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Restrictions to LSE Library
By Kieron L Jones, on 1 October 2014
“As the new academic year begins we will be concentrating our Library staff resources on newly registered LSE staff and students throughout October.
Regretfully, this means that access to the LSE Library will be restricted for new non-LSE taught course students from Monday 29 September 2014 to Monday 3 November 2014 inclusive.
Membership applications for new undergraduates and Masters students from University of London and SCONUL institutions will not be processed during this time. New applicants are still welcome to apply for Library membership through our online form, but will not be able to complete their registration at the Library’s Membership Desk until Tuesday 4 November.
Staff and research degree students (MPhil, PhD) who have applied through our existing reciprocal schemes (University of London, SCONUL Access, and M25) will not be affected and can continue to access the Library as usual, as can those using our Archives and Special Collections in the Women’s Library Reading Room.
I am grateful for your understanding during this busy period, and my colleagues look forward to welcoming your students who need to use this Library from 4 November 2014.”
Liz Chapman
Director of Library Services
Library
London School of Economics and Political Science
New books
By Kieron L Jones, on 4 July 2014
Carolan, Michael S. Cheaponomics : the high cost of low prices / Michael Carolan. London : Routledge, 2014.
ECONOMICS F 59 CAR
Wasik, John F. Keynes’s way to wealth : timeless investment lessons from the great economist / John F. Wasik. New York ; London : McGraw-Hill Education, c2014.
ECONOMICS D 20 WAS
Rhodes, David (Of Boston Consulting Group) Accelerating out of the great recession : how to win in a slow-growth economy / David Rhodes and Dan New York ; London : McGraw-Hill, c2010.
ECONOMICS F 11 RHO
Zinkin, John Rebuilding trust in banks : the role of leadership and governance / John Zinkin.
ECONOMICS F 14 ZIN
Disasters and politics : materials, experiments, preparedness / edited by Manuel Tironi, Israel Rodr Chichester : Wiley Blackwell/The Sociological Review, 2014.
PUBLIC POLICY HU 553 TIR
Lebow, Richard Ned. Constructing cause in international relations / Richard Ned Lebow. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS XA 7 LEB
The crisis of the twenty-first century : empire in the age of austerity / edited by Russell Foster,
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS XB 27 FOS
International organization and global governance / edited by Thomas G. Weiss and Rorden Wilkinson.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS XE 50 WEI
New databases
By Kieron L Jones, on 4 July 2014
Please note that we now have access to the following e-resources:
TRAC: Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium
By Kieron L Jones, on 13 June 2014
UCL has trial access to TRAC until 11 July 2014. For off-site access to this trial, please use web WTS or Desktop@UCL Anywhere.
For further details please view the Electronic Resources Blog.
New Library books
By Kieron L Jones, on 8 May 2014
The theoretical evolution of international political economy : a reader / edited by Darel E. Paul an New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
PUBLIC POLICY HF 1359 PAV
Eriksen, Erik Oddvar, 1955- The normativity of the European Union / Erik O. Eriksen. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
PUBLIC POLICY HN 373 ERI
Cirincione, Joseph. Nuclear nightmares : securing the world before it is too late / Joseph Cirincione. New York : Columbia University Press, c2013.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS XB 34 CIR
Routledge handbook of civil wars / edited by Edward Newman and Karl DeRouen, Jr. London : Routledge, 2014.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS XE 15 NEW
Cooper, George. Money, blood and revolution : how Darwin and the doctor of King Charles I could turn economics into Petersfield, Hampshire : Harriman House, 2014.
ECONOMICS A 12 COO
Best, Jacqueline, 1970- Governing failure : provisional expertise and the transformation of global development finance / Jac Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
ECONOMICS D 30 BES
Deductive irrationality : a commonsense critique of economic rationalism / edited by Stephen McCarth Lanham, MD ; Plymouth : Lexington Books, c2008.
ECONOMICS R 40 MCC
Münch, Richard, 1945- Academic capitalism : universities in the global struggle for excellence / Richard Münch. New York ; London : Routledge, 2014.
ECONOMICS T 54 MUN
The UK Data Service – an introduction to data and resources for social scientists
By Kieron L Jones, on 7 May 2014
16 June 2014
Sussex University
This half-day workshop will introduce participants to the data available from the UK Data Service.
The workshop is aimed primarily at research postgraduates but will be of relevance to other social scientists, research methods teachers and librarians who wish to learn more about the resources and support offered by the UK Data Service.
It will involve a mixture of presentation, group work and hands-on computing sessions using the UK Data Service website to:
- explore the range of datasets available for reuse including quantitative and qualitative data
- demonstrate how data can be searched, accessed, browsed and analysed online using a variety of resource discovery and data analysis tools
- showcase the wide variety of data support materials available, for example video tutorial guides and methodological guides
- provide information on managing and sharing research data and available help and guidance
- highlight further training events
http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/news-and-events/eventsitem/?id=3743
BoB
By Kieron L Jones, on 2 May 2014
UCL now has a full subscription to BoB, the online TV and Radio resource: http://bobnational.net
UCL students and staff can record and share broadcast material; they can also create clips to use in teaching. The programmes are saved indefinitely on BoB and you can access the archived clips and programmes from other users. There are some video tutorials on the BoB homepage, and De Montfort University have some BoB guidance that might be helpful (http://libguides.library.dmu.ac.uk/content.php?pid=479023&sid=3924522 ).
You can also link across to the programmes/clips from online reading lists.
Oxford Constitutions of the World
By Kieron L Jones, on 16 April 2014
UCL has a trial to Oxford Constitutions of the World until 8th May 2014.
You may view the UCL Library Electronic Resources Blog post here: http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/library-ejournal/2014/04/10/oxford-constitutions-of-the-world-trial/
ICRG Researcher’s Dataset – Table 3B
By Kieron L Jones, on 16 April 2014
We now have access to the ICRG Researcher’s Dataset – Table 3B: http://metalib-a.lib.ucl.ac.uk/V/?func=find-db-1-title&mode=titles&scan_start=i&search_type=start&restricted=all. It provides annual averages of the 12 components of ICRG’s Political Risk Ratings (Table 3B), as published in the International Country Risk Guide. Average ratings are provided for all countries covered by ICRG from 1984 through to the last full calendar year. Components include: government stability, socioeconomic conditions, corruption, ethnic tensions, democratic accountability, religion in politics, etc.
The BL Newsroom to open at St Pancras, Monday 7 April
By Kieron L Jones, on 7 April 2014
Refurbishment work on the British Library Newsroom is progressing well and the new facility will open on Monday 7 April. Readers will once again have access to microfilm and digital newspaper collections as well as broadcast, multimedia and archived websites.
Periodical collections formerly held at Colindale are already available to order again, following an embargo that ran from June last year to 17 February. The majority of periodicals, amounting to some 24,000 titles, have been moved to Boston Spa and are available to order into any St Pancras Reading Room within 48 hours. A small number of high-use periodicals have been moved to St Pancras and will be available to order into any St Pancras Reading Room within 70 minutes.
Readers can choose to order these journals online in advance of their visit using Explore the British Library which has improved information about the titles and volumes held by the Library. Readers can also track the progress of their requests via My Reading Room Requests. Records for microfilm and print newspapers that are currently being moved are also visible. Although these items remain unavailable for the time being, the records will link to digital versions where these are available and will help Readers to plan future research.
Print newspapers will become available again in autumn 2014, where there are no microfilm or digital alternatives available in our collection.
For full details, please see the March Collection Moves Bulletin. (PDF)
Get answers to frequently asked questions about changes to access to newspapers. (PDF)
Find out how to upgrade your Newspaper Reader Pass to a full British Library Reader Pass. (PDF)
Find out what you should do if you still have credit on your Colindale self-help copying account. (PDF)
