• Late Night Library

    Just a reminder that from next Monday, 22nd November, for 4 weeks the University Library at Ormskirk is running an extended hour’s pilot, closing at Midnight Monday to Thursday. After 9pm you will be able to access PCs, books and resources, printing facilities, as well as all the self service facilities including self issue and…

  • University Library Extended hours opening

    The University Library at Ormskirk is running a midnight opening pilot from 22nd November – 16th December 2010 (Monday to Thursdays only) and we are looking for students to work 8.45pm- Midnight on these nights. If you are interested please contact Cathy Carey [email protected] for more details

  • RefWorks workshops for postgraduate students

    RefWorks is an online reference management tool, designed to help gather, manage, store and share bibliographic information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies. These one hour, hands on, workshops will enable you to organise your references, export references into RefWorks from online resources and generate citations and bibliographies as you write. Thurs 25 November…

  • 5 Top Tips

    • You can use the library catalogue to find your reading list. From the library catalogue search page, choose Module Code from the drop down list, and type the module code in the search box, e.g. PPD1000. Click on Go, and your reading list will appear on screen. • Log in to the library catalogue…

  • WARC – new Media online database

    We have got a new Media resource called WARC. This online database includes thousands of case studies that reveal the campaign strategies of leading brands. There are articles and best practice guides. There is information on market intelligence – ad forecasts, brand profiles, conference reports and other material on top advertisers, brands and agencies. WARC…

  • University Library extended opening hours

    The University Library at Ormskirk is running a pilot of extended opening until midnight, Monday to Thursday from 22nd November until 16th December 2010. Access to PCs, books, self service facilities etc will be available, however the help desks will not be open after 9pm. For more information contact our help desk on 01695 584286…

  • Fame: new business database

    We have taken out a new subscription to Fame. FAME contains comprehensive information on companies in the UK and Ireland. You can use it to research individual companies, search for companies with specific profiles and for analysis. Information provided includes Company financials with up to 10 years of history. financial strength indicators, directors and contacts,…

  • New Education Database: 1300 full text journals

    We have taken out a subscription to Education Research Complete. The database provides the full text for over 1,300 journals, as well as indexing and abstracts for more than 2,200 journals. This database also includes full text for more than 550 books and monographs, and full text for numerous education-related conference papers. ERC covers all…

  • International Bibliography of the Social Sciences: new interface

    Until July 2010 IBSS was provided by Ebsco. However Ebsco can supply no longer IBSS and our subscription has been taken over by CSA. It is a new platform for Edge Hill users but seems very intuitive.  IBSS focuses mainly on the four core social science disciplines – anthropology, economics, politics and sociology – but…

  • LS Code Breaker Challenge

    ————23rd SEPTEMBER until 7th OCTOBER———— The Learning Services 2010 Fresher Treasure Hunt is based on QR (or Quick Response) codes.  It is meant to be a fun way of finding your way around the University Library and it’s resources. ____________________________________________________________________________ Use your mobile phone and decipher the QR code questions.  Once you have all the answers…