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A friendly reminder, as we're due some heat tomorrow! 👇☀️😎

Did you know it's World Nature Conservation Day? Why not pop by and do some reading (or watching!) to learn something new about conservation efforts! 🌍🌱💚

Our #ResourceSpotlight this week is... Digital Resources for Musicology! This is a central hub which links out to lots of open access projects which will be of interest to musicians and musicologists! Link: drm.ccarh.org 🎶

Feeling the heat? 🥵 Hot weather has been central to the plots of numerous literary works throughout history - here's just a few we've found: Can you think of any more?

A special (collections) morning! ✨📜 We had a great time hosting some English UNIQ students today and talking to them about all things @bodleian.ox.ac.uk! We even got to call up some of our wonderful special collections to showcase, including our lovely first edition Pride and Prejudice!

Our #ResourceSpotlight for this week is American Fiction, 1774-1920! 🗽 Newly accessible, this database contains more than 17,800 titles and is comprised of American prose fiction from the political beginnings of the United States through to WW1. For more info and access: tinyurl.com/bdp3jb3y

Exciting news, researchers... EThOS is now back online! Get finding those theses, folks! 🖥️

Our #ResourceSpotlight this week is... the journal Religious Studies! 🛐 This international journal explores issues in Philosophy of Religion, from both classical and contemporary discussions across traditions. It publishes 40+ open access articles a year! solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/44...

We won gold!🏅🌱 Recently, a cross-departmental team from the Schwarzman Centre won a gold award at Oxford University's Green Impact Awards! This recognises an effort to ensure that the environmental policies and practices in the building align with the sustainability of its Passivhaus construction!

🚨Closure reminder!🚨 From 9pm this evening until 2:30pm tomorrow (Friday 10th July), the Humanities Library and the wider Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities will be closed. We apologise for the inconvenience!

Our #ResourceSpotlight for this week is PhilPapers! 📑 PhilPapers is a comprehensive directory of online academic philosophy, including many full-text articles and books by academic philosophers. It is accessible via the 'key databases' section of our Philosophy LibGuide here: tinyurl.com/bz8jm296

Heads up! 🔔 The Humanities Library will be closed on Friday 10th July until 2:30pm (starting 9pm on Thursday 9th July); this is a building-wide closure. Other libraries will be available for you to use in the meantime! www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/libraries

For #ResourceSpotlight this week, we're look at FIAF Index to Film Periodicals! 📽️ This is a bibliographic database which indexes 500,000 article citations from more than 345 periodicals from 1972 onwards 🎞️ You can browse the database here: solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/44...

Are you here for the University of Oxford Open Day? The Humanities Library will be running tours every 30 mins today and tomorrow, from 9:30am-4pm (excluding 12:30-1pm). Drop by and sign up to join in the fun! 🎟️

Did you know that we're a designated cool space?😎 With some Bodleian libraries closing or reducing their hours due to the extreme heat, the Humanities Library remains open as usual. Feel free to pop in and chill out...😏 More✨cool spaces✨can also be found here: tinyurl.com/4z9vrae5!

We have some new library equipment! 🥳 We've added: 🖥️10 new monitors (total now 30) 🪑3 new ergonomic chairs (total now 10) 🔌12 HDMI cables 🔌2 USB-C cables ⚡2 Lightning charging cables ☀️1 Daylight lamp Please ask at the help desk if you'd like to borrow anything or need any assistance at all! 😊

This week's #ResourceSpotlight is Ambix! Especially pertinent to our History of Medicine collections, Ambix is the Journal of the Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry. Covering all periods and geographical regions, it's a hugely valuable resource! For access➡️ tinyurl.com/5ev7tcxe

If the Help Desk is busy, book returns can be left in our drop box! 📚 You can find it near the Help Desk, beside the Self-Issue Machine. (Though if your books are requested or overdue, it's best to bring them to the desk so we can get your account cleared ASAP!)

This week's #ResourceSpotlight is nkoda! 🎼 An app which provides access to thousands of digital scores and performance materials from both major and smaller publishers, nkoda is a valuable music database. For access, follow this link and select 'Sign up with an Institution': tinyurl.com/shs6urex

It's that time of year again... vacation loans are back! 🏖️📚🧳 Any Humanities Library loans you borrow from now on will be due back on Tuesday 13th October - so you can take them home without worrying they'll go overdue! And don't worry, if you're staying in Oxford, we will be too 😎 See you soon!