New, improved Document Delivery service

From the beginning of February 2012 Imperial College will be moving onto the new British Library Document Supply Service (BLDSS).

Once the system is implemented our users will gain the following benefits:

• All documents, when available, will be delivered in colour.
• Articles supplied as hardcopy will be in an A4 sized stapled booklet format (A3 folded in half).
• Users will receive reminders if they have not downloaded documents supplied to them electronically 7 days before the end of the 30 day download period.
• The current loan period will be extended from 3 weeks to 5 weeks.

During the deployment period the current service will not be disrupted.

IMPORTANT: There will be a change to the email address for documents sent by the British Library Secure Electronic Delivery (SED) service. The sender’s name will appear as noreply@bldss.bl.uk. This should be added to your approved or safe senders list in Outlook so you do not delete the email.

New books at Central Library in January 2012

Please see the attached lists for new books received at the Central Library for January 2012. There is a list of Business books, which have been purchased to support courses, and an additional list of recreational materials which includes fiction, general non-fiction, films on DVD,  music CDs, and spoken word CDs.

New Business Books January 2012

New Recreational Reading, CDs & DVDs January 2012

Just click on the book title to go straight to the Library catalogue record to see if the item is on the shelves, if it isn’t, you can click to reserve the item.

As always, please let us know if you have any suggestions for titles to be purchased for the Library.

New e-book collection now available

The Library has recently purchased the Springer Mathematics & Statistics e-book collection, covering titles published between 2005 and 2011. This comprehensive collection includes titles released by Springer during these years.

This collection is made up of 2,340 titles.

There are several titles within the collection which you may find of interest, including:

• Advanced Mathematical Methods for Finance by Giulia Di Nunno (2011)
• Markov Decision Processes with Applications to Finance by Nicole Bauerle (2011)
• Sparse Grid Quadrature in High Dimensions with Applications in Finance and Insurance by Markus Holtz (2011)
• Statistical Tools for Finance and Insurance by Pavel Cizek (2011)
• Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Acturial Sciences and Finance by Marco Corazza (2010)
• Optimality and Risk – Modern Trends in Mathematical Finance by Freddy Delbaen (2009)
• Applied Quantitative Finance by Wolfgang K Hardle (2008)
• Mathematical Optimiation in Economics by Bruno de Finetti (2011)
• Probability, Statistics and Modelling in Public Health by Mikhail Nikulin (2006)

These e-books can currently be accessed via SpringerLink though we will also be adding the collection to Library Search over the coming weeks.

For a complete list of the titles available as part of this collection please click on this link: Springer maths and stats ebook collection title list

Springer eBooks in Mathematics & Statistics gives you more information about series and titles included in this collection.

Doing your research project – January 2012′s e-book of the month

Doing your research project: a guide for first-time researchers in education, health and social science 4^th edition by Judith Bell

Now in its 4^th edition, Bell’s book finds a place on most students’ desks who are undertaking qualitative research. It covers the basic principles involved in planning your research, and makes no assumptions of prior knowledge.

The book is divided into three sections:

• Preparing the ground: including approaches to research, planning, ethics, reading, and searching and reviewing the literature
• Selecting methods of data collection: looks at dealing with documentary evidence, designing questionnaires, conducting interviews, and observation studies
• Interpreting the evidence and reporting findings: covers some principles for analysing qualitative data collected and how to write up your research

The advice is plainly explained and is suitable for both undergraduates and postgraduates.

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