New eBooks July 2024
The following is a list of new ebooks received by the Library during July. More complete listings for the year can be found on our website’s new books page.
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New Books July 2024
The following is a list of new books received by the Library during July. More complete listings for the year can be found on our website’s new books page.
Unpacking Outside In World with Greta Friggens
If you missed our Greta Friggens’ (Faculty Librarian, CCI) webinar introducing the history, purpose and relevance to teaching and research of the prestigious Outside In World collection of children’s books in translation, you can catch up with it here.
Don’t miss our upcoming Outside In World drop-ins where you can meet Greta and colleagues and explore how the collection might be useful for your teaching and research.
Reinventing the Postgraduate Study Suite
The University is embarking on an ambitious new project to join the University Library and Student Union buildings to create a luxurious new student hub featuring a diverse range of study spaces to suit all purposes and people. Alongside this, we are reviewing library space and focusing initially on a dedicated space for postgraduate study. From 15 July, the old Postgraduate Study Suite will be moving into a temporary new location as we begin this exciting work.
Drop in on the wonderful world of Outside In World: Children’s Books in Translation
The University Library invites you to visit and find out about the wonderful collection Outside in World: Children’s Books in Translation by joining us at one of our upcoming drop-ins.
Discover this prestigious collection of international books that have been translated from their original languages into English. Feel free to bring children to explore the collection and enjoy a children’s storytime event at each of the drop-ins.
Situated near the Library Café, we actively encourage the use of this unique collection to support research and teaching, community outreach, and reading for pleasure.
New eBooks June 2024
The following is a list of new ebooks received by the Library during June. More complete listings for the year can be found on our website’s new books page.
New Books June 2024
The following is a list of new books received by the Library during June. More complete listings for the year can be found on our website’s new books page.
New Acquisition: Designers & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons has become very familiar across the decades since it first appeared in 1974. However, it’s not the only roleplaying game by a long chalk and in the last half century there have been a multitude of D&D clones as well a vast variety of other games and genres. From science fiction (such as Traveller) to gothic horror (e.g. Call of Cthulhu); from superheroes to secret agents, there’s almost certainly something to suit any interest.
Keeping track of all that history has been made somewhat easier by a recent University of Portsmouth Library acquisition, Designers & Dragons by Shannon Appelcline and published by Evil Hat Productions. This four-volume set follows the history of games and publishers is an immensely readable and engaging.
Upgrading the Discovery Service
On Monday 24 June 2024, two major updates will be applied to all our EBSCO databases, including the Discovery Service. These databases will be running at risk all day, some services such as saving articles and searches and setting up search alerts may be affected by the changes and at some point the EBSCO Discovery Service interface used will change to a new, more intuitive design.
New eBooks May 2024
The following is a list of new ebooks received by the Library during May. More complete listings for the year can be found on our website’s new books page.
