With the end of term fast approaching, some of you will be leaving Warwick for the vacation. Not sure how you’re going to manage without the Library? Whether you‘re researching for an assignment or just need a quiet space to study, there are plenty of alternatives you can try while you’re away… See how the […]
Get Familiar: The Postgrad Hub
The Postgrad Hub (or the PG Hub, as it’s more commonly known) is a treat reserved for all of Warwick’s postgraduate students. Read this post to get familiar…By Eric Baron Like a Russian nesting doll, tucked away on campus, tucked inside of Senate House, you might pass by it without realising how much is inside, […]
Space, monsters and luxury apartment blocks: Our book suggestions for your summer reads
Did you know that yesterday was #NationalBookLoversDay? Well, that’s like Library Christmas for us so we got very excited chatting about our favourites. Here’s a post to inspire you to pick up a book, settle into the sofa and lose yourself in some fiction… You’re studying at Warwick with access to a Library containing over a […]
What’s in a name? Statistics can tell you…
Understanding Library terminology: Part III
Lorna and Francesca team up to tackle more of those mysterious phrases that you aren’t quite sure of…By Francesca Green and Lorna Khemraz Endnote Online Endnote is one of those words which I had seen being thrown around a lot but never took the time to find out what it was all about until recently. My brain […]
Driven to distraction? Making the most of a long journey
What does the phrase hell-bent mean?
What does the phrase hell-bent mean? : stubbornly and often recklessly determined or intent hell-bent on winning. Where did the term hell-bent come from? The use of hell-bent in the sense of “recklessly determined” dates from the first half of the 1800s. Leather alludes to a horse’s saddle and to riding on horseback; this colloquial […]
Who is the fourth prime minister of Fiji?
Who is the fourth prime minister of Fiji? Mahendra Chaudhry The Right Honourable Mahendra Choudhary PBS Chaudhry in 2015 4th Prime Minister of Fiji In office 19 May 1999 – 27 May 2000 President Kamisese Mara Where is Ratu Josefa Iloilo from? Josefa Iloilo His Excellency Ratu Josefa Iloilo CF MBE MSD KStJ Born 29 […]