News

A trial of the full catalogue of IOS Press journals has just started. The trial will run until November this year.Here is a sample of titles (to which we do not usually enjoy online access) available through the trial:Behavioural Neurology Journal of Huntington's DiseaseJournal of Parkinson's DiseaseJournal of Pediatric NeurologyNutrition and Agein…

 The summer vacation borrowing period runs from Tuesday 11th June 2013. Books borrowed or renewed from this date will be due back on Thursday 10th October 2013.Using a higher education library close to home during the vacationThe SCONUL Vacation Access Scheme allows students on taught courses at participating UK higher education institutions to mak…

A course for research students and researchersA session on data management for researchers will be held today at the Department of Psychology in the Second Floor Seminar Room from 4pm to 5pm.  The session will be given by an expert from D-Space@Cambridge and will cover matters such as file names, folder structures, and back-up issues, as well as in…

A fresh new look for the Student Common and Computer Rooms. Vacation loans due for return or renewal on the first Thursday of term.Break-out spaceAs the new term begins, the Student Common Room project reaches its conclusion. We have an amazing new space for you to enjoy.  It is perfect for taking a break from the Library.The refurbished Student Co…

 If you would like some help finding and using e-books try out the new training videos produced by ebooks@cambridge, available here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ebookscamb. Don't forget we have a growing collection of psychology titles, accessible any time, any place, any where - so long as you have an Internet connection and Raven password.

Don't forget today's e-books drop-in session. If you have questions about e-books and how to find, use or download them, this session is for you!The session is taking place in the Student Common Room (next to the Department of Psychology Library, Downing Site) today, from 1-2 pm.

Thanks to the Connell Fund, and the work of the ebooks@cambridge team, our collection of psychology ebooks has recently increased greatly.Many, but not all, of our ebooks can be discovered through LibrarySearch.  Lists of psychology ebooks are also maintained on this website. These lists are not definitive, but they do contain Tripos reading list e…

If you are a visitor from outside the Department of Psychology it is essential that you contact the Libary before visiting during the vacation (view term dates, here).Contact information can be found here.

Research tool opens up a new sphere of research possibilitiesThe University currently has trial access to a new research resource, the Data Citation Index, which is an index of science, social science and humanities datasets.  It can be used to discover and access research data sets from around the world. To access the Data …

You can now interact with the Library through Facebook. (But remember, you can always come and talk in person, too!)

Arrangements for borrowing over the Christmas vacationVacation borrowing begins on Tuesday, 27th November.  Books borrowed (or renewed) from that date will be due for return on Thursday 17th January.   Up to ten books may be borrowed.Renewals of vacation loans will be possible at the end of the vacation loan…

The September issue of The Psychologist, the monthly magazine of the British Psychological Society, is free in digital form via http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk and in deluxe digital form (readable on most tablets and smartphones) at http://tinyurl.com/studgift12There are articles about psychology on the road, Robert Sternberg on 'becoming immorta…

Why not try out LibrarySearch+, a new web-scale discovery service rolled out in Cambridge this summer, which lets you search the full breadth of content found in Cambridge's library collections—from physical material to e-resources such as articles.  There is a quick-start guide to LibrarySearch+ here.

The Library will be unstaffed during much of the week beginning 18th June 2012.  Please email the Library with your queries and a response will be sent as soon as possible:  library@psychol.cam.ac.uk.

All undergraduate loans are due for return by Wednesday, 13th June.  Outside staffed  hours, books can be returned in the drop-box, which is under the self-issue unit.