• UniSkills Focus On: Google Scholar

    Welcome to the final UniSkills Focus On… blog post of the 2022-23 academic year. Today we are looking at Google Scholar. What is Google Scholar and what does it contain? Google Scholar is Google’s search engine which focuses on finding academic literature. It will help you find academic journal articles, textbooks, theses, pre-prints, patents and…

  • UniSkills Focus On: Oxford Academic

    Welcome to another UniSkills Focus On… blog post. This month’s post is the last one of the academic year and we will be looking at Oxford Academic.

  • UniSkills Focus On: Cambridge Core

    Hello again and welcome back to the UniSkills Focus On… blog series. This month we are exploring Cambridge Core.  

  • UniSkills Focus On: SpringerLink

    Welcome to our UniSkills Focus On… blog for May where this month we will be talking about SpringerLink. 

  • UniSkills Focus On: Community Care Inform

    Welcome to this month’s UniSkills Focus On… blog, where we will be looking at Community Care Inform Adults and Community Care Inform Children. 

  • UniSkills Focus On: Newspapers

    This month’s UniSkills Focus On… blog is looking at newspapers and the excellent newspaper collections you have free access to explore! 

  • UniSkills Focus On: Scopus 

    Welcome to the February instalment of the UniSkills Focus On… blog series where this month we will be looking at Scopus. Scopus is a huge database and covers every academic subject, meaning that it has something for everyone regardless of which course you’re studying. 

  • UniSkills Focus On: Gale Literature

    Happy New Year, we hope you had a relaxing and recharging winter break!   In the first UniSkills Focus On… blog of 2023 we are exploring Gale Literature. If you’re studying English Gale Literature could be your go to place for literary criticism, author’s biographies, poems, short stories and plays.  

  • UniSkills Focus On: BMJ Best Practice

    In our final UniSkills Focus On… blog of 2022 we’re going to look at BMJ Best Practice. If you’re a student in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine looking for a tool to help you with clinical decision making, then BMJ Best Practice is the one for you!

  • UniSkills Focus On: Sage Research Methods

    As the term races forward, we’ve reached the third instalment of our monthly UniSkills Focus On… series. This month we are exploring SAGE Research Methods.