Library Updates
The latest Library updates including news on resources, services and training.
Event
Online Referencing Workshops for LHS Students
2 October 2020
Online Harvard and APA style referencing workshops have been scheduled for October and November for Life and Health Sciences students.
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Resources
O'Reilly Learning: Access via OpenAthens Authentication
28 September 2020
Access to e-books on the O'Reilly Learning platform is now available via OpenAthens authentication using your University credentials. Separate registration for this service is no longer required.
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Event
Online OSCOLA Referencing Workshops: October & November
25 September 2020
Online OSCOLA referencing workshops for law students have been scheduled for October and November. Book your place now.
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Event
Online Harvard Referencing Workshops: October & November
24 September 2020
Online Harvard referencing workshops for AHSS, CEBE and UUBS students have been scheduled for this October and November. Book your place now.
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Event
Online Refworks Workshops: September & October
21 September 2020
Online RefWorks workshops will run in September & October. If you would like to learn how to use this important tool to manage your references, book now for these online only events.
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Services
CLA Licence Extensions for Library Scanning Service
31 August 2020
The Library provides a centralised service for scanning copyright material on behalf of the University. To provide extra learning support for students during the COVID-19 crisis, academic staff may now request scans of up to 20% of copyright material within certain restrictions.
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Resources
Dawsonera E-books Migrated to E-book Central
5 August 2020
Unfortunately, the Dawsonera e-book service has closed. The Library has migrated the majority of Dawsonera e-books to the ProQuest Ebook Central service. Please check Ebook Central for any Dawson e-books you may be trying to access.
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Services
31 July 2020
The Library is now offering a Reserve and Collect service, to academic staff and students, where you will be able to reserve a book and collect it from your chosen campus.
Services
New Agreements Make Open Access Publishing Easier
30 July 2020
The Library has recently signed 'Read and Publish' agreements with a number of publishers which will make publishing open access articles easier.
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Resources
1 July 2020
A new version of RefWorks is now available. Existing users should check the advice in this update before registering & migrating their references.