rule breakers and the BBC panel selected these 10 books: A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy TooleBartleby, the Scrivener – Herman MelvilleHabibi – Craig ThompsonHow to be Both – Ali SmithNights at the Circus – …
Exploring novels about adventure
This summer, we’re diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is adventure and the BBC panel selected these 10* books: City of Bohane – Kevin BarryEye of the Needle – Ken FollettFor Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest HemingwayHis Dark Materials Trilogy – Philip PullmanIvanhoe – Walter ScottMr …
Exploring novels about crime and conflict
This summer, we’re diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is crime and conflict and the BBC panel selected these 10 books: American Tabloid – James EllroyAmerican War – Omar El AkkadIce Candy Man – Bapsi SidhwaRebecca – Daphne du MaurierRegeneration – Pat BarkerThe Children of Men – …
Exploring novels about love, sex and romance
This summer, we’re diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is love, sex and romance and the BBC panel selected these 10 books: Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen FieldingForever – Judy BlumeGiovanni’s Room – James BaldwinPride and Prejudice – Jane AustenRiders – Jilly CooperThe Far Pavilions – M. …
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Exploring politics, power and protest
This summer, we’re diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is politics, power and protest, and the BBC panel selected these 10 books: A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled HosseiniBrave New World – Aldous HuxleyHome Fire – Kamila ShamsieLord of the Flies – William GoldingNoughts & Crosses – …
What are the “best” books and who decides?
As the library is exploring the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World we thought it would be interesting to see how that list compares with our literary special collections. Would the BBC judges have similar taste to the Booker Prize judging panels or the LOGOS journal board who decided on the titles in our …
Exploring life, death and other worlds
This summer, we’re diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is life, death and other worlds, and the BBC panel selected these 10* books: A Game of Thrones – George R. R. Martin Astonishing the Gods – Ben Okri Dune – Frank Herbert Frankenstein – Mary Shelley …
Exploring friendship and family
This summer, we’re diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is identity, and the BBC panel selected these 10 books: A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth Ballet Shoes – Noel Streatfeild Cloudstreet – Tim Winton Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons I Capture the Castle – Dodie Smith …
Exploring novels about coming of age
This summer, we’re diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is identity, and the BBC panel selected these 10 books: Emily of New Moon – L. M. Montgomery Golden Child - Claire Adam Oryx and Crake – Margaret Atwood So Long, See You Tomorrow – William Maxwell Swami …
Exploring identity
This summer, we’re diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is identity, and the BBC panel selected these 10 books: Beloved – Toni Morrison Days Without End – Sebastian Barry Fugitive Pieces – Anne Michaels Half of a Yellow Sun – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Homegoing – Yaa …
Exploring class and society
This summer, we're diving into the BBC's list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is class and society, and the BBC panel selected these 10 books: A House for Mr Biswas – V. S. Naipaul Cannery Row – John Steinbeck Disgrace – J.M. Coetzee Our Mutual Friend – Charles Dickens …
Which novels have shaped our world?
Last year the BBC asked a panel of writers, curators and thinkers to compile a list of 100 English-language books that have had an impact on their lives. Lists of "the greatest novels ever" or "books you must read" are everywhere, but this list struck a chord with many of us in the library, as …
Postcard from home
To Colleagues in Learning Resources, I was on leave last week, but alas not on holiday in the Peak District with the children and grandchildren as we usually are at Easter. So we made the most of relaxing at home in Abingdon instead. The weather obviously helped and we enjoyed seeing the cherry blossom in the garden …
