How many times have you clicked on a link or reference, only to get the message that the webpage no longer exists? This phenomenon, which is called ‘link rot‘ or ‘content drift‘ can be...
Calling all researchers! What do you know about the British Library? Does it have anything relevant to your research? The British Library are running a series of webinars in the new year where you...
The Library have received some reports from students about an error message when accessing ebooks on the Library Catalogue. Unfortunately you may see this error message when accessing a book on our Catalogue if...
Not sure where to go to get help with referencing? Cite Them Right is an excellent online tool to help you reference your assignments. In Education and Languages courses, you will often go beyond...
Volume 47 Issue 3 (2020) Here are a couple of the articles in this issue. Tyrrell, Beverley, and Kevin Woods. “Gathering the Views of Children and Young People with ASD: A Systematic Literature Review.” British...
This post is for our academic colleagues as you fine tune your modules. You may want to take this opportunity to review your reading lists or to add current topics to reflect teaching in...
Box of Broadcasts is an amazing resource! It is often referred to as ‘BoB’ and is an on-demand television and radio service that the University Library subscribes to – if you haven’t looked at...
A new animation has been created for secondary school students to explore how the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19 works. The work also looks at how the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium is mapping how...
If you’re working on your dissertation and you’re looking for some academic phrases that you can use when writing up your research you will find the University of Manchester Academic Phrasebank very useful. About...
You may have heard about the BBC’s initiative Culture in Quarantine, which is bringing arts and culture into your home during the current lockdown. Durham University’s Learning and Engagement have been inspired by this,...
During the pandemic the impact on peoples’ mental health is flagged as a major concern, but there have been concerns and reports on mental health long before this. There is already a wide variety...
Library staff have been busy working with lecturers to buy more ebooks to support students. If you have other suggestions you can do this via our Suggest an ebook scheme Here are just some...
Are you busy working on your research project? Then don’t forget we’ve got a set of specially dedicated pages to help you with tips on evaluating information and writing critically. You’ll find them on...