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...
We are currently running a trial of Health Research Premium Collection eJournal collection which offers students, staff and researchers access to a wide range of journals relevant to our social sciences subject areas. The...
Bristol-based Policy Press have made available free access to some of their ejournal articles until 31 December 2020 in Social Work (BA or MA) and Sociology. If you’re studying Social Work there is a...
Christmas has come early for those of you in your first or second year studying Social Sciences! At the beginning of the autumn term you will have received funds to spend on the StudyPlus...
We in the library are big fans of reference management software, as it takes a lot of the admin and headache out of managing your reading and getting your references and bibliographies just right....
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...
This week we’ve been welcoming those of you starting your first year in Criminology, Social Work and returning to Health and Social Care (second year) and MA in Social Work (year 2). Here are...
If you are studying criminology or law you’ll be interested in catching up with BBC Radio 4’s programme Rape Trials: is the Jury Out? Broadcast on 30 August 2019 the programme discusses that despite...
We’ve just added two new ejournals to our Discover service in criminology they are: Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice Theoretical Criminology When you do a search on Discover these two ejournals...
Studying for dissertations, projects and assignments over the summer? Did you know St Peters Library is open 10am-6pm on Saturdays? In addition as a result of student feedback we are pleased to have successfully...
This week BBC Radio 3’s The Essay has been focusing its discussions around masculinity which has been part of the York Festival of Ideas. There are five podcasts you can catch up with which...
Through our library Big Talk campaign you kindly gave us some feedback on the subject areas in Social Sciences you’d like us to buy more material on. These areas included: Prevent policing Vulnerable people...
In case you missed it BBC Radio 3’s annual Free Thinking Festival took place at Sage Gateshead from 29-31 March. This year’s theme was emotions and the programmes featured will appeal to those of...
We’ve just added two new Open Access journals to the Key Resources list for Criminology/Criminal Justice They are the British Journal of Community Justice and Prison Service Journal. You’ll also find both of these in the Journals Titles...
Are you considering using apps to gather research data? Then this free webinar is just for you! Using app-based and sensing methods for social science research takes place from 1000-1100 on Thursday 21 March. The...