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2025 Edition of the Cross-National Time-Series Data Archive (CNTS Archive) is now live

By Sarah Gilmore, on 22 May 2025

The 2025 Edition of the Cross-National Time-Series Data Archive (CNTS Archive) is now live and accessible. This latest edition includes over 51,000 new data points, extending coverage through the past year. It now includes 14 years of optional LINKS files, which provide links to media sources for Domestic Conflict events (Assassinations, General Strikes, Terrorism/Guerrilla Warfare, Major Government Crises, Purges, Riots, Revolutions, and Anti-government Demonstrations) from 2011 through last year.

Please send feedback on this resource to your subject librarian.

UCL now has access to all content within British Standards Online

By Sarah Gilmore, on 8 May 2025

UCL users now have access to all content within British Standards Online. Access is for UCL students and staff only via the Institutional Login option, sign in with your UCL username and password.

The content which has been added is:

  • BSOL Unadopted ISO
  • Wiring Regulations Module including the 2022 BS 7671 Updated IET Wiring Regulations

Please send feedback on this resource to your subject librarian.

Paid business experience with Gale, a global publisher

By Sarah Gilmore, on 8 May 2025

Gale are recruiting for a student ambassador at UCL to undertake awareness-building activities, so that more students can find out about, understand and use their digital archives and other library resources such as eBooks.

Gale is an international publisher of digital archives and other library resources. Gale’s primary sources include full archives of newspapers like The TimesThe Telegraph, the Daily Mail and The Economist, as well as period and topical archives like Eighteenth Century Collections Online and Archives of Sexuality and Gender

Gale are recruiting students to undertake awareness-building activities, so more students find out about, understand and use these fascinating archives! Students from all year groups can apply.

The role lasts for the 2025-26 academic year and requires set activities for which Gale Ambassadors are paid £750. Plus, the role is great for your CV…

  • Business experience – work directly with a global publisher.
  • Run your own marketing activities – refine ‘marketing copy’ and images to make successful use of social media.
  • Public speaking – run presentations and training sessions with your fellow students, obtaining valuable public speaking skills.
  • Have your work published on a company blog – great, shareable evidence of your work.
  • Network – connect with staff and students at the university, other students internationally, and numerous colleagues at Gale.
  • Improve your research skills and discover primary sources for your essays – potentially improving your grades!

Deadline is 1st July 2025

Go to the Gale website for more information on the role and how to apply