• Copyright and why it matters

  • 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.

  • Black History Month 2022: Reflections and Reviews

    October may feel like a lifetime ago (especially as we hurtle through the final months of the year) and as we had so much going on for Black History Month we’re providing you with a recap and reflection on how Library and Learning Services celebrated: We updated our specially curated reading list, featuring new additions […]

  • UniSkills Focus On: Statista

    Welcome back to the second blog of our UniSkills Focus On… series. This month we are looking at the business resource Statista. Statista is a world leading source of market and consumer data and statistics and is a fantastic resource for students across all programmes of study!  

  • Springer Nature negotiation

    Update February 2023 Jisc and UK Universities have rejected the fourth proposal from Springer Nature. Although the publisher has made a number of concessions, the offer still does not meet the sector’s need to reduce and constrain costs or ensure that all UK research can be published open access. Negotiations between Jisc and Springer Nature […]