Library Updates
The latest Library updates including news on resources, services and training.
Services
Library Opening Hours: Now Open Tuesday Evenings
2 March 2021
Library opening hours have now been extended to include Tuesday evenings until 9.00pm.
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Event
Online Refworks Workshops: March & April
2 March 2021
Online RefWorks workshops will run in March & April. 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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Resources
British Standards Online: Extra Security Added
17 February 2021
From the end of February, the FileOpen plug-in for Acrobat Reader will need to be installed to open documents via the BSOL service.
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Event
APA Referencing Online Workshops: February & March
15 February 2021
American Psychological Association (APA) referencing online workshops for Life & Health Sciences have been scheduled for February & March. Book now.
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Online Harvard Referencing for LHS: February & March
9 February 2021
Online Harvard style referencing workshops have been scheduled for February and March for Life and Health Sciences students.
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Services
Library Chat & Library Answers
4 February 2021
Details of recent changes to Library Chat and the recently re-named Library Answers FAQ service.
Event
Online OSCOLA Referencing Workshops: February-April
28 January 2021
Online OSCOLA referencing workshops for law students have been scheduled for February, March & April. Book your place now.
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Online Harvard Referencing Workshops: February & March
28 January 2021
Online Harvard referencing workshops for AHSS, CEBE and UUBS students have been scheduled for February & March. Book your place now.
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Event
14 January 2021
The Library CEBE subject team have scheduled a number of online workshops for the second semester, covering topics such as: IEEE Referencing, Scopus, USearch, E-books & Google.
Services
Group Study Rooms: Service Closed
12 January 2021
After advice from the University's Health & Safety service, group study rooms, at each campus library, will be unavailable for use until further notice.
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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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.