The Libray now subscribes to  Garnier’s  Dictionaries of the 16th and 17th Centuries:

This Dictionaries included are:

• Dictionnaire françois-latin de Robert Estienne, Paris, 1549
• Thresor de la langue françoyse, tant ancienne que moderne de Jean Nicot, Paris, 1606
• A Dictionarie of the french and english tongues de Randle Cotgrave, London, 1611
• Les Origines de la langue françoise de Gilles Ménage, Paris, 1650
• Dictionnaire françois de Pierre Richelet, Genève, 1680
• Essai d’un dictionaire universel d’Antoine Furetière, Amsterdam, 1687
• Dictionaire universel d’Antoine Furetière, La Haye et Rotterdam, 1690
• Dictionnaire étymologique ou Origines de la langue françoise de Gilles Ménage, Paris, 1694
• Le Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise dedié au Roy, Paris, 1694
• Le Dictionnaire des Arts et des Sciences de Thomas Corneille, Paris, 1694

This is an impressive full-text collection, one that  French scholars will surely appreciate. Accessible remotely, logging in with the usual UCL username and password, this platform  offers  an incredible detailed Advanced search mode, the individual dictionary can be browsed as well so to find that serendipitous word, which will start a lifelong quest into the mysteries of language…

There are a few new E-resources trials available from now until November or December, and while not all new trials might be relevant to the modern languages scholar they might still be of interest.  Find out more from the Electronic Resources blog.

Perhaps more relevant is the BFI InView , why not check out the 1924 silent short-film  Cosmopolitan London that shows  an Italian butcher’s shop in Soho,  French bookshop, chemist’s, wine shop and cafe bar,  and even the  Scandinavian Temperance Home, admittedly it contains some dubious expressions, which also shows how much attitudes have changed. For something more topical watch a 1989 After Dark two-parter:  Britain: out on a Limb? a ‘coffee table’ discussion on Britain’s role in Europe.

The videos can be streamed and downloaded 

Remember that if you are logging in off-campus you’ll be ask to use your UCL username and password via Single log on.

A new resource: BoB National enables staff and students to choose and record any broadcast programme from 60+ TV and radio channels,  recorded programmes are  kept indefinitely and added to the media archive.

BoB can be used for studying and teaching, allows to embed clips of programmes into Moodle; a one-click citation reference lets you to cite programmes in your work. You can set up and share your playlists.

It contains  French, German and Italian language channels, including: 3 Sat, Arte, BFM TV, France 24, Rai News 24, Tagesschau24, Canale 5, ZDF. 

Online video tutorials show how to record, create clips and more. You can also watch videos showing how subscribing institutions are using BoB National to improve their teaching, learning and research are also available.