• A Digital Choice – Reading eBooks on or offline

    EBooks are becoming more common place in every day life.  Every day we read documents, information and more on our PCs but what about when you want to study or relax with a digital book from the library, away from your monitor? We have the answer! eBooks are now able to be downloaded from the…

  • Steps to Success: Referencing and citations – 26th January 12 – 1pm

    Would you like some help with referencing and citations? This session will help you to understand: Why referencing is important. How to use Harvard Referencing. Common referencing problems. Referencing is the acknowledgement of all the sources you have cited in your assignments, whether you have quoted directly or paraphrased. Many students find referencing confusing so…

  • Steps to Success: Literature Searching 23rd January 12-1pm

    Make the most of the academic information accessible to you via Learning Services. You can book a place at http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/org/1820072947?s=4818699. It will be an opportunity to use the electronic books and electronic journals in the comfort of your own library. Organise your search terms, refine or expand your searching all these skills can help you…

  • Over half a million what?

    Did you know the Library Catalogue can be used to access over 17,000 E-Journals? In the last academic year (2010/2011) you downloaded over half a million articles. The favourite databases with the top downloaded usage by faculty were: Faculty of Health and Social Care  Proquest Nursing Journals  57,064 full text articles Faculty of Arts and…

  • Don’t fall through the gap…

    Just a quick reminder that  we start our Bridging the Gap drop-ins on Tuesday 6th December.    We are here to help you improve your research and writing skills and be me more confident. Drop in with your questions. How do I ……. …. find a journal article? …..reference an e-book? …..plan an essay? …..structure…

  • E-Resources: access restored

    We now have access again to all our e-resources. I apologise for the inconvenience we know this caused yesterday. We will be monitoring the situation very closely but the collections I have tested both on and off campus are working as they should be. Maureen Richardson E Resources Manager

  • E-Resources Update

    I am sorry but there is still a problem accessing the e-resources. Our library system suppliers are treating it as urgent and I am hopeful it will be sorted soon. I have been able to find some usernames and password for a few of our databases. I have got a username for Ebsco databases (we…

  • Problem Accessing E-Resources

    It is not possible to access the e-resources via the library catalogue at the moment. Technical staff from the library system are working on this as a matter of urgency. I realise this is causing great problems. I can give you alternative urls to a few of our main databases. Wiley: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ Science Direct: http://www.sciencedirect.com/…

  • Introducing IEEE Xplore

    A new e-Resource for Computing IEEE Xplore is a full-text database from the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology – UK), and the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – US). This resource contains almost 3 million full-text documents going back to 1988 in electrical engineering, computer science and electronics. Further content includes 151…

  • Proquest Platform has changed

    The interface for Proquest Nursing Journals has changed. More streamlined and intuitive. Other enhancements include the facility to personalize your research with your own My Research account with options to save, print, email, cite, export citations, and more. You can set some searching preferences and even change the interface language to best suit your needs!…