New! The Economist

The Library now provides online access to The Economist - a source of information on international news, politics, business, and economics.

Explore the website by clicking on the tabs/drop-down menus located at the top of the screen. From here you can also view the print editions of The Economist from 1997 up to the current edition.

The website provides access to a number of blogs on different subjects including: financial markets, American politics, economics, and business travel. There is also a multimedia library with video and audio clips.

Useful tip: creating a free account will enable you to save articles to a Timekeeper reading list so that you can go back to them later.

Please note: University members get full access to The Economist (excluding The Economist apps and The Economist in audio), so there is no need to subscribe. All links to subscription information are intended for individuals and can be ignored.

Access

Access is available via the StarPlus Library catalogue (make sure that you have signed in by clicking University members at the top of the screen). Find it by typing "The Economist” into the University Collections search box and click Search. Please note: the Library also has the print edition of The Economist. For the online resource click View It on the record marked as electronic resource and then click on the link.

New! Artemis Primary Sources

 

Artemis Primary Sources can be used to cross-search, analyse and visualise search results of the University of Sheffield’s subscriptions to Gale historical collections and newspapers.

 

From both the basic and advanced search screens you can choose to search across all available databases or select only those that are relevant to your research. These databases include:

 

·         17^th and 18^th Century Burney Collection

·         19^th Century British Newspapers

·         19^th Century UK Periodicals

·         Daily Mail Historical Archive, 1896-2004

·         Eighteenth Century Collections Online

·         The Times Digital Archive, 1785-2008

On the left side of the search results screen there are options to narrow your results. From here you can also access visual representations of your search results by clicking on the options available under Analyze Results. For example, you can view your search results as Term Clusters, which are visual representations of the words and subjects that have been found most often in the text of your search results. Clicking on a Term Cluster will narrow your original search results to the documents also containing that subject or term.

There is also a tool that allows you to see a visual representation of Term Frequency in the form of a graph. This can be used to determine how often and in what years a particular word or phrase occurs in your search results. Clicking on a point on the graph will narrow your search results to that particular year and search term. It is also possible to compare different search terms on one graph as well as visualise search results according to popularity.

 

Useful tip: There is also a link to the Term Frequency tool on the initial search page. This can be used to visualise the frequency or popularity of search terms across all or some of the databases prior to conducting a search.

Useful tip: Create an account to save documents of interest to a personal folder. From here you can email, print or export documents into reference management software, such as EndNote. Having an account will also enable you to create tags and annotate documents.

Access

Access is available directly from here by connecting to the Artemis Primary Sources website (see Quick links on the right). You’ll be prompted to log in to MUSE as necessary. Artemis Primary Sources can also be accessed from StarPlus by searching under University Collections.

New! Daily Mail Historical Archive (1896-2004)

The Library now subscribes to the Daily Mail Historical Archive. As well as providing access to the regular edition of the Daily Mail, the archive also contains Special Issues and the Atlantic Editions, printed on board the transatlantic cruise liners between 1923 and 1931. The archive can be browsed by date or searched using the basic and advanced search options. It also provides access to a small selection of essays about the Daily Mail including a chronology of key events in the history of the newspaper (see the Essays tab at the top of the screen).

Access

Access is available directly from this page by connecting to the Daily Mail Historical Archive website – you’ll be prompted to log in to MUSE as necessary. Alternatively, the archive can be accessed via StarPlus, the Library catalogue (search under University Collections).

Newspapers in the Library and on the Internet

For further help with finding newspapers in the Library and on the Internet, take a look at our subject guide or contact the librarian for your department. 

New! Open Book Publishers

Open Book Publishers (OBP) is a non-profit organisation established by academics to publish peer-reviewed open access monographs in all disciplines of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

The University of Sheffield is a member of the Open Book Publishers' Library Membership Scheme which offers staff and students full access to the various formatted digital editions, as well as a discounted price for any printed edition of an OBP title purchased from the OBP website.

Access is available from here. You’ll need to connect to the OBP website via the link on the right-hand side (under Quick links). You'll be prompted to log in to MUSE as necessary. You can also search for individual ebook titles on StarPlus under University Collections.