24/7 access to over 5,000 books

Over the past year the library has greatly expanded its collection of electronic books, all of which can be accessed from your desktop. There are now over 5,000 e-books available via the library catalogue and the A-Z of databases.

As part of a pilot project in 2008-2009 we endeavoured to acquire electronic versions of core texts where possible. Approximately 5% of all of books ordered in that year were e-books.  As time goes on we would expect this percentage to increase as more publishers come onboard with the e-book model.

The majority of our electronic books are not ordered as individual titles but are part of larger e-book subject collections available via the A-Z of Databases. These range from chemistry to women’s studies and everything in between.  Here is a selection of the most recent of these collections, which were funded by the School of Nursing:

PsycBooks: The e-books arm of the American Psychological Association. It provides access to 778 books published by APA, including 100 out-of-print books from 1950–2002, 1,027 classic resources in psychology and exclusive electronic release of the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology.

Oxford Scholarship Online Psychology Collection: provides access to 80 full text e-books in the areas of cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and cognitive development. It features all titles from the renowned Oxford Psychology Series.

Oxford Scholarship Online Public Health & Epidemiology Collection: provides access to 102 full text e-books in the area of public health & epidemiology which discuss the development and assessment of public health issues that affect a diverse range of populations world wide.

Here’s a quick guide on how to search the library catalogue for e-books:

Learn how to Cite and Reference – More Dates

New dates for our popular class on how to cite and reference information sources correctly are now confirmed.  All welcome!  Whilst the class focusses on the Harvard style of referencing, it will be of benefit to all students who want to brush up on their skills and understanding of citing and referencing. All classes will take place in Training Room 1 on the ground floor of the Library. The dates are:

Monday 7th December 13.00pm-13.45pm
Tuesday 8th December 13.00pm -13.45pm
Wednesday 9th  December 13.00-13.45pm

Quiet, please……

High noise levels in the quiet study areas and mobile phone use in the library are a perennial problem, and never more so than in the period leading up to exams.  In response to student requests, to help ensure the library remains a comfortable place to work and study, we will be patrolling the floors at the busiest times from now until the exams.

So, remember the rules!

• Do not make or receive calls in the Library

• If you want to work in groups, please book a
  collaborative study room or get together in the
  large mentoring suite on the ground floor

• Refrain from talking in quiet study areas and on the stairs

Thanks for your cooperation!

Sunday Opening in December and January

Dates for Sunday opening of the library in the period around exam time:

December  -  Sundays 6th and 13th

January  -  Sundays  10th, 17th and 24th

  Open from 10 am to 5 pm, for study only.

Borrowing/Returning at Express Service machines will be possible

PC Room for Taught Postgraduates…..

The computer room on the Lower Ground floor of the library has now reopened for use as a quiet PC study area for Taught Postgraduates. It will be open at all times that the library is open.  However, it will be closed from time to time to facilitate the Library’s ongoing programme of Information Literacy training for students.  Times of these training sessions will be posted in advance on the doors.

Learn how to cite and reference: new dates

If you missed out on our recent classes on how to cite and reference information sources correctly, here are some new dates!  Whilst the class focusses on the Harvard style of referencing, it will be of benefit to all students who want to brush up on their skills and understanding of citing and referencing. Classes will take place in Training Room 1 on the ground floor of the Library. No booking required.

Tuesday 17th November 12.15pm – 13.00pm
Thursday 19th November 17.00pm – 17.45pm
Monday 23rd November 13.00pm – 13.45pm