Author: Natalie Pollecutt

Smartphone users might have already noticed a recent change to the display of our main catalogue. The whole display is clearer for smaller screens, and just as powerful. For example, facets for refining your search are available from the icon… Continue reading

The Wellcome Library has contributed over 40 images and films to Science and Machines, the new online exhibition from the European Library. The Wellcome’s contribution highlights both medically-related material, such as the film Aseptic operating theatre technique, as well as… Continue reading

Europ.In is a lovely web application that gives a Pinterest-like view of some of the Wellcome Library’s more visually interesting material. The Wellcome Library contributes material from our Wellcome Images and Wellcome Film collections to Europeana via the Europeana Librariesproject. These contributions… Continue reading

Ever wanted an easy way to quickly bookmark a record you found in our quick search? Or needed to share it with friends or colleagues with similar interests? Our new ‘Brief URL for this record’ link gives you a URL… Continue reading

The European Library’s new portal has gone live, with this video showcasing its best features. Designed to meet the needs of the research community worldwide, you can now cross-search nearly 10 million digital items from 48 national and research libraries… Continue reading

The Wellcome Library’s quick search now has more of our key online resources available at the click of a link. Choosing ‘Article’ in the top left hand corner of the quick search will show you the results of your search… Continue reading

From today you can login to your Wellcome Library account witha username of your choice. Set your username to something more meaningful to you thanyour Library barcode to make future logging in quicker and easier. How? To set your new… Continue reading

If it could collect air miles, then some of the material in the Wellcome Library would have a pretty impressive stash of them by now. In 2011, Library material travelled a total of 10,168 miles on its way to and… Continue reading

…search your browser! Ever wondered if the Wellcome Library held something but couldn’t really be bothered to check? Ever wanted to have our search just a little more within your reach? The Chrome browser’s omnibox gives you that help at… Continue reading

Every day I walk to my local station to catch the train to work. Every day I pass a plaque on the station wall commemorating an event which has historical significance. And every day I ignore it. On 8 October… Continue reading