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You may be interested in some recent updates to the  Historical Directories of England and Wales  collection, maintained by the University of Leicester Library. Post Office Bradford Directory, 1891  (Bradford: William Byles & Sons, 1891), 634. The collection is the largest freely available digitised collection of trade and street directories. The collection contains 689 directories, with at least one directory for every English and Welsh county for the 1850s, 1890s and 1910s. Searchable by name, place and occupation this is an essential tool for local, urban and family history. In 2019/20, we have: Restored the background pages, originally written by Andrew Hann  http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/custom/background Created a How to Search video  https://youtu.be/Ml3AAvoM0ac Created an online bibliography for scholarship using directories as a source  https://www.zotero.org/groups/2337777/trade_directories Finally, a reminder tha

As part of the Doctoral College & Staff Training Strands we are running the following courses this term: PGRs can book on to all the courses via MyPGR Staff can book using the links provided 16-Jan-20 14:30-16:00 Altmetrics: Tracking engagement beyond citations 17-Jan-20 10:00-11:00 Research Data Mangement: looking after your research material 21-Jan-20 10:00-11:00 Planning your literature search  23-Jan-20 10:00-12:00 Conducting your literature search 27-Jan-20 10:00-12:00 EndNote 31-Jan-20 10:00-12:00 RefWorks (webinar) 03-Feb-20 10:00-12:00 Search Strategies for Systematic Reviews in Life Sciences (webinar) 06-Feb-20 14:00-16:00 Systematic Searching for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (webinar) 11-Feb-20 10:00-11:00 What does open access look like in Science & Engineering? 13-Feb-20 14:00-16:00 Finding Grey Literature (webinar)