1. White Rose Libraries: Opportunities to connect and collaborate Maria Mawson Faculty Librarian for Social Sciences University of Sheffield The University Library.

2. Library contacts University of Leeds Martin Gill, Faculty Team Leader Arts & Social Sciences m.r.gill@leeds.ac.uk University of Sheffield Maria Mawson, Faculty Librarian Social Sciences m.b.mawson@sheffield.ac.uk University of York Vanya Gallimore, Cluster Leader Social Sciences vanya.gallimore@york.ac.uk 13/09/2015© The University of Sheffield The University Library.

3. Library web pages for researchers Leeds http://library.leeds.ac.uk/researcher Sheffield http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/services/researchers York http://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/research 13/09/2015© The University of Sheffield The University Library.

4. 13/09/2015© The University of Sheffield Shared library access SCONUL Access – reciprocal access scheme http://www.access.sconul.ac.uk/ Eduroam – wireless network access COPAC – union library catalogue combining access to the holdings of many research libraries www.copac.ac.uk British Library – information for researchers http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/index.html The University Library.

5. Online repositories WRRO – White Rose Research Online. Shared open access repository http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/ WREO – White Rose Etheses Online. Open access to doctoral theses http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/ EThOS – BL Electronic Theses Online Service http://ethos.bl.uk/ 13/09/2015© The University of Sheffield The University Library.

6. Sharing literature search results EndNote Web - web based reference management software available in all three institutions. Use it to share access to sets of bibliographic references Similar functionality may also be available in open access reference management software such as Mendeley and Zotero 13/09/2015© The University of Sheffield The University Library.

7. Datasets and RDM Sources for social sciences datasets include Economic & Social Data Service http://www.esds.ac.uk/ UK Data Archive http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/ Useful sites for information about research data management (RDM) include Digital Curation Centre www.dcc.ac.uk UK Data Archive http://www.data- archive.ac.uk/create-manage 13/09/2015© The University of Sheffield The University Library.

8. Research skills training Libraries contribute to institutional research training programmes. Areas covered include literature search and review, reference management software, current awareness. Check our websites for details Vitae includes advice on developing your skills, including the Researcher Development Framework 13/09/2015© The University of Sheffield The University Library.

9. Any questions? 13/09/2015© The University of Sheffield The University Library.