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The objective of this resource is to inform the UNSW community of changes to the Library Collection and open access publishing agreements in which the University participates.

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Collection news lists newly subscribed or purchased content for 2025, as well as changes to the Library Collection. It will be updated as changes are made throughout the year. All content is listed by faculty.

To access the comprehensive suite of scholarly resources available please search the UNSW Library Collection.

Collection news

New to the Collection

Bloomsbury: Animator's Survival Kit Animation

The Animator's Survival Kit Animation is a collection of 16 videos unpacking animator Richard Williams’ practice, covering techniques and principles for CGI, stop-motion animation and hand-drawn animation. This is a step-by-step guide for animation with over 400 animated examples. Richard Williams was an Oscar-winning animator, he is known for films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit?.

This resource has previously only been available in physical format and was exclusively digitised by Bloomsbury.

Bloomsbury: Berg Fashion Library 2025 Content Updates

The Library previously acquired the Berg Fashion Library and new content continues to be added each year. Content updates for 2025 include:

  • New eBooks, including - The Women of 'Little Paris': Fashion in Interwar Bucharest, Fashion Under Fascism: Beyond the Black Shirt and Thinking Through Fashion: A guide to Key Theorists.
  • New additions to the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion.
  • A new bibliographic guide and lesson plan covering the environmental impact of the fashion industry and sustainable fashion alternatives; and
  • New video essays for Bloomsbury Fashion Video Archive.

Bloomsbury Drama Online 

The Library acquired updates and new collections available on the Bloomsbury Drama Online platform:

  • Core Collection 2024 Update - This annual update added 136 new playtexts to the Drama Online core collection.
  • Critical Studies and Performance Practice 2024 Update - This annual update added 217 new eBook titles to the Critical Studies and Performance Practice collection.
  • Shakespeare's Globe to Globe Festival on Screen collection 3 - The Library previously purchased collections 1 and 2. These collections contain recordings of various Shakespearean plays performed at the Globe Theatre by an array of theatre companies from around the world. The performances are in a variety of languages and include cultural influences. This third collection contains a performance of Troilus and Cressida in Maori by a cast of acclaimed Maori actors.
  • Currency Press Collection - Currency Press publishes a wide variety of Australian playtexts and provides exclusive access to 305 of it's plays through Bloomsbury. Content includes plays from contemporary Australian writers, including Indigenous playwrights. 

Bloomsbury History: Theory & Method 2025 Content Updates 

The Library previously acquired the Bloomsbury History: Theory & Method content. Each year the Library acquires content updates for this platform, part 1 of the 2025 annual content update is now available and includes 14 newly published articles and 4 eBooks.

Cambridge University Press - 19th Century Literature in Transition eBook series 

The Library has acquired the 19th Century Literature in Transition Series. This is a series of 6 Cambridge University Press eBooks covering the the 1830s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s and 1890s. Each text focuses on one of these key decades during the 19th Century, providing analysis and discussion around the influence of world events, political thought, technology, changes in publishing, popular culture and public attitudes upon literature at the time.

All six titles are now available via Primo.

Wiley Advanced eText Collections

The Library acquired Wiley's new Advanced eText Collections. These collections consist of over 350 advanced-level textbooks covering the Medicine, Psychology, Social Sciences and Humanities subject areas.

Wiley 2025 eBook Collections

The Library acquired Wiley's 2025 eBook collection update, adding 680 new titles to the Library collection as they are published over the course of the year. The new titles cover a broad range of subjects including Architecture & Planning, Arts & applied Arts, Humanities and Social & Behaviour Sciences.

Access Continuing for 2025

Bloomsbury Drama Online

Bloomsbury Video Library: Arts & Humanities Collection

Duke University Press Journals

Macquarie Dictionary 

MIT Press eBooks

Naxos Music Library

Project MUSE Journal Package

University of Chicago Press Journals

New to the Collection

JoVE Business

JoVE creates animated video series providing insights into key concepts and principles of selected topic areas. JoVE have recently extended their content beyond STEM into Business with a Marketing module, Finance module and a Microeconomics module. These new modules provide real-world scenarios for fundamental concepts and principles within these subject areas.

Kogan Page

The Library now subscribes to the Kogan Page Complete eBook Collection. Kogan Page is an independent UK publisher of business and management texts accessed via their KoganPage+ online platform. The Complete collection consists of approximately 1,032 titles covering a range of topics, including:

  • Business and Management
  • HR, Learning and Development
  • Marketing and Communications
  • Logistics, Supply Chain and Operations
  • Skills, Careers and Employability
  • Risk and Compliance; and
  • Accounting, Finance and Banking

Wiley 2025 eBook Collections

The Library acquired Wiley's 2025 eBook collection update, adding 680 new titles to the Library collection as they are published over the course of the year. The new titles cover a broad range of subjects including Business, Economics, Finance & Accounting.

 

Access Continuing for 2025

Euromonitor - Passport GMID

Global Data - MarketLine

MIT Press eBooks

Morningstar DatAnalysis Premium

New to the Collection

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2025 new titles

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers publish annual collections of eBook titles covering established and emerging fields of interest to mechanical engineers including new and classic titles on design, manufacturing, energy, robotics, bioengineering, pipelines, and pressure technology. The Library has acquired the 2024 Frontlist eBook titles.

JoVE - New Product

The Library now has access to the recently released JoVE Core Electrical Engineering.

This collection comprises six chapters with 70 animated videos. These easy-to-understand videos cover concepts of electric circuits and circuit analysis techniques such as nodal and mesh analysis.

Design Example lessons at the end of each chapter showcase real-life scenarios which provide a practical application of the concepts covered in the chapter. These lessons aim to facilitate understanding of circuit analysis and the comprehension of the intricacies of circuit design. 

JoVE - Updates

JoVE have recently announced some updates and additions to their collections.

  • The JoVE Core Mechanical Engineering Collection has been expanded with a focus on two subsections of Mechanical Engineering:
    • The Dynamics of Objects
    • The Mechanics of Materials
  • New Products - Four more books have been released in late 2023/early 2024 in the JoVE Core section which expands the offering found in JoVE Education. These additions can be found in:

Scopus AI

The Library has acquired Scopus AI, a generative AI search tool available through Scopus.

Scopus AI employs natural language processing to generate responses from trusted content, synthesising abstracts of articles, books, book chapters, reviews, short surveys, and data papers published from 2013 - present. Its features include Expanded Summary, Concept Map, Foundational Papers Menu, and Topic Experts, which offer additional insights and enhance research capabilities. Value is added to the Large Language Model (LLM) via RAG-Fusion technology (Retrieval Augmented Generation). This is a technique which takes the original query and creates variations to find more articles to create an in-depth response with citations.

Researchers wishing to access Scopus custom data are encouraged to read the information found on the Library's AI and Scholarly Content guide.

Wiley 2025 eBook Collections

The Library acquired Wiley's 2025 eBook collection update, adding 680 new titles to the Library collection as they are published over the course of the year. The new titles cover a broad range of subjects including Physical Sciences & Engineering.

Access Continuing for 2025

Allium Australian Standards Online Database Subscription

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) ASCE Library Complete Collection Database Subscription

ASM International Database Subscription

ASME Journals Subscription

Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library Database Subscription

Elsevier Knovel Database Subscription

IEEE Electronic Library and Draft Standards Database Subscription

McGraw-Hill AccessEngineering

SAE International SAE Digital Library Technical Documents Database Subscription

SAGE iMechE Database Subscription

Society of Petroleum Engineers OnePetro Database Subscription

SPIE Digital Library Database Subscription

MIT Press eBooks

New to the Collection

LexisNexis - Practical Guidance: Intellectual Property module

The Library now has access to the ⁠Practical Guidance: Intellectual Property module. This module contains information about managing IP matters including registering, maintaining, commercialising, challenging and defending intellectual property rights. It features various topics such as Indigenous Cultural IP and Artificial Intelligence and IP. It covers Australian, New Zealand and some international content.

The module also provides updated coverage across various topics previously addressed in the now legacy LexisNexis text The Law of eCommerce.

Manupatra

The Library now has access to Manupatra, an Indian law database. Content accessible within this database includes Indian Supreme Court and High Court documents, Orders of Tribunals & Commissions, Bare Acts/Statues, Notifications & Circulars, Bills in Parliament & Ordinances, Forms & Draft Agreements, Committee Reports and Business Policy. 

Wiley 2025 eBook Collections

The Library acquired Wiley's 2025 eBook collection update, adding 680 new titles to the Library collection as they are published over the course of the year. The new titles cover a broad range of subjects including Law & Criminology.

Wolters Kluwer - Scott & Ascher On Trusts 

The Library now subscribes to Scott & Ascher On Trusts: Volume 1-8. This eBook provides practical advice on the creation administration and termination of all kinds of trusts, as well as analysis of the underlying principles of trust law. The resource integrates the latest court decisions and legislative changes.

Access Continuing for 2025

HeinOnline Law Database

New to the Collection

Australian Medicines Handbook

The Library has subscribed to two new components of the Australian Medicines Handbook.

The AMH Children’s Dosing Companion is Australia's national independent dosing guide for prescribing and administering medicines to children from birth to 18 years. Designed for health care practitioners in hospital and community settings, it presents evidence-based, peer-reviewed, and current dosing information. The AMH Children’s Dosing Companion also offers inter-product linking to AMH Online.

The AMH Aged Care Companion is a reference source for doctors, nurses, and pharmacists who work with older people. The AMH Aged Care Companion contains the latest evidence-based information on the management of more than 70 conditions common in older people, including dementia and its behavioural symptoms, delirium, cardiovascular diseases, fall prevention, osteoporosis, COPD, insomnia, depression and wound management.

BMJ Learning

BMJ Learning is an interactive learning platform for healthcare professionals. It contains online learning modules focussed on interactive case histories, reviewing the essentials on everyday conditions, and responding to current issues. Skills and knowledge can be checked across a wide range of topics including cardiology, clinical skills, dermatology, mental health, women's health and others. Courses are peer reviewed, updated regularly and evidence based. 

JoVE - New Content for Anatomy & Physiology

JoVE have announced the latest addition to the JoVE Core Anatomy and Physiology series. Unit III, Set 1, is now live. This collection is designed to provide insights into the anatomy and physiology of the human body through video animations. The new content includes 85 animated videos, on three specific areas:

* Blood
* The Heart
* Blood Vessels and Circulation

Also covered is blood typing, transfusions, bone marrow sampling, systemic and pulmonary circulation, and the cardiovascular response to exercise. 

JoVE - Updates and Additions

JoVE have recently announced some updates and additions to their collections.

Scopus AI

The Library has acquired Scopus AI, a generative AI search tool available through Scopus.

Scopus AI employs natural language processing to generate responses from trusted content, synthesising abstracts of articles, books, book chapters, reviews, short surveys, and data papers published from 2013 - present. Its features include Expanded Summary, Concept Map, Foundational Papers Menu, and Topic Experts, which offer additional insights and enhance research capabilities. Value is added to the Large Language Model (LLM) via RAG-Fusion technology (Retrieval Augmented Generation). This is a technique which takes the original query and creates variations to find more articles to create an in-depth response with citations.

Researchers wishing to access Scopus custom data are encouraged to read the information found on the Library's AI and Scholarly Content guide.

Wiley Advanced eText Collections

The Library acquired Wiley's new Advanced eText Collections. These collections consist of over 350 advanced-level textbooks covering the Medicine, Psychology, Social Sciences and Humanities subject areas.

Wiley 2025 eBook Collections

The Library acquired Wiley's 2025 eBook collection update, adding 680 new titles to the Library collection as they are published over the course of the year. The new titles cover a broad range of subjects including Medicine, Healthcare and Psychology.

Access Continuing for 2025

American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Journals Subscription

American Medical Association JAMA + 8 Specialty Journals Journals Subscription

American Physiological Society Journals Subscription

American Psychiatric Association Publishing PsychiatryOnline Premium + Psychotherapy Library

American Physiological Society Journals Subscription

American Psychiatric Association - PsychiatryOnline Premium

BMJ BMJ Learning

BMJ Case Reports

BMJ Best Practice 360 + Comorbidities

BMJ Premier Collection Journals Subscription (Open Access Agreement)

Brill Journals Subscription (Open Access Agreement)

Elsevier ClinicalKey Medical, ClinicalKey Pharmacy, ClinicalKey Physiotherapy

Elsevier Complete Anatomy

European Respiratory Journal Subscription

JoVE Unlimited Videos of Experimental Procedures and Protocols

McGraw-Hill AccessMedicine AccessWorldMed

MedicalDirector Australian Medicines Handbook Online (AMH), AMH Children's Dosing Companion, AMH Aged Care Companion

Optica Journals Subscription (and conference videos)

Ovid Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins Journals Subscription (Open Access Agreement)

Ovid American Psychological Association Database Subscription

Ovid New England Journal of Medicine Journals Subscription

Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Journals Subscription

Royal Pharmaceutical Society MedicinesComplete

SAGE Royal Society of Medicine

Therapeutic Guidelines eTG Complete

MIT Press eBooks

New to the Collection

Canadian Science Publishing Journals

The Library has subscribed to the full suite of Canadian Science Publishing journals for 2025. Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) publish 22 journals that cover multiple subjects across the spectrum of natural and physical sciences and engineering. These include three open access journals that are multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary. The Library subscribes to these journals in an Open Access Agreement.

Reaxys

The Library has subscribed to Reaxys. Reaxys is a curated, AI enabled chemistry tool/database that enables informed decision-making by providing search tools and collection of data. Reaxys combines over a billion chemistry data points with AI to support innovation in drug discovery, chemical R&D and academia. Users can access relevant patent, substance and bioactivity insights in addition to a retrosynthesis tool.

Scopus AI

The Library has acquired Scopus AI, a generative AI search tool available through Scopus.

Scopus AI employs natural language processing to generate responses from trusted content, synthesising abstracts of articles, books, book chapters, reviews, short surveys, and data papers published from 2013 - present. Its features include Expanded Summary, Concept Map, Foundational Papers Menu, and Topic Experts, which offer additional insights and enhance research capabilities. Value is added to the Large Language Model (LLM) via RAG-Fusion technology (Retrieval Augmented Generation). This is a technique which takes the original query and creates variations to find more articles to create an in-depth response with citations.

Researchers wishing to access Scopus custom data are encouraged to read the information found on the Library's AI and Scholarly Content guide.

Wiley 2025 eBook Collections

The Library acquired Wiley's 2025 eBook collection update, adding 680 new titles to the Library collection as they are published over the course of the year. The new titles cover a broad range of subjects including Chemistry, Computer Science & Information Technology, Earth, Space & Environmental Science, Life Sciences and Mathematics & Statistics.

Access Continuing for 2025

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Journals Subscription

American Chemical Society (ACS) Journals Subscription

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Journals and Meeting Papers Subscription

American Institute of Physics (AIP) Open Access Journals Agreement

American Mathematical Society MathSciNet Database Subscription

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Journals Subscription

American Physical Society (APS) Journals Subscription

American Society for Microbiology Journals Subscription

Bioscientifica Journals Subscription

CAS SciFinderN Database Subscription

Clarivate InCites Benchmarking & Web of Science Database Subscription

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) Journals Subscription (Open Access Agreement) 

Company of Biologists Journals Subscription (Open Access Agreement)

Cornell Lab of Ornithology Birds of the World Database

CSIRO Journals Subscription (Open Access Agreement)

Duke University Press Journals Subscription

EDP Sciences Journals Subscription (Open Access/Subscribe to Open Agreement)

Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals Subscription (Open Access Agreement)

Elsevier Scopus & Scopus AI Database Subscription

Elsevier Reaxys Database Subscription

GeoScienceWorld Journals Subscription and GeoRef

Informs Pubs Suite Subscription

Institute of Physics Journals Subscription (Open Access Agreement)

MIT Press eBooks

National Academy of Sciences PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Phoenix Bioinformatics Repbase

Royal Society of Chemistry Journals Subscription (Open Access Agreement)

Springer Nature Nature Journals Subscription (Open Access Agreement)

Springer Nature Protocols

Springer Nature Journals Subscription (Open Access Agreement)

Taylor & Francis Expert Medicine Collection Journals Subscription (Open Access Agreement)

The Royal Society Journals Subscription (Open Access Agreement)

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