Your ORCID ID
Here’s a video from UB Wuerzburg showing how to get the most out of ORCID. I found it really useful.
University of Sunderland Library Blog Blog
Studying a PhD Off Campus – Ways to obtain theses
Doing a PhD Off Campus, but don’t know where to go for information ? It can be really useful to refer to completed PhD theses when you’re doing your own research – not only...
An Open Access Reminder
Open Access (OA) research is free to read, with none of the paywall barriers often associated with traditional publishers using a subscription publishing model. By making research OA , authors can also choose to...
How to get your work cited more
Cite Hacks are about what academics can do to improve their chances of getting cited by using blogs. This could be creating your own blog, writing a guest blog on someone’s blog, or posting...
Study Skills: Maths Support
Are you on a course with a maths element and find you are struggling to keep up? The Study Skills Service offers one-to-one and group support to help you. Don’t leave it until exam...
Free online course about medicine and the arts
Future Learn are offering a free online course entitled ‘Medicine and the Arts’ which explores the intersection between medicine, medical anthropology and the creative arts. You can register to be notified when the next...
Comics about social and human rights issues
Positive negatives: an interesting example of comics being used to communicate key social issues. The website has articles, podcasts and videos which describe its aims and the charities it works with. There are also good examples...
Getting published for the first time
Check out the 15 minute podcast produced by Taylor and Francis on getting published for the first time. It is part of their podcast series on developing your research career. Created with Vitae, the...
What Are Journal Articles? & Why Should You Use Them?
Journals are the academic version of magazines that focus on a particular topic. Each journal may publish a number of different volumes and issues every year; each volume/issue will contain a variety of academic...
Does music make you move?
Do you want to learn more about the psychology of music? Enrol on the free FutureLearn course ‘Music moves: why does music make you move‘. You will learn about how researchers study music-related movements,...
Referencing using APA style for Psychology & Counselling students
There are several books in stock which will help you with your referencing using the APA style required by your department. Search the Library catalogue for useful titles to assist you. You can use...
Study Skills: Assignment Planning
Planning your writing is one of the early stages within a process of constructing written pieces of work at university. Stella Cottrell (2008, p.183) asserts that there are four steps students can take to...
Study Skills: Critical Writing
Criticality is a key component of academic study. It shows how you have been able to not only understand a subject, but also analyse and evaluate arguments presented. A critical approach is also a...
Finding books for your studies
Hello! Here’s some tips for making the best use of the Library’s stock – Use My Module Resources either from the Library’s website or from your module page on Canvas to see a list...
Student Art Pass – only £5
Explore world-class museums all over the UK and enjoy a year of endless inspiration with friends, for your studies, or just for you. Miss nothing with a Student Art Pass. From the V&A and...