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Tagged: Sociology
Boost Your Library and Research Skills in Social Sciences
We’ve created a suite of Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Canvas pages to develop and boost your library and research skills in the Social Sciences. You will find the pages on your programme page. There...
News of the World
You may have heard on social media, on the radio or television that you cannot trust news information. Or that newspapers are biased. In the past I used to manage a press cuttings library...
New Books/eBooks for Social Sciences
Did you know it’s Libraries Week this week from the 5-10 October? Watch our new Social Sciences virtual tour to find paper material at St Peter’s Library. We’ve added some new eBooks for April,...
New eBooks for Social Sciences
We’ve add some new eBooks for March onto the New Resources for School of Social Sciences Winter – Spring 2020. New titles include: The poverty of nations: a relational perspective by Paul Spicker Stress &...
Kortext eTextbooks for Social Sciences
Thanks to our colleagues at Kortext there are a number of eTextbooks we’ve been able to get for Social Sciences which will be available until the end of June 2020. As a student you...
February New Books for Social Sciences
We’ve just added the latest books (both e and in print) to our collection and our New Resources in Social Sciences Autumn-Winter 2019 list. In the current Coronavirus climate the eBooks are much more...
Completing Your Dissertation or Research Project
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...
Health Research Premium Collection for Social Sciences
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...
Policy Press Journal Articles and Podcast
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...
Social Sciences New Books
You might remember that back in the autumn 2018 we set up a new My Modules Reading list to alert you to new books we’d bought in the Social Sciences subject areas: Childhood Studies,...
New Books in Sociology
Last year we asked you to Suggest a Book to add new material to our collection which would help your studies in Sociology. As a result we’ve added these items to the collection: Social...
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....
Extended Summer Opening Hours
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...
The Shape of Masculinity
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...