Your Study Skills
A very warm welcome to all our new students joining us this year and welcome back if you’re a returning student. Whether you’re a new student, or a returning student, you’ll find plenty of help and...
A very warm welcome to all our new students joining us this year and welcome back if you’re a returning student. Whether you’re a new student, or a returning student, you’ll find plenty of help and...
Have you thought about blogging your experiences of doing your PhD? The Thesis Whisperer is a great resource for students doing a PhD, and a recent blog post discussed the potential benefits of blogging...
Today, 8th September 2017, is International Literacy Day. The UNESCO International Literacy Day webpage has lots of interesting information and plenty of links to other literacy and learning sources. Well worth a look...
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have just opened their bookings for PhD writing retreats taking place in September and October. They would like to encourage more non-QMUL students to participate in their events,...
Researchers out there may be considering using the summer months to bring together your research ideas into a formal research paper. Getting started is often the tricky bit, until you get your creative juices...
Are you interested in local history? Why not join us this Saturday 15th July at the ‘Yesterday Belongs to you‘ local history event happening at Beamish Museum. Our archive experts will be on hand...
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JSTOR is a digital library covering economics, history, political science, and sociology. It includes other key fields in the humanities and social sciences too. The database holds over 1,500 academic journals, books, and primary...
Do you have a way with words? Or an interest in Poetry? You might be interested in the first WRITE festival, which is taking place at The Word, national centre for the written word...
Get your dissertation (and the summer) off to a great start with our Dissertation Skills Workshops! Our workshops are running week beginning 5th June and they can help you to: – Kickstart your dissertation...
Did you know that we subscribe to a database that gives you access to UK newspapers? Doing a press search can help you find newspaper articles on your topic that you can use in...
Got any questions about University of Sunderland resources and services? Need help with your assignments? Why not come and speak to staff from the University libraries. at our event on Tuesday.
There will be a number of teaching building changes taking place across campus during early 2017. This means that books and other library resources will be rearranged to ensure that the materials you need...
Library staff want to help you to do the best you can in your assignments by offering the skills and encouragement and support you need. If you have any questions come along and talk...