M.A. in History Student Handbook 2011-2012
M.A. in History Student Handbook 2011-2012
M.A. in History Student Handbook 2011-2012
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Departmental, University and Regional Facilities<br />
There is a lively social and research culture with regular staff/postgraduate sem<strong>in</strong>ars; an annual<br />
postgraduate conference, HistFest, organised by and for postgraduates, and <strong>in</strong>terdiscipl<strong>in</strong>ary l<strong>in</strong>ks<br />
with other departments <strong>in</strong> the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.<br />
The Department has its own networked computer lab (access to which is controlled by a p<strong>in</strong>-number<br />
keypad) with scanner and laser pr<strong>in</strong>ter.<br />
The University Library houses a wide selection of pr<strong>in</strong>ted, manuscript, CD-ROM and microfiche<br />
sources (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g a full set of British Parliamentary Papers) cover<strong>in</strong>g all periods. There is an<br />
<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g range of source onl<strong>in</strong>e or via databases to which the Library subscribes:<br />
http://libweb.lancs.ac.uk/history_guide.htm<br />
Information Systems Services (ISS) provide campus-wide technical support and advice <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g<br />
tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g modules, help-desks, on-l<strong>in</strong>e help, and pr<strong>in</strong>ted guides and leaflets. There are networked<br />
computer laboratories on campus. <strong>Student</strong>s have free access to Internet, email and central file store<br />
access.<br />
Major regional archives are easily accessible from campus <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the five county record offices<br />
for Cumbria and Lancashire (Carlisle, Kendal, Whitehaven, Barrow, Preston); university and city<br />
libraries, the North West Sound Archive, the Work<strong>in</strong>g Class Library and North West File Archive <strong>in</strong><br />
Manchester and Liverpool. Among the other specialist collections <strong>in</strong> the region are the Talbot<br />
Library of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster, with its extensive early modern pr<strong>in</strong>ted sources,<br />
the <strong>in</strong>ternationally acclaimed Arundell Library at Stonyhurst College, near Blackburn, and the<br />
Carlisle Cathedral Library. A little further afield, the f<strong>in</strong>e Borthwick (York), John Rylands<br />
(Manchester) and Brotherton (Leeds) Libraries enrich our access to scholarly resources <strong>in</strong> the North.<br />
Our strong <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> Scottish history is underp<strong>in</strong>ned by ready rail and road access to the Scottish<br />
Archives <strong>in</strong> Ed<strong>in</strong>burgh. There is a direct rail l<strong>in</strong>k to London (3 hours) and the university is only<br />
m<strong>in</strong>utes away from the M6.<br />
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