Criminology – SAGE Catalyst
The library has recently subscribed to a new collection of eBooks from Sage Publishing. The package includes unlimited access to many Social Science titles. You can get to Sage Catalyst from the Database Search...
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Sage Catalyst for Social Sciences
This academic year we’ve set up a new resource for you Sage Catalyst which holds eBooks not only published by Sage but also Learning Matters. It covers all areas of Social Sciences so will...
SAGE Catalyst: eBooks for Nursing
The library has recently subscribed to a new collection of eBooks from Sage publishing. The package includes 53 nursing titles that we have not previously been able to buy as eBooks, including the Transforming...
Health Information Week
It’s Health Information Week from 5-11 July 2021 so why not celebrate the week by browsing through our eBooks in Health and Social Care? We have added to the collection published from 2016 to...
Boost Your Library and Research Skills in Social Sciences
We’ve created a suite of Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Canvas pages to develop and boost your library and research skills in the Social Sciences. You will find the pages on your programme page. There...
Social media research methods ebook now available
Whether or not you’re studying the BA Social Media Management course, you may well be interested in how to conduct research on social media. If so, Luke Sloan’s 2017 “SAGE handbook of social media...
Anti-racist resources from your library
A black box will get you nowhere. One of these books though… pic.twitter.com/aCArbcqvcJ — Kate Ryan (@MsKateRyan) June 2, 2020 The recent killing of George Floyd by police in the United States and...
New free ebook to help you investigate deep fakes and other media manipulations
Journalism and Media Studies students might be interested in reading the new 3rd edition of the Verification Handbook For Disinformation And Media Manipulation, published by the European Journalism Centre. This handbook uses contemporary examples...
Using Read Out Loud and Coloured Overlays on eBooks
Recently I had a request from a lecturer to help a student who wanted to use read out loud facilities on eBooks. Read out loud is an essential facility if you have a visual...
New Film Studies ebook bundle available
Your library has just purchased a collection of over 200 ebooks from the BFI to support Film Studies. Some of them are recently published, such as Sue Thornham’s 2019 Spaces of women’s cinema: space,...
Completing Your Dissertation or Research Project
Are you busy completing your dissertation or research project? Then don’t forget we’ve got a set of specially dedicated pages to help you with tips on evaluating evaluating information and writing critically. You’ll find...
Studying Online
As teaching has now gone online and you are likely to be studying at home now is the time to make the most of our online resources. eBooks If you’re new to using eBooks...
A-Z of Referencing
This week’s skills session for year 1 BSc Criminology students focused on the fundamentals of referencing – what it is, why you need to reference, what you need to reference and how you reference...
Find the Latest Material on My Module Reading Lists
We’ve just added some new titles on business planning onto the My Module Resources (MMR) list for SSCM04 Exploring Social Entrepreneurship and CYW319 Entrepreneurship and Project Management: Social entrepreneurship: a skills approach by Chris Durkin and Robert...