Studying Online during the Coronavirus
As of last week, all teaching moved online for all our on campus students and our physical libraries closed this week, so you’re likely to be studying off-campus. This is the time to make...
Tagged: Education
Postal Loan/Document Delivery for Distance Learners Update
Postal Book Loans & Document Delivery From March 23rd, both The Murray Library building and St. Peter’s Library building will be closed until further notice due to the Corona Virus Pandemic. Unfortunately, this means...
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) now available in Europe
Good news. If you’re a European student who has returned home during the corona virus pandemic you will still be able to access Box of Broadcasts (BOB) until the end of July. A number...
Newsstream – a new way to look for news content
From 1 March 2020, you will be able to search across over 600 newspaper titles and news broadcast outlets at the same time by using Newsstream via your library’s subscriptions. Newsstream will be replacing...
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
2019 Theme: “Investment in Women and Girls in Science for Inclusive Green Growth” Women and girls continue to be systematically underrepresented as users and leaders in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics....
Childhood Studies New Books
We asked you to Suggest a Book to add new material to our collection which would help your studies in Childhood Studies. As a result we’ve added these items to the collection: Key Concepts...
Quick reference and citation formatting using zbib in your browser
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....
Inequality and Society Useful Resources
We’ve just created a new list of Key Resources to cover the MSc Inequality and Society. The list covers key areas of inequality; social, economic, educational, health, ethnicity, gender and LGBTQ+. The resources on...
Suggest new books for Education
We asked you to Suggest a Book to add new material to our collection which would help your studies in Education. Some of you asked for a particular title, whereas others have requested more...
Anti Bullying Week in Schools
This week is anti-bullying week, organised by the charity Anti-Bullying Alliance with a theme of ‘Change starts with us’ #AntiBullyingWeek #ChangeStartsWithUs The Anti-Bullying Alliance was established by the NSPCC and the National Children’s Bureau in 2002 and is...
15 new channels added to Box of Broadcasts
Box of Broadcasts (BoB) has begun recording 15 new broadcast channels, including BBC1 Northeast and The Horror Channel. Great news for anyone who will be taking MAC366 or who wants access to our local...
Getting the most out of lectures.
Starting university can be both an exciting and daunting time. There are lots of new things to get to grips with and you will most likely be introduced to a new way of learning....
Resource Spotlight – Education Resource Complete
Education Research Complete is a database available via Discover containing full text journal articles, conference papers and books. It contains the full text of: over 1,300 journals over 2,500 education related conference papers access to...
Study Skills has moved!
The Study Skills Room in Murray Library has now moved to the ground floor (previously Syndicate Room 2). If you wish to attend a drop in, held every Tuesday afternoon between 1pm and 4pm...