• Lights, Camera and Action

    A week has passed since Peter Salmon, the Director of BBC North, opened our new High Definition (HD) studio in the LINC building. I must say it was a real coup for us to have Peter take time out of his very busy schedule and officially open the new facility. Peter is a major player…

  • Christmas at the University Library

    For the third year running and in response to customer feedback, the University Library at Ormskirk will be open for two extra days during the Christmas period. This is a great chance to use the Library’s resources, study spaces and help desks. So, if you need that bit of extra time and space to revise…

  • Help with Word, PowerPoint or Excel

    Remember the ICT: Self Help Guide module in Blackboard contains comprehensive guides to each of these applications.

  • Collection of Health and Education Journals on Trial

    We have got a trial of the complete collection of Journals from Pier Professional. Pier Professional publishes journals in healthcare and social care and allied fields. There are 23 journals in the collection. We already subscribe to 6 titles – so this package would give us online access to the other 17 titles. New titles…

  • 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…