• Bridging the Gap for Students – Drop In and Ask…

    Come & fill those gaps! Research and write with confidence. Drop In with your questions. How do I ……. …. find a journal article? …..reference an e-book? …..plan an essay? …..structure an essay? All your (library) questions answered! Ask about finding books, e-books, journal articles for your subject area. Get handy hints and tips on…

  • Discover More

    Ever spent time searching and searching not really finding that bit of information that will back up what you are writing about. Try Discover More it has something for everyone. One quick and easy search finds information for those subject terms from lots of library resources. You can find the location of books, book reviews…

  • Hidden Gems

    If you are studying education and are unsure as to which databases to use, here are details of five “hidden gems” to get you started: Education Research Complete This database is recommended if you are looking for journal articles related to education as all the journals in the database relate to education. It covers all…

  • Emerging Technologies

    On the 29th March the Learning Technology Development Team are offering their second staff information exchange session in this series: Coming of Age: Professionalising the Blog Do you have an image and message you need to get out to a wider audience? Are you a blogger or thinking about starting a professional blog that focuses…

  • Holy grail found by librarians?…

    Four weeks into the trial of two discovery services, EBSCO and Summon,  which offer a single box to search our databases, e-books, full-text journals and the library catalogue, and opinion is divided on which of the two will best meet our needs.  The tools provide the best of both worlds: the ease of a google-type search facility combined with results from academic resources…

  • E-asy does it!

    Did you know that Learning Services provides 60,885 electronic books and 16,304 electronic journals for students and staff across all areas of study? All our e-resources are easily accessible 24/7 through the Library Catalogue, whether you’re on or off campus – so you can do your research whenever and wherever you like.  And because they’ve…

  • Result of the trial for Pier Professional Journals

    At the end of last year we had a trial of the complete collection of Journals from Pier Professional. Pier Professional publishes journals in healthcare, social care and allied fields. There are 23 journals in the collection. Feedback was positive and a decision was made to take out a subscription for the whole collection.  New…

  • Inter Library Loans

    Following several years of price rises from the British Library and after benchmarking across the sector the cost of Inter Library Loans has increased to £2 per article or book. For further information on inter library loans please see the webpage http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/ls/support/usingthelibrary/#loans

  • New JSTOR Collections Available

    We have added 2 new JSTOR collections.  Arts & Sciences III includes journals in languages and literature, as well as essential titles in the fields of music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, and the history and study of art and architecture. There are 151 titles in this collection. The 180 titles in Arts &…

  • Law Journals on Trial

    We have 9 law journals from Hart Publishing on trial until end of December.  These  journals are now in the library catalogue and the collection can be accessed at Hart Journals