Top tips for referencing
Here are hints and tips to help you get going with your referencing for your assignments. Cite Them Right tutorial – Whether you are new to Cite Them Right and referencing, or need a...
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LWW Health Library: Pharmacy
The University Library has recently purchased the LWW Health Library Pharmacy Collection, an interactive resource to help staff and students in teaching, learning and practice. LWW Health Library Pharmacy includes access to core textbooks,...
Finding book chapters on your topic
Sometimes you might do a search for books on your topic on the Library Search and not find very many - this can happen when you have narrowed down a topic quite a lot....
Using Zotero to help organise your reading and cite papers
Did you know that there are tools that you can use to help you manage the resources you are reading and can also assist with referencing in your assignments? One free tool that we...
Qualtrics Basics
You might be asked to use Qualtrics as part of your course, especially if you are undertaking a survey for your dissertation. Qualtrics is a tool that helps you build online surveys and gather...
Cite Them Right Online update
Cite Them Right relaunched their service on 27th June! The same great information about how to reference all types of information is still available but the site does look quite a bit different now....
ClinicalKey Subscription
Students studying Physiotherapy, Sport Sciences and Occupational Therapy will be pleased to hear that we have recently extended our subscription to ClinicalKey to include the Physiotherapy package, adding over 50 eBooks to support you...
New resource trial: LWW Health Library
The library has temporary access to LWW Health Library from 21st March to 20th April 2022. Help us decide whether to purchase for you by trying the resource and then giving us feedback in using...
5 steps to a successful literature search
When you’re searching for information for your studies it is best to devise a search strategy. Follow these 5 steps to building your search: Before you start your search - make a plan! Identify...
The Lancet Regional Health
The Lancet Regional Health is a new collection of open access medical journals publishing high-quality original research, focusing on clinical practice and health policy in six regions of the world. To date 3 of...
Nursing Times
Nursing Times is an invaluable monthly publication containing articles, opinion and news on nursing and healthcare policy and practice. The University Library subscription to Nursing Times allows staff and students full access to the current issue,...
RCNi Publications
The University Library is pleased to announce that our subscription to RCNi publishing, the publishing company of the Royal College of Nursing, has been extended to include more nursing journals titles. In addition to...
Finding open access academic research (without needing to log in)
*This post has been edited following the resolution of IT issues that the University experienced in October 2021.* Next week is Open Access Week all over the world, but at University of Sunderland we're...
Arts and well-being – celebrating World Mental Health day
To make the occasion of World Mental Health day on 10th October, here are a selection of our library resources on the arts and well-being: Blee (2006) The arts in health care Chesner (1995)...
Finding Grey Literature
What is Grey Literature? Grey literature is print and electronic documents produced by organisations such as governments, academics, business and industry. It’s documents produced for non-commercial reasons and by organisations where publishing is not...